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


peared without leaving his regrets or
sending p. p. C. cards around among
his friends. He followed his best girl
back to Ohio.
The old fashioned woman who hides
her money in the cook stove for safety
lives at Hiawatha. There was only
$50 burned up, but think of the fun
man could have had with that much
money.
Mrs. Mabel Blush, who brought suit
for divorce before Judge Hazen the
other day, recited an array of misdeeds
against her husband which should
Gauss the blush of shame to mantle
and also sideboard every cheek.
Ed Howe says that woman whose
stocking doesn't wrinkle is good
houseleeper. That may be so. Will
Ed now explain how in creation a
young man in search of good house
keeper is going to find out about that
wrinkle business. 1t strikes us that
pointer don't amount to much.
]. L, Hart, of Elk county has i'm
vented kaffir corn harvester that
can be attached to a commod farm
wagon. The operator then drives
down the corn row, cutting the corn
and loading il into the wagon as Ire
goes as fast as the team can walk.
The machine is cheap, strong and
will do the work of twelve or fifteen
men.
So many people have visited at an
AtchiSons mans house that he has in
vented ghost story about his spare
bed room. The ghost never appears
except to strangers, and has on sever
al occasions clasped its clammy arms
so tightly around its victims neck that
it has almost cholied him to death. 1t
is particularly affectionate to guests
who bring a trunk.
A former Ottawa man who is now in
the commission business at Kansas
City, cornered the watermelon market
one day last week and made a whole
barrel of money. 1t was just like
a Kansas man to corner watermelons.
That man knew q good thing.
A Holton boy recently killed an old
lady polecat which had six young kit
tens He took the kittens home and
placed them with an old cat tnat had
but one kitten. The cat adopted the
six baby skunlss, and is giving them
nourishment. Queer Kansas
One of Cowlcy countys prominent
citizens has the foolish habit of filling
his bath tub with water and then ly-
ing down in it and going to sleep.
Thursday he turned over in his sleep
with his mouth open. A doctor, after
five hours of hard work, saved his life.
Abilene has taken an economical
streak and is trying to get along with
out electric lights. Ten thousand
dollars honestly expended wonld build
plant. A town that has the best
water in the state ought to get its
legs and start after the other good
things.
A queer story comes from Fort
Scott concerning the freaks of the cars
in the wreck on the NJ. X. & T. near
there last week. Three heavily load
ed cars next to the engine broke loose
and left the track. The engineer took
in his engine and a wrcclIing crew
went 10 the scene of the wreck. They
were surprised when they came upon
some coal cars standing on the track
before they got to the wrecked cars.
Those coal cars had been behind the
wrecked cars, but now the wrecked
cars were piled up in n heap of ruins
on the track. After looking around
awhile, it was discovered that when
the cars left the track they took a
trip across the prairies, cutting Il semi
circle of quarter of mile and while
these cars were chasing the jack rab-
bits, the coal ears had passed down the
track. The real wreck occurred when
the three renegade cars tried to get
back on the track again, after the
coal cars had passed by.
The secretary Of state, w. c. Ed
wards, has issued Kansas souvenir,
which is very fine and reflects much
credit on the brilliant originator 1t
contains 100 pages and gives large
amount general information of value
in reference to the state. 1t is print
ed on n fine grade of cream book pa
per and is arranged in most attract
i've manner. Fifty thousand copies
have been printed, and will be dis
tributed throughout the United states,
Louette Jacobs, aged II, q favorite
young lady of Lacrosse, fell into an
abandoned well on the prairie
last week and died before she could be
rescued. She was riding with a party