The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-11

The st. Mary's Catholic church made
clear 81 500 at church fair.
Phillipsburg complains of the water
which is furnished to consumers.
The graduating class of the Topeka
high school numbers AS; IA boys and 81
girls.
Much hail in Atchison comfy has
damaged fruit and broken window
glass.
High water took out a portion OF the
bridge over the Arkansas river at SYRIA
cuse.
What is claimed as the largest gusher
in Kansas is spouting oil near indie
pendence.
The ladies of Columbus held week S
festival and raised 500 for the benefit
of the local band.
The st. Louis & San Francisco road
will soon begin the erection of a new
depot at Wichita.
A military school for officers of the
X. N. Guard will be held in Newton
the last week of June.
Perry Hutchinson, of Marysville, had
90 steers killed by lightning; they were
standing by wire fence.
The penitentiary report shows that
80 convicts were received during April
and 25 prisoners were discharged.
Oaldale park at Salina is naturally
one of the finest and whole lot of
work is being done on it this spring.
Owen Sawyer, II years old was at
the old boy trick of jumping on NOV
ing train in Pittsburg and lost his foot.
There is a factory at Halstead which
makes automatic feeders for separators,
and it is not able to keep up with or
ders.
George R. Thrush sold his GAO acre.
farm in Sedgwick county for $4,000
cash. Geo Newman of the same coun-
ty bought it.
Kirwin and Ellsworth are usually
first in public affairs. They COM
menced arrangements for Fourth of
July quite early.
Fifteen girls graduated from the st.
John high school. A banquet of the
Alumni was addressed by Frank Mel
son and Claude Duval.
l. B. Wilox, of Atchison county, is
dead; aged &C. He made the original
surveys of much of the government
land in Kansas in the COS.
w. I. Etherton, of Wellington. was
struck in the eyeball with a piece of
wire hanging from tree, putting out
his eye. He will sue the city for dam
ages.
Ex-Governor George w. Click has
been nominated for congress in the
First district by the Democrats. Bailie
Wagner was his opponent in the con-
vention.
In little less than thirty days after
the total destruction of their plant by
fire, the Arkansas City electric light
was enabled to turn on their
circuit.
William Waite. Missouri Pacific
fireman, while crossing the Flint hills
was working the cinder lever of the
engine and fell backward off the ten
der. He was severely bruised.
F. d. Coburn, who is. the official
treasurer for the India relief fund,
received 156 money orders in one day,
all from points in Kansas except one
from Idaho and one from Texas.
Ben and VIM. Mcclellan, father and
son, were sent to the penitentiary from
Concordia for eighteen months each for
Frank Wilson near Glasco.
Charles Hirrell came to Montgomery
county from Ireland in 1869 with
He died recently one of the
richest farmers in the county, at the
age of IS.
Harry Hammond. of Sumner county,
is planting 1000 black locust trees. He
them from the state forestry
plantation at no expense save trans
portation.
farmer near Valley Falls advertised
for wife and received 700 replies. He
selected one of them which came from
written by IAN ordinary
as the writer said. They
were married last week.
State Mine Inspector Tomlinson re-
ports the penitentiary mine to be in
better condition than it ever was be-
fore
The contractors of Parsons estimate
that there will be more money spent in
in that city this season
than for many years past.
e John A. Cragun, president of the
board of education of Kingman, gives