Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-08

There is bunch of 1000 cattle in
Barber county owned by young lady.
Up to date no one has had the heart
to kick on the appointment of General
Caldwell.
There is woman IN Arkansas City
who will not cheat in playing croQuet.
She doesn't play,
A Hiawatha girl knows Nannsen,
the explorer, and says he isn't half as
interesting as Ewing Herbert
A half dozen cottonwood trees are
all that is required to give Kansas
town the name of "the forest city,"
Fifty cars of cattle and hogs were
shipped from Cawlker City in the month
of June, beating the record for many
years.
Over IA inches Of snow fell in the vi
entity of Cawker City in the month of
June, beating any previous record in
the history OF this section of Kansas.
NJ. Well and Horner Ross, enterpris-
ing business men of Burr Oak, are
about to commence the erection of two
substantial stone and brick business
buildings.
The different woman Clubs of Seneca
have taken the initial step in very
laudable work-the forming or organ
izing of a society for the purpose of
establishing q city library.
The United States geodetic survey
party has just located n camp at Waldo,
Lincoln county, and from thence will
run base line through Kansas and
Nebraska.
The German Methodist church NJ
was sold to the Christian
Scientists last week for SO, 100 in cash.
This money was raised among the
esders in Christian Science in the past
lays.
The date set for holding the soldiers
'eunion this fall has been fixed for
October 4th, 9Th and 9th, at Smith
Center. 1t is probable that there will
be an old settlers reunion in connec-
lion on the nth.
An Ellsworth man has purchased
,he gasoline engine used at the state
plant at Goodland the past
year, the price being $3.50. 1t is a 10
morse power engine, and, although q
second hand Que, is very cheap.
George Callahan, the Junction City
brakeman accused of kicking a man off
4 train at Salina, was bound over for
rial at the preliminary hearing recent
.y with bond fixed at $1,000. The man
was, after falling, run over by the
train and killed.
The cattlemen have begun the ship
ment of range stock from the western
part of the state The average ship
ment from Garden City is four or five
ears a day, and much money has been
put in circulation and business in all
ines has been improved.
1t has been settled that there will be
no Italian labor on the Newton water
works, as the contractor made up his
mind this would not be advisable. The
tests are being made on the pumps
md the pipe from the city to the wa
.erworlfs plant is being laid.
Thousands of acres of ripe wheat are
standing in Sumner county, and farm
srs are unable to cut on account of
ack of machines and harvest hands.
The acreage this year is so extensive
Ind the yield so heavy that the facili-
lies for taking off the crop have proved
utterly inadequate. Even with the
most favorable weather a great deal of
grain will be lost because it cannot be
in time.
Recently n Wichita bank cashed a
check for 81 500 given one of the big
,attlemen of Sedgwlck county by Il
firm in Kansas City, The
Bank of Beloit can see that bank and
go it nearly double better Dave
Smith, one of the big cattle feeders of
Mitchell county, presented check and
1t was cashed over the counter for Sl7,-
500 received the day before for his cat
tle Besides, Mr.. Smith has over 400
cattle left, which he is feeding near
Beloit.
We are in receipt of a copy of the
and Mining Journal,
weekly Journal published at No. 953
Broadway, New York, by the Scientific
Publishing Company. 1t is in the in
terests of scientific mining in particu-
lar and it is Of especial interest to all
persons interested in Mining and En-
1t contains a complete re-
port of all mining stocks from all
countries, besides the latest news in
full from all mining districts, new in
ventions in mining machinery and