Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-06

Ice cream suits were sprung on an
\, Ell Dorado party and nearly caused a
riot
Wichita musicians are going TO rem
der an oratorio unless action is taken
promptly.
The new senator from Kentucky is a
brother-in-law TO brother of Vel
lington man.
Emporia young people have an idea
that church steps are the place from
which the air ship can be seen.
The startling news comes in Ster.
ling paper that prominent citizen OF
that town has plate glass front
Professor Dyche still maintains his
artistic posture of appearing perfectly
certain that the North Pole will not be
discovered before he himself gets
around to it.
Several fellows in the Greek army
were getting ready to spring that they
were formerly of Kansas" when the
Greeks were licked to a FRAGILE and
they are now keeping it quiet
The next great improvement which
the Santa Fe will begin in Kansas will
be the construction of $4,000 grain
elegator at Winfield. Work on this
will be begin at once and will be push
ed TO completion as rapidly as possi-
BILE.
Ritter Bros, of Chetopa have just
broken ground for a new 5O-barrel
Touring mill with meal and feed at
tachments. Work will be pushed and
they are expecting to have it in opera
ton by the time new wheat comes in
again.
The Abilene creamery has received
complete cheese making plant and is
putting it in place. Cheese will be
manufactured in about two weeks.
The Belle Springs company proposes
to fit all its creameries for cheese max
ing.
The Elson Telephone company of st.
Louis are stretching their wires be-
tween Centrallia and Senica, the coun.
~ seat of NemahR county. The com.
pany will open a central station al
Centralia If enough private wires are
put in.
Although the wet weather has inter
fered with the work on the irrigation
ditch at Great Bend to some extent,
the first mile is completed with the ex.
ception of the riprap on the lower side
The working force has been increased
to over eighty men.
Kansas men are the greatest soldiers
of the Union. More Kansas men, in
comparison of the number furnished
by the state, have died in action in the
civil war, than from any other state.
For every thousand men Kansas fur
nished, sixty-one died in action.
Hogs and cattle command good pri-
ces, wheat is going up and is already
at paying prices, corn is advancing,
everything the farmer has to sell COM
mands pretty good figure, while
everything he has to buy is cheap.
Why should not the farmer always be
happy.
Some one severely criticised Chancel-
lor Snow and members of the State
University faculty for going to Topeka
to lobby in the interests of the institu-
ton. Charley Scott very aptly replies
that it was either lobby or have their
threats cut and nearly anybody would
under the circumstances
The society ladies of Topeka are to
give the event of the year in the way
of dance. The best of music has
been arranged for, refreshments will
be served and the young gentlemen
will be at liberty to remain seated
posing as wall flowers until asked to
take part IN the evenings program.
Numbers of gentlemen have already
been trying to get upon good terms
again with ladies who were so unfor-
tunate as to not be able to dance to
dance to their hearts content at the
last dance from the fact that they were
not asked. 1t is sincerely hoped that
gentlemen will not be paid in their
own coin.
The recent heavy rains have soaked
the ground thoroughly in the neigh
borhood of Garden City and the pros
poets for good crops never was better.
1t was the wettest April in ten years
and the thousands of acres of ground
seeded to alfalfa will be sure of good
stand. Alfalfa is about one foot high
and growing an inch day. The first
crop will be ready for cutting by May
Goth. Farmers are putting every acre
in cane and forage crops possible, for
the large herds of cattle which are now
being grazed on buffalo grass, which
is fine, and the cattle herds are being
increased about 900 per week by ship