Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-12-23
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

was decided success.
Rabbits are said to be numerous in
western Kansas this year.
In Kansas at least the enacting
Claus has not been knocked out of
Santa yet
The Well-Forgo Express Company's
agent at Wichita was fined for having
quoils in his possession.
The sugar beet experiments in Bar
ton county this year not bowling sue
cesses, but the farmers will try il
again.
The drouth has made Abilene water
marketable Large vessels of it are
said to be shipped to places which are
suffering for lack of water.
1t needs to be impressed on some
Kansas men that the times this year
are no better for whiting dry goods
boxes than they were last year.
Miss Minnie Bell and Miss Laura
Klein, both Wichita girls, made race
to the Cherokee Strip at the opening
and secured claims Miss Bell har-
vested this year 1900 bushels of wheat
and Miss Klein 1000 bushels.
AJewell county man last week mar
keted go hogs that averaged 4OOsi
pounds, receiving S72O for them. This
shows what the Jewell county farmers
do with their immense crops of corn
every year.
The Santa Fe telegraph department
has now a larger force in its employ
than at any time in the history of the
road. Extra dispatchers and opera
tors are kept busy at the principal di
vision points, and many of the smaller
stations are now in charge of operators.
The heavy business still continues,
and even after the holidays, when u
general lull usually occurs among the
railroads, Santa Fe officials do not an
ticipate a big reduction in the tele-
graph force.
In q suit for possession of what is
known as Leavenworth island in the
Missouri river, opposite Leavenworth,
jury in the Platte county circuit court
decided in favor of the plaintiff, David
Atchison, as against defendant Vinton
Stiliings- This decision holds that
Atchison is the owner of the island
through patent title from the govern
ment obtained many years ago The
suit was the result of Stillings' action
in taking possession of the island, con-
tanning 1000 acres, and claiming title
on the theory of accreation to his land
on the Missouri shore
Mary is the 3 year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs William Perdue, of Neo-
sho Falls The Perdues had been deep
ening their well and had put in a new
wall. The curb had not been securely
fastened since the improvement had
been made. Mrs. Perdue went to the
well to draw a bucket of water, when
the frame work pulled over and little
Mary was jerlScd into the well, falling
IA distance of 40 feet. She rose to the
top of the water entirely uninjured,
and with rare presence of mind for one
SO young, grasped the rope attached to
the bucket and sustained herself until
rescued.
There is no tariff on rabbit and
liver. and on this diet we expect to live
fat this winter" says the editor of the
Westphalia Times. II anyone should
really accuse himself of being reduced
to a diet OF beef liver ami rabbit 1t
would make him mad enough TO chew
hole i'll the air. A good many Kan
sas editors appear to derive considera-
bic comfort from enlarging on their
poverty, says the Topeka Capital. Re
Gently one was bewaiing the fact that
he could have no turkey on Thanks
giving; and but short time previous
a junction was held in his room where
the society side lights were turned ON
in particularly gorgeous manner.
The Santa Fe coach shops have an
order for eight new baggage cars 60
feet long and without platforms and
no end doors 1t has been decided that
the platforms on baggage cars are nee
essarily weak and in wreck they are
generally crushed to pieces To do |
away with platforms will be a great |
saving in the repairing besides making
additional space in the car Express is
carried in the cars and by doing away |
with the end doors and making the en-
frances on the sides it will make the
defense against train robbers much |
mure effective By having no plat
forms it will do away with the buns
on the blind baggage, though this is
not taken into consideration in making
the change.
Speaking of the proposed cut in the |
price of type-writers, the Atchison
Champion knows Of man whose type
writer cost him 81, 600