Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-29

at Parsons.
Enterprise runs to religion and Abb
lene to base ball.
Winfield is going TO have fall fes
tival that will tough the spot.
Stafford girls have Cooking club.
They roast. the young men at every
meeting.
Newton is TO have water carni'
val" when the new water works aru
completed.
The grasshoppers in some portions
of the state are reported to have dam
aged the crops considerably.
The Santa Fe is putting in stock.
yards at Syracuse. They will have a
capacity of not less that twenty-five
cars of cattle.
In the obituary of little child, a
Newton writer says: Like the snow
flake which leaves q spot but not a
stain, was the little life of Baby Mar.
garrett"
1t is expected that at least 10000
head of sheep will be fattened in the
vicinity of Lyndon this fall. They will
be brought in from New Mexico and
Arizona.
The small boy base ball club OF Mead
is going to play the big girls The
big boys are putting the kids up to
some mean tricks, and an arbitrator
may be needed.
The potato bugs are reported to have
done much damage over the state, and
as a result this crop will be cut short
Of what was expected. OF course, in
some parts Of the state the crop is uot
injured.
Miss Grace Allen, of Fredonia, Kan,
is under arrest in Lincoln county,
charged with poisoning a young lady
and her mother. The latter is dead.
jealousy prompted the deed both
women being in love with the same
man. Before being arrested Miss AL
len attempted to commit suicide, bnl
was prevented. The rivals are school
teachers.
The colored people of Horton are
making arrangements to have big
time there the 4th of August The
celebration will be held at the city
park and visitors are expected from
Hiawatha, Topeka and st. Joseph and
all neighboring towns. The park
committee ale having new fountain
put in and the park is in excellent
There is still outstanding ST, 500
worth Of Brown county bonds which
will fall due in 1900. The commission
ers are now worrying over the quos-
ton, whether they shall levy tax to
take the bonds up or refund them. 1t
will take tax of about Is mills to
raise money enough to pay the bonds
off, A good many of the farmers are
in favor of having this. levy made,
-Four stacks of wheat representing
about 500 bushels, were supposed to
have been burned by thugs near Ash
srville, Mitchell county, July Goth.
That it was the work of incendiaries
there can be no doubt, as the straw
was scattered ten feet away from the
stacks, the match applied, and it burn
I'd slowly until it reached the stacks.
It is surmised that this was done in
order to let the fire bugs get away be-
'ore it burned TO tn, stacks.
w, II. Pottle, the merchant of Ar
KANSAS City, is being commended for
lis charity in the case of Ray Reed,
Who was killed by train. Formerly
Reed had worked for Pottle, but bust
less relations between them had ceas.
I'd. When Reed was killed none of his
could be found and Mr.. Pottle
attended to the funeral and bore the
expense Of the rites. The dead boy
an not thank him, but it raises him
high in the estimation Of his living
employees
On July 90 g overnor Leedy respond
d to the demands of a pitition signed
" majority of the citizens of Wilson
ounty praying for the pardon of A. j.
ames from the state penitentiary
where he is serving term for man
laughter in the fourth degree, to
which he pleaded guilty May 5, 1897.
The governor issued an unconditional
'ardon which was recommended by |
Judge L Stillwsll, who sentenced
ames. The prisoner is past 60 years
Id. He was married last winter to
Dung girl and was living in APPARENT
but discovered evidence
'hich convinced him that Jesse Cul-
ertson, young man, was unduly in
innate with the young wife. The old
nan lost no time in getting revolver
nd after waiting several days for Gull
ertson IN amman mot b;,,, - a.,