Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18

event of the season at Garden City.
Emporia has a sensational tragedy
which the newspapers are afraid to
write up.
Two new lodges have been organ
lied at Hoisington. "Dues" will bust
a man almost as quick as pOlitices
The cattle IA Stanton eounty-that
Is come Of ti4em-are inducing pleas
ant dreams and death by eating lOcA
Garden City has skimming station
scheme. II docs a town as much
good as q creamery and doesn't cost as
much.
An innovatica at BurliBgtOa Il a
bath room and a man who tried il, says
bathing Ia all right If taken temper
ately. ~
Miss Hattie Smith of Atchison, has
signed two-year contract with Au-
gustin DAILY, the theater man Of New
York.
The custom of having candidates for
pOstoffice announce" in the papers
like candidates for oOpnty office, ought
to be started.
A Ran eame.in from Butler county
yesterday with a load Of peafo Wis,
beautiful birds all paired off. He sold
them out in few minutes at 81 per
pair to Wichita people.
Peter Hibel, Jr., living near Nor
land. Graham county aceidently re-
eeiEed the contents of loaded gun in
his left arm, above the elbow, last
week while driving from his house to
town, badly shattering it IL is
thought amputatiOn is necessary.
The Swimming station at Horton for
the Topeka creamery is now an assured
fact Nearly all the stock has been
subscribed, and the cream from several
hundred cows promised by leading
farmers of Atchison and Brown cOun-
ties.
A Topeka man went home to dinner
one evening last week, and found that
his wife had eloped with another fell
low and was in Kansas City, The hus-
band expressed them box of flowers,
sent them Il congraiulatory telegram,
put on his best clothes and in half an
hour was eating dinner with hand
some grass widow who did her best to
make him happy. Topeka is not so
slow after all.
Thomas Beattie, who has land rent
ed on the island near Atchison, says he
will not put in much of crop next
season, believing that the river will
take awaya large portion of the island.
The river has taken away about 90
acres of land during the winter, and is
now cutting more rapidly than ever,
chunks weighing ton going in at one
time. The river is not far from the B.
& NJ. track at the head of the island.
The mysterious disappearance of @.
j. johnson, who has been missing from
Lindsburg for the past four weeks, is
at last solved. Information reached
Salina recently that This body was
found in the river about n mile from
town. The discovery was made by
Andrew Swanson, who was fishing in
the river above the dam. Something
caught his hook and when he succeeded
in drawing it up the body was on the
line.
Burge & Son of Topeka, who own a
large irrigation ranch on the Solomon
river, in Graham county, have been
in Hill City during the week making
arrangements to plant 100 acres in pota
toes this spring. Last year they had
out 80 acres, 40 acres of which were
washed out by floods. The remainder
bore well. So well are they pleased
with last years results of irrigation,
they decided to double their acreage
this year.
Judge Williams In the federal court
at Wichi o March 18th decided that
the article produced by mixing with a
pound of genuine butter pint of new
milk, preparation known as gilt edge
butter compound, was not good butter,
and fined w. J. Perkins, who manufac-
lures and advertises the preparation,
500 and costs, He also imposed a SEN
tence of six months Imprisonment up
on Perkins, but the penalties are in
Operative so long as the offender re.
Trains from further use of the mails for
fraudulent purposes
Kansas people are preparing to cap
ture the territorial offices in the In.
dian Territory, as the following notice
from McAlester paper indicates: Elk
Attorney General Bradford OF Topeka,
James +. Craig of Wichita and Fred
II. Kellogg of Emporia have recently
formed law firm nnder the name Of
Bradford, Craig & Kellogg and already
have good business. P. L: Soper, as
sistant attorney, and Mr.. Ady, will bt