The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-30

of a $50, 900 court house in Reno coun'
ty.
lola voted two to one to spend $780,
600 on waterworls and an electric light
plant.
Andrew White, living near Randolph,
was killed by.a bull and terribly mu
tilated.
Wichita mail carriers have received
checks for overtime work amounting
to l,276,6s.
Topeka has cooperative laundry
which has just paid a quarterly divi-
dend of S994,
The Brunswick hotel, the oldest in
Beloit. Kas.. was completely destroyed
by fire last week.
A Manhattan bank, with a capital of
500. 900 holds Sl50,000 worth of gov
eminent bonds.
Fruit prospects are reported very
good in Kansas now; especially for
peaches and apples.
The Topeka commercial club has
contracted with promoter to put up
spring street fair for May % to June
..
Representative Biddle of Comanche
county bought fifteen bull calves from
a Barber county Hereford herd for 500
apiece.
A club at Lawrence proposes to
found a sanitarium for the purpose of
caring for the infrm, and for orphan
children.
Frost did some injury to early plant
ed potatoes in the Kaw valley. The
second planting is much larger and is
now oeing put under the soil.
Kansas City, Kansas, packers expect
to export to Cuba 10000 pounds of
eleomargarine. They have a large
cold storage house at Santiago.
The chief of police of Kansas City,
Kansas, offers a reward of $25 each for
the bodies of highway robbers, killed
while in the act or directly thereafter.
@. p. Updegraff the Shawnee county
horseman. will likely be appointed as
a member of the Kansas live stock
sanitary commission to succeed Taylor
Riddle.
The Kansas claims of about $4,000,
growing out of the war with Spain,
have not been paid. Adjutant General
Fox is in constant correspondence with
the war department.
A freight on the Missouri Pacific was
wrecked three miles west of Herington
fourteen ears of grain and merchandise
being ditched. One brakeman was
buried under the cars, but escaped
with only broken arm.
Frank Omeara, aged about 40, threw
himself in front of the west bound
Union Pacific train, near Chapman, and
was killed, being fearfully mangled.
His home is unknown. His name was
learned from papers on his body.
Seven years ago three men left
Brown county and settled in Seattle.
One of them is mayor of Seattle now,
another has an immense foundry and
.he third is a successful hardware
man. All three were average
Kansas citizens.
In Sedgwiclz county a farmer con-
jracted 4 900 bushels of corn to be de-
ivered in certain time. The local
price jumped from 243i cents too cents
md the farmer hauled his corn to an
,ther town. The first contractor for
he corn brings suit for $40, the differ !
,nce in the price. !
A merchant at Keckly keeps black
BOARD in his store giving daily changes
n local markets as well as important
Jews items.
1t takes four days over two railroads
md three star routes for Eureka papers
o reach Thurman, which is only 80
niles away, straight across the coun'
ry.
At the Spring oratorical contest at
Kansas university, which will be held
Nay II. $50 gold medal presented by
j. ID. Bowersock will be
lwarded the winner.
$. II. Jennings, of Winfield attended
he VI. f. conference in Wichita and
hen went to Cheney to visit his
,rother While there the brothers
oolx a ride about the country and the
cam ran away injuring Mr.. Jennings
everely.
A Lyon county raised man, Joe Me-
'racEen. now of the University of
has beaten the worlds
ecord by throwing the discus $50 feet
md eight inches. He will compete at
Paris this summer and in contests il
treat Britain.
A Smith Center merchant cut open
.everal rolls of butter he had taken in