Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-29

Cottonwood Falls railroad is being
greatly improved.
The advance agent of prosperity run
white corn up to 20 cents bushel al
Lyons last week.
The real issue at Belleville is be
tween the married teachers and the
unmarried teachers of the city schools
Nancy Bloomfield of Solomon is SUI
ing ]. W. Hill on the grounds that he
married her before his wife in the asy.
lum had died.
Tom Ryan is said to be responsible
for Dick Walkers appointment. Dick
has his hand in the treasury, $1,000 per
annum worth.
The State Board of Pardons may let
Willie Sells out. He has been in the
penitentiary since he was sixteen
eleven years
One of the old stories of western
Kansas was that the wind blew so
hard that you could not spit on your
own quarter section.
Ellinwood people are having a good
time. Rats are caught in traps and
every evening several are turned loose
for the dogs to chase.
Ward Burlingame, the Kansas man
who is now chief of the Dead Letter
Office, is different from all Kansas
men. He will go blocks and blocks to
keep out of the way of women. He
dues not like them.
w. H. Woodlief, who owns a farm
of 1,040 acres five miles northeast of
Ottawa, has just returned from Louisi-
ana where lie has purchased $500 head
of coarse wool sheep which will be
sent to him at once.
A man who has mixed with Kansas
politics all his life says that nine out
of ten men in state politics believe
that an omnipotent fate is guiding
them slowly and surely to seat in
the United States senate.
Geuda Springs is the greatest health
resort in the west. 1t is better than
Manitou Or Hot Springs. But Geuda
is small town and it is impossible to
spend money there and the consequence
is that very few people go there.
The Dickinson county hen is getting
her innings just now. j. E. Brewer, a
leading groceryman of that county,
shipped seven car loads of eggs last
week, 1,OOs,O 900 eggs. This is com
mon shipment and nearly all go to
eastern markets.
The most sensible young man in
Kansas is young Mr.. PaGtison of Dick
tyson county. Young Pattison is a
handsome, brainy boy who quit the
newspaper business to make some
money. He went into the creamery
business and has become rich in three
years.
Thomas Moore, who claims to be
champion middle-weight pugilist of
Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas,
and Prof. Hightower of Arkansas City
have arranged a twenty-five round
glove contest for purse of 500. The
match will occur at Ponca City at an
early date in May.
The Solar Salt works at Solomon
have begun operations. The Solar
Salt Works are built on a very large
scale and capable of supplying the
trade with the strongest and best salt
on earth. The we'll from which the
water it drawn is 16O feet deep and the
vein is liberal one.
Several Eureka people are standing
and varacity saw the air-ship last
week. They are conscientious in their
report of it add considerably to the
knowledge of the mystery. 1t con-
sisted of one bright light with an arch
above of different colors. The lights
Travelled erratieally and turned always
at right angles.
Rev. U. G. Robinson, lecturer and IL
illustrator, and Prof. A. NJ. Shaffer,
singer and evangelist, have started out
from Ottawa for summer tour, dur
ing which they will hold gospel meet
ings and deliver illustrated lectures on
sacred subjects. They started out via.
wagon, which was loaded with the
pharaphernaiia of tent life.
A. ] Kohnin & Co, of near Solomon,
have fed for the past six months 10, 900
head of sheep. They have expended
$1,000 since November /, 1896. Of
this amount local laborers alone have
received $500 per month. The farmers
in the vicinity have had market for
$500 tons of hay, 400 tons of kafir corn
and $4,000 bushels of corn. Besides
this there has been fed twelve car
lrads of bran averaging 40, 900 bushels
TO the car
The Kansas creameries are trying to
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