The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-11-14
Kansas Events
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has been made superintendent of the
Nebraska division of the road, with
headquarters at Fairbury. The APP
pointment is already effective. e. o.
Melcher, of the Boston and Maine road,
will take Nichols place. III. U. Sworth-
wood has been made assistant superin-
tendent of telegraph Of the Rock Island
in place of A. l.. Lingafelt, resigned.
Two LEAvENwORTH GIRLs.-Miss
Blanche McGonigle, daughter of James
McGonigle, the government contractor
and one of the wealthicst citizens of
Leavenworth, will be married on No
vember 20 to DR.. Powell Fauntelroy,
U. S. A., and early in December Miss
Matte Stone, daughter of ex-senator
James G. Stone, will be married TO
Lieutenant Sidney S. Burbank, of the
Sixth infantry.
A KANSAS BANK ROBBED. The Tam
pa State bank of Tampa was dynamited
and robbed of SO, 800. The robbers
escaped on hand car TO Ramona on
the Santa Fe, where it is believed they
got aboard passenger train. The
building was partially destroyed by
the explosion.
MAKES MONEY AT IT.-Miss Nellie
Morrison, of Salina, is laying up large
sums of money which represents her
profits on the business of making dolls
from corn cobs and corn husks. She
sells thousands CT them in this country
and in Germany, France and England.
MOVING TO WICHITA.-The material
in the Missouri Pacific shops at Ell
Dorado is being moved to Wichita.
Ten families go with the shops. When
the shops are completed Is more fam
lilies will be transferred to Wichita.
LARGE COURT DOCKET.-The dis
trict court of Labette county opened
at Oswego with 1O4 suits to dispose of,
II of them being criminal cases. There
is one case of alleged violation of the
quarantine law.
STOVE POLISH CAUSES FIRE.-Mrs.
Clark, of Emporia, was using stove
polish in which there was considerable
gasoline The stove was hot and the
gasoline took fire causing scare and
a fire alarm.
FISH FOR LITTLE RIVERA thou
sand fish have been placed in Little
River in Harvey county by the state
fish commissioner. They are nearly
all black bass with few rock bass
AFTER A PLACE.-Stephen Cave, of
Haskell coun ty, was early at Topeka
looking up his chance for sergeant-at-
arms of the house of representatives.
Cave is the prairie dog exterminator.
LADIES PARADE.-The Ladies Cornet
band of Smith Center paraded the
streets and dispensed music in honor
of the result of the election.
TEXAS HoGs-KANsAs CoRN.-H. X.
Eberly, of Sedgwick county, received
three carloads of stock hogs from Texas
to be fed on Kansas corn.
In ONE PLACE 4s YEARs.-One Coffey
county citizen boasts of having voted
4s years consecutively in the same pre-
cinct.
CowLEY COUNTY TEACHERS. There
are $50 of them employed of which
Winfield and Arkansas City have 80
each.
COLONY OF VIRGINIANs.-The have
just paid Sl3, 200 cash for a 300 acre
ranch near Chetopa.
DEWEY AND HoBsoN.-A farm spring
wagon drove up to the curbing along
Main street in Ottawa. The driver
sprang out leaving his wife and two
babies in the vehicle. Mother" he
said, as he tied the team, "You lift
Dewey out and I'll take Hobson."
Both AMENDMENTS From first re-
turns it was belle ED that both amend
ments to the constitution were adopted
-one to increase the pay of members
of the legislature to $500 a session, the
other to perfect the biennial election
law.
LARGE RANCH SoLD.-It is reported |
that the Westcott ranch near Solomon
has been sold to Kansas City parties
for S175,OOO. This ranch comprises
over 4, 900 acres of fine land about IA |
miles south and east of Salina. Mr.. |
Westcott, the owner of the ranch, lives |
at Richmond, Ind, and he is the head |
of the Richmond Grain Drill Company.
Two COOP CRoPs.-Farmer Clover, of |
county harvested a wheat crop |
in time to plant the same field in corn
on July 5. He has gathered 40 bushels
Of corn to the acre from this field.
VorE WAS 1000 LEss.-In Wichita
the registration was 7,74l. The total