Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-11-24

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one thing and another before II burn
itself ont
Stcrllng's boss foot racer Is o ma,
mined l'eatti poor name to 20 into Z
race with T. would seem, but he genor
Tally manages 10 got II over tho lin,
ahead OF the other follow.
The county commissioners OF Mont
gomery county have offered u bounty
of $3.50 for wolf scalps A bounty OF
wolf scalps are always source OF pet
ty larceny in public life and ought t
be stopped,
Frank Rhinohart, n formerly of Dor
iphan county man, was q candidate foi
sheriff on the republican ticket dowr
In 0Slnhoma territory, and WINS The
only man OF that fifth who won out n
the county,
In Atchison free lunch Ia given
with Rglass of bccr In Clay Center q
dealer gives q free lunch with each
pnir Of shoes sold, There will be more
free lunches given out in Atchison than
In Clay Ccnter-bccauso schooncrs are
cheaper than shoes,
A fire started by spark from To-
connective destroyed three hundred
fruit trees for n Pratt county man one
day last week; and three hundred
trees-Ond fruit trees at that-mOke
no small item In Pratt county, where
fruit trees are scarce.
AZ Rincad on November 18th, al q
depth OF 055 feet oil was struck in the
prospect hole Of the Kincnid Oil and
Gas company, u, G, Miller, head drill
err, says It is high grade OF petroleum.
and will yield forty per cent kerosene.
The drill has already penetrated the
oil'bearlng sand to q depth OF twenty
five feet, and still IL holds out.
The Missouri Pacific will put In 1900
feet OF new side track ut Auburn TO
accommodate increasing traffic and
travel There will be three new tracks
One passenger and one cnboose and an
engine track, Surveying has already
begun. The company will also put in
5000 feet OF new side track at Rama
poo, the grading for which is about
ready.
So far twenty-eight new families
have arrived in Atchison as n result OF
the recent order Of the Missouri Pa
ciiic consolidating divisions Mt Atch-
ison. One came from Omaha, one from
Auburn, six from Hlawatha and TWEEN
ty from Kansas City, Others are ar.
irving every day, Tho figures are OBJ
tanned from Che railroad company who
hauled the household goods free of
charge.
An exchange remarked the other day
Tint the fight for the state Partnership
was going to be the lercest, cleanest
and most Christian contest ever known
TO be waged in Kansas "And that's |
what l want 1t to be-" said Charley
Lands, in commenting on the remark
III am not the successful one, no one
will congratulate tho winner with bet |
.er grace than I will"
On the night OF November Goth cold
wave struck Kansas, A light snow
ell the latter part Of the night, and
i continued showing and drifting the
following day. There was change
n the temperature of about twenty
I've degrees in considerable less than
hat many hours, Heavier snow is
'eported in the northern part OF the
state, but as yet no suffering has been
'eported,
Only n little more than half of the
,oters in Cimarron township voted on
,he high school proposition, the result
being flfty-eight to nine in favor of the
school, The people in the country had
some misgivings in regard to the prop
,sition and in nearly every precinct
outside OF Cimarron voted against it
almost to u man. The official returns
SLOW that the proposition carried by
aajority of twelve.
There is political phrase that ought
10 be retired. 1t Is II have no sore
spots on me-" When man humps
himself double in the effort to corral a
or to get an Office after
the nomination is secured, and falls
down in either case, he is expected to
have at least n few sore spots. 1t is
human nature TO have sore spots in
such an event; and it also seems to be
human nature to deny their presence
In 1881 an Ellsworth lad was injured
by moving machine operated by
man in the employ of the city, so bad
ly that amputation OF the right leg
below the knee was necessary. A suit
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