The Chanute times., 1900-11-16

There are l7,263 children Of school
age in Shawnee county.
There are i9,7O7 negro children at
tending school in the state.
The attendance at Fairmount college
is the largest yet recorded.
They are figuring on the cost of brick
paving at Troy, Doniphan county.
Charles Warren, aged Is, of Wamego,
pulled his gun through hedge and
was killed.
The Reno county 60 lrt house is ready
for the roof and five vaults have been
contracted for
The Rock Island has put on n new
daily passenger tran between Newton
and Chickasha.
Chancellor Snow has had his leave of
absence from Kansas university ex'
tended to one year,
A. w. Boiler, Glenn Elder man,
Iblstb NObb NOIbli Va PCSNSoNS va
four acre field this year.
A. w. Pickett of Republic, raised 2iS
pounds of pumpkins on one vine. One
pumpkin weighs S6 pounds.
1t is remem bered that in 1883 on the
night of the 9th of November foot and
a half of snow fell in Southern Kansas.
Maxwell Phillips, of Fairmount,
Kas, hns been appointed assistant
clerk at the Santa Fe, n. NJ, Indian
school.
Corn running eighty-fve bushels to
the acre and Sc ling on the street ut 81
cents is the report made by one Wood
son county farmer.
Will Liz, of Cowley county, huslSed
and cribbed lO4 bushels and 80 pounds
of corn in hours and 4Sminutes, haul
ing it quarter of mile.
Wichita is to build another ward
school to cost $4,000 and will add two
new rooms to each of three other school
buildings; one of them the high school.
Governor Stan ey has offered re-
ward of $500 and Mayor Neeley of
Leavenworth offers $500 for the appre-
hension of the murderer of Pearl
Forbes.
o. E. McElfresh of Usage City will
stand trial in the federal court upon
the charge of misapplying pension
money of his insane brother for whom
he was guardian.
During the past 10 months there
have been built in the Rock Island
shops at Horton, 1,500 new cars. An
order has Just been placed for 200 box
cars and zoo stock cars
George Barker, of Douglas county, is
picked out by his friends as q candi-
date for speaker of the 10 er house of
the Kansas Legislature. His long ex-
perience in the senate makes him avail
able.
A large light of very thick glass fell
from a slSyleht over the cashiers
desk of Wichita store. The operator
of typewriter was at work and the
glass struck her machine, just missing
herself
1t was probably the desire to get the
best that could be procured in the
world which prompted the management
of the New York Geological garden to
order ten tons of Kansas alfalfa and an
equal amount of prairie hay.
Joe Hall and John Williams lived to-
gether on a farm in Bourbon county.
Hall shot Williams for failing to sup
ply butter and other things he had
agreed TO supply. Hall seems to feel
that he was justified in his deed.
Paul Palmer, of Tope,a was 81 years
old II hours after the polls closed
Frank Gilbert, near Gaylord, raised
four crops of alfalfa that averaged ~
tons per acre for each crop. The four
crops brought him S33 per acre, or al
most twice what he could sell his land
for
The piano and organ dealers general
ly report the sale of a greater number
of pianos to farmers in Kansas this
year than ever before. Heretofore
farmers bought organs if any instru-
ment
During October there were brick
sidewalks laid in Topeka along $40 city
lots, requiring the use of 4Os.0OO brick.
The Santa Fe has commenced the
work Of reducing grades on the EN-
poria-ottawa cut off. The work will
cost 100000. The maximum of grade
on that line is to be 81 feet to the
mile.
Secretary Of Horticulture Barnes
now has 81 barrels of apples and is
promised so more. lie hopes to have
200 in the display in Buffalo. lie keeps