Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-26

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Listen to an old man talk and you
will hear him lie about the great
amounts of money he made when he
was young - ~" 'a!.'
The Kansas Supreme Court will soon
a pass upon thealaw taxing Judgments
The law was upheld In the District
and Appellate courts and now goes to
the Supreme Court. '' "
,h Deductions in the Office, of the coun-
u ty clerk show that the actual debt of
Newton is between SEA and SEA per
5" capita-less than S25 for every man,
z woman and child IN the city. "-
asa A young man ohired a fine horse and
buggy in St Paul iNeosho, county, re-
Gently, and drove off with IL. He sold
the buggy and harnessiih Parsons, but
he and the horse have not been over
D., taken. ...,.,-..'.
The latest petty thieving in the East
atern part of the state is the purloining
III OF butter from wells placed there for.
cool keeping by good farmers Wives
the fresh yellow butter, the rich Jer-
sey butter they hang in the well, u,
7.f1 A handsome Hutchinson young lady
who has been engaged three weeks,
had her fortune told recently, and said
she wouldn't tell her friends what the
fortune has in store for hersfor mil
lion dollars. a.With that sum of money
she might avoid it and marry foreign.
count. -H"o" ~ IT, II
o., All but two of the coal operators of
the district comprised in Crawford and
Cherokee counties have signed the
agreement made with the executive
board at Pittsburg, August H. These
are the Kansas and Texas Coal com
pany, and the Central Coal and Coke
company. e.ftnt re il
oo Here's farmers sure rat eradlcator:
Take one.half pint OF sifted meal and
put into it q thlmbleful Of ealomel,
such as used in families. Mix well and
place in small tins. or some shallow
vessel in or near where the rats infest,
all to be used dry, and in short time
rats will be scarce on the premises. !
An Atchison paper, in accounting
chat Bishop Millspaugh of Kansas was
introduced to Queen Victoria during
his recent visit in London, declares
that Topeka has decided to make him
feature of the fail festival by stand
ing him up somewhere and allowing
the people to shake the hand that was
pressed, by her majesty. Here's
chance for Kansas millionaires' daugh-
tiers to get touch of high life and a
royal thrill.
Great excitement prevails in the vi !
cinity of White Church and Piper, two
small villages in Wyandotte county,
on the Northwestern road, and battle |
between the villagers and gang of |
tramps is expected at any time A few
days ago the tramps and farmers of
Piper had fight and one tramp was
shot and badly injured. Later some OF
them returned and attempted to set
fire to farm House but were driven
off. At the same time they posted no.
tices on gates warning the farmers
that they are to be burned out, Six
armed men patrol the county roads
now with a well arranged signal sys-
tenn and vigilant watch is kept for the
tramps olG.p
The Santa Fe railway freight de-
partment is experiencing the greatest
rush of business in the history of the
road. The movement of fruit from
California and grain from Kansas has
never been so great and every availa-
BILE car lit for shipping is being pressed
into service. Last week and few
weeks previous the company was doing
arushing business in potatoes and live
stock, but the big end of the potatoe
rush is over now, while the live stock
business is again normal. The fruit
which the Santa Fe is hauling comes
from northern California and consists
principally of plums, grapes and
peaches. The bulk of it goes to Chica.
go and other eastern cities. All of the
cars are re-iced at Argentine, and the
company has big force of men en-
gagged in this work. A dispatch from
Argentine says they have never exper,
fenced such a rush in fruit shipments.
Men are working day and night and
have broken the record by iceing a ear
of fruit in four minutes In twerty-
four hours ending at noon August IA
sixty-6ve cars of fruit had been re-
ceived in the Argentine yards
The Conway Mercantile Company Of
Conway, Mcpherson comfy, has been
incorporated It will do a general
mercantile business ...-f
A miserable imposter is working his
game in Kansas towns, selling a salve
which he guarantees to cure warts
All sensible people know that the only
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