Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-25

The Turner's have a large and grow
ing society at TT. Scott
Willard Turner was horribly man.
gled at Emporia Saturday in saw
mill and had both arms amputated be-
low the elbow and one leg above the
knee. He came here from Ada, O.,
where his relatives still reside.
The report of Paymaster Mapes, OF
Kansas City, Kans., for the year end
ing March /. shows the receipts to
have been SAT, 95I44, which is an in
crease 81, 66l. IL over the previous year.
The total expenses amounted to $751;
1863 90, leaving a net profit of Sl6,
793, As.
At session Saturday afternoon the
county commissioners of Bourbon
county appropriated 5000 for the es-
adjustment of a chinch bug station at
Fort Scott this spring, and after con-
sidering three applications Robert
Bright was employed at q salary Of
$50.
A mine report from Galena for last
week says: "Thsre was a total of l.
$780, 900 pounds of zinc ore sold. The
price renamed the same as the week
prior, $40 for the top and an average
OF SIT per ton. Value S14,43O. There
was total of $50, 900 pounds of lead
sold at SIG per thousand. Total value
of sales, SlO, O3O."
The sad IRON manufacturing plant OF
Independence, is rapidly approaching
completion. The company have or
dered new machinery TO the amount
of SO, $50, and it is expected to arrive
by the first of the week, by which
time the building will be completed
and ready to receive it. 1t is thought
that everything will be in readiness to
commence work by May l.
In his irrigation lectures to the Law.
renee Y. NJ. G. A., Judge Emery stated
that 10 per cent. of the families Of this
country live in tenements. There are
80, 900 more tenant farmers in Kansas
to-day than ten years ago. Only per
cent of the population are owners to
any considerable extent. He urged
young men starting out in life to be-
come home owners; to be independent;
buy small piece of land while its
price is steadily advancing.
Department Commander Harris re-
ceived u Cincinnati paper which con-
tains an interview with Governor Nc
Kinley in regard to his Western trip,
In which the Governor says: "The
only trip that 1 will make this year
that know of at the present will be
at Ottawa, Kansas, to participate in
gathering of ex.union veterans, The
Western trip which has been so kindly
announced for me will not be made"
Governor Mckinley will be at Ottawa
juno 20.
The next annual session of the DEM
ocratic editorial fraternity of Kansas
will be held at Leavenworth on Sat-
urday, May II, commencing at 10
o'clock q. IN. The meeting was called
for Saturday, but it had to be post
poned on account of the illness of
Mrs Frank T. Lynch, of the Leaven-
worth Standard. Mrs. Lynch is vice
president of the fraternity. Barney
j. Sheridan of the Paola Spirit, is the
president.
The Quantrell raid monument com
mittee, at meeting to make arrange
ments for the unwilling Of the monu-
ment at Lawrence on Decoration Day,
appointed Paul r. Brooks and Gurdon
Grosvenor to confer with the members
OF the G. A. r. to arrange joint COM
exercises on the day of
the unwilling. An invitation was ex-
tended to Hon. James Horton of Kan
sas City, who was there during the
raid, to be present. The monument
is to cost 81, 500, and is to be shipped
from Vermont on May 20.
Claim has been made against the
Western Union Telegraph company
at Fort Scott for $500 damages for the
erroneous transmission of message
sent from there March 81. The mes
sage, which was i'll regard to the sale
OF a valuable piece of property, was
sent by Garrison Brothers to G. II. Pc
terson of Cambridge, ILL.,, and, was as
follows: "Can make trade" When
received by Peterson it read Cant
make trade" and as q result the sale
was lost. Five hundred dollars they
allcge would have been the amount of
their commission on the sale.
The family of A. D. Whitson, who
live near Hackney, were treated to
big surprise by finding little girl
baby snugly tucked in market bask-
ct and placed on their porch. Early
in tine morning, while the stars were
yet shining, young lady member of
the family stepped out onto the porch
and discovered the basket, but us a
noise, indicating life, came from be-
meath the basket cover, she was too
to examine 1t, but ran back
into the house and raised the alarm.
The only mark about which the child
or wrapping which might form q clue
to the owner is the cost mark on the