The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-01-09

| Cole of Newton, died after an illness
of short duration. Judge Cole was
brother of ex-senator U. S. Cole, OF
California, and was for years very
prominent in national affairs. During
the administrations of Lincoln and
Grant he was United States consul at
Mexico. In addition to this honor he
had held minor offices of trust and
honor in Kansas during its earlier
years.
A DAYS SHIPMENTS The j. p.
Baden Produce company, of Winfield,
sent out in one day seven carloads, the
total value amounting to $500 Two
cars of poultry went to Philadelphia;
one carload of eggs to Butte, Mont;
another carload Of eggs to New York;
a carload of butter to McGregor, Iowa;
II carload of eggs to Denver, and car
load Of butter to New Orleans.
WANTS CAsH-CAN'T FIND IT.--Mrs.
Jennie It. Springer, of Doniphan coun'
ty, and her husband had trouble and
he sold the farm and she threatened
divorce. To protect himself from ali
mony he placed the money for the farm
and other property out OF reach.
Springer was accidentally killed and
the widow wants the property but
cannot find it.
SUBSCRIBED BY FARMERs.-Follow-
! ing an announcement of the action OF
the stockholders of local bank in
raising the capital stock from 100000
to $50, 900, the Cottonwood Falls Lead
err makes this significant statement:
"The new stock has been subscribed
for almost entirely by some of the
wealthy and influential farmers OF
Chase county"
STERLINa's New LIBRARY.-The club
women of that town have secured
rooms in the new city building for the
! public library. There are 400 volumes
now on hand and library fund is be-
ing raised. Mrs. Kilbourn, a former
resident Of the city, has given $1,000.
1t is proposed to purchase about a
thousand books and subscribe for mcg-
azines.
! MORE TROLLEY LINEs.--A Boston
man is looking over the country with
the idea of building trolley lines to
connect q number of towns in the
northern part of Oklahoma with Ar
kansas City. He examined the water
power at Arkansas City as to its fur
nishing power for the electric lines.
FIRE AT A WEDDING. Just as Prof.
E. M. Scott and Miss Lillian Randall,
teachers in business college at Hutch
inson, had Joined hands to be wed, an
alarm of fire interrupted the ceremony.
The house was filed with smoke but
the fire was soon put out.
JUDGE IS YEARs.-Chicf Justice
Johnston, of the supreme court, has
been judge since 1884 and before that
was attorney gen >ral and state sena-
tor From 1897 to 1899 he was the only
Republican office-holder in the State
house.
SHoRTHoRN SALE.-At the sale of the
65 head of shorthorns at the Wichita
stocliyards, consigned by b. and II. L.
Groom, of Texas, the herd brought
SIS, 500, making an average of less than
500 head.
LOAD OF SHOT IN HIS FooT.-Chester
Smith, while hunting near Florence,
received the charge of his shot gun in
his foot He is member of the senior
class in engineering at Kansas Uni
versity.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. M. Alex
ander, the carrier on Rural Route No.
Z, out of Winfield, gives list requir-
ing three inches of type to set it up,
of presents received from the farm
houses which he serves with mail.
FLOUR FOR THE NEEDY.-The Tyler
mills of Junction City distributed a
| JOu Ol uOuT duiOuB VIC iSSiuShso "a WV
city who had been recommended as
worthy recipients of charity by the
various church organizations.
YOUNGEST OLD SoLDIERs.-Concordia
beasts of the youngest" old soldier in
that part of the state; j. M. Harrison,
who enlisted in Company G, Fifty-irs
Indiana, October "a, 1864, at the age Of
Is years, four months and "a days.
David Addison, of Salina, was also one
of the "young veterans" having en-
listed in August, 1862, at the age Of IS
years and IL months.
DIPHTHERIA CLOSES A SoHooL-At
Monitor, Mcpherson county, school
has been stopped on account of the
prevalence of that disease.
| GRocERs' LUNCH COUNTERS. There
is a plan on foot among some of the
grocers of Wichita to establish lunch
| ooun,ars In connection with their