Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-03-07

A0h Oil OVcr Gnc urO1bn uAb,
tricts Of Western Kansas last Tues
day.
The Frankfort gun club will be the
next to receive the conditions govern.
ing contests for the state champion
ship cup trophy. If this club does not
then formally challenge the Leaven-
worth Gun club the conditions win be
forwarded TO the Weir City club. An.
other contest will probably take place
the latter part of April or early in
May.
At Columbus Tuesday night burg
lars entered the house of Isaac Wright
and took S42 in currency, agold watch
worth 500 and diamonds valued at
$3.50. They also entered the house of
Hon. j. N. Ritter, but was discovered
by Mrs. Ritter before they had secur-
ed anything. Mrs. Ritter, who saw
one OF the burglars, says their faces
were concealed by masks made of silk
handkerchiefs.
! G. G. Hutchinson, the founder of
Ottawa and Hutchinson, visited the
legislature Wednesday. Mr.. Hutchin-
son came to Kansas in 1856, residing
here until 1886. when he removed to
California. He was conspicuous fig
ure in the border ruffian period and
helped to organize the state. He
founded the Hutchinson News and the
Western Home Journal at Wichita,
and has published several papers in
the interest of irrigation in the west.
Mr.. Hutchinson wrote the first book
about Kansas after ITS admission into
the union.
Governor Morrill, has announced the
following notarial appointments: NJ.
G. Patterson, Hutchinson; M. B. Shae-
for, Concordia; Matte B. Jones, Hol-
ton; Q. H. Malloy, Paola; w. r. Moore,
McCune;B. +. Gibbons, Baxter Springs;
j. B. Stockton, Toronto; f. S. Halle
ton, Norton; j. George Smith, Cunning
ham; John A. French, Neodesha; w.
A. Lawler, Emporia; T. A. Janeway,
Clifton; j. L. Bowdich, Wichita; w. G.
Brown, Alton; ]. A. Jonas, Hiawatha,
VIM. M. Biglow, Hoyt; ]. S. Hopkins,
Holton; R. e. Lawrence, Wichita; v.
H. Branch, Cawker City; ]. M. Hog
den, Lyndon; E. w. White, Wichita,
and w. N. Smelser, Emporia.
At o'clock Wednesday evening
John NJ. HERES of Harrington. cut a
severe cash in his wife's throat, also
stabbed her in the breast, then cut
his 4-year-old daughter Fannie's
throat, almost severing the head from
the body, then cut his own throat
from ear to ear, dying instantly. The
weapon used was shoe knife. Her.
res has been running shoe shop and
confectionery store here for three
years He was crazed by drink, hav-
ing upon several previous occasions
run his family from the house Mrs.
HERES may live Three children are
left, all of whom were absent from
the house at the time.
The congressional superintendent
bill as it passed the House Is as fol-
lows:
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of
the state of Kansas:
Section THAT the state of Kansas
be and the same is hereby divided in
to eight districts for the election of
representatives to congress of the
United States, each of which districts
shall be entitled to elect one represent
alive; the limits and designation of the
counties of each district shall be as
| follows:
Sec. 2-The counties of Doniphan,
Brown, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, jack
son, Atchison, Leavenworth and JEFF
ferson shall constitute the First dis
trict.
Sec. 3-The counties of Wyandotte,
johnson, Douglas, Miami, Franklin,
Anderson, Lynn and Allen shall con-
stitute the Second district
Sec. 1.-The counties of Bourbon,
Crawford, Neosha, Wilson, Cherokee,
Labette, Elk, Chautauqua and Mont
gomery shall constitute the Third dis
trict
Sec. 5-The counties of Shawnee, Wa
baunsee, Usage, Lyon, Morris, Marion,
Chase, Coffey, Woodson, and Green
wood shall constitute the Fourth dis
trict.
Sec. 6--The counties of Marshall,
Washington, Republic, Cloud, Ottawa,
Clay, Riley, Geary, Dickinson and Sa-
line, shall constitute the Fifth dis
trict
Sec. 1.-THE counties of Jewell, Smith,
Phillips, Norton, Decatur, Rawlins,
Cheyenne, Sherman, Thomas, Sheri-
dan, Graham, Rocks, Osborne, Mitch
ell, Lincoln, Ellsworth, Russell, Ellis,
Trego, Grove, Logan and Wallace shall
constitute the Sixth district.
Sec. s-The counties OF Rice, Barton,
Rush, Ness, Lane, Scott, aWichita,
Greeley, Hamilton, Kearney, Finney,
Hodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford, Reno,
Edwards, Kiowa, Ford Gray, Haskell,
Grant, Stanton, Morton, Stevens, Sew.
ard, Meade, Clark end Comanche shall
constitute the Eighth district.
Sec. 9-The counties of Harvey, Ssdg. |
wick, Butler, Mcpherson, Barber, Pratt,
Kingman. Cowley, Sumner and Hat.
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