Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-23

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state fish and game commissioned
Wichita, Kan, so that proper arrange
ments may be made for yonr reception
WICHITA Fish AND GAME CLUB.
Wier City has passed a curfew ordi
nance.
The Anthony Jail is empty for tn,
first time in many moons.
The electric belt fakir worked otta
wa where there are two daily newspa
pers,
A Nemaha county farmer has sount
apples in his cave that are TWO year.
old.
The water works and electric ligh
plants at Dodge City will be consoli
dated.
Ottawa has diphthcria in the schools
and is is feared the schools will have
to be closed.
Topeka citizens are kicking because
the whistle of an ice factory wakes
them up ut q. IN.
One Kansas City firm claims To have
bought million bushels Of wheat al
aud near Salina.
Two colored boys at SIS John have
been found guilty of violating the
game law, and Sis.
The receipts of the Burlingame fan
will pay all the current expenses this
year and pay about 81 900 on the debts
of the association.
An eastern dude travelling in Kansas
thinks butter is awiully cheap consid.
ering the great number of butterflies
he sees prowling over the prairicS.
The Citizens State bank of McPher.
son, Kan, with capital stock of s1O,.
600, has filed its charter and will be
ready for business on or before Oct. l.
1897.
The Kontuckians of Sumner county
anticipate holding a grand picnic at
Wellington Oct o. Judge Crider of
Kansas City will be present and adj
dress the crowd.
Much fruit for winter use is being
put up by the Kansas people this sea-
son. If any one in Kansas go hungry
this winter it will be due to neglect or
their own fault. A good supply should
be laid in now while every thing is
is plentiful.
One of the largest cattle deals consul
mated in Western Kansas in recent
years was made last week when Sulli.
van & Mills of Yavapia county, Ariz.,
sold to A. C. Dake, of Denver, Colo,
j, 200 head of steers, cows and heifers.
The cattle are in Lane, Ness and. Ford
counties, and were sold for SIG, 900.
The canning factory at Enporia is
putting up nearly car load of apples
and tomatoes every day. -Four hun.
bred bushels of apples are purchased
every day at 60 cents n bushel. The
manager has already canned and sold
five carloads of peaches, a. Liggett,
living northeast of Emporia, sold the
factory over 700 bushels Of peaches.
Several Ottawa business men have
united in purchase of 10000 acres OF
timber near Campbell in Duncan coun.
ty, Missouri The timber has never
been cut off and consists of oak, hics.
DRY and black gum, all valuable timber
trees. They have arranged with a
large lumber firm to take all the lum.
Der they can cut for the next year.
The Texas fever has not yet been
among the cattle of Jackson
county. The start of the plague was
traced to the Morris ranch where sew.
eral hundred head wero sold q few
weeks ago and distributed in several
parts of the county. Several of those
at the Morris sale have lost
cattle. A car load of cattle shipped to
Kansas City since the sale was pro-
nounced diseased by the authorities
and quarantined.
Wheat buyers along the line of the
Union Pacific have experienced con-
siderable difficulty in getting cars dur
ing the past week. At the smaller sta
tions, where there is no competition,
the grain men pay the conductors
dollar each for extra cars When a
train of empty cars is sent out into the
wheat belt, part of them are billed to
the grain men and the distribution Of
the remainder is left to the CONDUCTOR,
who generally places them where it
pays HIM best
In the Santa Fe wreck man kicked
a car window open and crawled out
As he rose to a standing position fel.
low reached for his diamond. The
Emporia man knocked the thief down
and passed on.
The telephone line at Junction City