Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-18

George r. Altman of Wallace count!
has produced over hundred pounds
of honey this year.
An Atchison Methodist has four mar
ried sons. Three of the number mar
ried Catholic women.
The Kansas farmers will reyel il
luxuries this withdrawing every
thing at their command.
Chancellor Snow has been appealed
to by parties in South Africa to assis
in driving out u pest of locusts there
| A Brown county man looked his
fields over last week and decided it wal
safe to market $4,000 bushels of 1896
corn.
Some nine or ten years ago mar
died in Weir City under circumstance
which indicated poisoning. After he
had been buried some days DR.. D. W.
King was called to hold post norton
and in so doing, became blood poison
ed from scratch on the middle finger
of the left hand. Though it has moi
caused serious trouble, the effects ney'
err disappeared, and lately the finger
has been in such condition that ampu'
tation became necessary. Last week
he went to Kansas City to have it Ia
ken off clear back to the middle of his
hand.
G. G. Gillett, the cattle king OF
Dickinson county, has the only cow
boy band on earth. On his big ranch
near Woodbine he employs 25 cowboys
and they have been furnished by Mr..
Gillett with complete set of fine in.
struments Young folks come from
miles around to dance and enjoy band
concerts. He will ship to Dickinson
county bunch of $4,000 head from the
plains of Texas. His 20 cowboys have
started after them and the first lot,
about 5000 head, will arrive in few
days. If the prices continue to hold
high for another IL months, Mr. Gillett
will clear about S95O,OOO. He began a
year ago with practically nothing and
is now the largest shipper in the state.
His new barn which accommodates SO
head of horses and other stock has just
been completed.
The Lomond Mining company will
Immediately commence the erection of
a $40, 900 zinc ore crusher on their 40
acre lease southwest of Galena. The
plant will be one Of the finest ever
erected in this mining district The
power will be furnished by 70 horse
power gasoline engine. The crusher
will be erected at the Black Hills
mines, one of the best zinc mines ever
discovered in the entire mining region.
They have already taken over 1000
tons of rough zinc ore from this one
shaft. Zinc is not all they have in
this mine. They also have a great
face of lead, but have not been work.
ing on this recently. The pile of rough
ore which we mentioned above is con
servatively estimated as containing
over 1000 tons. They were offered 81
per ton for this, but refused it and will
soon be crushing it.
Bert Combs accompanied by two
daughters of S. NJ. Maxwell, of Neesho
county, went pecan hunting recently
near Mr.. Maxwell's home. 1t was
rather a tall tree and Bert climbed up
near the top to knock off the pecans
while the Misses Maxwell picked them
up When he started up the tree he in
his usual good humor asked the girls
to pray for him, little thinking that
the end of his life was no near. The
wind was somewhat strong and the
top part of the tree swayed quite bit
and this is perhaps the cause of the
fall. Bert was about forty feet from
the ground, intent on securing boun-
tiful supply of pecans and not thinking
of danger when he lost his hold and
his balance and fell to the ground be-
low. The Misses Maxwell saw HIM
fall and cried for help, but there being
no one near, they put him into the
wagon and took him to the Maxwell
home. Death was instantaneous.
Neodesha is having a big fight over
the proposition: Shall the town own
her own gas and waterworlss?
Charles Wolf of Smith county, died
last week and the doctors being curious
TO know just what had been the matter
held post mortum examination. It
revealed six cancers in his stomach and
liver.
Kansas bankers are almost unit In
opposition to postal savings banks.
The new electric head lights, which
were recently given a trial on the
eastern division of the Santa Fe, have
been pronounced unsuccessful and the
old style head light has again taken
their place.
A party who has been experimenting
with sunHowers, finds that about two