Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-01

while they are gone.
K. Dome Geza who is at Enterprise
says he is still a monk. 1t might pro.
badly be said further he is trying tc
get the people to "giva da monk mon.
E. Matte Shawhan has given up
padding her own canoe at Arkansas
City, and has commenced work for the
Western Newspaper Union at Wichita.
viii White says the "Sybarites" OF
Emporia were arrested for not ringing
their bells at street-crossing. AT
first it was reported that they were
young women.
A piece of furniture is such a rare
thing in the Allen county court house
that when the treasurer got new desk
he had to have answers printed to ae
commoda the questioners.
The Hiawatha World says Governor
Morrill, came near owning the PAGER,
John R. Gentry. That is to say, he
paid enough money to Mr.. Gentry for
two other horses, to buy the now ia
fous horse.
Fort Scott may be sleepy but when
it comes to playing checkers she doesn't
ask odds of anybody. A Ft. Scott man
blindfolded beat Hutchinson man so
badly in dozen moves that he threw
up the game.
Shipping intelligence: Arrived Sim.
Kay Kerr; Farmer Bugg, from Dodge
City, days; alfalfa. Pilot reports
schooner in distress in corn field in
Kingman county, drifting seward, at
8 a. m. Friday.
A woman lawyer has been debarred
from practice in the interior depart
ment for unprofessional and unlawful
conduct in pension cases. More evil
dence that the new woman is made Of
the same clay as the old man.
The Record says that wouldn't
that puff your sleeves" is the latest
slang at Russell, but the Osborne
Farmer says "Wouldn't that swell
your boomers" is the most recent ad-
dition to the popular vocabulary at
that place.
John Radford, IS years of age has
been arrested at Salina for the drown
ing of Henry Hudson, last Saturday in
the Smoky Hill river. The drowning
was at first supposed to be accidental,
but later developments prove Radford,
who has bad record, to be suspected.
Ex-Governor Lewelling has recently
opened up trade with merchant In
the City of Mexico, and has made sew
eral shipments. A duty of 10 cents
pound on butter is a serious drawback,
and many customers in that nation
have been compelled to cut off orders
from the United States.
Judge ]. V. BeelIman of Arkansas
City has brough suit against ex-War-
den Chase of the Kansas penitentiary
for damages to the amount of 81, 100.
The plaintiff is A. NJ. Bum of Topeka,
who was discharged by Chase from the
position of mine superintendent at the
penitentiary. Bum was one of the
prominent witnesses against Chase at
the investigation which resulted in
Chase's removal.
Mrs. Hatch, the mother of Clyde
MattoX, has been very successful in
getting signers to petition to secure
a pardon for her son. There are many
people who will condemn the crimes
of Clyde Mattox but very few people
can be found but will admire the de-
votion of this faithful woman to her
erring son. Mrs. Hatch is now in
Washington and will present her petit
ton to Attorney General Harmon and
President Cleveland and she will make
a personal appeal for her boys life.
An agreement has been made be-
tween the officials of the Maple Leaf
and the Santa Fe, whereby the Maple
Leaf will lease for term of years the
track owned by the Santa Fe from
Leavenworth to the Soldiers Home,
and also the Leavenworth, Topeka
and Southwestern tracks along the
terminal grounds. This gives the
Maple Leaf new route of entrance
to Leavenworth via the new steel
bridge over the Missouri River, the
the contract going into effect Septem'
Der first.
The compilation of the states fourth
decennial census is now in full progress
at the Office of the state board of agri-
cultural, where addition, division and
silence" are the order of the day and
"iob in the state house" is found to be
no snap. Secretary Coburn being him
self an old soldier has seen to it that
in the selection of his assistants the
old soldiers and their families were
remembered and has eleven members
of such families now employed. The
appropriation for this work is consid-
erably less than it actually cost in 1885
when there were but eighty-fve coun-
ties to handle as against 1O6 now, but
lg 70 do Aha tuOrlr