Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-25
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Ed Howe thinks that all poor spell
hrs eventually become sign-painters.
Times are so hard in Atchison that
dealers no longer give away sample
peanuts.
1t is said the annual hay crop OF
Kansas is worth 10 million dollars,
and the most of it is grown in the
short-grass country.
The police judge of Topeka never
thinks of the statutory Jail sentence
when he Furnishes jointkeepers. He
assesses a fine of 500 and that is Ii
:ense for month.
Pratt county people deny that their
suit to enjoin the payment of bonds
means reputation, and say that it is
IN honorable fight made on good and
sufficient grounds.
The Holton board of education had
good deal of difficulty over the Sc
lection of a superintendent for the
schools and decided to leave it to
popular vote of the people. The old
superintendent, L. E. Heath, was
elected.
Mr.. Cooley prominent citizen of
Williamsburg was accidentally killed
Monday. He was in a cart with
shotgun beside him. The gun fell
through the bottom of the cart, dis
charging the whole load into the head
and face of Cooley. His death fol-
lowed instantly.
The editor of the Atchison Globe,
says that he would hate to marry a
bicycle girl, because she smells so of
Rrnica at night, and Frank Montgom-
cry arises and demands in righteous
anger of Ed Howe, how in blazes the
latter knows that bicycle girl smells
Of arnica at night
Dick Howard says the latest leap
year conundrum to be sprung by a !
Cowley county young lady upon the
particular man of her choice, is this:
When will the alphabet contain only |
twenty-five letters? The answer |
brings the young man to business
every time.
Captain John T. Morris of Lyon
county, who has been waiting a long |
time for his ship to come in, has at
last been rewarded. A lepse on real |
estate in Philadelphia valued at 800 |
million dollars has just expired, and |
he is one of the heirs. His share fig
ures up to about millions.
w. s. A. Montgomery has bought
the Atchison Patriot plant, and will
convert it into morning daily 1t
will be democratic and will publish
telegraph. Mr.. Montgomery's boys |
and girls are familiar with newspaper
work, and with their help and COUP
lie of linotypes he will get out the pa
per.
John Toole, an Abilene youth, who
six years ago caused telegram to be
sent from Chicago to his stepfather,
James Harrington, announcing his
death and that S95 was the price of
the funeral, has turned up as circus
man in the service of the Sells Fore
voo,,rb sbouy onJ hoe ,,,y;t4on II, ,,;,,r. !
ton to be his guest when the show
strikes Abilene.
A man lives in Topeka who, when he
was young fellow, used to go out
nights in search of a neighbours frol-
icsome daughter and bring her home.
She isnow one of the proud danes of
of New York's "Four Hundred" and
the friend and guardian of her youth
met her face to face at Newport few
years ago sitting with her daughter
in pony phaeton which stood at the
club. She gave look of recognition,
but no other sign.
A Lawrence young man was ar
raigned in police court, charged with
disturbing the peace of his grand
mother, but convinced the Judge that
his grandmother never had any peace.
Sylvia Ray, better know as "Gran-
ny" Ray, a negro women of Garnett,
was 100 years old Tuesday, June ..
She has lived in Garnett 25 years, and
is as active and qulck-witted as when
she first settled there. Anderson Ward
OF Dresden, Tenn, recently wrote
sketch of her, WEIGH is as follows:
"Sylvia Ray was born June ., 1896, in
Wake county, n. c. Her first owner
was Phil Adams; was then given to
his daughter Polly who married John
Ward. She was then years old. She
remained in that family until she was
married; raised nine children. John
Ward died in 81. In SO she was sold
to John Ray, on whose plantation her
husband lived. She remained a slave
until '65; came to Kansas February.
'6s, and has remained here ever since
Polly Ward, her first owner is dead.
Her grandmother lived to be rs years
old, but went blind before her death.
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