Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-24
KANSAS l4zms OF INTEREST.

Tho Santa Fe railroad is by far the
largest taxpayer In Kansas
A Pratt county man has been ap-
pointed assistant state auditor.
Oak Mills township in Atchison coun-
~ cast all Of its 72 votes for Bryan.
A Fort Scott man claims to be Nble
to make railroad ties and posts out of
clay.
Judge Randolph Of Emporia has
married Emma, an official court steno-
grapher.
Not one-half Of the clerks in the
state house win return to the counties
from which they came.
Governor Riddle will prepare bio
graphy of George T. Anthony for the
State Historical Society.
More Mandolins, guitars and banjos
sre sold in Lowrence than in any other
three cities in the state.
"Will this new constitution they are
talking about, asked a man yesterday,
''provide for more rain"
The program Of the Kansas Day
clubs banquet is out and promises to
be fine entertainment.
The Lawrence World Is of the opin-
ion that Maceo will accomplish dead
what he failed in, living.
The billiard hall at Cottonwood Falls
is "parlor" and not saloon" SO the
gentleman In charge maintains.
It is said that Cy Leland and Senator
Baker are agreed hard on Ike Lambert
for United States district attorney.
The "husking bee" to be given by
the people of parsons will be great
success If enough red ears are pro-
yided.
The Canton Champion thinks that a
street car line would pay between Can
ton and Lehigh. There are joints in
Lchigh.
The New York Sun says the author
Of 1.-THE Real Issue" is entitled to a
high place among American short
story writer's
The Leavenworth people are kicking |
on the kind of books in the public Ii
brary Eeght hundred and seventy
out of Ss5 are novels.
Kansas always has to be in 1t. 1t is
now offered in evidence by the Atchi-
son Globe that Salvini caught his fatal
cough in Kansas opera house.
Attorney General Dawes thinks that
Tiger Bills fight for the enforcement
of the prohibitory law has never been
equalcd. He says so in his report.
Complicated maxim in the Atchison
Champion: Faith is cable which
never breaks, but sometimes its strong
est link is at the bottom of the WELL
Eastern Kansas papers which are
trying to consolidate western Kansas
counties will kindly look up the re-
cords and see if their own city scrip is
ut par.
Frank Greer infers from a close read
ing of Grover Cleveland's message
wherein it deals with public land that
he will veto the free homes bill should
it reach him.
. A prominent Kansas editor says that
a woman's influence is all right but he
has seen many a man slaughtered for
the reason that he was the "woman's
candidate"
John G. Otis is showing signs of re.
vivifcation. His name appears with
two or three hundred others in the re-
coption committee which will welcome
Governor Leedy to Topeka.
The Lawrence Journal offers a good
bargain: If those towns that are pay
ing out lot of money to have pros
pect hole sunk will come to Lawrence
they can buy one about thousand
feet deep at greatly reduced prices,
with terms to suit purchaser.
A Kansas newspaper throws into
Massachusetts, teeth that Kansas
doesn't burn witches. But when Sa-
lem was booming along that line the
residents of Kansas were known to
take pioneers and burn them at the
stake or make them run the gauntlet.
This is one Of Frank Montgomerys
stories: The first territorial legisla-
ture Of Kansas assembled at Shawnee,
July 10, 1855. One of the members of
the council was David Lykins, of Mia
ma county, who had been a resident of
the territory for twelve years as q
teacher in one of the Indian schools.
Opposite each members name on the
roll was some sentiment which he had
uttered, and that opposite Lykin's
name was, "Cubs must be annexed. =
We submit that Kansas got into the
game at an exceedingly early stage.