Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-10-28

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LOCAL AND PERAONAL.
Two or three cases of scarlet fever
have been reported in town.
Jerry Simpson was in town over Sun
day on his way TO Stafford county where
be spoke three times.
A picnic near Pretty Prairie was
largely attended by our candidates and
politicians the fore part Of the week.
Miles Wilmot, of Partridge, has. a
new girl. He is of cOuase very proud
and is thinking Of sending the girl to
school.
The News continues at intervals TO
rehash that hoary old lie that Jerry
Simpson lobbied against the maximum
freight rate bill.
Eli N. Morris and Mrs. Hattie NJ.
Courtney were married ut the BRIDES
home on A West on Sunday afternoon.
Congra yuations are extended.
Mr.. 8. s Leighty, of Lincoln town
ship, was in and made the editor glad.
He reports his new house is now being
plastered. 1t will cost about 81 500
when done.
G. W. Liysngood, of the Livengood
store, left Tuesday night for Kansas
City to purchase large new stock of
goods, which he invites you to call and
examine as soon as they are in.
The Haven Journal says that town is
fermenting again; that il. has become
80 we'll filled up that when one family
takes a notion to move, it necessitates
half a dozen more families doing the
same thing The whole town has been
moving lately.
A young negro, Jim Thomas, whose
head was probably more full of forty
rod than brains raised disturbance at
the opera house one night last week
with a white man and was escorted to
the lookup. He was given emission
to explain in police court later
Uncle ZenO Tharp has column or
more in a recent issue OF the News de
voted to Zeno and the boys, and Zeno,s
biography. ZenO says Zeno is upward
of seventy years of age but that was u
redundant statement, for any one who
read the article would think him to be
intellectually a hundred or hundred
and fifty.
Jake Kline, son of Peter Kline of
Lincoln township met with great
misfortune Saturday by being acciden-
tally shot IN the arm. The butt of the
gun, it seems, was resting on the Stats
of arOad cart and fell through causing
discharge. 1t WAS at first thought his
arm would have to b. amputated but it
is now thought it will not.
Something has stirred the republi.
cans of this district up nightly of late
over the canvass Judge Hettinger is
making. The news has felt the necess
ity of jumping onto him with column
or so, aud makes the dire charge that
lie is no populist. That's an awful
thing for republican like the News
people to think of
A young man mined Bert Crayton,
who, with a friend was driving down
here from the west part of the state,
while crossing the bridge at Sterling
few weeks ago was accdently shot in
the leg by the discharge of shot gun
which w2s loose in the wagon. He
was taken to the county house the other
day to remain while his wound heals
The managers of the Hutchinson lee
tnre course, who were so disappointed
at the failure of the Clara Schuman
Ladies orchestra to fill their engage
ment at this place, have the satisfdc-
tion of receiving a letter from the COM
pany having them in charge saying
they had not filed an engagement this
season. So Hutchinson people can say
there are others"
The republican candidate for sheriff
Mr.. Long, is in trouble over his pros
pective turnkey If he allows it to
stand that he will retain Harry Jones
he looses votes and if he gives it out
that he won't appoint Jnnes he loOses
votes So he appears to have decided
TO make peace with both by promising
Jones his job and his enemies that he
won't get it. This at least IS the way
the story comes to us.
A play came to town Monday from
Newton called white Goose Justice"
Their big goose aroused considerable