Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-04-18

A Kiowa firm shipped $500 dozer
eggs last week.
Every Abilene man in the peniten
tiarY is either foreman or bookkeeper
Half the wheat in Genry county
looks we'll; the big East end especial
ly.
The survivors of the battle of Shi
lob in Brown county have formed al
organization.
Oakley has already begun to agitat'
the question of big fair to be held
there this year.
Finney county farmers will PLAN
an increased acreage of sweet pota
toes this year.
United States Senator Martin hal
announced himself candidate for re-
election, and he has expressed strong
silver views.
A petition asking the board of coun
ty commissioners to establish chintl
bug station in Fort Scott and place
Robert Bright in charge is being circu'
lated and largely signed in Bourbon
county.
The executive committee of the Kan
sas State editorial association held a
meeting at Topeka ana decided to &C
cept the invitation extended to the
Kansas editors to attend the Atlanta
exposition next October.
Mabel Benton, the lG-year-old daught-
or of c. M. Benton of Efingham, was
severely burned Saturday morning
while burning some ru bbish at her
home. Her clothes were burned al
most off before she could be rescued.
The people of Ottawa very sensibly
destroyed the pest house before any
body else could be taken to it. Civil
lied people do not want their friends
or relatives taken from their homes
and put in such place as the average
smallpox hospital.
The annual convention of the Kan
sas State Sunday School association
will be held this year at Salina, May
z, and o. The music to be in charge
of Professor Excel of Chicago. The
leading Sunday School workers of Ill
inois, Missouri and Kansas are upon
the program.
Last November Mrs. w. r Wagstsff
dropped her pocketboolS, containing
S92, ut Paola, a colored man grabbed
it and made his escape, and has ever
since evaded arrest. A few days ago
Chief Specr, of Kansas City, tele-
graphed Sheriff Butts that his man
was in that place. The sheriff went
up and returned with his man.
The State Board of Public Works
has elected l.. Il. Lescher OF Topeka
to be State architect, succeeding Sey-
mour Davis. MIR, Lesher is demo-
GRAFT He was the choice of Michael
Heery, the Democratic member of the
board. Captain Seaton and Sol Miller
were unable to agree on Republican
so they voted for Heery's candidate.
The position is worth S2,5O year.
Captain Harry Cavenaugh, U. S. A.,
stationed Mt the State agricultural COL
lege Manhattan, has been ordered by
General Schofield to respond to calls
of the commander of the Kansas Ma
tional guard for inspection of troops.
In accord with new rule adopted by
the State military department all
troops will lie inspected by q United
State army officer twice year.
A part of the Kansas university ge'
illogical expedition, under the direc-
ton of Prof. s. W. Williston, has left
for the fossil beds in western Kansas.
The party consists of two men, who
will remain in that part of the State
all summer. The main party, which
will comprise Professor Williston and
a number of students, will leave in
June for the Bad Lands and spend the
summer there collecting specimens.
Johnny Manson, the is year-old son
of John Manson, of Lancaster, was in
stantly killed Tuesday. He was haul
ing manure in his fathers orchard,
and was standing in the front end of
the wagon. The team coming to a
sudden stop, he was thrown over the
dashboard. This frightened the
horses and they began to kick; lung
ing forward, they drew the wagon
over Manson's head, fracturing the
skull. He died few minutes after
wards.
Miss Helen f. Price, formerly of FL
Dorado, was married September &c
last to Howard Ribinitzky of Washing.
ton, but Washington knew nothing OF
it until Saturday, as she feared she
would lose her place as copyist if the
marriage was discovered. She was a
protege of the late Senator Perkins.
The marriage was known from the
first by her father, w. NJ. Price, and
the rest of the family who live at FL
Dorado,
X. G. Fleming, one of the oldest and
most prominent citizens of Dickinson
county. died at his home near Solo
mon Tuesday night. Five days be-
fore he was thrown from wagon by q
runaway team, and fell in such a man
nor nc To naralrzn his whole body He