Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18

Major Hood has some extra fine
Hereford cattle on his ranch near
Reading, Lyon county.
The state has rested in the trial Of
Warden Chase of the Kansas peniten-
tiary, and the defense has begun.
Chief Justice A. II. Horton of the
Kansas Supreme Court resigned.
David Martin of Atchlson takes his
place.
The 6.year.old son of Charles Sum
ner, Topeka mail carrier, was run
over by team and wagon Thursday
evening, sustaining injuries from
which he died.
janice Hume Garfield has been elect
ed president of the Ohio State Univer-
sity at Columbus to succeed Dr. Scott
who resigned to accept the professor
ship of philosophy.
Although the Missouri river has been
flowing into the canal through the is
land above Atchison over a week, the
current has cut no channel, but on the
contrary the canal is filing up with
sand. 1t cost SIS, OO0
Perry Rice while burning some rub.
bish on his farm just North of Glen
Elder, left it and went to dinner,
thinking it could do no damage. He
came back and found his house burn
ed to the ground,
August Belgard, of Newton, 16 years
old, has taken out marriage license
to marry Miss Mile Belair, Is years
of age. Master Augustus mother mar
ried Miss Millle's father, which would
make them step-sister and step
brother.
Col. ]. w. f. Hughes. hero of the
Legislative war" of 1898, afterward
court martialed and dismissed from
the militia service, has been appoint
cd by Governor Morrlll major general
of the Kansas national guard, succeed
ing eX-Lieutenant Governor Daniels.
II. w. Kelley, sexton at the city
cemetery near Atchison, was held up
by strange man near Waton's eleva-
tor and relieved of SCI in cash. The
robber confronted Mr.. Kelley with an
ugly-loobing revolver and ordered him
to hand over his cash. He complied
Immediately, giving the robber SCI,
all the cash he had on his person.
Mr.. II. p. Hoods farm residence on
his ranch West of Americas was total
ly destroyed by fire Thursday after
noon. The place was occupied ny
Charles Fiddler and family all Of
whom were away from the house at
the time the fire started and the orr
gin is unknown. The building was
worth about $4,000 and was insured
for 81, 2O0
Miss Lucy Reugsegger, of the Ever
est school at Beloit was conducting
rehearsal for school entertainment,
in which one of the boys was to snap
u pistol. He snapped the pistol sup
posing it was empty. but it was load
ed, and the ball just grazed Miss
Reugsegger and barely missed little
girls head and buried itself in the
wall.
Information is coming in at Garden
City representing heavy losses of cat
tie and horses by the three days
storm which blew out Sunday. Loss
rs of from ten to fifty head of cattle
are reported by so many small stock
men that the aggregate loss will be
very heavy. A good many range
horses also succumed to the storm.
There was high wind continuously
for over fifty hours.
Elliott $. Reynolds, a young attOr-
ney and member of the Bourbon
county bar, was arrested Tuesday
morning, charged with forgery. d, j.
Stilwell, of Pittsburg, Kans., was the
complaining witness. An officer has
taken the prisoner to Girard for trial.
Reynolds belongs to an aristocratic
family, once wealthy, and has had
several previous experiences similar to
the predicament he is now in.
Persons near Abilene fortunate
enough to be out of doors at o'clock
the morning after the storm saw a re-
markable phenomenon, The hail,
softened by the warm temperature,
developed phosphorcscent qualities,
which made the ground appear as if
sprinkled with balls of fire. Picking
up the snow it gave the appearance of
fire dripping from the fingers. The
exhibition is not an unusual one at
sea, but is very rare so far inland as
Kansas.
James Sampson, a well known far
mer living in the Missouri bottoms
near Atchison, has been missing chick
ems in great numbers lately, and few
days ago 19 young pigs suddenly dis
appeared. lie concluded that a pair
of foxes which had been seen in that
locality were responsible for the
thefts. lie tracked the animals to
their lair, and killed both, in addition
to seven young ones All the pigs had
been devoured. but rabbit and four
chickens lay in the hole untouched
Sampson dug into the hole and found
hundreds of bones,
George 7. Anthony, the newly-ap.