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

The Million clubs train will leave
Topeka October 21st.
The, State Journal tells of a bee
raisad' near Oakland that weighs TWEEN
ty-ive pounds.
The Santa Fe will shorten time also
on the Southern Kansas division.
About two hours will be saved.
Sol Miller recalls the fact that JUS
lice Of the supreme court is not re-
quired by the constitution to know
anything Of law.
Missouri is boasting of a gourd six
feet long. People in Kansas havn't
time to fool with gourds, or they would
grow them ten feet long.
The Leavenworth men who appro-
priated the abandoned Kansas Central
narrow gauge cars for chicken coops
have been indicted by the grand jury.
The city council at Lawrence re-
commends that the citizens of that town
discontinue the "delectable habit" of
kissing, until the diptheris scare is
over.
Following the recent corn festival,
Atchison began to get ready for Christ
mas. Atchison has been ready for
Thanksgiving ever since the Fourth of
July.
w. D. Halfhill, former attorney of
Cowley county, but now serving time
In the Kansas penitentiary, peels po-
tatoes on week days and sings in the
choir on Sunday.
An Atchison couple, who were mar
tied year ago, have had their names
In the papers of two cities every day
since. The Atchison idea of being in
social swim is to advertise.
Whist will be the entertainment in
Atchison this winter, and the dancers
are disconsolate. From genuAection
to thought is wide advance, but Atch-
lSon is equal to great things when it
takes a notion.
The supreme court says @. w. Oliver,
who removed the bolts and fish plates
from the Santa Fe railroad in Harvey
county during the A. R. U. strike,
must be punished. He was sentenced
to the state prison for four years.
The output Of the Galena mines
last week was S35,O65 and Of Joplin,
Mo-, 816,O52, little less than half
Galena's output. Yet Joplin claims
TO be the richest lead and zinc mining
town in the world. She does Il by
stealing the credit from q Kansas
town which is three. miles from the
line. t}4stt tsEfFl itI
Topeka at last has ordered a new
bridge over the Kaw, but It does not
follow necessarily that it will be built. |
Atchison ordered new court house in
1887, AMI not step has yet been ia
ken to build it. The grave yard will |
gain many new inhabitants before
either enterprise will be put under
way.
Mary A. Baldwin, rs years old, who
settle in Lawrence in 1865, died in
Denver September 30, leaving ten
grown children, all of whom attended |
her funeral. Her husband was gun
ner in the First Kansas battery and
was killed at Elm Springs, Ark. He
ran a ferry at Lawrence before Bah
cock built the bridge,
The Troy Chief spoke of jug Nc
Chesney last week, whereupon the
Minneapolis Messenger asks, "Who is
jug McChesneyP" The question takes
the Chiefs breath away, McChesney is
so well known. McChesney has still
another title given by the Big Four,
who used oget up the Atchison Cham
pion in its better days. 1t is Sir Ches-
ney McPot
/ The coming boss Of the woman move
ment in Kansas is Grace Snyder of
Beloit. She is woman of ideas and |
knows how to express them. She |
reasons like a lawyer and could put
the average woman agitator to sleep
In a joint debate. The only trouble is
that she Is so much smarter than the |
other women that they all would hate |
her if she should crowd to the front.
Il A. Tice, division trainmaster of
the Santa Fe at Topeka, was once
struggling young lawyer in Dakota
He was friend of c. B. Peck, brother
Of the Santa Fe solicitor, who owned a
large ranch in Dakota. When frozen
out up North Mr.. Tice came to Kansas
and struck General Solicitor Peck for
o job. He got clerical position and
has worked himself up to his present
position. He is favorite with the
boys under his supervision.
The remains of Frank Mettrick, for
many years a resident of Kickapoo Is
land, nth of Leavenworth, were
found / lot of driftwood this morn
ing. is supposed to have been
drowned in the river Saturday, while
returning from from Weston, Mo.
There is degree of mystery, however,
surrounding his death, and the coro-
ner will hold an inquest and will make
. searching inquiry.
Fl. Scott authorities arrested a
white man for bIgamy and learned
that two of his accompliees in crime