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

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SALOON MEN SKIp.-All OF that ills
at Harper packed their grips and fix
lures and left town just as the grand
jury was about to hold session.
AN OoToaENARIAN.--A. A. Wood
ruff, of Republican City, has been WIS.,
iting in Watonga, Okla. He is "a years
old. He got up to take walk when it
was not yet light and fell, severely in
juring his head.
KANSAS HIGH SCHOOLS. -Superin-
tendent Frank Nelson recently said:
kansas stands alone in her splendid
system of county high schools. We
now have twelve high schools and each
one is doing good work"
LITTLE GIRLS CLUB The Excelsior
Club of Arkansas City composed of
about twenty little girls, distributed
food and clothing to all the poor fam
flies in the city. No fewer than 100
homes were visited and goods given
out. The members of the club range
from to IS years of age.
NEW CHURCH PAID FORA year ago
the M. e. church at Wellsville was
burned. Dr. Murlin, president of
Baker University has just dedicated a
new church there. There was raised
$4,000, 5000 more than was required.
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furnace heat, class and study rooms
and cost 1000.
DAIRrMEN's MEErINa.-The State
Dairy association will meet at the
State Agricultural college March 3, 4,
5 and 6, during the week Of judging
dairy cattle. Prominent dairymen
from outside the state will be in at
tendance. The cows will be on ex-
hibition and for final judging. All
railroads will give reduced rates
MICHAEL WARNINGS HEIRs.-Attor-
pey Arthur M. Jackson, of Leaven-
worth is trying to locate one Michael
Manning, who worked for the Union
Pacific railroad there about 80 years
ago. He is sole heir to 1000 in cash
now in the hands of an administrator.
If Manning is dead his widow and
children, if any of them are living, are
entitled to the money.
AN UPSET LANAI the home of
Herbert Levett, an Emporia carpen-
ter, an upset lamp caused an explosion
which resulted almost fatally for Mrs.
Levett, in trying to prevent the flames
setting fire to the cradle which held
her six-months-old child. Mrs. Lev
ett's clothing caught fire and she was
perhaps fatally burned. She put out
the fire, however, and her child was
uninjurcd.
A GoLDEu WEDDING.-At Baldwin
City recently Captain and Mrs. n. c.
Cradib celebrated their golden we'd
ding They were pioneers in Kansas
coming to Douglas county in 1857.
Captain Cradit commanded Company
W,
the civil war. In 1859 Mrs. Cradit en-
tertained over night at her home Hor-
ace Greeley, who was making hur-
ried tour of eastern Kansas.
In JESSIE MORRISON CAsE.-E. N.
Smith, mayor of FL Dorado, must de-
TEND a suit brought by the county at
torney of Sedgwicll county. He is
charged with sending message from
Wichita to Pearl Beardsley, who was
working at Newton, telling him that
an officer from Ell Dorado was after
him and that he should "dodge."
Beardsley was one of the witnesses ex-
pected to testify for Jessie Morrison.
POULTRY AND PETs.-The third all
nual exhibition of the Coffeyville Poul-
try and Pet association will be held
January 7, 8, and 10, 1908. The pre-
MUM list is q large one and several
hundred dollars will be paid to COM
petitors. Already large number of
entries are being made.
LOST PIGEONS IN FIBE.-'A fire at
Horton destroyed DIR. Haviland's fine
stock buildings. DR.. Haviland raises
homing pigeons and fine poultry. OF
the 275 fine pigeons in the building
all except twenty were suffocated.
BRowEFIELD BEHIND BABs.-Dr. ].
@. Brownfield, who was convicted in
Ell Dorado of perjury in the Jessie
Morrison case and sentenced TO seven
and half years in the penitentiary, is
now behind the bars at Lansing. he
IS CO years old.
WAS BOUND DURAN orphan boy,
Willie Stivers, had his skull crushed in
iumping from a Santa Fe train east OF
Hutchinson. He was trying to make
his way back to the orphans home at
Halstead from which he was "bound
out"
GovKRNoR BAuEY's HOUSEKEEPING.