Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-01

VIII WnlbeS stories.
One of the bellies of Newton has been
in the belle business fifteen years.
There is bunch of 1000 cattle in
Barber county owned by young lady.
The flax and oats crop throughout
the state of Kansas is reported to be
good.
A prominent Kansas newspaper
says that bicycle leggings don't come
high.
Milt Brown is in Washington looking
at an Oklahoma judgeship, which is
just his size.
"Keep off tho grass or the chiggers
will get you" is the sign that conquors
at Great Bend.
Kansas hasn't had single tornado
yet this year, but we are fearfully long
on nail storms and meteors.
The inference is that the hail-stones
at Topeka were either terribly large or
the skulls of Topeka people very thin.
Ell Dorado has ghost which walks
Walnut Hill IN u mosquito-bar. 1t
will be arrested for indecent exposure
On June &c a 300 acre field of wheat
belonging to an Ellinwood man, caught
fire from sparks from Santa Fe train
and was entirely consumed. 1t was
fine stand and estimated at 50 bushels
per acre.
One year ago Joe Bristow was only
a private secretary of an interior state.
Today he is in Washington trying to
settle a postoffice quarrel in Bubville,
Canadayaguhoga county, Maine, and
another in Hi-wiwi-hi, Oregon.
y. II. Haney, farmer near Burton,
was worked to a FRAGILE last week.
Two men came along and wanted to
hire as harvest hands. Harvest hands
are scarce, so Farmer Haney proposed
to them that he board and lodge them
until harvest time and then they were
to receive each s1.25 a day. They ate
four days, got some new shoes out of
Haney's purse and lit out. They were
tramps and it is too hot to work in a
field any way.
Outing for July opens with a complete
story, "Her Highness," by Caroline
Shelly. 1t is tale of the turf, and the
author draws very pleasing pen pic
ture of the play of human passion in
the breezy atmosphere of the training
stables and the track. OF special in
terest to those contemplating holt
day are the articles on "Muskolsa, and
on Camps and Camping" both by Ed.
w. Sandys. r, B. Burchard describes
"The New Twenty-FoOters," while
other good writers devote themselves
TO salmon fishing, cycling and season
able amusements. The editorial and
record departments are up to the usu-
al high standard.
James w. Anderson and Il. ]. Hard
ing, two Mormon elders, have arrived
in Salina to do some missionary work.
They are arranging to hold meetings,
but have not yet secured place. 1t
is their purpose to engage either a
church, hold street meetings or preach
at the park. They claim that they
have been misrepresunted as to the
dogmas of their church and wish to
make it clear to the people just what
they believe. They believe no longer
in the plurality of wives. The Book
of Mormon is simply history of the
New World prior to its discovery by
Columbus as is the Old Testament
history of the ancient people of the
Old World. The Book of Mormon is
simply an adjunct to the Bible. These
gentlemen have just returned from the
conference af their church at st. John,
Stafford county. where they have
well.organized church. They travel
a mong the people without purse or
scrip, and take up no collections in the
Christian Endoavor ers mt San Francisco.
The Denver aud Rio Grand r. R. the
"Scenic Line of the World" presents to
the Christian Endeavorers the most
varied and beautiful scenery and the
best accommodations of any of the
Trans-C continental Lines.
Endeavorers en- route to attend the
National Convention at San Francisco,
in July, 1897, will find it to their ad.
vantage to use the Denver and Rio
Grande R. R. in one or both directions
The choice of two routes is offered
via that line, using the stand guage
line through Leadville, Canon OF the
Grand and Glenwood Springs, in one
direction; and the narrow guage line
over the famous Marshall Pass and
through the Black Canon of the Guni-
son, in the other. Both routes take
the passenger through the world.fam-
ed Royal Gorge.