Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-10-14

The town of Perkins Is soon to have
a bottling works
Two boys named Hagler and Whire
head have been bound over to court in
Salina charged with robbing an old
man while he was drunk.
The city council of Wichita passed
an ordinance appropr ating $4,000 to
buy 200 acres of land known as River
side and Griffenstein parks, and appro'
priated also SO, 900 to improve the lands
for park purposes.
The new depot and eating house
building for the Santa Fe railway at
Dodge City is nearly under roof. In
six weeks longer the building will be
completed. 1t is said to be one of the
finest structures of the kind in the
west. The building will be heated
with steam and lighted with electric
ity, the latter furnished by the Dodge
City Electric light plant. The electric
wires have been put in, and the boiler
for steam heating has been put in
place. The bake oven is completed.
The very best material has been used
in the construction of this building.
The brick has been trimmed with mag
nifcent stone from the quarries at
Colorado City.
The production of Kaffir corn in Kan
SIS, which has heretofore been but an
experiment, now promises to be lead
ing industry. 1t is almost sure crop
aud thrives where corn is a complete
failure. The only question about this
production has been the absence of a
market, and that is now supplied. H
A. w. Corfeld, who represents . syn
dicate in London, England, offers next
season to buy Kaffir corn in almost any
quantity. Mr. Corheld introduced it
in the London market last year and
finds a great demand for it in that
country. He depends upon Kansas for
his supply of this grain and has made
good offers to grain men in Reno coun-
ty, who will urge the Kansas farmers
to plant Kafir corn il the future.
The total population of the Kansas
penitentiary at present is $50, of whom
thirteen are females.
Brown county has 63O;756 bushels
of wheat, and has secured release OF
5000, 1000 of mortgages during the past
year, although the report estimates
the new mortgages will Offset this
amount.
Sheridan county has reduced itl
mortgage indebtedness very materially.
1t is estimated that so per cent has
been paid the past year Conditions
are much better and prospects good.
During September s. w. Pierce, q
Junction City loan agent, received S11,'
795 on real estate loans and most of the
amount was not due for two or three
years.
Doc Hawkins, man about IS years
old, was using dynamite to blast a vel
on the farm of John Bartlett, about
ten miles southeast of Coffeyville. One
Of the charges failed to go off, anC
while investigating it went off, = rocl
striking his head tearing out his righ
eye and penetrating his brain. He can
not recover.
Saline county has greatly reduced it
mortgage indebtedness. Condition.
are much improved aud prospects re
ported better than for many years
The school officers of Yates Cente
recently adopted rule that children
could not enter the first primary grad
except during the first two weeks o
each term It was intended to he'll
increase the efficiency of the schools
but complaint was made by an az
grieved parent and the Attorney-Gener
al decided that no such rule could b
enforced.