Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-05
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Dell Valentine sounds warning tt
men against the typewriter girl
Stockmen are paying twenty-three
cents for corn in Chautauqua county.
Fourteen extra fine spring pigs,
raised in Chautauqua county this year
weighed 1880 pounds.
A Leavenworth firm furnished 40C
turkeys for the old vetarans at the
Soldiers home for Thanksgiving.
Stafford county farmers have discov-
cred that profitable crop for them is
celery.
Southern Kansas is liable to lose its
reputation as summer resort, in No
vember.
The lost Albert Griffin has been
found in Philadelphia, writing book
on finance.
Finney county farmers are paying
their taxes promptly. Irrigation did
the business
An amateur opera show is the eli
max to the recent sens ational events
at Ft Scott.
Oysters and Chrisanthemums made a
great hit for the Presbyterians of Lib
eral last week.
Daniel Webster was in the Atchison
police court last week, charged with
licking his wife.
The members of the Sumner county
foot ball team are gentlemen" but
not foot ball players.
Robert Hutchins, who was injured
Wednesday at Atchison while coasting
died Thursday morning.
The annual crusade for better plays
and more free tickets at the opera
house has begun in Topeka.
Topeka boys have a hard time. A
big party and good show this week
and walking is mighty bad.
Prof. Dyche is going to Rice county
December Goth, to tell the people there
how the north pole looked.
An Atchison man saw white horse
and rider 500 feet above the earth,
going across the Missouri river.
Francis Schlatter registered at the
Revere house in jennings Thursday.
He kept his room very closely all day
and very few people were able to see
him.
AK. U. student, wearing dinky red
cap on the back Of his head, was ac-
costed by a small boy thus: Say, mis-
ter, amt ye afraid you'll be shot for
woodpeckerP"
Martin Mohler has taken fancy to
English Berkshires He will raire no
more wheat. Instead he will plant
Kafir corn, sorghum and other forage
crops for hog feed.
A New York man has notified the
people of Leavenworth that the grave
of Col. Henry Leavenworth at Delhi,
N. Y, is in neglected condition.
The city, county and fort were named
Tor the colonel.
Old man Lane refuses to print it
"Will T. Walker" He puts it up
civilian I. Walker" or "W. T. Walk
err" He argues no doubt that Mr..
Walkers ''voice changed" many years
ago, a nd he should no longer have a
boys name.
Susan B. Anthony once named Mrs. |
L, o. Case, Dr. Eva Harding and Mrs.
N. w. Lyon of Topeka as her kansas
trinity" Recently Clay Lyon wrote
them up in the New York World, and |
his article is having wide run in the
Kansas papers.
]. NJ. Idol, who died at his home
near White Cloud last week, was one |
of the oldest residents of that part of |
Kansas. He had lived in the neigh
borhood most of the time since 1856, /
and continuously ON one farm since
1868. He was in Washington terrific
ry from 1861 to 1866.
The AtchisQn Champion reads lect-
ure on good manners to the lady and
her grown daughter" who make it a
practice to attend the Dunkard meet |
ings and occupy front seats with
''rocks" in their pockets with which to
raise racket" II is certain she is a
lady" The Champion knows where
to draw the line.
The talk about Wentworth, the al
legged Atchison healer, which is re-
suit of the Schlatter craze, continues.
Wentworth's mail Monday contained
sixty-nine letters from different parts
of the country. Notwithstanding the
attention he is creating, he still re-
tains his position as Waterman of the
Thirteenth street railroad crossing.
The State University regents have
selected a new professor. His name is
Professor Holmes and he comes from
Baltimore, Md. He is not over 30 years
of age, but he has graduated from Ohio
Wesleyan and John Hopkins univer-
stiles. He will occupy the chair of
Latin in the university, which was
made vacant by the death of Prof. d.
H. Robinson last summer. He is said
to be fine linguist.
A Telephone company with lines
running from Ellsworth to Annapolis,
has been chartered with capital
stock of 1000