Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-19
The Cowley county fair opens Sep
TENDER 18th.

Atchison people win burn Goa
mined at home this winter.
Peru is rushing her oil interests,
Several new wells are going down.
P. /. Bonebrake's name in the orig
inal Greek is Parkinson Isaiah Bone
brake.
Kansas City will soon have paper
mill that will give employment to
fifty men.
The Kansas City Times says Joe
Bristow is the best posted man on
French history in Kansas.
Capt. Samuel Burke, at one time a
popular business man of LeaVenworth
was buried in the Potter's field there
this week.
"How Tom went to He'll from Eure-
ka" was the subject of a minister at
that place Eureka) last week and ev-
cry body in town went out to hear the
sermon.
AS there were only 5000 Kansans at
the grand encampment at Louisville,
it Is difficult to understand why the
barbecue committee made 1900 gallons
of burgoo
Topeka is calling for original designs
for municipal flag. How would a
camel knee-deep in an oasis of milk
and honey do, with the words "Keep
Humpin'" at the bottom?
A single pumpkin vine on Mrs. NJ. A.
Lees farm in Wilson county covers
one-fourth of an acre, nourishes sew
enty-four large pumpkins and has 225
blossoms that will do business until
frost.
w. S. Allen, son of Hon. A. F. Al
len, fell from load of hay which he
had hauled to his fathers house at
Vinland, and broke his neck and
crushed his skull. He was dead when
found.
Cowley county has thirty-eight pris-
oners in the penitentiary at Lansing.
Only one county, that of Wyandotte,
out numbers her, being represented in
that institution by eighty-three of
her citizens.
Ewing Herbert claims that Brown
county ranked last year as the best
crop county in Kansas, the total value
of the field crops being 81, 400, 900.
Among the products of the county last
year were over 5000 gallons of wine,
manufactured, it is presumed, for
strictly medicinal and scientific pur-
poses.
Tuesday evening Major Sully, Of the
Salvation army, performed the mar
riage ceremony at Topeka, for a coup
lie and then discovered that the groom
had neglected to secure a license.
The major, with great solemnity, In
formed the newly welded couple that
they must remain single until the next
day, when the license could be Pro.
cnred.
Tug Wilson, the Cowley county pugi-
list, and Jap Murray, of Galena, fought
twelve rounds at Galena Friday night.
The contest was arragned for twenty
rounds, but was stopped by the police
at the end of the twelfth round and
was decided draw, although Wilson
had the fight practically won. A. L.
Richardson of Galena, offered to match
Wilson against Murray for $500 side
for finish fight, but since the con-
viction of Purtell and Johnson, the
match will hardly be arranged.
The last seen of the editor of the La
Crosse Clarion was on last Monday ev-
ening when, accompanied by lady |
and lad, he took the hack to make
the Santa Fe at Rush Centre. His des-
tiuation announced, and no word to
the present time received from him,
leaves, in the minds of his friends,
some doubts as to the hasty and mys-
terious trip. Clay can't run bluff Of
that kind for the lady was probably
his mamma and the lad his little
"bruzzer."
John N. Reynolds died at the ossa-
watomie insane asylum Monday night,
He had been violently insane two
years Reynolds came to Kansas ten
years ago as q preacher nom Iowa,
where he had been in the penitentiary
for rape. From evangelistic work he
drifted into fraudulent livestock In
surance company and bank in Atchisoh.
He was finally sent to the penitentiary
for using the mails to defraud. He
later ran for state senator, receiving
good many votes, but was not elected.
On his release he travelled over the
country selling his book called "The
Twin Hells," referring to his peniten-
tiary experience.
The news that comes from the wes-
tern part of Coffey county in regard to
the destruction of property by the
storm on Sunday and Monday contin-
ues to be very bad. Not less than 300
residences, barns and school houses in
the line of the storm were blown down
and many fine orchards ruined. ]. II.
HALFWAY had over 1000 bushels of
apples knocked off the trees by hail
and they are ruined. Jack rabbits
and chickens were killed by being
beaten by the hail. The amount of