Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-10-17

hoh OuI III Hrtfy county, NV'
General Rains has been visiting
Kan sas friends this week.
2Twice-a-week papers don't pay. in
once-a-week towns in Kansas.
Leavenworth is preparing to erect
a county high school building.
The postage stamp sales an the Kan
sas City post Office will exceed $500, 900
this year. ~
The Burlingame Chronicle has be-
gun its thirty-third year. Kansas is
getting old.
A number of Topeka people are leav
ing to join Mrs. Diggs' colony in San
Maguil Colorado.
Usage county has $4,000 acres of
corn, and the crop is estimated at OF
million bushels.
A Butler county woman is trying
Christian Science as means of devel
oping her daughters musical talent.
An Atchison lawyer who resolved to
become minister has postponed &C
tion, wholly forgetful of the injunction
''Now is the accepted time"
Timothy Mclaughlin, well known
Nemaha county farmer, was Instantly
killed in runaway accident near
Capfr.o Ito MOD1orr ~
The Daily Jeffersonian, a little pa
per far q cent, published by Dan
Swearingen at Burlington, is all right.
1t fits the town and gives all the news.
John c. Shea, who used to do news
paper work at Leavenworth and Law
renee, and afterward at Kansas City,
is now editing an afternoon paper al
Buffalo New York.
A lot of Weir City young fellows
ordered each pair of pants from a
travelling pantist and paid fifty cents
down and it is still down, but the boys
have never heard of the pants or the
fifty cents either.
Pittsburg has coal company COM
posed entirely of minerf. They have
a shaft ready to begin hosting. coal.
1t is mutual affair and the expenses
and profits are shared equally and each
member does his share of the work.
By the recent decision of the su-
preme court two nominees for Judge
in the Twenty-sixth district were let
out and Butler and Greenwood coun-
ties became part of the Thirteenth,
presided over by Judge jackson.
Colonel John F. Newlin of Lawrence
died of paralysis Monday morning.
He was prominent lawyer and for
merly member of the Kansas City,
Mo-, bar. He was lieutenant colonel
Of the One Hundred and Third Ohio.
Tho first Kaffir corn grown in Green
wood county, or in the state for that
matter, was about fifteen years ago.
Since that time it has grown in favor.
1t has gained foothold entirely upon
its merits. 1t has had no friend to
proclaim its virtues.
1t is reported that James G. Blaine
Jr., the disappointing son of an illus
trious father, who lost the respect Of
the American people through his ac-
lions in the divorce trial in which Ma
RE Nevins Blaine secured separation
from him, is to marry formerly of
Kansas girl, Miss Josephine Patton,
daughter of DR.. Patton of Beloit.
The marriage of Hortense Kelly,
of the Hon. Bernard Kelly,
TO George Crawford, son of ex-Gover-
nor S. ]. Crawford, is announced to
take place early in November at the
nome of Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly in Empo-
ia. Alice Hood, daughter of Calvin
Hood, will be maid of honor and Al
bert 7. Ryan of Washington will be
The best man.
Mrs. De Blowersank of Atchison,
wishes to inform her friends that her
wedding dresses are now
IN display to those who wish to see
hem. The receipted bills will be
pinned onto the silks and trimmings
10 verify Mrs. De Blowersank's state
nent of the cost and to save friends
The trouble of going to the dry goods
stores to find out what she paid for
everything.
The broom corn growers of Rice
county are trying to effect local or
yanization to protect themselves
against the broom corn buyers, whom
they suspect of trying to get their crop
Tor less than it is worth. The farm
ers claim they cannot raise and cure
broom corn for the market for less
than $50 ton, and as they are only
offered s45 and $50, they propose to
and hold on to the crop until
they can force the buyers to their
terms.
AS a result of the expedition of Prof.
Dyche, the American museum of nat
nral history and the Kansas State Uni
versity will receive twenty-four wal
rus, including old bulls, cows and
calves, and four complete skeletons;
three complete narwhal skeletons,
twenty-five seals, several polar bears,
a number of reindeer and some small