The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-10-19

ceived 81, 40l 05 from its midway booth
leases.
A while ago eight cattle were killed
by lightning in Pottawatomie county
pasture.
Colorado buyers found and bought
carload of 1 ,4OO-pound horses in Wal
lace county.
Joseph Allen, a sewing machine
agent from Iowa, fell dead in the stred
in Enterprise.
Everett e. Salser, professor of book
keeping and penmanship at the State
Normal, is dead.
DIR. Alexander Lewis, aged CT, who
was.a brevet brigadier general in the
civil war, is dead.
A permanent recruiting station for
the United States army is now estab-
lished in Wichita.
Mcpherson is one of the Kansas
towns that is compelled to provide
more school rooms.
Topelxa's paved streets will measure
20 miles when work now going on is
completely sometime this fall.
The people of Whiting feel the need
of place to hold public meetings and
talk about having a city hall
Twelve pickpockets were arrested at
Cottonwood Falls. Their work was
done during the Old Soldiers reunion.
The Scottish Rite Masons held their
semi-annual reunion in Topeka, closing
with banquet on the night of October
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The Atchison planning mill is being
equipped with electric lights because
night force is required to catch up
with the orders.
A Labette county farmer bought s
sucking pigs for S12 and in about S
months sold them for s7O. He esti-
mates that their entire cost to him was
less than $25.
There are entries for the big coursing
meet at Manlato from England, Ire
land, Scotland and Australia. The
prizes aggregate 1000. The meet
opens October 16.
The Salina Roll Corrugating and
Machine company, new combination,
which has purchased the machinery
plant at Enterprise to move it to Sail
ma, has been chartered.
The knights and Ladies of Security,
a Kansas born institution, with head
quarters in its own building in Topeka,
instituted its lodge, number 500, in
Denver, few days since.
Miss Frances Katner. a teacher OF
Doniphan and Atchison counties, has
been appointed principal of an Indian
school at Round Valley, Cal, with four
teachers under her direction.
State Architect Stanton is now at
work on the plans of the Kansas build
ing at Buffalo. 1t will be quite diff
ferent from buildings erected in past
years by the state at eXpositions.
The tallest Odd Fellow in Kansas is
Edward Clegg, of Derby, and one OF
the shortest j. I. Houck, of the same
place. They were in attendance at
the Odd Fellows gathering in Topeka,
together
The Anti-Horse Thief association
met in Wichita October TO- The or
ganization is 81 years old. It's officers
for the past term are; j. b. GILBERT
son of sterling, president; c. G. Horn,
of Eagle, I. T., vice president; j. w.
WALL of Parsons, secretary, who were
selected at the meeting in Vinita, /. T.,
last year.
Carl r. Gray formerly of the Frisco
office in Wichita, has been appointed
superintendent of transportation of
the Frisco system.
One of the oldest Odd Fellows who
attended the grand lodge in Topeka
was Capt. Vim. Mathewson, who came
to what is now Kansas in 1s49. He
had trading post at Great Bend for
25 years.
The Salina city council did not ac-
cept the offer of the Barnard Manu-
featuring company to remove there
from Enterprise.
A farmer in Logan county cut his
wheat early in July and a volunteer
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