Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-02
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An Ellsworth tooth carpenter adj
Vertises to repair grinders, for corn.
Howard has blooded FLY known
to turfmen as the ''Campbellite Mare"
Judge c. W. Shinn will begin the
practice of law early in January in
Eureka.
G. W. Condor of Springview, Neb.,
attempted suicide at Ottawa Friday,
by cutting his throat.
Edwin Pearson has been appointed
postmaster at Diamond Springs, vice
A. W. Loomit, resigned.
The Maple Leaf recently paid $500
for a block of ground at Leaverworth
and will increase It's yard room there.
Andrew Swlggett, ex-county clerk
of Butler county, has disappeared and
his friends are much concerned about
him.
In Atchison, where people rake in
their kin with fne-tooth comb, hol-
iday shopping is called the "Christmas
trot."
Fred Lobdell dubs his paper the
''weekly irrigator," which goes to
show that Fred 'eats fish" but once
week.
Hiram Hamblin pioneer of Leaven-
worth county, died at Leavenworth
Sunday morning. He was 80 years
Of age.
At Leaven worth when one of her
little granddaughters called Mrs. A
Lucky to Christmas dinner, she was
found dead.
A miner, Gus Divers, was knocked
down and robbed by footpads, who Sc
cured $50 and escaped. This occurred
at Pittsburg.
A. T. Borders, Springfield Mo-,
travelling man, was held up and robbed
Of twenty dollars at PittsbuIg Sunday
Svening by foot pad.
The sentence of Will Herbert, of
Lawrence, convicted of attempted as
sault, is four years and ten months in
the state penitentiary.
Charles M. Young of Argentine, fell
down stairs in the rear Of Charles
Lutz' saloon Saturday evening and
9ractured,his skull. He will die.
The six months supplies of the in
sane asylum at Osawatomie have COM
menced to arrive by the car load. The
quantity is larger than ever before.
John Mcclure, who has been en-
ployed at w. j. canyons smelter at
Pittsburg, had his hand crushed off
in the ore crusher Monday morning.
August Klopf, well known and
popular miller of Atchison, has been
arrested on complaint sworn to by
Emma Glockner. Klopf is charged
with assault.
The Missouri University glee and
banjo club was held at Atchison Fri
day night for $50 board bill and had
to cancel their date at st. Joseph on
Saturday night.
Thomas ELLIOTT, proprietor of the
largest notion store in Pittsburg has
skipped out. His stock has been at
tached, claims amounting to $4,000 be-
ing presented.
Councilman William M. Reed of Ar
gentine is missing from his home and
no trace Of him can be found. He was
"pilot" in the Santa Fe yards and was
last seen Christmas eve.
There is considerable counterfeit
money floating around Leavenworth
In the nature of dollars and fifty cent
pieces. 1t is fair imitation of the
genuine and is hard to detect.
A man named Kelly was found in
Crowells drug store at Pittsburg by a
policeman at o'clock Saturday night.
he was helping himself to articles
when confronted and arrested.
The school superintendent, at Atch'
ison, asked the children of the Diyis'
ion street building to fill a barrel with
provisions for the poor. They filled
eight barrels, three with potatoes.
Estimates are being made for mil
on the Kansas penitentiary grounds al
Lansing, and before many months the
K. S. P. will be grinding all the wheat
that is needed for prison consumption
Charles B. Voorhis and Ella WARD
Smith were united in marriage al
Ottawa Friday morning. 1t was quite
a social affair, the bride being the &c
complished daughter of Il, ]. Smith, {
leading citizen of Ottawa.
A thief entered E. G. Burgess store
at Atchison, and turning on the cleo
trio light, picked out about $50 wortl
of fine shoes and left. A policeman
saw him through the window, bu
thought he was the proprietor.
The motion for new trial in thu
case of State of Kansas vs. Clint G
Osbun, of Holton, convicted in Doug
lass county court of murder in the sec
ond degree for killing Charles HANDLE
at Holton, was overruled Friday anC
0sbon was sentenced to twenty-on
years in the penitentiary.
The cattle rush being over, the San