Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-08
KANsAs 1TEMs OF INTEREsT.
NOTHING TO EQUAL 1T.
Mr.. Richard Mansfield at Wichita
October 18th.


been offered 10 the people of Wichita
as is promised in the coming visit OF
Mr.. Richard Mansfield and his Garrick
Theatre Stock Company, who come for
one night only to the opera house, on
October 18th. Mr. Mansfield is noted
for the accuracy with which he pre-
sents all his performances, and moth
ing has been omitted; as consequence
the expense and magnificence OF all
his productions are tremendous His
company, too. is larger than ever be-
fore, comprising sixty players. 1t be-
hOoves our theatre-goers to under
stand the great cost that the local
management has sustained in bring
ing such a distinguished actor and
company to this city, and it is to be
hoped that the attendance will be
large, Parties living out of the city
can order seats of Manager Of Opera
House and reduced rate has been Sc
cured on all railroads for this great
event Of the season.
A Manchester man relates that he
received a notice from the Office of the
chief surgeon of the Santa Fe at Tope-
ka which concluded in these words:
"Please acknowledge the receipt OF
this; or, if not received, SO advise"
"The Reflector has received pitiful
appeal to raise some old clothes for
the Cuban troops" reports that Abil-
enc paper, and then it adds: Gas it is
likely to be colder in Abilene this win
ter than in Cuba the best policy is to
let the Cpbans rustic.
The fate of w. H. Wylie, who only
two short weeks ago decided to move
his residence to Atchison, ought to
stand as solemn warning A week
ago ne hurt his toe and had it ampu-
tated Gangrene set in and his leg
was cut off and last Thursday he died.
Mervin T. Miller, of Cowley county,
who possesses rare ability as an elo-
cutionist and who left home several
months ago on an experimental tour,
enters this years work under the di-
rection of a manager. Mervin 7. Mil
Ter is as bright as dollar and we pre-
dict brilliant future for him.
"A Kansas girl, the daughter of a
Greenwood county rancher, was sent
East to school this fall "What do
you know, my child9" the head teacher
asked her. "oh, farming" the new
pupil replied. swell, tell me what is
a farmP" "A farm is a body of land
surrounded by barb wire fence" the
little maid said.
Natural gas has been offered to the
0sawatomie asylum at fifteen cents
thousand cubic feet, payable in cash,
or penitentiary coal delivered at the
mine. The gas. could be used for cook
ing, heating and illuminating, and it's
cost would not amount to the expense
of transporting the coal now used.
Two we'll known married men OF
Litchfeld, Crawford county, are un-
der arrest for violation of the age of
consent law. Their victim is u 15-year-
old orphan girl who looks to be scarce
ly IL. The wives of both of the men
go around to the Jail and condole with
their guilty husbands, which is simply
more testimony to the fact that the
ways of woman are past finding out.
For years an island of six hundred
acres has been one of the attractions of
Atchison, Kansas. 1t lay in the Mis-
souri, river opposite the city, fertile as
a garden, and known all over the West
for the excellence of the celery, aspar-
agus, sweet potatoes and melons it pro-
duced. It had the appearance of an
oasis in the desert, and its green shrub
berry, generous shade trees, velvet
lawns and its cool springs made it
popular resort The island was there
one day, and the next it was gone.
The treacherous Missouri rose in the
night and washed away the island.
To make it more aggravating TO Kan
sans, all the island lost to Kansas was
washed over to Missouri and now be
longs to that State.
Fifty-fve car loads of cattle were
shipped out of Clark county one day
last week, and the same day herd of
Idaho horses were driven in to spend
the winter.
A Baileyville mother went through
the pockets of her 16-year-old son the
morning after the night OF ore of those
hay-racl1 rides, which have become so
popular with the young folks, and this
is what she found: Two hat pins, a
garter, two hair ribbons, the ruffle off
an apron and package of kiss-me
chewing gum.
The only church social we have felt
like going to for ten years is down at
Lawrence xyhara tho food 10 70 no y,,,,t,