Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-11
KANSAS ITEMS OF lN4EREsT.


Garden City.
The sheriff of Morton county is after
Che boys who match pennies
The story is out that Grief Justice
Doster cut his finger tho other day and
bled ice water instead Vt blood.
The late wet spell has brought new
word to Kansas. A paper speaks OF the
streets again "being mudless."
Some fatal disease has been killing
off many hogs on Paradise creek, in
the northern part of Russell county.
A Pratt boy found cylinder with
fuse attached. He lit the fuse to see
what would happen and the doctor
cannot yet tell whether he will re-
cover
Henry Shupe, 1.-THE Rattlesnalte
King of the Rockies" is dead at Atch-
ison of Pneumonia. He was river
hermit and captured and charmed
snakes.
It is the introduction of fool bills
that hurts Kansas. They never pass.
The legislature should pass law max
ing it a misdemeanor to introduce
fool bill.
The next state oratorical contest
will be held at Lawrence where the
police are used to such things and
won't interfere with the inter-collegi-
ate scraps.
The only representation Kansas will
have at the Nashville exposition will
be made by Haskell Institute People
who attend the exposition will think
Kansas is full of Indians.
A Kansas child who had spent much
time on farm visited Kansas City re-
Gently and saw his first chain well. He
looked at it for a while and said:
"What is this? corn-sheller?"
One of the Indians in the employee OF
the Chilloco school who has been steady
for years got an "lndian streak on the
other day and wandered off. When
last heard of he was in Coffeyville.
L. w. Jordhn, aged 60, farmer, and
for twenty-five years a resident of Reno
county, died on Feb, 25th of gangrene
of the bowels, caused from injuries re-
ceived while hunting few days ago.
He was wealthy and highly respected
Do Kansas people enjoy reading the
travels of editors? Several editors are
now RECALLING their readers with ac-
counts of trips. Do the readers care
for them? If they do not the editors
wouldn't take the trouble to write
them.
The game markets are said to be al
most glutted with wild ducks, NAL
lards, teal and pitfalls. Old hunters
and men who handle game say they
never saw such fight of ducks in
February, and they are fat, plump and
pretty.
In speaking of the bill in the Kansas
legislature to prevent conductors from
flirting with female passengers, Kan
sas railroad man says that conductors,
as rule, never visit with woman
passenger unless solicited, and in that
case the conductor is usually asked to
listen to some tale of restitution.
The merchants and business men at
Council Grove have adopted novel
plan to keep peddlers and travelling
concerns out of that town. Every bus
mess house in the city must take out a
city license and pay into the treasury
500. When such houses have been
duly assessed and have paid taxes the
500 is refunded by the city, This
keeps out the travelling stores.
Switch engine 944 which has been in
the Newton yards nearly two years, is
said by railroad men to be an engine
with hoodoo hanging over it. 1t has
been given extensive repairs at Topeka
and has been taken to the Wichita
yards. During the short time it was
in Newton four switchmen met death
through it. The boys are naturally
not backward in acknowledging that
they sre glad the other fellow has it,
as hoodoo engine is always avoided.
The reformatory at Hutchinson now
contains 14S inmates and number
more have been sentenced that have
not yet arrived. The superintendent
and assistant superintendent spent
several days in Topeka endeavoring to
get the Legislature to make an appro-
priation for this institution, as it now
has more inmates than can be comfort
ably cared for. About the latest indi-
cation are that the institution will be
given n sufficient appropriation for
maintaining their present number, but
no appropriation for enlarging to ac-
commodate others that may be senten.
ced.
The thieves at Newton stop at moth,
ing. A musician left his violin in a
church there the other night and the