Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-26
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


The Vermilion Record.
The churches of Lucas have closed,
out IF respect to scarlet fever.
Mamie Nesbit is doing editorial
work on the Washington Waterman.
Some Dickinson county people have
set out for Oklahoma to do missionary
work.
1t cost one Montgomery county man
a tine of $3.50 to pillow two burrows
In the road last week, but he got his
pillow secured.
One farmer at Monet will plant thir-
ty acres of castor beans. This is a
sure crop and profitable one in
Southern Kansas.
A potato social was presbyte
novelty in Coffeyville the other night.
The door receipts resulted in bushel
of potatoes, which will be planted,
and the crop sold for the benefit of
the missionary society.
A. E. Bishop, formerly of Abilene,
but now of Kansas City, will, it is re-
ported, go to South America rs mis-
Sionary next month. He vii take his
wife and two little children with him
and will work under the auspices of
the Gospel union.
News has just been received OF the
sudden and horrible death of DR.. J. b.
Perraine of Vineland. While trying
to remove u membrane from the throat
of one of the Clark children with his
finger he was bitten by the child, and
died in great agony from blood poison
ing.
Mrs. d. W. Mcclure, wife Of very
wealthy stock raiser of Fort Scott, has
been advised that she was one of the
heirs to $4,000 estate left by her
aunt, Mrs. Makepeace at Providence,
r. l. Mrs. Mcclure was not acquaint
ed with her aunt. She was an aged
widow and died intestate.
This is the way a western Kansan
puts it: Leap year is not three
months old, and yet the new women
are finding out that the men folks are
not to be fooled with. Several suits
are already pending for breach of
promise, growing out of propositions
made by the girls just or fun, to try
their hands at the new business"
Chaplaid Moorehead administered
the ordinance of baptism to twenty
cOnvicts at the state penitentiary last
Sunday. Eleven were emersed and
nine were baptized by the pouring of
water This is the first occasion
when baptism has been administered
within the walls of the penitentiary.
The service was decidedly impress
sive one. One of the men immersed
was lifetime prisoner.
Ed Thurston is under arrest at Law
renee for bootlegging whisky. The
transaction took place in the alley just
back of the postoffice. Thurston had
just delivered the whisky to the man
and taken his money when Marshal
Prentice stepped out. The stranger
thought Prentice another man looking
for drink, asked him to drink from
his newly purchased bottle of stuff.
The bootlegger knew Prentice and was
at once taken into custody by him.
In Harper county the acreage to
oats this spring is unusually large, and
the conditions at seeding time are very !
favorable. 1t has been several years |
since the farmers have had good !
crop of oats, and they seem to think
this will be the successful year. Wheat |
is daily gaining in vigor, and is in
splendid condition, but the crop is |
never sure until it is in the bin. The |
are being made for anoth-
err large acreage of corn, Indian and
Kaffir, and some of the farmers will
commence listing the first of next
month
Luther Woodford, one of the pion-
GERS of Shawnee county, has just died
at Christ's hospital in Topeka. He
was known as the hermit" because
he lived alone on his farm until his
last sickness His friends say he had
not less than $50, 900 in gold and bonds
and probably much more. Before his
death he was asked about his wealth
and he declared that he wished he had
it so he could burn it all up, but he
would not tell where it was hidden.
His farm is seven miles from Topeka
and his acquaintance are sure the
fortune is buried there, and according
ly have organized shovel brigade
and gone to looking for it.
The damage suit in the Maddox
smallpox pest house case, at Ottawa,
has drifted through several terms of
court, and is still alive for a hearing
at the coming term. Arlander Mad
doX, who owned the old house used by
the city for pest house, and which
was burned down, brought suit for
damages and trespaSs, which has fin
ally taken the form of two actions.
One is to recover the alleged value of
the house, $500, against the city,
claimed to be responsible for the acts
of mob, and the other is for $50. for
trespass, against individuals-co Joint
ly II. ID. Crane, DIR. Van Schoiack. p. /
Kaiser, Geo. I. Brown and j. G.. Maud !
lin.