Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-10-31

1886.
In an orchard in Mcpherson county
there are seven cherry trees in full
bloom.
If Corbett really wants to fight he
should address Tug Wilson of Cowley
county.
A dance at the insane asylum marks
the opening of the social season at
Topeka.
The old soldiers at Atchison have
resoluted against the police commits
sioners.
One poor Topeka mortgage company
has been compelled to become owner
of 300 houses.
The state school fund appears to be
holding a sack instead of some Scott
county bonds
Leavenworth's apple carnival will be
incomplete without Cy Leland and his
apple jack.
Baker university has shut off foot
ball and is instructing the students in
military tactics.
A carload of apples which was sent
from Ottawa to Philadelphia didn't
bring enough to pay the freight.
The success of a dog at the Goodland
coursing meet may be said to depend
on knowing more than a rabbit"
Scme people have gone so as to
charge the frequency of violent deaths
in Pittsburg to the large kilns there.
Osborn is as proud of her new water
works plant as boy with new top
and it only cost her $1,000. Cheap
enough.
An "informal wedding" at Fort
Scott is when the pair drive to the pro-
bate judges Office and have the hack
man for witness.
Old soldiers within radius of 200
miles of the soldiers home at Leaveno
worth, will hold big reunion at the
home November End.
Commissioner Saxon of Pottawato-
mic county has just returned from
Scotland, where he sold consignment
of horses at good prices.
"When the corn is waving, Annie
dear" will be sung with cornet ae-
compartment at Holton social, unless
Providence prevents
The NJ. X. & L railroad people should |
feel thankful that their conductor who
disappeared at Kansas City recently !
didn't take his train with him.
AS the investigations of the Fo<t
Scott bank failure continue the won
der increases that Cashier Colean did
not take the vault aud fixtures.
Assistant Attorney General Goddard
has appointed c. w. Mitchell receiver
of the wrecked bank at Fort Scott,
Mr. Mitchell belongs to local insur-
ance firm, and his bond was fixed at
100000.
A. Garrett, of Derby, was somewhat
last week when he was pre-
sented with note for collection for
SOS for cigars bought in Denison, Tex.
AS Mr.. Garrett was never in the state
Of Texas in his life, he has concluded
he does not owe for any cigars here.
Those poor fakirs will have to try
someone else.
The other day a Lawrence deaf
mute was writing an ad. for the paper,
and coming to word that stuck him
in spelling he proceeded to spell it out
on his fingers, and followed this with
MS pencil and had no further trouble
in getting the word right Lots OF
people not deaf mutes have nimbler
fingers than minds,
A. c. Hutchison who was one of the
brightest and best editors in western
Kansas one year ago, is now in Grip
pie Creek, Col, holding down q gold
mine, and also looking after the edito-
rial interests of the Mirror. He visits
Kansas at regular intervals and will
eventually succumb to the charms of a
Greedy county maiden.
The Cove City Gazette is making a
Rgh. for the county high school propo-
s,tion, which will be voted on in that
county this fall. 1t figures it out
that after the Union Pacific, the big
lumber and land corporations and
the non-residents pay their share the
people will have to pay only eight
cents per capita to meet the annual
expense.
A novel idea has been put into ac-
ton by one of Sumner county's citi-
zens. He has herd of cattle which
he drives to pasture in the morning
and home at night. He also has BIZ
cycle. One night reporters attention
was called to the fertile minded man
al he went down the road on his bike"
driving his heard of cattle. He could
dodge hither and thither and control
his herd with ease.
Cherokee county makes the best
of the log counties, and it in
dicates that things are prosperous
there. The population is given at 80,
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