Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-23

Fe at Nickerson Is being rebuilt 10
passenger use and will be occupied
Oct /.
The station at Hutchinson will b
completed by Nov. l. 1t is similar il
arrangement and size TO the Topeka
station
Danuel Anthony is now 73 years o.
age, and he says he can not recall the
day when he did not do manuel labor
He began to work as soon as he could
walk.
Above all, the Kansas farmer loves
his children. Recently farmer was
taking bicycle home to his daughter.
The wagon which he drove was worth
$40; the bicycle SOS.
The deposits in the First National
Bank at Kingman aggregate S16s $685.
90. They have S1O2, 1O4. 1G in cash and
sight exchange 1t is almost double
what they had year ago
Southern and central Kansas was
visited by good soaking rain on Sep
TENDER 14th. This did much good in
general, filing up all the small streams
and freshing up the pastures.
Three young men, near Lyons, went
into melon patch, gorged themselves
and then destroyed a large number of
melons and vines They were arrested
and pald $2S and costs for their miser-
able meanness.
The Rock Island road hauled out of
Lebanon in the month of August III
loaded cars of grain and stock, besides
did business of nearly sll, 200 outside
of the express handled. The place
will celebrate It's anniversary Oct l.
The registration of new students at
the university of Kansas is the largest
ever known at the beginning of the
fall term. At the close of the second
day it had exceeded by 200 all former
records for the opening days. II the
present ratio continues, the attend
ance will reach 1900 this year
A pickpocket stole sl75 from
drunken man on a train near Coffey-
vile. The marshal of that town was
on the train and arrested the thief
He put him in charge Of guard and
went to interview the robbed man.
The thief slipped the money out of Il
window, it is thought, for the marshal
could find nothing on his person and
had to let him 60
In her lack of reference for the old
men of the state of Kansas is brutal.
The states heroes change as often as
the moon and no man can hold the
hurrah of the people after he has fail
ed to be an active factor. This is why
the old men in Kansas are lSickers.
They have to knock few of the IRE.
weren't youngsters down to maintain
themselves.
Joe Henderson, farmer residing
near Wellington, sold his wheat and
got on spree in that town. He scar
ed some ladies from n residence and
lay down in the yard. When some
aroused him he began shoot
ing and so did they. Nine shots were
fired, but no one was hurt Hen ler-
son was subsequently arrested and
fined $50 and costs.
A Kansas farmer ended his prayer as
follows: And we return thanks for
the high price of wheat for | have
paid off half that mortgage, and while
we deplore the grievious condition of
the poor of Europe who have raised
and thus made our wheat
high, it is our sincere wish that they
shall not suffer. Giveus another crop,
we pray, next year, and keep the price
up and the whole mortgage will go
Amen
NJ. L. Workman is sadly disappoint-
ed man of Sumner county and he has
good cause lie had 3Sjl acres, meas.
ed, Of wheat, which only threshed out
!, 9O5 bushels of 81 yound wheat. Add
ed to this is the fact that his oat crop
only made So bushels OF 40 pound oats
to the acre and his only hope now is
the corn crop, which he is satisfied
will make no more than 60 bushels to
the acre. That is the reason he mopes
and refuses to be consoled.
Here is true story without frills:
Into little Kansas town year ago
last summer came farmer. He had
failed to make it go on the farm. He
and his wife talked it over and decided
that it was best for him to go into
town and get a job with a salary.
Drouth could not find him there He
went He secured a clerkship in n gro
Gerry store at SEQ month. He was
new and awkward and was fred the
FIRST week He went back to the farm.
He and his wife resolved to make one
supreme effort They borrowed money
and put most of the farm in wheat
The hnrvest came Lie had &c nnn I'm