Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-27

and lays eggs.
A formerly of Kansas boy is pro
fessor in Yale College.
A dark cloud hangs over Cowley
county in the shape of colored col
lege.
Miss Sweat is a teacher IN Smith
county, and if she is teaching now
she probably does.
The old settlers of Mcpherson coun-
~ will get together for an old fash
Toned time October 10th.
Madison Galogly YEARLY carries it
around with as he fights Russian this
ties on q Sheridan county farm.
A Topeka man committed suicide
this week and the note left for his
wife stated as q reason for the rash
act that he was SO everlasting BASH
full" He must have felt very lonesome
in Topeka.
While the Abilene orators were talk
ing about the hopeless condition of the
agricultural classes, J. J. Overstreet
was counting over wad of 5000
which he had just received for eighty
head of 2 and 3-year-old steers down
in Comanche county.
An Atchison lady made her washer
woman a present of shirt waist and
was surprised the next day to see the
woman's husband wearing it as he
marched in the Salvation Army parade.
The woman was busy washing to sup
port the family and hadn't time to
wear the waist.
Out in Stockton when they wish to
convey the knowledge that q man is
awful sick they say he is too sick to
attend the meetings of his secret socie-
ty. Frank Borin has been forbidden
to 60 out at night to his society for
three weeks and the people look upon
him as one already dead.
Burglars broke into the Missouri Pa
ciAc passenger depot at Fort Scott
Saturday night and by working the
combination of the safe opened it and
secured over 5000 in money and checks,
and carried off the steel money box.
Three houses were also robbed and
considerable money and jewelry OBJ
tanned.
Sol Miller has been known for fifty
years as "0ld Linen Pants" and now
that linen pants have come in fashion
again the old boss is congratulating
himself on being strictly in style. He
Is also doing considerable growing over
the fact that he has always shaved
smooth, system of wearing the face
which has also become popular.
Mr.. Hagar, who is roasting in the
Greenwood county Jail and figuring on
how ne is going to get the stuff to pay
that 5000 fine for selling the vintage of
40 contrary to the statutes in such
cases made and provided, is said to be
satisfied that there is considerable hog
wash in this talk about prohibition be-
ing perfect failure
minister out in Mitchell county
preaching from the text, on rendering
unto Caesar, requested all the congre-
cation who paid their debts to rise.
The rising was general. A second
call was made for those who didn't
pay their debts, and one solitary per-
son arose, who explained that he was
country editor and could not pay be-
cause the rest of the congregation
owed him on subscription.
A Douglas county man fell dead the
other day in the harvest field. We
have always maintained that harvest
fields were dangerous and should be
avoided. In fact, we have resisted the
luJldIlOl " WOIh III harvest uCluS
for more than forty years, and in con-
sequence we are still alive while that
poor Douglass county man who would
persist has coppers on his eyes and
wears shirt without any back in it.
Andrew Terrell, a 9-year-old boy
from Concordia, was taken to DIR. Ma
hee of Topeka of Topeka recently to
have his eyes operated upon. He had
been born blind. The operation was
an entire success. Two days later the
baudages were removed and the boy
looked out from DIR. Magee's window
upon busy Kansas avenue, and people
who stood by say that if euer ecstacy
was written upon human countenance
it was in that boys face during the
brief mfment the doctor allowed him
to gain his first view of the world
and heaven. To finish this story it
may be said that the little fellow had
been sent to Topeka through charity
and that the skill of pr. Magee was
applied without money and without,
Achilles lives in Mcpherson county
instead of Greece.
Wellington has a "healern After