Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-26

/ than S900s9@ eggs to the East thil
year. 'essT
The Ulysses boys will give dance
in honor of the school ma'ams attend
ing ingtft5te s..ls,.is.sslrsgs,.ssias
The attendanke'at. the State Univer
sity this year promises to pass beyonG
the 200 mark.
-Burglhrs,secuFeds l3 dtBurrtonIAug.
ust 10Th Ihe-main line ot.-the- Santa
Fe seems afflicted with toughs.
I ~ a. ~ l}tI- ES5Ft
Young men and maidens of Burling
ton fhd rare sport in chasing jack rab
bits with horses and grey hounds.
Maddox, the escaped lunatic, lis still
at large. ne hides in the large corn.
fields and lives upon raw roasti ng-ears
f'aThe Western Building and Invest.
ment Company IL Topeka has Been in,
corporatad, The capital stock is $780,
OOO.o ,,vi s,,
The strained relations betweed Lib,
eral and Hdgotons which began over
base bali, may Xet' terminate is blood
shed or Windshield Ir.,ar.g sa,
Material has been ordered for tele,
phone line to connect Mcpherson with
Mound Ridge. It will be Completed
in early September. ,..l ~ -
/ They are putting in skimming sta
tions at Goddard, Derby and Caldwell.
This win make several plants tribu-
tary to the creamery N Wichita.
+ iAWhite Cloud young lady uses big
umbrella for a parachute and has lots
of fun jumping from high. places to
entertain lady friends exclusively. T..
The new 100000 car shops erected by
the Santa Fe in Topeka. have been COM
pleted. The car repairinguwork is
now being done inGthe new building.
r. az g:hN' Q .r1- !. n,uG.
a Topeka burglar entered a house,
opened the pantry and ate two quarts
of apple sass. Had it been two quarts
of apple aclt-but perish the thought
A Great Bend man while working in
an elevator was Caughtain the shaft.
ing. He saved his life by clinging to
ladder, but his clothing was torn from
his person. al d" dd
W. w. Moore is the name of one OF
Newton's bicycle thieves. He borrowed
wheel for few minutes and was
caught in Emporia two days later. He
is in Jail, 'I'[ e.
This is the season for purloined
pants to be found in the yard of morn,
ipgs, 1t is warm, enough for the pro-
prietors Of pants to sleep in them in
the yard for safety. sn, ,u.
Lee Swanson and Clarence Williams
two boys who escaped recently FROM
the State Reform School at Topeka,
have been captured near Holton and
returned to theinstitution. r. -.
The fruit traffic, as we'll as the grain
still continues heavy along the main.
line of the Santa Fe road, OF late,
there scarcely has been day when q
fruit special has not gone eastp
An Ottawa married couple have fire.
quent quarrels. Thewif often dreams
of mice and screams like creamery
whistle. This awalens the husband
so suddenly that has nerves become all
crimped and jerlSy. aas
Hazelton has made a proposition t.
its eastern stockholders to compromise
the bonds issued ten years ago, and
maturing in 1897, for $4,000, declaring
that the city will be forced to repudi-
ate the debt if the creditors will not
let up. J".et m
The g. A. R. post at Sabetha is talk
ing of digging for The buried cannon
on the site of the old fort at Licking.
ton, on the Nemaha county line. There
is an old we'll on the farm of E. NJ
Brown, near the old site of the fort,
and it is supposed the gun was thrown
into it
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Lots Of people do not know that the
buffalo grass is grain bearer, and
that the grain is better feed for stock
than oats, barley, corn or wheat, but
such is the fact says Western Kansas
paper. Down close to the ground the
seed grows and in much greater
quantity than many people dream of.
This grain is a wonderful fattener OF
cattle, but can only be harvested by
grazing animals. aFf r..
One firm alone of Ford county has
purchased $40, 900 worth Of cattle, the
surplus of the farmers in the German
settlement of this county. This is a
rough estimate, but is pretty near the
truth. The German settlement neigh.
boris haye sold cattle to other dealers,
but not to this amount 1t is safe to
say that the aggregated surplus of cat.
tie sold in one year amounts to $50, 900
in a rough guess There are not more
than one hundred families In tba cot.