The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-31
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

home IN wichita
Marshall county has had seven burg
larry cases in 30 days, three of them be-
ing postotfice burglaries.
Mrs. Ida Eclert Lawrence, who read
n poem at the launching of the battle
ship Iowa, was from in Kansas.
Christian Scientists have purchased
site for new church in Wichita and
also the old Congregational church
which they will move and make over.
There is good demand forfarm lands
in Saline county at an advance in price
of from % to 50per cent over ouryears
ago The prospect for a good wheat
crop were never better.
A Wichita abstractor says that there
few mortgages being recorded and the
old ones are practically all paid and
cancelled There never was so many
cash sales made as now.
Fully $500 of'the best horses of that
region have been shipped from Abilene
in the last year and half which has
reduced the farmers stock so that
buyers can get but few now.
A German couple of Leavenworth on
their golden wedding day overhauled
their memory and could not find any
record of days sickness for either of
them during the entire half century.
Clarence D. Huffman, prominent
teacher of Southeastern Kansas, was
killed at Pittsburg in collision be-
tween an electric car and a string Of
coal cars being pushed before an en-
CINE.
A 81, 900 rectorv is to be built by ST.
Johns Episcopal church in Wichita.
The sum of 81. 200 was raised in few
moments after the subject was preached
at the close of service on Sunday by a
member.
The United States government has
made contract with the Coffeyville
Brick company for brick for use in
Montana 1t is understood that the
brick will be furnished at the plant at
Cherryvale.
Farmers of Jackson county are loan
ing money to each other at 5 per cent.
There are some farms changing hands
at an advance of about 10 per cent, the
sales being mostly in farmers investing
in adjoining lands
James Goggins pioneer in Kansas
who settled in Geary county, has just
died. He came. like all first settlers,
empty handed to Kansas In life he
gave each of his sons fine farm, and
has left his widow large property.
On every divorce day in the district
court at Fort Scott a handsome bou-
quet is placed on the judges desk. 1t
is not known who sends it but it is
supposed that some divorced woman
has established a memorial divorce
day.
Kansas veterans desire thai the fact
may be repeated that there never was
a draft for soldiers in Kansas. A draft
was ordered in February, '65 and pro-
ceeded for a month when peremptory
order to stop it came from Washington
and the men who had been chosen were
released. This was effected by protests
from Kansas which set forth the fact
that Kansas had furnished more troops
according to population than any other
state. Under calls from 6l to '65 the
Kansas quota was 1881. The actual
number of volunteers furnished was
81, SOC, an excess of s.s75.
Farms and grazing land are in de-
mand in Ellis county at greatly in
creased figures. Horse buyers have
shipped from Hays City about $50, 200
worth of draft horses. Stock wintered
fine on wheat pasturage.
Miami county has paid off the last of
its bonded Indebtedness, built SIS, 000
court house and paid for it within four
years. The deposits in the banks of
the county at the last call we're over
81 100000, with sight exchange and
cash N hand for more then half of the
deposits.
The new law requires only four
jurors to try insanity cases. In case
no jury is demanded the judge may
appoin. two physicians as commission
ers to take evidence in the case.
Justice Pollock of the Kansas Sd
preme court would, if he had his way,
put saloon license very high with Sc
we're penalties for selling in violation
of law. BE would also punish with
severity the man who gets drunk.
The habitual drunkard he would have
treated for cure of the drink habit at
public expense.
There is one man in Wichita who
collects a rent roll of g., 600 to So. 900 a
month from his nearly $50 residences.
A farmer near Spearville took claim
on school land about Is years ago but
never proved up. He put valuable i'm
provements on the land making a coed
farm lie did not prove up in order