The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-07

Seward county is mainly used for
pastcrage. For cattle the county has
few equals.
The Frisco line was the first TO make
rate for the Wichita logrolling on
September 8.
A general store at Rose, Woodson
county, was destroyed by fire August
%. Half insured.
Marcellus Curtis, of Burlingame,
aged IL, stepped on stubble weed and
lock jaw resulted.
Harper county has voted for Sl2'ooo
in bonds for the Orient railroad, by a
majority of about IT'S.
Good rains are reported as having
fallen August 95 in MCPHERSON, Mont
gomery and Coffey counties.
A New York safe manufacturer says
he has sold more safes in Kansas this
year than in any other state.
F. Hurd, of Coffey county, was struck
on the head with hoe by his son-in-
law, and probably fatally injured.
A Wichita firm is prepared to store
thousand tons of hay and is now re-
ceiving several carloads every day.
Wamego township in Pottawatomie
county, has but three pieces of land
advertised in the delinquent tax list.
J.P. STICKY, German farmer near
Mound Ridge has threshed 10000 bu-
shells of wheat and will plant 600 acres
this fall.
Clyde's watermelon festival brought
together Is, 900 people for the first day
of feasting. Concordia sent out two
trainloads.
The logrolling at Alma drew big
crowds. A special on the Rock Island
left Topeka with 115 passengers and
reached Alma with about 600.
A local truss company of Topeka sent
6,O6O packages through the Topeka
postoffice during the past year, and
not one of them was missent or lost.
Postmaster Chan Perdue. of Beloit,
was presented with rubber tired sur
rev and set of double harness by the
citizens of Beloit, on his forty-ninth
birth day.
Edward S. Washburn, president of
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem
phis railway, died August 81, at Rye
Beach, Maine. He had worked up to
the presidency from clerkship.
A colored woman confined in Jail at
Pittsburg for drunkenness, had friend
return the horse and buggy with which
she came to town, to her husband, with
a message to the effect that she was
staying with friends and would not be
home for week or SO.
1t is said that grafters are going
through the country with set of
blanks like those used by the census
enumerators. Their claim is that they
want additional information on certain
matters, and after it has been secured
the farmer is asked to sign his name
to the statement. Later the signature
turns up in some bank on the business
end of promissory note.
The Good Roads congress is to be
held in Topeka, September 25-2s. The
citizens of Shawnee county have raised
the funds necessary to build one and
one-half miles of macadamized road, a
portion of which will be constructed
under the supervision of L. j. Harri-
son, road expert of the national de-
partment of agriculture, during the
convention, thus affording an object
lesson. Mr.. Harrison will explain the
details of practical road building to
the delegates. Kansas railroads have
made rate of one fare for the round
trip from all points in Kansas, good
for the week ending September "a.
Nearly everybody is eligible to be-
come delegates.
A conductor on a German railway
told Newton man who is in Europe
that his wages were 90 cents a day and
that he had been trying to save enough
10 take him back to Kansas, but had to
give it up.
A four-year-old daughter of VIM.
Rhodes, near Maize, was playing about
box upon which was laid piece of
railroad rail, weighing $50 pounds.
She tugged at the rail until it fell from
the box and upon her, striking her
across the body. She lived only few
hours. )
There are four rural mail routes in
Jewell county, and some more in con-
temptation. Burr Oak, Mankato, jew
ell City, Randall and Ionia are all in
telephone connection, and many pri-
vate houses on the line in the country.
All of the men who have held the
Office of sheriff of Lsbette county in
the mast thirfy-fhraa vaars ara ctill