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Chanute Daily Times from Chanute, Kansas • 1

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ime CHANUTE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1890 VOLUME 1. 1 NUmbek 33. I Itallvorod por wwk JO Ctonta 1 SiiiKlo Copy Two OwiUi. DO aily (jmmte i KJo Miss hva Piatt and Miss Wagner of Market Itcporm. They are flooring tho bridge cast of tho FourtU of July decorations nt Evans On accoant of decline price of wheat, we will sell Boscberts.

Mrs, C. J. Berry loft for Indiana to day on the noon train. The city council will meet In regular session to-night, Dr. Clouscr.

the dentist has moved Into tho Lindsay Block. Mrs, Lena Barney and baby came tip on tho train to day Alois Met has about 100 fine peach trees pretty full of good fruit. Ed Gilchrist has gomi back to Ericto work In the Record ofllee; is working on tho fair premium list. Evans Boschert have some very elegant decorations for trimming up on the Fourth of July. Sam and Lou Blckel commenced oats threshing yesterday commenced on the farm of Newt Dennis.

Alex tho tailor, has got down to work, and says he is perfectly satisfied with the Utuntion nnd prospects. situation and prospects. Ben Smith and Ed Tliurstin were the other two appraisers In the Akcrs estate. We did not hayc their names yesterday. A cow that gives five gallons of milk day is a good one.

but S. A. Wicknrd has three on his dairy farm that will do that. Mr. Rosenthal sold a good bill of goods yesterday, against Kansas City samples.

Ho beat, both in the quality of goods and prices. Go to tho country and there is nothing heard but tho bellowing of tho threshing machines, Tom Mitchell and Alex Baird arc both threshing to day. A. F. Blackburn and other prominent farmers of this vicinity, are claiming a good yield of wheat, from SO to 30 bushels and that is good for this year.

A flower garden is a beauty and a joy forever, and has a refining Intiucnco on human nature. Dan Light has a splendid one, with thirty or forty varieties of Aowt ers. Ed Fowel Is a success with Sycamores He set one out in April, left it more than twenty feet high, and yet it has grown finely, and has sprouts four nnd five feet long. Engineer PranV Piatt, and Mr. Garfield conductor, made the best run on a freight last night, that has been made hereabouts for a long time.

It was trom JJlgm nerc, Humboldt, aro visiting In tho city to-day, urn. uo uto duno mil game in nysin- Rosenthal's show window. It Is A. Starkey of Pleivsant Valley was hero Uiis morning. No rain yesterday in tho Valley, but a heavy shower between here and there.

Enos Tennis reports everything in good suapo in nis ncignnoriiooa to-uay. armors nil busy cutting oats; oats very heavy and turning out well. Wanteu A good girl to do general houso work. Must bo neat and clean and good cook. No other need apply.

Inquire this office tf Billy Hauson, west of town, has got some joke on S. C. Brown about a pony. We have not got yet, but wo will; and when wo do, will work It for all It is worth. Tho Enrltnn hnso hull hnv rnvwlir.

ing for something, and are evidently going 1 surrisu huuiu uuu. iuriiin uw luis not eather, they have been at the grounds every day, putting In several hours on ractice. 1 I pensions esumaicf, that under tlio new pension law, fully a 411111 tur in 11 luuiiuu jii-umuiitirM win uu n.iu- cd to the rol's. Ho has asked for 440 new clerks on account of the rush of business that will come to the pension office. All pension agents and attorneys are very busy gelling out papers and notifying pension ers of their good luck in the new bill.

The base ball game for the Fourth of uly is attracting great attention, and there will bo an immense crowd to witness it. As there will be large numbers of ladies present, good and decent order must be maintained. To that end, a spec- nl police will be on the grounds, and ar rests will be made for profanity, drunken ness, vulgarity in language or acts and betting. Those who intend to go there for such purposes, may as stay away. Wc have been requested by Marshall Ierod and Judge Stevens to say, that the report circulated that the crove in which the 4th of July celebration is to be held, is being eaten up by worms and to be abandoned for celebration purposes, is an error.

They both made inspection of the grove to day, and find it all right. A very few worms were there, as there al- ways are on soft maples, but the worst is passed, and London purple being freely used to drive the straggling ones away. A good story is told of a gentleman who to-day had fixed up a sack of apples and a sack of potatoes for delivery. Without due care ho gathered up a sack and went to a neighbor who wanted some potatoes, He Intended to untie tho sack and sud denly pour out the monster potatoes before her and see "her eyes bug out with joy at the sight of the mammoths. "These madam" said he "aro potatoes of my own raising, I have taken great care with them, and they are undoubtedly the largest new patatoes In the state to-day," and giving the sack a flourish, out came, not potatoes, but the smallest kind of small June apples.

reminded us of the story where the Dutchman undertook to pour pigs ouf'of a sack, but they would come out pups. John Adkinson of Thayer is in iail at bl. Louis and Kansas City. Wheat. KC new hard whoat 73a74e (lmi ro(1 nlll Nn 9 m.M No.

3 74(ii)77, No. hard Noacu W71. Chicago July 8rii(i8(U September 8(12(o87a. Corn, K. C.

2HJW29J, Chicago, July Sept. Oats Chicago, Sept. 80jfi20f. Cattle receipts (1.777. Tho markets lower.

Cattle. (I. Best steers and Texas 1.60W3.00. row ami heifers 1.80f)!J.15, feeders Hogs, receiiits 3,071, market 5 to 74c lower S3.456i3.55. Sheep receipts 2.301, 83.35(55)4,50.

This week or next, congress will pass tho bill that will do away with origina package houses in Kansas. Tho moment the President signs tho bill, the prohibition law of Kansas will be in full force acaiu Tlio President will probably have signed tho bill, at least twenty-four hours before we will hear of it hero. Tho here la tho warnine with it. tlmt ovnrv iln 1 1 11 lluur lau rrcsi.icni Buail nave Slgncd fbo wln ()f tbo itOl'V law. and if the "oriirinul iwlcnirr," uieywm rresHieni suau im.ve signed ine Dill, tliat will keep them in trouble for along time 0 afterwards.

Watch: and nbout the time yoi, think congress lias passed the bill, quit. Louisville, Ky June 30. Five acres of fire was the awful sight witnessed nt the Standard Oil nt nth and C. streets this The iminence struc ture was blazing at every point and tho heat was so intense that even 200 yards away persons were overcome. A number of persors were badlv burned and others literally roasted to death.

1 he hre was the result of working with the oil during the hot weather, transfer' ring from one tank to another nnd was managed thus: Tlio workmen mounted to the manhead and were about to unscrew the cap when they felt that there was a tremendous pressure Irom the inside against it. At first they decided not to open it, but finally they changed their minds and did so. in an instant there was a dull puff as the vapor escaped, filling the air all around. The gas. as it is known, is heavier than the air and it sank to the ground, spread- ing all over the locality and moving with the wind.

Almost in a twinkling it rcach- cd one of the sheds under which there was a fire. There was a Hash as the in- flamable vapor ignited, and Immediately anerwartie a icrriwe explosion. rnetanK was blown to pieces and the hundreds of gallons of oil were scattered all over the great works. A wall of Arc 300 feet high and nearly 900 feet long moved with lightning rapid- ity to tho buildings. In less time than it takes to relate it, the canning house, fill ed with thousands of gallon of canned oil the cooper and carpenter shops, tho pump and engine house, the filling and lubricating house, the storage house, tho paint house and 900 feet of platform were all abla.c and burned furiously.

CropM tor tiio Week Washington, June, 29. Tho weather during the past week has been especially favorable for growing crops throughout the principal corn and wheat states of the central valleys and northwest. Crop conditions are reported as very promising in Dakota. Iowa reports a good yield of fait wheat with small acreage. Missouri re- nnrra t.lm wlmn.r.

f'mishud with yield 57 per cent of the average and of, line quality. Michigan reports haying in progress witn large yields or corn and oats Wheat ready for harvest 111 ten days. proved in these states during the week. Tobacco is growing well in Kentucky, but the hot sun has caused some injury to late tobacco 1 enncsscc. '1 he weather was especially favorable for harvesting and a large crop of hay is expected.

Gen- erally throughout the cotton region the weather was favorable for farm work, and cotton has been much improved and is gen- orally reported in good condition from South Carolina westward to Texas, The rainfall was excessive along tho east gulf coast, but crops need rain tn tho Carolinas. In the middle Atlantic States haying is in progress with prospects of a large yield. Oats was slightly improved in Pennsylvania but this crop is very pool I in New lork and JNew Jersey. In JNew England crops are backward but growing crass not as good as expected. The to i bacco crop is growing well in New England, Pennsylvania and Virgiuia.

Rains on the north Pacific coa3t greatly Improved crops. Grain promises better than for years. city. Keep off and go around nomo other wuy. There was a good rain on Big Creek yesterday, as well as local showers at other places.

Fred Mosier thinks their t'yop of 05 acres of wheat, will go to thirty bushels per acre. Practice at the ball grounds at 0:30 to day. If you want a good nwent, just go take a hand. W. II.

James" keeps the Tines office boys supplied with spice apples Thanks, say tho boys, In the absence of Rev. .1. 8. Reed from the city on Sunday last. Rev.

A'r. Wiggins filled his pulpit. Tho ofllcial board of tho M. E. church had an ofllcial meeting last evening, and did quantity of business.

Frof, S. W. Black lias gone, temporarly from Normal School at Ft. Scott, to Mon- mouth. where-, his wife is resid ing.

Rev. J. S. Heed returned; lust night from Parker, Lynn county, where he dedicated a Presbyterian church on Sunday last. One week from Thursday night of this weck7 Rev.

S. S. Martin will deliver; a literary address before the A. O. U.

W. of this citv. The Cole Bros. Nooner will take In three loads of hogs to-day and to-morrow, one here, one nt Shaw and one at Buffalo Lein nt Shaw, Malek at Buffalo' and Nooner here. We learn from Capt.

McQuffy, who learned it from the railroad jmen, that there was a heavy hail storm at Brazilton yesterday, that did considerable damage to crops. There was a birthday party at Mr. Thnckcrs in Big Creek yesterday the birthday of Mrs. Thncker. Dpi Bickel hauled the whole neighborhood in on his traction engine.

Mr. AWW. Roystcr. we arc glad to say, has gone Into business again. He will devote his time exclusively to buying wheat.

His oflico will be at the great seed store of Sam Winficld. How grandly the Republican party has conic up to every question! lucre never was, and probably never will bo a party that can come so near executing the will of tin; people. All It asks, is to know what the people want. Mrs. McGee of Nevada City, visiting Mrs.

A. A. Hanson she will start home on Thursday, husband, is post office InsDcctbr for Kansas, Missouri, Texas and Indian Territory. He travels between three or four thousand miles month. Miss Bcrnico Goltry entertained a few of her young lady friends last cveniug, Games were the order of the eyening, and refreshments were served at 11 o'clock, At a late hour, after thanking the hostess for the very enjoyable evening they had spent, the young ladies ntired to their various homes, feeling that it was an event that would not soon be forgotten by any one present.

Col. Carpenter, who has had several conferences with President Manvel and other leading officers of tho Santa Fe sys tern, assures us that there is not the slight est danger of anything being done, the rc suit of the purchase of the Frisco road that will be detrimental to the interests of Clianuto. In fact, he says, much wil soon be done, that will greatly benefit us here. Col. Carpenter is in high glee abrut tho future prospects of Chanute.

The young man, or the old one cither for that matter, who kicks out of the traces for a fly bile, supposing it to bo the sting of a hornet, will be heartily laughed at in his antics, and will, when ho cools down nnd gets the scare off, bo heartily ashamed of himself for acting tho fool about nothing. And then when he re members that he has lost his best friends and his political integrity, and gained nothing, he will want to hire a cheap nig ger to kick him the remainder of his life and, nlmost any nigger will kick him for 1 nothing. nt in Extra Fancy flour at $1.20 per sack. White Satin Pa tent at $1.10 per sack. Beauty, Good, Warranted $1.00.

These prices are low. Tn Parfor Rr firm UllUi UdJLLOl Xt UUJli R. R. TIME TABLE. SOUTHUKX KAXSAH Ji.

K. NOKTIl BOUND. NO. 2o2 Mail nml Exrcss, depart is 05 ni la a 1 45 pm So, 2i6, Freight and Acc 2i8 freight 250 222 arrive SOUTH HOUND. 8 30 ji 7 3" in 7 5pm NO.

I I I I an. Mail and lixrcsp, dupart 3 10pm 3 Isam 7 30 a 2o3 2i5 2,7 2lgfreight 221 C. K. Freight arrive 11 30 a 6 05 departs 700pm R. K.

Div, NO. 2x, 273 Freight and Acc'n depart 1 1 freight l'asHcnlfa8 arrives 3 lopm 2 45 8 40 a 1 223 7 30 a 11 45 a 12 20 pm 2l0 274 224 218 Acc Freight .1 GIRARD BRANCH-EAST, 6 00 7 30 NO. 24i 247 n'i rj 248 Mail and express, Freight and Acc'n depart 3 l5Pm 8 30 arrives 11 40 a 7 2o 217 dally nxpopt. Monday, 2lfl, 215. 274, 273, UMiy excent Biindav.

All no ba unco dally, Trains 27a tuul 274 run between Clwnuto and Emporia. Two daily trains to Paciflo cost points. Two daily trains to Colornoo points. One Daily train to Oklahoma, and Texas. A 1).

Lbichtnbr Agt K. RA1LWAV GOING NORTH. 10 Passenger 58 Freight. 112 Through freight NO 12 01 pm 10 00 a 25 GOING SOUTH NO 9 Passenger, NO. 57 Freight.

3 in through freight. 10 500 Ail trains carry yiissonjrers. Tickets sold to all earts 01 tho Uncied Mutes. CHAPMAN Aeent, Wanted A good girl to commence July 1st, at 27tf T. J.

Whisenands Haye you tried the Quaker Medicines? For sale by Wherrctt and Hardcsty Fay ORIENTAL, SHAVING PARLOR. Having oncnod a first class Shaving parlor 1 Chanutn to call and soo and cot a nieo clan shave. Ladies and Children's hair cutting 11 specialty. Jones Johnston. Real Estate Exchange! Come i.

and list what you have to sen or exenange. 11 we nave not got what you want will try and get it for vou. N. W. HENRY CO.

Office with McClelland. Ward Wood turning of all kinds done, Chanute Foundry. at the lm The best brand of flour in Bloomhcart's tno cny at uunry owiiiuui uaa auuiu uuu uugs xur tt rti1ji jy 1 Bale. Inquire nt Daily Meat Market. For handsome decorations for the Fourth of July go to Evans Boschert's, P'U, i 1 Independence, recognized to the District More rain is needed in Kentucky and Ten-court for trial for forgery.

The facts aro nessee, although the crops were much irn- vl miles iurcu nuuis Nye Horn opened their lunch counter this morning and are now inviting all their friends around to sec them. They will keep open all night and will endeavor to keep full supply of good things to cat. Miss Nellie Cowgill, after haying spent the winter at Baldwin College, arrived in this city Saturday evening, to make a four weeks yisit among friends and relatives, Miss Nellie was warmly welcomed by her many young friends of this city. Mr. L.

M. Magnerof Galcsburg was in tho city this morning. lie drove through by land stnrting at 5 0 clock a. m. lie drove a part of the way up in tlio mud, as there was a fine rain yesterday between here and Galcsburg.

Tho young man of ability who carries himself level headed and loyally to his ECJE nd hlg scntimcnta upon the party out of season, will meet defeat nnd ruin his po litlcal reputation for all time to come. Chanute business men who have met and conversed with Mr. Manvcl, Presi dent of the Santa Fe. arc strongly and favorably impressed with him. In ier son and manner, ho Is said to greatly rc- scrnble Abraham Lincoln, and the man who does that, gains the confidence and sympathy of tho public.

Next, he is atrii crlit forward careful business man. a profound thinker, a man of splendid cx- nentive abllitv. without a Darticlo of fool I niunlf m. Iln KfiP.ms to bo the personification of careful pains-taking wisdom, and if ho don't bring tho Santa Fc out of all its supposed troubles and make it the strongest rallrond system in tho whole United Slates, wc nro mistaken about these, as we learn them from Mr. L.

M.Magner. A few years ago, Mr. Magner sold to Peter C. Lucas of the State of New York, 320 acres of fine land east of Galcsburg. Mr.

Lucas is a very, wealthy man, holds all his property free of incumbrance, and has no need for bor- rowing money. His Magner farm is worth $10,000. The crime for which Mr. Adkinson languishes, is getting up mort- gage papers on this Magner Lucas farm for $2,400, to which Mr. Lucas name was attached.

It was found that tho signature of Mr. Lucas to this mortgage, aud the signature of John Davis to an affidavit in the abstract, were both forgeries, and hence the imprisonment. A Httln lnnccr and the mortirnae naners would have been filed, and tho $2,400 Ipnm that Mr. Lucas puma on from New York nnd I'lUU I ii testified in tho preliminary. Cure your Congh and protect tho lungs by the use of Do Witt's Cough Cure.

Sold by llardesty Fay 301y enrt for sale. Inquire at this Road office. in the signs of tho times..

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