Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-01
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


II costs $500 and costs to be a bold
bad man in Abilene.
Young Archie William is digging
for gold in Colorado.
How things have changed in Atchi-
son. Newspaper men now pay poll
tax.
Mr.. Holyfeld of Elk county ought
to feel at home in o Methodist camp
meeting.
Colonel +. M. Keith of Pueblo, Col,
formerly Of Kansas, has become deaf
and helpless paralytic.
Diphtheria is somewhat prevalent in
Leavenworth. Two deaths occurred
there Tuesday as a result.
Charley SCOTS boy, only 2 years old,
knows his letters and talks like q
book. he gets It from his mother.
The Kansas. Missouri Thanksgiving
football game viii take place at Exhi-
bition park in Kansas City as usual
The net result of the criminal grist
in the Cherokee county district court
was Eve men sent to the penitentiary.
There is talk Of reviving the Atchi-
son patriot The Patriot is like an
an abandonded ore mine-whenever
man gets hard up he goes to work on
It.
A Seneca man who was confronted
with the necessity of making choice
decided that he would rather sing base
In church choir than manage a base
ball team.
A bourcon councilman tried to bring
the old board sidewalk back to Atchi-
son the other night, but Bailey Wag-
gener choked him off. Atchison is in
the procession to stay.
The program for the Atchison corn
carnival says that no suspicious char
acters will be tolerated, and yet the
third name on the committee of ar
engagements is Rzoddizza Grahbla.
People who believe there is nothing
in a name ought to go down to Leroy
and take look at the row Of bleed
ing hearts Miss Pearl Slaughter ac-
cumulated during one weeks visit in
Burlington
DIR. G. G. Allen of Topeka, was the
first man to discover that Tripoli stone
would absorb ink and could be used as
q blotter, but failed to patent his dis
covery. The man who secured the
patent is now millionaire.
There Is one thing about Abilene
which we have always admired, and |
that is her ability to tumble when a
brick house falls on her. She has Civ
en- notice that she will not be an APP
plicant for any more state conventions.
The mayor of Lawrence refuses to
sign eurfew ordinance, claiming |
that it is in direct opposition to the
laws Of the state and could not law
fully be enforced. We will bet that
mayor has a son who would be the
first lad to violate the ordinance.
A Topeka man won new overcoat
last week on q bet that, should his
hat blow off, somebody would not only
run after it but return part way to
give it to him. It was a windy day,
and in a moment he turned his hat
loose. Sure enough, man started
after it, while he leisurely followed.
Two more men gave chase, and then
couple of women joined in. He recov-
cred his hat safely, and then five chas-
ers were very happy. He says he has
had men wade into the mud after his
hat
w. A. Bolcourt of near Norwood,
who has been conducting quite pros
porous dairy business in Ottawa for
the last four years, last week closed
partnership deal with Senator Taylor
whereby he will move to Edwardsville
In few days. Mr.. Taylor's big pota-
to ranch at that place will hereafter
be utilized for Jersey milk purposes
and they Will establish an extensive
creamery business in the city. They
will open up tais month with about
100 cows end .peet to purchase soon
about 100 more
{ At Belleville the other day Prot.
Gilbert, Elmer Fry and Wesley Henzel
got into a dispute over whether a
plant which they had found was a
mushroom or a toadstool. Fry and
Henel declared they knew mushroom
when they saw it, and TO prove 1t ate
q portion of the specimen on hand.
After the doctor had snatehed them
back from the bank of the dark river,
Gilbert went proudly up and down
the street declaring that after awhile
people would learn to believe a man