Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-24

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The chiggers are holding their an
nual state convention at ottawa and
Winfield
An evangelist is preaching at osa-
watomie that the world will come to
an end next month.
There is plenty of water in the AR,
kansas in Western Kansas and the ir.
rigating bitches are running.
Six freezers of ice cream were open
ed at Dodge City when the news came
that Mike Sutton was appointed inter
national revenue collector
The state normal school will here.
after confer the degree of bachelor OF
pedagogy. The degree of old maids OF
pedagogy will not be given.
The "Sucker Mining Company" has
been organized at Pittsburg. The
name sucker is usually not applied to
a company when it is first organized.
Most of the heavy wheat fields OF
Reno county will be harested the latter
part of this month. A few fields OF
late sowing will probably be few
days later.
The Santa Fe has its steam pile dri.
yer at work at Great Bend putting
down the piles to build the trestle
work across the irrigation canal where
it crosses the roadway.
The ladies of Liberal will give a
museum show for the benefit of the
base ball club, which is better than
giving the proceeds to the heather
who don't know n base hit from foul
The water was sent through the
Amazon ditch almost to the Scott
county line. The ditch is still full OF
water and farmers are making use of
the opportunity for watering their
crops.
There are 43,433 old soldier pension
ers in Kansas and they were paid
So, S21, 39s. 80 last year There are 500
old soldiers in Butler county. Proba-
bly, 625 to $50 of them are on the PEN
sion rolls
Arkansas City has donated the old
soldiers handsome lot in Riverview
cemetery. The lot has been selected
and is in good location. The old SOL
diers intend fixing up the lot and max
ing it beautiful place for the burial
of the veterans. In time a soldiers
monument will be erected on the lot.
Pittsburg is to have free delivery
mail system. 1t will be put in opera
ton August /. At the beginning there
will be but five carriers, one of whom
will be mounted. The postofiice de-
partment has had the plan under i'd
visement for some time, but not until
now we're the details officially known.
The state irrigation plant at Santa
Fe was sold last week. The plant will
be removed to Garden City and put in
operation at the Windsor Hotel for the
purpose of supplying that institution
with water, including the operation of
the elevator. A large tank will DO
placed on the roof for storing the wac
ter
A new elevator 3Ox1O feet will be
erected at once ut Russell. 1t will
have storage capacity of 10000 bush
els, and capacity to handle from
5000 to 10000 bushels daily. 1t will
be equipped with l5-horsepower gas
oline engine and latest improved ma
chinery for cleaning and handling
the grain.
The constitution and bylaws of the
Civic FEEDER alton, sort of taxpayers
league recently organized at Leaven-
worth, have just printed neat PAM
phlet form, copies of which have been
have been distributed. The chief OBJ
ject of the Civic Federation is to dis
cover and correct abuses in municipal
affairs and thereby work for the well
fare of the taxpayer
The city council of Paoa has ordered
the city treasurer to cease paying iu-
terest on SIS, 900 Of bonds issued some
years ago to bore for gas. The bonds
were fairly voted, the city received the
money for the bonds. A portion of it
was spent in an attempt to find gas,
and some of it for free library and
park fountain Interest was paid for
several years. Paola is not in the short
grass region, but in one of the wealth.
lest counties in Eastern KANSAS.
Joel Harmell, aged 81 years, farm-
err who lives two miles south of the
Douglas county poor farm, was drag
ged to death on the 14th by team of
mules with which he was cultivating
potato patch. lie was at work in the
field when the team became frighten-
ed and ran away. lie became tangled
in the lines, his feet catching in them,
and was dragged for quite while be-
fore the team yyns ctonnad His iniur.