Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-10
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

D. W. Kent, 80 we'll known here,
has been re elected as Secretary Of the
Odd Fellows of Kansas.
A large number of Hutchinson Ia
dies paid a visit to the RefOrmatOry to
take flowers to the inmates and cheer
them up on Wednesday.
We understand that Receiver KinFel
has rented rooms for "a per month,
into which he will soon move the Bank
OF Hutchinson's business.
A hail storm Friday night, we are
told, did considerable damage to corn
in the neighbOrhoOd Of Haven. 1t
was not heavy enough to very seri-
Ously damage the wheat.
The members Of the Universalist
church gave a strawberry social last
Thursday evening, which was a pleas
ant affair. The refreshments were
supplemented by good music.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Widen are happy
over the arrival of a fine boy at their
home on Sunday June 9th. They have
waited five times for a boy only to find
their boy girl Not so this time.
E. l.. Meyer is in the East this week.
He will attend commencement exer-
cises at the State University, where
his son graduates, and then attend the
Credit Mems meeting ia Kansas City.
Albert VanZandt has gone on BUSH
ness trip to the eastern part of the
state. leaving the business of the Van
Zandt Implement company in charge
of his father, J, r. VanZandt.- Wich-
tia Commoner.
The legislative investigating COM
mittee will meet at Topeka today. Of
course it cannot be determined what
they will do, but they should make an
effort to secure what evidence they can
from voluntary witnesses.
Childrens' Day exercises were held
at the Christian church on Sunday
night and the attendance was large,
all the seating capacity being filled.
The little folk, especially some of the
wee small ones, gave very pleasing
performances.
Geo. Fl. Burr of st. John, formerly
associated with the Bank of Hutchln-
son in small way, is leading a band
of big warriors from Boston and New
York, presidents and cashiers of banks,
etc, out into this country to look over
the facilities of doing big business in
loaning money on cattle paper over
this part of the State.
Jerry Simpson arrived in Hutchin-
son on Sunday evening and remained
until next morning, when he took the
Hutchinson & Southern for his home
in Medicine Lodge. He had some bus
mess to attend to at home and came
home for that. He returns to Wash
ingtOn today. He looks hale and none
the worse for wear Notwithstanding
his tussleing with the Gar.
The firm of Whine & Whine, loan
agents and brokers, have arranged tC
remove to Wichita. W. E. CASTOR &
Co. will conduct the business at this
place as tue local agents. They re-
move to Wichita because it is the
center of their territory, which now
embraces Oklahoma Territory. This
firm seems to have been lOaning money
long after most others had quit.
We have a copy of the Herald, Of
Arroyo Grande, CAL, reporting the
wedding of Miss May Jordan, of this
city, to Mr.. Lemuel Harden, Of the
former place, who however left hert
last fall Miss Jordan is the daughter
of Mr.. E. W. Jordan so we'll known
here as an old settler, who died two Oh
three months ago. Many pleasures
on their life journey is the wish o.
many friends
A couple of short trips into counties
lying west of here, convinces us thai
the wheat crop will be enormous. Il
was getting quite dry in some places
the last of the week and some of thu
wheat in spots was slightly injured
but the rains since then guarantee q
crop and the places where damage wa
done are comparatively smaller. i
may we'll be wished the acreage wal
larger In this county.
A certain paper in the eastern par
of the State is now delivering a daily
roast of Mr.. Breidenthal, and the rea
son is that the bank commissioner ha'
called upon the stockholders of a GER
tain bank in which the editor is inter
ested, to pay up its capital stock Of
quit business. Mr.. Breidenthal, how
ever, cannot defend himself by telling
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