Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-31
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


mile or two 10 see his sweetheart in
the evening.
A Kansas editor says that "hope"
will cause imam to bear his bosom
and rush into the fiercest gehenna OF
the contest" He ought to get rid OF it
# it treats him like that
A Larned girl lost black feather boa
on country road and advertised for 1t.
She won't get it. 1t is probably chas-
ing some poor fellow who got too much
Enid whisky in him and started to ride
nome.
A Kansas newspaper in speaking OF
the death of George W. Ferris of the
big wheel says: "Such is fate" Ferris
died peaceful death and was an old
man. Did the editor think he ought to
have been immortal.
Kansas is not state of whittlers.
Missourians and Texans whitfield so
much that forty years ago the whole
country was known as nation of whit
tiers But Kansans never whittle.
When they want kindling they take an
Ak an get it.
A Mankato man has lost Is young
horses by some disease which has been
puzzling veterinarians. He says the
feed has nothing to do with it as he
tried all kinds Sometimes they ran
in the stalks, sometimes they were fed
hay and corn, then again they were
fed cane and corn, and then alfalfa
and oats, but with exactly the same
results.
A Kansas man is trying to secure
government protection on q combina-
ton of machinery which is run by the
power of gravitation, or in other words
a gravitation engine. He has spent a
long life in working on the invention
and now claims to have it perfected
is and ready to give the benefits of his
labor to the world, as soon as they
will furnish him protection. The pat
ent laws protect devices, but not prin-
ciples, hence his difficulty in securing
protection. His discovery is princi-
pie and not device.
A Beloit man reports fouc dead hor-
ses, as the result of the new disease
among them. A neighbor Of his lost
five and a Jewell man lost fourteen.
Several have been examined after
death and the brain was found conges-
ted. The veterinarians say it is caus-
ed by substance which grows on differ
emit kinds of grain and is eaten by the
horses. 1t may be found on one farm
and on no other in the neighborhood
1t is poisonous to man as we'll as beast,
but does not find its way into our food
in sufficient quantities to injure us.
On farm near Sedan is a gas well
and the flow is something remarkable
The we'll is down 1,70O feet and the
pressure throws out broken stones
from the hole. A board laid across
hole with three men on it, was thrown
off like straw. 1t is the intention, If
possible to confne the gas, to sink the
shaft lower with view Of discovering
oil. The extraordinary flow from this
well has again excited comment In the
scheme TO sink more wells. The well
on Grouse creek was piped some time
since, and when ignited throws blaze
about eighteen inches high, and, ac-
eording to the theory of gas men, Kan
Ians are living over a mine of wealth
and don't know it
The patrons of the Amazon ditch
met at Garden City to consider the
threatened water famine. The Garden
City Imprint says of the prospect: ave
have been shown recent letter from
headquarters, regarding the future OF
the Amazon ditch for the season OF
1897, in which there is nothing in the
least hopeful for the patrons OF that
ditch. As the case now stands, water
will not be turned into the ditch unless
prompt action is taken by the farmers.
The ditch traverses the best farming
districts Of Kearuey and Finney coun'
ties, and the farmers along its course
are among the most enterprisinR and
energetic to be found, but without wa
ter their energy, enterprise and thrift
are Of no avail. We regret that the
situation is as stated, and it is useless
for the farmers to sit still and wait the
action of the company, for disnppoint
ment will be the inevitable result-n'
water will be sent down the Amazon
in. 1897 from that source. If the farm
ers want water they must get NOV,
on themselves. For the past severa
DAYS water sufficient to water over.
acre of alfalfa under that ditch ha
passed by this place on the way to tn
gulf"
The Canton Champion thinks that
street car line would pay between Can
ton and Lehigh. There are joints il
I,ehiph.