Hutchinson gazette., 1897-08-05
LOCAL AND PEaAONAL.

LOCAL AND PERRONAL.
Band concert at the park Sunda'
afternoon; admission lOc.
Remember the show on Saturday
and MOnd,y. Popular prices.
Sunday was one of The hottest day
of the season the thermometer regis
terlng los in the shade.
Pastures are becoming 80 dry II
many parts Of the county that stock
men are compelled to move tneir stock
Davie Justice, little girl living just
west of town, fell frOn cherry tree q
few days ago and broke her arm be-
sides dislccating her elbow.
Miss Della Rankin and other mem.
bers of her family from near Stafford
were visiting the family Of S. 5,
Leighty near Booth last week.
Prof jackson is conducting nor
NAL at Meade in Meade county this
month. The value of his services are
beginning to be recognized abroad.
The band will give concert at the
park Sunday afternoon. Go and set
in the shade while concord of sweet
sounds thrills your soul. All for ten
cents.
Six stacks of wheat belonging to
Scott Taloert of Sumner township,
burned up last week, fire having
caught from cinders left by thresh-
ing engine.
Joe Fontron starts out on the road
soon to give readings and impersona-
tions of Joseph JeffersOn's play of Rip
Van Wrinkle. He is under the man
agement of Howard Lewis.
Good band music will accompany the
dog and pony show Saturday and Mon
day. Prof. Will Keefer who played
with the Hutchinson orchestra in the
jubilee of 1894 is with this show.
Alexander Dade of South Reno, was
in town Saturday and reported that he
had finished his threshing. tie
threshed l,2lO bushels of wheat off of
33 acres making nearly 81 bushels per
acre.
The concert at the Auditorium by
the Hutchinson band will no doubt oe
a success. They have been labOred
with to this end for some time and
after having consented the people will
be sure to come out.
The populists of Mcpherson county
held their convention Saturday and
formed complete fusion. The demo-
Gratis and silver republicans were each
given one place on the ticket and the
DUpullSbS udulCu buC Ib5Js
Mr.. S. s. LeighSy, of Lincoln town
ship, has torn down his old house and
is preparing to place In its stead
much larger and better one. 1t will be
T-shaped house, two stories high
and will cost about $1,000.
Clearance Baker, one of HutchinsOn's
high school boys, died at his home on
E. East on Tuesday morning at about
4 O'Clock. His death was the result
of typhoid fever. He was about II
years of age. The funeral was held
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock.
The case Of the state vs.. Joseph
Centers Of TurOn, charged with rape
ing his neice, which was tried the day
the GAZETTE went to press last week,
resulted in his being bound over to the
district court. He Immediately pro-
cured 81 900 bond aud was released.
A team belonging to Wolcott hitched
to a hack went on a run down Main
street on Saturday and were not
stopped till they ran into another
wagon and one of the horses was
knocked over. However when every
thing WAS Strengthened ..p nothing
was found seriously damaged.
There are great many of the de
positOrs of the B ank of Hutchinson
who are anxious to get that fifty per
cent on their deposit, but they don't
like a bit the idea of letting the thieves
go scott free of state prosecutions to
get it. This is a case where private
interests and public good would seem
to conflict.
When Hawkins & LOomis' dog and
pony show comes to town Saturday
and Monday you will have an oppOr.
tunity to witness some of the feats
that have made this class of shows ex-
ceedingly popular during the last few
years. BY their kind and gentle
handling the little animals in the
hands of expert trainers are made to
80, a