Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-22

EVERY OCner ndu you meeb ~ AAIOh
is either doctor or q professor.
The barber of Thayer works in a
blacksmith shop five days in the week.
Lawrence is the old fashioned town
which hlngs to the roller skating rink.
An uncle of Ex-Governor Lewelling
is running blacksmith shop in To-
polka
Wellington is to have creamery.
Give Wellington time and it will get
there.
-Four genuine irrigation plants were
in operation at Great Bend during the
meeting of the irrigation congress
1t is estimated that 10000 head of
cattle will be fattened in Jewell county
this winter. Jewell led in corn this
year.
One hundred and fifty men are en-
ployed on the new bridge across the
Kaw at Topeka, and the job will last
year.
The Salvation Army at Topeka had
this sign out the other night: "Vote
for Jesus. Grand rally tonight at
1880"
Webb McNall is all kinds of good
fellow, but he never fails to get on
the losing side, saws the Hutchinson
News.
The Stafford Republican says anna
teurs of that town will soon present
the play "a Crown of Thorns, Cross
of Gold"
The government could not get any
one to take charge of the post-office at
Calista, Kingman county, and it was
abolished.
The Rev. J. E. Brant of Fort Scott
climbed into fame after the manner of
man hosting himself by pulling his
own boot straps.
A Lacrosse lady boolSlseeper was
kept from posting her books for two
weeks by mouse who made its home
in her desk drawer.
Frank Taylor, the cornetist, who in
troduced those Wagnerian band calls
to Marshalls band, has left Topeka
and gone to Kansas City.
A Topeka woman says she knows Of
half dozen Topeka couples who have
abandoned getting married this fall be-
cause of a lack of funds.
A little daughter of W. E. Bush, the
fusion candidate for secretary of state
was kicked by a vicious horse last
week, breaking her jaw in two places.
In Atchison if woman refuses three
invitations to parties she is sighted
when the fourth is given. A woman
has to be in it up to her neck or not at
all.
Col Sam Radges, who attended the
Kansas City flower parade says that
the biggest float in the parade was that
of a Kansas City brewery. 1t was a
pyramid of bottled beer 40 feet high.
E. G. Pearson of Ellis, who took his
cornet and went to the Denver fall fes-
tival, won the first prize, gold med
al. At the last jack rabbit chase in
that county the same man got the
most scalps.
Over at Leavenworth, now that the
lieutenants are at Fort Riley, armed
guards are put on all electric cars to
keep the Leavenworth girls from steal
ing the motorman. Anything in uni
form goes at Leavenworth.
The old soldiers of the Seventh judi
cial district, comprising Wilson, Wood
son, Allen and Ncosha counties, held
reunion at Chanute last week. In ad-
ditlon to many other interesting fea-
lures, there was a trades display also.
Mrs. Margaret Carleton of Atchison
will shortly come into possession of a
fortune of $4,000, left by her great
great grandfather, who died in En-
gland in 1852. She has a daughter
unmarried, but smart enough to keep
her head.
Humane Agent Greenman, of Kan
sas City, is hunting for two runaway
girls. They are Leota Loring and
Hannah Barker, both aged II years, OF
Cherokee and Shawnee counties. Two
young men from the same places are
also missing, and it is thought that af.
ter attending the carnival festivities at
Kansas City, they forgot their pleasant
and respective homes.
C. w. Higginbotham found n rare
coin on his farm near ROssville few
days ago. 1t was silver 5 cent piece,
coined in 1887 It bears on its face the
customary insignia of Liberty" sur.
rounded by 10 stars, and on the re-
verse the American eagle and the fol.
lowing inscriptions: limited States OF
America. Epluribus Unum. Sc" The
bank of the creek, where it was found,
hoe baen worn ayyav nv raneated fresh.