The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-01-05

ing him what he went for and when
it is going to happen.
Chanute is now burning her own
gas. If some of our contemporaries
would do likewise heavens pure air
would not be so badly contaminated
in few localities that might be
mentioned.
Major Warfield is now 'reaping the
His wife sent to the
asylum and his boy to the reform
school. Such are the penalties of
law. We suppose the Major
will swear off now.
Our schools opened up Monday
after the weeks vacation,
with full corps Of teachers but
light attendance of pupils on the first
day. Everybody is now in line and
good lot of hard work is being done.
The young fry are trying to out do
the older ones in the frequency and
splendor of their dancing parties at
the hall. These parties may he all
right but we think they have rather
a demoralizing effect on school chill
dren. Remember "Success means
sacrifice"
Mrs. Mile Hickey is visiting in
Chanute. We will bet our last sum-
mer hat that she will spend more
time in the schools of the city than
anywhere else during her visit. 1t
takes these old school teachers long
time to get weaned away from their
first love.
Neosho county has added her third
victim to that glorious game of foot
ball. This time it is the young son Of
John Locke, register of deeds. The
boy was not killed outright, only
crippled for life. Still our leading in
situations of learning encourage the
brutal pastifle.
That was very neat in the American
Express Company presenting each of
its employees with a five dollar
Christmas present. 1t is said the
plutocrat Marc Hanna also gave each
of his street car employees in Cleve-
land five dollars on Christmas day.
We have not seen any favorable COM
ment on there acts by our worthy
Pop exchanges.
John Hardness states that few
days back he had occasion to pass by
VIM. TRUTHS place and saw Will out
in the road turning handsprings and
summer saults and between every
jump swinging his cap and yelling.
John states that he did not think
very strange of the matter, these hol-
iday times, but when he approached,
Will rushed to him, waving his cap in
The air, and shouted at the top of his
voice, John, it's regular built Nc
Kinley voter"
How we do enjoy these dark nights
without any electric lights. Wonder
f any steps are being taken to light
Is up? What glorious opportunity
his is for some one with money and
enterprise to get good deal on the
light question. What has become Ct
leo. Alcock? Why don't he organize
company with the necessary capital
nd put in a first class plant? We
,elieve the council would encourage
he enterprise now, after these few
weeks of darkness.
That was a great joke Emanuel
nderson and Hannah Hultine play
d on their parents and friends. Last
'ourth of July the young couple came
0 Cbanute to spend the glorious
'ourth and getting very patriotic
hey went before Justice Beatty and
'ere quietly married. They said
othlng TO anyone about the matter
nd each lived at their own home till
hristmas day, when they announced
} their friends that they had been
larried for six months. The whole
was wonderfully surprised
nd no body more so than the parents
the young couple. There was no =
beet in them doing so only just for
le fun Of it. They are both esti-
able young people from two Of the
st families in the neighborho0d OF
Has and the parents on both sides
ere well pleased with their alliance.
he TIMES wishes this young couple
! manner or success, and hopes IL
ont be Kept IN the dark Tor six
onths after the noxt happy event mi
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