Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-11
LoavenwOrth saloons are now open

The Hutchinson Southern has sus-
pended tracklaying IT present because
of the mud.
The county assessors nf Harvey coun-
ty have raised the valuation of cattle,
corn and wheat.
A shoe and clothing house was rob-
bed of 5000 worth of gents furnishing
I goods at Chanute on March !.
The Doodle expose in the senate will
be dropped. If searched to the bottom
too many inter-party scandals would
arise.
The elm buds are already swelling
and the red birds can be heard warb-
ling their usual becoming epring-time
songs.
The senate cannot deny man the
privilege of the state house. The sem
ate simply has control of its own cham
Der and the approaches to it.
The farmers have begun to prepare
their ground for seeding, and they say
that the ground never was in better
condition than it is at the present
time
The Hutchinson military band has
been recognized and is determined to
eclipse all former successes this year
The new membership will number
twenty-four.
Charles Linch died last week in the
Payne county jail He has been a
county charge for four or five years. At
one time Linch was private secretary
to Senator Plumb of Kansas.
The Ellsworth city council has let
the contract for hook and ladder
truck at cost of S21O The job was
let to home contractors aud the money
will be retained at home.
A Haven man had the misfortune to
fall off of load of lumber and be run
over by one wheel of the wagon, but
will soon be around again, as his in
juries were nat of u serious nature.
Oklahoma has fewer Opponents than
any other section of the country. But
if the new marriage bill passes they
will be frequent. The Kansas liue will
be known by every swain in the Strip.
The city council at Downs will pro-
vide means to water the plants, grass
and trees in the cemetery this spring
and summer season. Petitions have
been presented the city council to that
effect.
The best thing the Hutchinson News
has said for a long time was the re-
mark that when thu Botkin bill was
up for discussion member from Wich-
| tia moved an amendment exempting
cities of the first class
A jewellery at Paola was robbed of
$500 worth of jewelry between IL and
12:4O o'clock March I'd while the pro-
prietor was gone to dinner. Twenty
six gold watches, four gold plated
chains and 1876 gold rings were taken.
The comptroller of the currency has
ordered 30 per cent dividend to be
paid by the receiver of the First Ma
tional bank of Larned. The receiver
is now paving out the money, which
will be of great assistance to those
having claims against the bank. 1t
means that probably $4,000 or s19, 900
will be placed in active circulation.
Charles Styles, who has just finished
tour of the Rock Island, says while
at Goodland he witnessed the sale of a
bank building there built of brick with
all modern appointments, in good con-
dition and located on corner in the
center of the town, that brought only
$50, and the accumulated taxes amount
ing in all to S1O6, and that the city
that once had $500 inhabitants nov
has less than 1000
Paul Ereenwald. a stoclSman living
nea- Bonner Springs, killed a large
rattlesnake on his ranch Thursday.
The reptile had been thawed out by
the warm weather during the latter
part of February and had crawled ont
of its winter den. Mr.. Greenwald
found the snake coiled up in COW
path and he had lively fight with it
before he killed it. The reptile was
placed on exhibition in Bonner Springs
1t was four feet long and had eight
rattles.
j. B. McKibben and Sam Willard,
two convicts in the United States peni.
Tertiary at Fort Leavenworth, were
outside the prison wall when stopped
by the guard on the night of March Cd
They were working under the chapel
when they sawed hole through the
floor and gained the chaplain's room
and let themselves to the ground by {
blanket rope. They were missed a
roll call at o'clock and the guard!
started out and caught them. McKib
ben is the prison photographer whC
was caught counterfeiting Il short tint