Hutchinson gazette., 1897-08-19
solina is to nave a big harvest cole


fill its misfit bed again.
Work on the big round house at
Newton has commenced.
Two Greenwood county men have
been arrested for stealing honey.
A man out near Garden City, will
have $500 bushels of apples this year.
The Emporia band has been desig-
mated as the First regiment band Of
X. NC.
Pardo Rawlson, one of the Dickin-
son county cattlI thieves has been
arrested.
A Wyandotte man has invented an
anti-snorer What Kansas needs is an
anti-snorer.
There are so many prisoners in Jail
at Ottawa that new guard has been
placed in the corridor
Horses are so cheap in Kansas that
there are more harness thieves than
any other species of criminals.
Wellington has voted to abolish her
city high school for one year This
was done in behalf OF the county high
school.
A Mcpherson man got bug in his
ear and nearly went crazy before it
could be chloroformed by a doctor and
taken out.
Fort Scott papers deny that Bourbon
county lost 1910 population last year.
They say the assassins made botch of
the figures.
A Pratt man attended an X ray ex-
hibition and with the aid of fluro-
scope had four chiggers in his leg re-
vealed and taken out
The Methodists are holding camp
meeting at Bonner Springs, and camp
ing parties are there from all the sur
rounding neighborhoods.
Alfred Gilman, the Syracuse cream
cry proprietor, has received a standing
order for 100 pounds of butter each day
from Los Angles, Cal, firm.
The editor of a Kansas newspaper
runs laundry in connection with his
paper, and takes in washing and sub
scriptions over the same counter.
A farmer in the south part of Sum-
ncr county harvested $40 acres Of
wheat, and the yield was 10000 bush
els-average 3s1I bushels to the acre.
An old man in LeaYenworth got on a
spree some days ago and in a desire to
fight something, attacked an electric
fan. 1t famed him out in one round.
Bennett of Cloud has been pardoned
from the per itentiary by the. governor.
Bennett was convicted of burglary on
circumstantial evidence, which is now
held to be insufficient proof of guilt.
The Leavenworth Soldiers home is
full and no more applications can be
received. At least fifty men are await
ing admission. There are 3,116 mem
bers, of whom 2,392 are actually pres
ent.
Paola has pretty park, and among
other attractions has it stocked with
squirrels. The squirrels have their
pretty little houses and their nut boxes
in the trees and are said to be perfect
ly tame.
At Ell Dorado it is proposed that the
constitution be changed to read that
it thall be unlawful to sell intoxicat'
ing liquors in this state except fol
mechanical, medical, scientific and
fish-bait purposes.
Secretary of War Alger has issued an
order to troops at TT. Riley detailing
them to attend the Topeka Fall Festi
val, September 27 to October 2. They
will camp during the week and give
daily exhibition drills
Secretary Coburn of the State Boart
of Agriculture calls attention to the
remarkable wheat yield of Summer
county. The total amount of winter
wheat was 4.585. $50 bushels, worth a
60 cents bushel, s9,752,O76.
The gradual advance in the price o
of wheat is encouraging the farmer
everywhere to hold their wheat Ever
the advance that has already been real
5 lied will bring many extra thousand
of dollars into the Kansas farmers
pocket.
Sherman county has 26,930 acre
sown in wheat this year and it is SAT-
that an average of eight bushels to tn
/ acre is low estimate. The count
; also has 1874 acres planted in corn
4 which is thought will yield more bush
els than in all the other years CON
Y bined. The county has populatio
+ of 3,272, and rs many believe it is to
= far west to farm successfully, most q
e the farmers will go to raising stock i
J, the future. There arc as yet only Asa
i head in the country, including mile