Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-25
3utler county has a 3,OOO acre corn


the Fourth OF July.
Frog-legs sell in Butler county for
so cents per dozen.
Bill Haskell is training an amateur
show in Junction City,
A man catches moles in Butler coun-
ty at 25 cents per mole.
For the past fifteen years whisky
has been drug in the Kansas market
Young grasshoppers have made their
appearance near Garden City and are
worrying the farmers
A Butler county man is so bountiful
| ly gifted that he can tell whether a
strange girl is engaged or not by sim
ply looking her in the eyes.
Atchison girls are noted for their
good sense. One who had "Abbie"
fastened to her in the beginning, has
returned to the good old name abb
gal"
The Galena miners are fast develop
ing the lead and zinc deposits toward
Baxter Springs. Bill Sapp has found
ore in paying quantities on "Tennes-
see prairie south of Shoal creek.
A Kansas editor is said to have print
ed under the heading "We Are Thank
full ''We fell the other day and
skinned our nose and shin. We are
thankful we did not break our id
neck. "
Sol Miller thinks women should ride
bicycles slowly. He says when a wo-
mans limbs move around like wind
mill, the effect is very disheartening
to men who are trying to keep their
minds and their families
Grant L. Clouser, dentist of Chan
ute, aged 80 years, was found dead in
his office Saturday morning by his
wife. He had taken an overdose of
cocaine accidentally. He had been
frequent user of the drug
The town of Reserve, which was
struck by cyclone in May, has risen
from its splinters, and is now better
built than before. That has been the
Kansas way since Ingalls, wrote the
states motto, ITO the stars through
difficulties
Ex-Governor Samuel ]. Crawford |
owns big farm in Spring River val
ley, east of Baxter Springs, which he
expects sooner or later will develop
into fine lead and zinc ground. Mr..
Crawford spends most of his time on
his farm.
A. Stern of Coffeyville was helping
at the threshing at the Day farm. He
was working on the strawstack. At
supper he was missed by his compan-
ions, and . search being made his dead
body was found buried under four feet
of straw. He had been overcome by
the heat and smothered. He leaves a
wife and two children.
S. p Hay, of Sabetha, has received
a letter from the cashier of a bank at
Quitman, saying that note for 500
payable to him, was found there.
When last seen by Hay, the note was
in small iron cash box, weighing
about twelve pounds, and the box was
locked. The cyclone carried the box
away and the note is all that has yet
been found.
There is no longer any doubt that
Miss Belle Bennett of Topeka went
down with the Drummond Castle that
was lost off the coast of France, June
16. Charles Bennett, a brother of
Miss Bennett, cabled the officers of
the steamship company to learn if his
sister had sailed on the Drummond
Castle. He received reply that her
name was on the passenger list, but
that she was not among the survivors
of the wreck. Miss Bennett left To
peka two years ago for South Africa
to teach in Worcester seminary 100
miles from Cape Town.
1t is Kansas way to combine state
pride with financial gain. Syl Dixon
who took the big corn train to st.
Louis, not only ADVERTISED the state
and himself, but nipped neat profit
Of s., 900 out of the scheme. He was
given $50 by every county which was
represented in the train, and there
were forty cars. He bought the corn
at market prices and of course sold it
at market prices, freight and the usual
profit added. The railroad, it is reas-
enable to presume, gave him special
rate in addition to passing his boom
ers and the brass band. He had to
feed the members of the band. but
band men usually eat soup, which is
not expensive. But be that expense
much or little the profit on the corn
was enough to pay it, leaving the
S., 900 contributed clean profit. Hur.
rah for Dixon!
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