The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-10-03
KANSAS COMMENT.

n NAIL w AoO3N hiLb' MY @h'hOAN1
rural route carrier who works out of
Blue Rapids, will hereafter make his
trips in a specially built mail wagon,
which he secured by getting one hun
dred subscribers at one dollar each for
a mechanical magazine.
AGREEABLY SURPRISED. Miss Myrtle
Rose, one of the teachers of the public
schools of Mcpherson, was agreeably
surprised by being notified of her cleo
ton to the chair of languages in the
Southwest Kansas college at Winfield,
at salary of twice that which she was
receiving.
JUDGE VANDIvERT ILL.-Judge Sam
uel Vandivert, of Vandivert-Rus con-
test fame, is dangerously i'll in New
York. He left here in 1896 and has
practiced in New York since. Some
months ago he was in street car acct
dent and injuries received were snppless
mented by kidney trouble.
EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN.-Fully eight
inches of water fell in Smith county in
"a hours. Old settlers say that Kansas
has never experienced as heavy rain.
Trsin traffic was effectually tied up.
The Rock Island road from Lebanon
to Phillipsburg has a number OF wash
outs, and no train ran over the route
for couple of days.
ScoTTIsH RITE REUNIoN.--The semi
annual reunion of the Valley of Wich-
tia, will be held in the temple at the
corner of Topeka avenue and First
street in Wichita on November IL, IL
and 10. These semi-annual reunions
are the most important Masonic events
in Kansas and each one is attended by
larger crowds than the preceding one.
BASE BALL MAN SHoT.-Spider Nc
Crery, a baseball player with head
quarters at Oswego, was shot and seri-
ously wounded by John Braine, night
clerk at the Oswego house. Spider
was intoxicated and got into an alter
cation with one of the dining room
girls at the hotel. Braine became in
volved and finally shot Spider in the
lower part of the back
KILLED A BABY.-IIenry Lowery,
young farmer, was convicted in the
district court at Wellington of muir
dering an infant child May 2, 1901.
Lowery denied the paternity of the in
FAINT which was born about three
months after his marriage and accord
ing to the evidence accomplished its
death by administering morphine. His
wife is still to be tried as accessory to
the crime.
POSTMASTER RoBBED.-R. j. Nor
rison, 72 years old, postmaster at Paw
nee, Bourbon county, was murdered
and his store and postoffice robbed of
$500. The crime was not discovered
until morning and there is no clue to
the murderers. Mr.. Morrison had al
ways kept large sum of money in his
store and never had bank account
although the Frisco depot at that place
has been robbed twice within the last
few months.
THE EMPoRIA NoRMAL.-The attend
ance of the Kansas State Normal school,
instead of decreasing after the open
ing of the branch normal at Hays City,
has actually increased, and is larger
than it was this time last year. Fifteen
hundred pupils are already enrolled,
with new students arriving daily.
Students may obtain at Emporia the
work offered at Hays if they prefer to
take it there. If in classes above the
work at Hays, mileage will be paid as
heretofore.
HUTCHINSON FAIR.-The receipts of
the Hutchinson fair exceeded $4,000.
The directors interpret this as an en-
core and have already decided to hold
a larger and better fair next year.
They will ask the state for aid, but, if
It is refused, they will go ahead as
Jney nave uOuc bu0 ldob WV yCdlo anu
hold fair anyway. The grand finale
was free exhibition at the grounds.
None of the exhibits were removed and
everybody was admitted free. Two
bands furnished concerts in different
parts of the grounds.
DIPPED THE CATTLE.-Three hun
bred and fifty cattle were dipped east
of Sedan in crude petroleum in two
hours. A pool was formed in solid
rock and oil from the nearby wells
was procured. 1t was poured over the
water TO the depth of two inches.
Then the cattle were dipped in until
they were thoroughly saturated with
the oil. 1t was done to prevent the
spread of Texas fever ticks. Six head
of cattle had already died and the
cattlemen think the dipping process
will be successful.
TArrnur "a YEARs-Miss Eliza INT