Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-19

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Kansas.
United States Senator Lucien Baker
has accepted an invitation to deliver
the Decoration Day address in Fort
Scott
Ida McAIahan was not equal to the
load of work imposed by the Larned
Tiller and Toiler and has sold it to
Alfred A. Doerr.
North Lawrence has been troubled
with nocturnal clown; but long
legged copper, with double triggered
pepper, got after it and scared it out
of town.
Mennonites are settling in Chey-
eynne county. They are class of
settlers who when settled, they stay
settled, and they make the country in
which they live bloom.
At a meeting held few nights ago
at Pawnee Rock contract was made
for the location of a branch of the
Heller creamery. The county COM
mis&oners have also decided to build
a bridge across the Arkansas at that
point.
The STANDARD Oil companys prospect
drillers struck oil Friday night near
Uniontown, fourteen miles west of
Fort Scott, and the people of that vi
cinity are much excited The drillers
are working night and day and the
company's expert has been called to
make an analysis. Price of land has
risen.
A party of masked men appeared at
the house of 7. W. Berry Saturday
night and finding Joseph Conwell
there under suspicious circumstances
gave him a severe beating and ordered
him to leave town threatening him
with tar and feathers if he did not
obey. There are few things Atchi-
son will not stand.
Eya Clara Collins, who has been
bookkeeper in Seneca bank for seven
years, has resigned and will invest
some of her savings in journey
abroad According to the Tribune
she is an up-to-date young woman
She is business, leader in society, a
worker in the church. dispenser of
charity and an expert in outdoor
sports.
Frank Peters, little S-year-old boy
living at Fort Scott had his right hand
blown off Friday evening. The little
fellow had just started the fire and had
thrown shovel of coal into the stove
when the explosion, which is supposed
was caused by heavy Illuminating
cap, such as is used in blasting, oc-
Cured 1t is thought the cap was in
the coal which the lad mad just put in
the fire.
lhe report of DR.. C. Il. Carpenter,
secretary of the board of health at
Leavcnworth, for February, shows
there were 81 births and 81 deaths for
riage licenses issued was II. DIR. Car
penter says the number of deaths and
births was unusually large for the
shortest month in the year. There
were five deaths from pneumonia,
three from heart disease, three from
phthisic and one from old age.
At the regular meeting of the his
torical seminary held in Lawrence
Saturday at the state university,
Major Abbott, of Dc Soto delivered
lecture upon the subject Causes of
Wakarusa war" Major Abbott was
one of the pro-slavery leaders in this
state. His lecture was from personal
experiences at that time. Professor
+. II. Holder, the president of the
seminary. made short address, as
did also Mr.. b. W. Woodward, upon
early Kansas history.
a we'll dressed, smooth appearing
man has been working some of the
Eudora citizens the past week. With
a business like air he called upon them
representing he was government
agent looking for counterfeit coin,
and requested them to show what
money they had in their possession.
Ele then used chemical which turns
the coin black, declares it spurious,
and takes it away with him. Several
of the citizens are looking for the
government agent"
At restaurant in Chautauqua coun-
ty, is on sale this week maple sugar
made on the farm of w. II. jeff from
trees raised from seed planted by his
own hand. This shows what our farm
ers could be enjoying if they had inn
proved Se early opportunities. On
an adjoining farm John Burden has
cottonwood trees planted by himself
that measure over nine feet around
and John proposes to take one of
them to mill one of these days, that he
can have lumber to use that he has
raised himself.
The farm house of Mrs S. D. Smith,
on Tuay creek, cast of Ottawa, was
totally destroyed by fire early Satur-
day morning. Mrs. Smith, who is an
aged lady, was alone at home, and
unaided was unable to subdue the
flames or save any considerable por-
ton of the contents of the house. Be
fore neighbors could arrive the house
and all it contained, together with
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