The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24

Billiard tables in private houses are
not countenanced in Atwood.
The ninth annual musical jubilee to
be held in Hutchinson, is set for June
Al.
The graduating class at the Larned
high school included Is girls and foui
boys.
Morris county voted in favor of build
ing a new court house by over 800 ma
jority.
Medicine Lodge is hoping for an eN-
tension of the Choctaw road TO that
place.
Senator Bent Murdoch seems TO be-
lieve that the Orient road will miss
Ell Dorado.
Minneapolis is to vote upon the build
ing of high school with bonds for a
foundation.
Joseph Ralston died at Leavenworth
a few days since at the age of 90 years
and months.
The NJ. X. & T. railroad officials are
preparing to erect Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing in Parsons.
The anti-horsethief association of
Cowley county is taking in new MEM
bers by scores.
The graduating class of the Topeka
high school is composed of 40 girls and
IA boys: SO in all.
At Powhattan, Brown county, $4,000
bushels of corn was sold at 40 cents
bushel in the crib
The Barber county teacher who as
saulted one of his young girl pupils
was found guilty by the trial jury.
Archibald Kerr. an old citizen of
Greenwood county. is dead. He was
widely known as breeder of fine stock.
A. j. Athay while riding home from
Caldwell to Bluff City lost both horses
by lightning but was not affected by it
in person.
The recent general. quiet rains
raises the doubt which had commenced
to hover over the wheat crop in a few
localities.
A company formed at Cherryvale
with a capital of 100000 proposes to
erect a plant and manufacture auto
mobiles.
Charles L. Sloan was killed by light
ming at White City. He had just
moved there from Soldier in Jackson
county.
Henry Lowery. of Oxford, has black
hair He is charged with killing the
last baby added to his family because
it had red hair.
John Emmeluth, who is leading the
opposition to Governor Dole, of Hawaii,
is former resident of Atchson where
he was timer.
A. Reynolds, an old citizen of Coffey-
vile, was walking near a high, steep
bank and slipped into the Verdigris
river and was drowned.
Joseph Richmond has shelled over
so, 900 bushels of corn which he cribbed
in Harper county FIVE years ago. He
says that holding it was good invest
ment.
The executive council purchased two
lots on Tenth street near the capitol
for 81. 500 for the location of the state
house heating and lighting plant
There is two story brick building on
the lots. the material from which can
be used in the new building. The lots
once sold for $4,000. They are on the
corner of Tenth and Jackson, southeast
of the state house grounds.
What is probably the last case in the
Parsons-Clay Center contest about the
location of the new asylum will be
heard in the supreme court in June.
w. L. Martin, a general agent at
Winfield for an implement company,
while target practicing, received a bull
let through his head and was killed in
stantly.
The sale at auction of the Usage
lands in Kansas will be made at the
U. s. land Office in Topeka on July 10.
There are about 5000 acres Of it in
small tracts.
Sherman Shinkle, after two years
service in the Philippines reached his
home in Ottawa while his fathers fu-
neral was going on. He was not ex
pected nor had he heard of his fathers
death.
The Arkansas Valley Fair and Racing
Circuit has named dates, covering seven
weeks, with meets at st. John, Hutch
inson, Sterling. Great Bend, Newton,
Wichita and Ell Dorado. Where could
a circuit, in as many good towns, be
cast which would require as short
shipments as this one.
J. +. McAfee has resigned the man
agement of the Topeka Wooden Mill
company and is organizing company
to start a new wooden mill there
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