Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-27

The State Holiness Association has a
campmeeting this week in Wichita.
Ex-senator Ingalls, is in Washington
for the first time since he left the
United States senate.
The Y. M. C. A. at ottawa is to have
a new building of brick, two stories,
SO feet front and 100 feet deep The
building will be located on Vest Third
street
The district court of Douglas county
will hold July session tor the purpose
of trying cases in which Judge Riggs
is interested as attorney. The court
will be presided over by Judge Burris
The crop prospects of Cowley county
is better than ever before in its his
tory. Wheat is estimated at thirty
bushels to the acre. Corn is backward
but growing rapidly. The rainfall is
plenty and well distributed.
Business men and farmers are sub
scribing literally TO aid the creamery
project at Phillipsburg. The Kansas
Creamery company of Topeka, who
are behind the enterprise, ask of Phil
lipsburg 81, 500 divided in shares Of
$95 each.
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While Mrs. Brownlee of Grant coun-
ty was entertaining a lot of women
one day last week lightning struck the
house and nobody was shocked but
Mrs. Sam Miller. An hour after that
a mouse ran across the floor and seven
women tainted.
Beturns of the Leavenworth assessor
show the value of taxable personal
property of the city to be S779,7 $50.
This is decided falling off from last
year, being more than $4,000 less than
last years total after the deduction
made by the county board.
A Fort Scott man has come into pos
session of two valued little curiosities.
They are small pieces of manuscript
in the handwriting of W. C. Quantrell,
the famous Confederate guerilla of war
times The manuscripts are orders for
provisions issued to his men by Guam
trell and signed by him.
Dickinson county has made gain in
population the past year of 1924, with
Liberty and Lyon townships to hear
from, which will bring it up to about
1000. The population of the county
is now close to 1000. Abilene is the
largest, with population of 1891 and
Herington next with 1,549.
Heavy rains visited Reno county on
May 81. Wheat is all headed out and
is of splendid quality. Oats are start
ed out we'll; corn is backward but the
warm weather of the past week has
started it to growing. Strawberries
now being put on the market are the
best for years. Apples are about the
size of quails eggs and there are plen-
ty of them. The prospects in this
county are fine.
The Santa Fe company will soCn be-
gin work erecting an immense car
sh ed at Topeka, large enough to shell
ter so freight cars, which would require
at the least calculation more than
three thousand feet of space. Freight
cars average 80 feet in length. The
sheds viii be used to shelter cars
while undergoing painting and repair
ing Although the expenditure of the
money has not yet been authorized it
is SAID that work will soon begin.
The docket for the June term of the
United States district court to convene
at Leaveuworth on the 18th of June has
been printed. In all PA cases are set
for trial. OF these nine are criminal
129 equity and 80 law cases. The term
comes Mt the end of the fiscal year, al
a time when the court is short of funds
and for that reason a jury is not often
called. This time, however, it is ex'
pected that congress, which is in extra
session, will incorporate an item in the
sundry civil bill to cover the cost, and
a jury has been called,
Seldom has this state had crop pros
poets equal to those of the present
year A forecast based on the outlool
would promise an enormous produc
tion of all the grains and fruits. Will
scarcely an exception, the returns from
a number of counties are favorable
Rains have been frequent in nearly
every section, throughout the spring
The rainfall of May 81 was not wha
might be called general, but loca
showers visited nearly every section o
the state. Wheat is now past the dan
ger line. Right now that product il
passing the critical point, but only thu
most adverse conditions can proven
an exceptionally large crop. Rain
have been well distributed this spring
and these late showers came at tn,
} proper time to complete the certainty
Of good returns. The favorable out
llool, is not confined IN vheot Fruit