The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-05-16
The Episcopalians of Neodesha have

county by the wind, three feet deep in
the roads.
Jewell and Mitchell county farmers
are losing cattle by turning them on
green alfalfa.
The music teachers of Kansas held
their annual convention at Topeka on
the last days of April.
The Cottage hotel at Burton was
burned on the night of May z. The
loss is more than $4,000.
An excursion train took $50 peoplt
from Junction City to Manhattan to
attend revival meeting.
A prairie fire swept over the south
western townships of Rocks county
last week, doing much damage.
The insane asylum at Osawatomie
turned into the treasury S4sO.4o, col
lected for the care of an insane pa
tient.
Canler worms are said to be strip
ping the leaves from the orchards near
Lawrence and are attacking the forest
trees.
A training school for nurses has been
established by the state board Of chart
ties. 1t is located at the Osawatomie
asylum.
The Barry brick yards at Atchison
are completely destroyed by fire, at
loss of $4,000. About As men are
thrown out of employment.
Prof. G. w. Kendriclx does not go to
Chicago. Newton offered him accept
able terms and he has accepted the SUI
perintendency of the Newton schools.
Catherine Wyatt, lawyer of Par
sons, argued case in the supreme
court last week. This is said TO be the
first time that woman has done this.
The Hiawatha Democrat says: at
is conservative estimate to say that
there are at least 1000 new voters in
Brown county who have never cast a
ballot here yet"
, The Emporia electric light plant,
which is owned by the city, cleared
81 $50 last year. Einporia recently
voted bonds to the amount of $30 900
with which to enlarge the present plant
or build new one.
John Il. Wright, of Ottawa, a wealthy
lum. He was once injured by a blow
on his head, and of late he has fancied
himself called upon to organize uni
versal church, and addresses imaginary
crowds.
During January, February and
March 300 transfers went on record in
Brown county, involving a total of
81 ,144, 900, of which 81 ,O7o, 900 went for
lands and S73, 900 for town lots. The
largest single transaction called for
SCI 200.
-Four complete pack trains have ar
rived at Fort Riley from Cuba. Each |
train is complete with packmasters,
packers etc., fifteen men in all. There |
are sixty-seven mules with each train,
and the entire equipment was brought |
with them.
The total amount of donations re-
ceived from Mr.. Carnegie by Kansas |
towns for libraries reach $40, 500. |
Fort Scott and Emporia head the list |
with $50, 900 each; Leavenworth comes |
next with a gift of 100000; Lawrence
gets $50, 900; Ottawa, Salina and Win
field were given 49, 900 each, Newton
comes in for $40, 900, while Blue Rapids
gets donation of $500.
DIR. S. w. Williston, professor of his
torical geology and vertebrate anatomy
at the university of Kansas, has decid-
ed to accept similar chair at the uni
versity of Chicago, at a salary of SO, 500
a year.
The Methodist church of Hutchinson
has surrendered. The church was dis
pleasedwith the p aston appointed over
them and talked out loud about it.
DR.. Wood has captured their approba-
ton and the church gave him recep-
ton, at the close of his first month, to
tell him about it.
Archdeacon Watkins, of Ellsworth,
goes to Kenilworth, suburb of Chi
cago He has been archdeacon for his
district of the Episcopal church for a
of years.
Major E. A. Osborne died in Chicago
on May 2, Major Osborne was the
town lot agent of what is now the
Santa Fe railroad, in the laying out |
and disposal of the town lots of Coffey-
vile. He also laid out Osborne's addi- |
ton to that town. He liven and died |
a bachelor and was considered quite
The Miller Grain Drill company, of |
Newton, Kansas, is incorporated |
with a capital stock of 500, 900. The |