The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-04-12
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and that was last Monday night when
be placed four breaches OF the peace
in durance vie for assaulting FRANK
Alexander, a Young plumber from
Parsons, with knucks. 1t seems that
Alexander had been spending the
evening with one OF our young ladies,
contrary to the wishes OF one OF the
above mentioned thugs who lay some
claim to the young lady; and he, in
connection with some more OF his
tribe, took this mode of avenging him
SELF We don't know how much this
individual increased his standing with
the young lady, but knowing her as
we do, it is our opinion that he sue
ceeded in lowering 1t about 100 cents
on the dollar. This disciple OF iniqui-
ty made his debut in Erie but few
weeks ago and has been subsisting by
reason OF his vast amount of ccDcen-
trated gall. He may have been ia the
habit of running this sort Of blazer
in Iowa, but it cost him something
over thirteen dollars to learn that it
wouldn't work here.
"
Everybody and his and her half
brother and aunt's hired girl wendell
their way to St. Paul last Sunday,
some for one purpose and some for an
other, and Others with no purpose at
all. Some OF them went to attend
Easter services at the Catholic cathe
dral, attended and returned home;
some went on a embarrassing eXCur-
sion in general, took gaplngs TO their
hearts content and returned; some on
a booze fighting pilgrimage, but were
sadly disappointed, the mayor having
ordered the bug juice barracks closed
for the time being; some went to cut
ice among the feminine portion pres
ent; some were successful and some
were not, while others went to take
the combined force or it all. Perhaps
the most successful in making an i'm
preston with the ladies was the
Wade and butcher singer of Swedish
descent" referred to some weeks ago
by our predecessor, and the popular
bald headed real estate dealer, who ar
rived home just before the last crow
Of the rooster. And perhaps the most
unsuccessful and disguised members
of the flock were the aggregation OF
bloOdS WHO hired the cab. broke back
the top and put forth fiashy appear
ance that would have driven the Ordi
nary patent medicine show to the
brush. They departed full of merri
ment and hope, and returned silent
and Disguised, having failed to find
either Mr.. Bud Weiser or Mr.. Val |
Blatz at home.
Word has been received here an
the sad death at Ne0sho |
Falls of Mrs. Stllwell, wife of E. Q. |
ttat city, aud sister in-law Of Hon. l.. |
Stillwell, of Erie. This was great
surprise to her friends here, and her
relatives have the sympathy OF the
entire public. Neither the deceased
or her husband are very well known
here, but the latter is a brother of the
Judge, and that alone is sufficient to
cause the sympathy of the people of
Erie to be extended. Mrs. Stllwell
went up to Neosho Falls Monday to
attend the funeral, but owing to the
fact that court is in session the Judge
was unable to leave.
Erie has one young lady at least who |
Is busily engaged preparing herself |
and her friends for the coming events |
Of the future. While these events may
now seem very distant to some of her
co mates, we feel constrained to ejacu-
late that she is pursuing the right |
course. Her efforts may be in vain |
insofar as she is individually and col |
lectlvely concerned, but her lessons of
industry may some day be valuable to |
other young ladies. Last Saturday |
afternoon her beau called on her while |
she was buslly engaged in raking the |
yard. Instead of dropping the rake |
and escorting him into the parlor, as |
the ordinary young lady would have
done, she forthwith produced another
rake and started him to making hay |
while the sun did shine. Let the |
good work go on.
The case of the State of Kansas vs.. |
George Leslie Brown was called last |
Monday for tIial. The court room
was crowded with witnesses and visit |
ors from distance, but in the mean |
time the county attorney and the de-
PENDANT and his attorneys had reached |
a compromise, and short work was
made of what otherwise might have |
been long and exciting battle of le-
gal talent. The defendant, Brown,
was charged with manslaughter, but |
in preference to standing trial he
agreed to take three years IN the peni-
Tertiary and call it square. Last De-
cember Brown skipped, but was re
turned by his 5ondsmen short time |
ago. Proceedings were also commence
ed against his bOndsmen, John H.
Stout, of Galena, and G.. S. Denison, of
this city. This case was also brought
up and argued on the demurrer filed on
part of the state to the pleading of
the defendants. II the court over
rules the demurrer it will probably rem
der the bond void. Outside of a few
divorce cases which have gone by de-
fault, this is about all that has been
done In court this week.
Erie experienced a Webster Davis
episode Tuesday night. One of the
would-be fighters spoken of elsewhere
in this column, came up town with a
wild and frantic rush that would have
made fast mail train look like thirty
cents in comparison. He had a hole
cut in his hat and long knife slit in
one trouser leg, and insisted that one
of the young men from Parsons with
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