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

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Mound City post-ofice.
The young bloods of Kinsley have
organized an athletic club.
The Wichita Y. NJ, c, A, will have a
! meeting to relieve Armenia,
Montgomery county plutocrats are
starting new bank at Garnett.
A Troy boy who blew up a log to
kill a rabbit will be able to be out in a
few weeks.
The blind staggers are affecting the
horses as well as the politicians in
Russell county.
The Tribune literary society is solv'
ing all the great problems with neat
ness and dispatch.
Society at Cuba, Republic county, is
torn up because man Rugged his sis
ter-in-law and got caught at it.
A Winfield girl in mourning over the
hard times, says it was mixed candy
not candied fruit, Christmas
A young lady is visiting at Film
wood named Miss MASKING. There is
plenty of material at Ellinwood.
More Eureka people visit Europe
than any other people in Kansas. They
go with large shipments of cattle.
Ellsworth amateurs put up such a
hot performance that the drop curtain
of the theater took fire and burned.
According to Charles Moreau Harger
the best Christmas began: MARLEY
was dead to begin with" Harger is
right.
The "husking bee" to be given by
the people of parsons will be a great
success If enough red ears are pro
vided.
A blOomer club has been organized
by the women of Wathena. Long
dresses no longer are visible on the
streets.
The Topeka Capital has been sued
for libel by some lawyers. The news
paper which is sued for libel publishes
the news.
If Governor Leedy tries to enforce
the prohibitory law he will not get the
assistance Of Attorney General Boyle,
so it is said.
The probate judge of Harvey county
claims to be a Die to tell when man is
going to apply for marriage license
by his walk.
A Newton man who was married
year ago wishes he had the money he
blew in on the girls with which to buy
baby buggy.
A member of one of Topcia's CHART
able societies has been discovered to
be the recipient of the charity of like
and rival society.
A Cherryvale boy went down the
street swinging piece of iron on a
string. The string broke and the
plate glass cost 500.
State Treasurer-elect Hefflebower's
bond will be one million dollars. His
own county, Mama, will furnish one
half of this, it is said.
Many people in Atchison decorate
graves with holly on Christmas. Atch'
ison is the only Kansas town whore
this custom is observed.
In White Cloud, last week, white
couple were married by colored
preacher This is rare occurrence,
even in abolition Kansas.
Western Kansas men are full of re-
sources. A Garden City boy called on
his steady and finding her out 'held
hands" with the hired girl.
Dawes says that ever since the as
sistant attorney general part of pro
hibition was inaugarated prohibition
in Kansas has been on the wane.
The Lakin Dramatic company will
play "The Winning Hand" 1t comes
pretty near to taking four aces to
make a winning hand out there
The stenographic field is not the only
arena for women in this state. Tween
ty Kansas women were elected county
superintendent at the last election.
A son of Moses Harmon, the free low
err, will be penitentiary director un-
der Leedy. The old man, who has
been prosecuted, win begin writing in
his free, open style again.
There is nothing Leedy can do to es'
cape political condemnation. The gov
ernor's office is q hoodoo, and chang
ing from one room to another in the
same house will not dissolve the spell
There are sol prisoners in the Kansas
penitentiary. Politically they stand
Republican, 426; Democrats, 17S; Popu
lists, 72; Independents, II; no politics
1893. There are in the penitentiary "a;
Methodists, 49, Baptists, SO Catholics
81 Christians, Al Presbyterians, 90 Lu
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