Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-12
ottaNa s 70 have a shirt faetorr.

Inc commissioners OF Keno county
have reduced the tax levy % per cent
An Atchison man who went to the
Alaskan gold fields seven years ago is
still poor.
Newton is threatened with a water
famine while Fort Scott is famishiug
for beer.
A Salina boy of fourteen summers
will be sent to the Reform school for
stealing pigeons.
Just at the present time the Santa
Fe is doing donble the freight business
it did year ago.
The youngest mayor in the world is
E. N. Thompson of the town Of Helper.
He is 90 years old.
The Kansas widowers pro tenn ere
signing for change in the weather
and the bill OF fare.
Jones Donnelleson, once wealthy
resident of Caldwell, died in poverty at
Chetopa last week.
The Kaw Valley Spiritual associa-
ton will hold camp-meeting at To-
peka from September IA to 20.
An Englewood man owns 40 900 acres
of land; has 500 acres of alfalfa in pas
ture and is irrigating 5000 acres.
Governor Leedy refuses to pardon
Willie Sells. Willie once confessed to
a man and the man told the Cover
nor.
The new Santa Fc depot at Winfield
is Of pressed bricl; and of late style of
architecture. 1t is now about half
completed.
The famous Sunday-shaving case
which has been hanging in the courts
of Leavenworth for year, is now to
go to the Supreme Court.
Fred Funston is allowing many fine
to fight go by in Cuba by
sitting under tree keeping up his
correspondence with Kansas friends
A young farmer in Sumner county
smoked cigarette the other day that
cost his father $500. 1t burned three
stocks of wheat aud set OF harness.
The Galveston Tribune says: Hot
winds are scorching the corn in Kan
sas, but the wheat is in the shock, and
much of it destined for Galveston ex-
port.
A young man named Fred Draper
was found dead and his body was bad
ly decomposed near Richter last week
Papers found indicated that he lived
at Hudson, Ind.
People who carry buckets to the
joints always take to the alleys. They
never make their pilglimages to these
places on the main street. This is an
indirect way to invite war and much
A $40, 900 elevator is to be built at
Newton. 1t will have capacity of
rs, 600 bushels and will handle % car
loads of grain day. This is the third
new elevator to be built at Newton in
side of month.
The Kansas hen is to be in evidence
at several great fairs the coming win
ter. Mcpherson and Hutchinson both
will have great poultry shows just
about Christmas and already the peo-
pie are preparing for the events
The following is the latest harvest |
ten; "When young man tells his |
girl that he is a regular selfbinder,
when he may be nothing but rake,
md proceeds to binder in his embrace,
she, instead of being disRusted, calls
Tor mower
A farmer named Ncedham, near
Cancy, committed suicide few days |
lgo. He drove his team under peach
rec, tied a rope to limb and to his
leck, and swung off. The limb bent
until he had to hold his feet off the
ground, but he got there,
1t does not take very close observer
% note that successful business man
counts permanent place in paper
Tor hls advertisement as of as much |
Talue as II permanent place of bust
ness. Frequent changes of an adver-
.isement's position are as bad as fire.
luent removals of place of business.
Tie county of Atchison has an UNI
paid claim of $3.50 against the statoi
Of Kansas for the care and mainten-
lnce of insane patients. At their
meeting the county commits
,ioners issued an order directing the
county treasurer to pay no more state
taxes until the claim of the county Is
paid.
For the fifth time the State Board of |
Pardons has refused pardon to Jerry
Scott who was sent to prison for a
term Of twelve years in 1895 from
Leavenworth county for murder. Al
pardon has also been refused f. ].
Wilson OF Allen county. who was seat