Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-24
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST,

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conventions.
Wanted Agents.-Best work. Good
commissions. Kansas Steam Laundry
Wichita, Kansas,
Tom Osborne of Kansas was elected
an alternate to delegate to the Re-
publican League of Kansas
The Leavenworth Home difficulty
is a good deal more exciting and war
like than the Greek-Turlfish scrap.
A poor man in Western Kansas went
to church in a suit made of -four sacks
and was accused of being sacreligious
An abundant crop of grapes will be
raised in all parts of the state this
year. Also peaches and big cherry
crop is coming on.
Fay Templeton, who used to play in
Kansas opera houses along about 1870,
has just received $780, from re-
cent husbands estate. She is still
young and will probably marry again.
Two car loads of mules have been
shipped from Strong City to Arizona
to be used in building the Santa Fe
dams in that territory. They havo
also commenced sending men there to
work.
Kansas people know very little
the Nashville exposition and further
than glimpse of a news item or two
care nothing about it. But when the
Omaha exposition comes in all Kansas
will go.
The story that Jack the pepper at
Emporia was woman in mans cloth
ing has been proved false Jack climb
ed over fence the other night when
pursued and did not throw one leg
over the top rail.
The Kansas Grain company's eleva-
tor at Hutchinson, which was partially
destroyed by FIRE recently, will be re-
built Immediately. The work will be
pushed so as to haYe the elevator
ready for this seasons crop
County Clerk Neihaus has completed
the footing up of the returns of the
assessors for Leavenworth county.
The total population of the county is
35,56S, gain of about 1000 over last
year. Half of the gain was in the city.
The city assessor of Kansas City,
Kansas, has filed his report with the
county clerk showing the census of
1897. According to the assessors fig
ures, the city has population of Al
152. This shows slight increase dur.
ing the past year. The census of 1896
gave the city only 4O,s7O, slowing a
gain of 2s9.
]. T. Martin Of Lennpe is in the
Leavenworth county Jail to be cared
for until he RECEIVERS his mental Lal.
ance Martin was storekeeper at Lee
nape until he failed in business, and
then he went to farming. His MUD
was shaken over the failure and he
went crazy. His great fear is that his
family will starve to death and he
talks of this and nothing else.
Probably the first shipment of wool
ever made from Meriden was the con-
signment of 1,4OO pounds from w. c.
Fowler to the E C. Taylor Commission
company of st. Louis. Mr.. Fowler
sheared 225 head which averaged be-
tween 8 and 7 pounds; he expects to
get about 10 cents for his wool, but his
principal profit will be in the lambs
that he thinks will bring about "a per
head.
Near Meade, Miss Laura Reach and
Mrs. Mort Wilson and four children
were driving down a steep hill in wa
gon. One horse kicked at fly, got
his leg over the tongue, which broke
and down went the wagon. The bro
ken tongue stuck in the GROUND, COM
pletely up-turning the wagon bed and
imprisoning all of them under it like
chickens under a tub. The horses
broke loose. No one was hurt
The assessors returns of Lyons
county are in. The county has lost in
population 1917. The only townships
reporting loss are: Agnes City 21O,
Ivy Of, Center Sc, Emporia City loses
4l3 The total population is 24,124. The
value of farm lands has increased
s6l2, 1868 in the past six years. There
are 1850 more acres of corn than in
1890 and 800 more acres of alfalfa,
$500 more swine are eating Lyon coun-
ty corn and alfalfa and the value of
animals slaughtered and sold during
the past year is $780, 27 greater than
in 1890. Lyon county farmers are not
planting as much wheat and oats as
they did. Sheep show the only de-
crease in stock.
Little bits of newspaper soaked in
sour milk until ii becomes n pulp, fed
to hens is said to increase their egg
laying capacity. Kansas should give
II a thorouVh test The hen NAV AGAIN