Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-03-21

cA W VIC RAiuVO Oiaoo-
0 The city council of Lawrence pass
ed an ordinance absolutely prohibit
ing the sale Of cigarattes or cigarette
paper in the city limits to anyone.
The Knights Of Pyhtias OF Nicker-
son have just completed fine hall,
which is the pride, not only Of every
member of the order in that.village,
but the entire populace as well.
The state board Of irrigation met
again Thursday morning in the Office
of the state board of agriculture and
selected Russell, Kans., as the place
for the location of the Office of the
board.
A fire in Axtell, 10 miles West OF
Seneca, destroyed 0lston Bros. dry
goods store, Ely Bros, and Axtell
Hardware and Implement Co. The
plate-glass windows in the W. ].
Waugh's new building, also u part OF
the plate-glass IN the opera house
block, was destroyed. Loss, s99, 900;
insurance less than $40,
Warden Chase of the state peniten-
tiary, has begun injunction proceed
ings in the district court to restrain
the appointment of an investigating
committee to look into the peniten-
tiary management. The ground for
the injunction is an slleded defect in
the title to the law comforting power
to appoint such committees.
A few days ago Dick Heaton and
Harry Steiner of Oberlin, each IL
years of age, Runaway to become cow
boys. They packed grain sack with
bread, pie, cake, salt and other arti-
cles, such as steel traps blankets
an old revolver and knife, and started
westward but the second raining
night melted their unsheltered sup
plies aud their courage, and they re-
turned home.
Harry Davis OF Emporia is home
from his African trip. The young
man was given up for lost by his par
ents and friends and was not heard
from for over eighteen months. He
was travelling around all over Africa
and has just come from Cape Town on
the east coast. He started from Afri-
Ca in January and reached New York
last Wednesday and is glad to get
home.
The total bonded indebtedness Of
Kansas is $7Ss, 500. OF this amount
1923, SEQ Is owned by the Kansas perm
anent school fund, and so, 900 by the
university fund leaving, only $3.50, 900
owned by outside parties. Thus the
actual debt is only s256,OOO. With the
81, 3C1, 4s6,s5 on hand in the treasury
the last day of February, the credit OF
Kansas ought to be long ways above
par
4The residence of Seneca Heath, half
mile from Muscotah, built by Major
Downs as country residence in the
early days, has been destroyed by fire
together with much of its contents.
The house cost So, 900, and was insur-
cd for $4,000. Mr.. Heath bought the
property several years ago, and sus-
tanned quite loss upon household
goods and valuable collections Mr..
Heath was in Atchison when the fire
occurred.
The state board of irrigation met at
Topeka Tuesday, but in the absence OF
w. B. Sutton organization was defer
red until Wednesday. All of the other
members were present and spent the
afternoon in discussing system to be
established Twenty wells will be
sunk as soon as the machinery can be
procured or contracts let, and major
ity of the board appears to be agreed
upon making the greater number of
water tests in the extreme western
part of the state.
One of the most profitable
industries in Southern Kansas is the
growing of cotton. 1t has become an
important feature in the agricultural
line, and in Montgomery, Labette and
Chautauqua counties many farmers
are turning their attention to this
crop and find it more profitable than
other. Montgomery county produces
cotton that equals the average of any
state in the Union, and is considered
the best sent to the st. Louis market.
Ford county farmers are feeling jub-
liant over the agricultural outlook,
says the Globe-Republican. The
wheat acreage is as large as ever be-
fore, and they believe that the har-
vest will equal if not exceed that of
1892. Hundreds of acres will be plant.
ed to barley, oats, sorghum. Kaffir
corn and other spring crops.
The Kansas Methodlsts opened their
conference informally at Leavenworth
last Monday evening A large attend
ance was present The first session of
the Kansas conference was held in
Lawrence, October, 1865, presided over
by Bishop 0ssman C. Baker, after
whom Baker University was named.
The session was held in tent, and
sixteen members composed the confer
ence, OF whom only two survive, and
each is passed his three-score years
and ten.-B +. Bowman and j. Denni-
son. The roll of the conference now
numbers 1862, although its limits now
confines it to the Eastern portion of
the state. From it has been formed