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

Mr.. Husband, of Clay Center, is a
crusty old bachelor
Catherine Ryan, aged 1O1 years, died
at Junction City last Saturday.
Mrs George T. Anthony expects to
make her home with her son in Chica-
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Topeka consumes on hot days an av-
erage of $1,000 gallons of hydrant
water.
Mrs. G. w. Myers, sister of "Buf-
folio Bill" lives at Arlington, Atchison
county.
Miss Whey of Labette county, aged
II, selected a 26-year-old oak about
which to Irvine last week
A Kansas blacksmith makes a spe-
clalty of shooting mules, mending par
asols and fixing gasoline stoves.
The wife of railroad man at COT
feyville always speaks of her men
folks when they come home to dinner
as "empties,
The men who have the hay contract
at Fort Riley haYe over 100 men and
about fifty teams at work. They put
up IT'S tons day.
b. X. Bruce of Leavcnworth has de-
clared war because plain old color
ed girl has changed her name from
Maggie to Magnolia"
Brown county has adopted list of
school books to stand for the next five
years. Hills readers, for which a
fight was made, were rejected.
Miss Josephine 10th of Girard felt
nothing of the sort when Alphonso
Abrassart come spooning around, and
SO the probate judge got job.
One of our Western Kansas exchan-
ges acknowledges Mother Hubbard
squash, which some sympathetic sub
scriber contributed to the Office.
Mrs. T. ]. Brown of Malta has 1000
chickens which were Matched out by
an even 100 hens this season. Ten
chicks to hen strikes us as being q
great average.
Mrs. Kedzie, who had a call to the
Ohio university al an increased salary,
has concluded to remain with the
State Agricultural college another
year, the salary having been made
satisfactory.
F. w. Bester of Galena could get no
work and chose death as the best way
out of his troubles. He left the fol-
lowing note behind; 81 can get no
work that can do, so came to the
conclusion to take poison. Then Twill
be out of everybody's way. Wherever
Invent they would say, get out of the
way. got tired of it, for might as
we'll be dead as living the way 1 am.
l hope God will forgive ne"
Almost every person who has a
means of conveyance has availed him
self of the rare opportunity to witness
the natural gas display at the Hudson
well, recently drilled by the Forest
Oil company, in Wilson county. A
short time ago a rather strong flow of
gas was struck at this hole, and by
some indefinite cause became ignited.
1t has since constantly blazed and the
Examinations at night can be seen for
several miles.
An Atchison man who is in ArLan-
sas wrote home that the weather was
SO hot there that it had killed the flies
and mosquitoes. That may be so, but
he's got to sight us before we would
ever believe it. From a knowledge of
flies and mosquitoes gathered by years
of close and somewhat profane obser-
walton, we are inclined to the belief
that if the weather ever gets hot
enough any place to kill those pests of
humanity, there won't be any men
left alive in the neighborhood to write
home about it. Not much.
The town of Kichapoo had an ex-
citing experience one night last week.
A woman named Haas went suddenly
insane and appeared on the streets
wearing nothing but pair of stock
ings. The men tainted away at the
sight, and some of them received
shocks from which they will never re-
cover. The sheriff of Leavenworth
had to swear in women deputies to
assist in arresting her. and the poor
woman was finally captured, clothed
and sent to Jail.
Mike Deasy of Ottawa, who is serv-
ing as admins traitor of an estate down
there, has on hand little the worst
mixed up job we have ever heard Of
The testator left children by two
wives. The last wife married the son
of the first wife ard has children by
him. This leaves three separate sets
of children in the household, all Of
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