Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-12-02

the Garden city pestotnce.
The Wellington Concert Company
gave an entertainment at Belle PLANE
and are thinking of venturing as far as
Mulvaue
A new $4,000 elevator is being
erected in Newton by the Newton
Milling company. The company has
already a storage capacity of 100000
bushels, but the rush of grain has
compelled them to increase their ele'
Vator capacity.
The Douglas county Horticultural
society has gathered statistics showing
that the farmers and fruit growers Of
the county were paid $4,000 for APP
pies grown this year; that they were
paid 100000 for berries and S2s,3OO for
their grape crop.
Thousands of head Of cattle will be
fattened for the market in the Sun
flower state this winter. They are
coming in daily and will be located
in districts where the feed is the most
plentiful and where they can be kept
the cheapest In some counties 10000
and $4,000 head will be fed.
A Wabaunsee county farmer living
twenty-three miles from Topeka hitch
ed up his team the other night, piled
the "old woman and five children
into the vehicle and drove them in to
hear James Whitcomb Riley at the OPP
era house. That is q case of literary
that should not so unno-
ticed.
II. E. Patterson, the expert account
ant who has been going over the books
and accounts of the treasurer's Office of
Sedgwicl county during the two terms
of John A. Doran, deesGsed, will COM
plete his work in few days. 1t is
learned from an unofficial but reliable
source that the shortage will be near
ly $4,000
T. ]. Price, an extensive shipper of
export cattle, lost two car loads of fine
steers recently while en- route to the
Chicago market When the train ar
rived at Wakarusha it was discovered
that two of the cars containing cattle
were on fire One load of steers per-
ished before they could be released,
but the other load was gotten out only
TO be let run at large. The steers were
valued at SIS each.
Careful statistics of the cattle to be
fed and wintered in Jewell county this
winter places the number at $4,000
mead. OF this number there will be
1ot far from 10000 head fed and the
wintered on rough feeding
These figures have been carefully
gathered, and while there has been
more wintered in former years, the
number to be fed is in advance of this
number for many years.
The plan of the Kansas State Real
Estate association TO place on exhibit
ion in Kansas City representative
display of Kansas agricultural pro-
lucts Is a shrewd piece of enterprise,
Ind is likely to bling valuable results.
Along with this exhibit there will be
Ill the general information necessary
20 post thoss who are seeking homes
IF investments in Kansas. Such an
and bureau in the metropo-
is Of the west should attract and in
'truct many who would not lie inclined
% make n more extended investiga-
ion of the wonderful resources of the
SunAower state.
The Kansas court of appeals has just
lecided a case involving a new ques-
ion in the Kansas prohibitory law
The Standard Oil company at Concor.
liza attached and attempted to sell
liquor belonging to druggist to salts
y q judgment Judge Sturges OF
cloud county held that liquor could be
iold only as specified 10y law. The
,ase was appealed and all the legal
lbiIity possible was brought before
he higher court to have the case re.
'ersed. The court of appeals held
mat liquor could be sold only for scien-
life, medical and mechanical purposes
We're the sheriff allowed to sell liquors
1t public auction he would soon be.
,ome a salOonkeeper, selling liquor to
The highest bidder daily.
With the advent of the theatrical
season numerous companies have put
)ut their announcements for popular
'avor. The AL G. Field Real Negro
company that has been
all over America, will make
is initial appearance in Wichita the
coming season. The novelty of this
lies in the fact that it is
exclusively of genuine me-
yroes, fifty in number. Every phase