Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-05-12

Since their congregation in Topeka
only four of the soldier boys have TAX
en- sick.
Up to few days ago they were still
raising money in Barton county for
the Cuban relief fund.
The graduating classes have begun
in Kansas and they are still talking
about the Alps and Italy.
The Kansas farmer is reading the
daily paper and he doesn't look at the
market reports first, either.
Russell stands ready to furnish the
officers, including chaplain, surgeon
and band for regiment of men.
The awful thought has occurred to
several Kansans that to us Dewey
ships were upside down when they
were fighting.
The other day at Arkansas City the
Arkansas river ran north. It's waters
struch the Arkansas river bank full
and had to go back.
Independence will bake crackers
with gas fuel. Gas is so cheap at In
dependence that it is thought the
cracker trust can't freeze the new COM
pany out.
The banks of the Kaw river will soon
be full and overlooking, like all the
other banks of the state, if it contin-
ues to rain like it has for the past few
days.
Florence is entitled to considerable
credit. No man from that town has
applied for an Office in the army. All
the volunteers from there will be plain
prlvates.
If few more Kansans bob up in SER
vice on Uncle Sans ships envious states
will begin to charge that Kansas is
trying to hog all the credit for putting
down the war.
The Kansas commissioners to the
Omaha exposition are working hard to
get the people interested, but Kansas
people steadily refuse to get interested
in anything but war news.
Bicycle regulations have been adopt
ed at Wellington. There is to be no
riding on the sidewalk and the police
men are to judge the speed of wheel
men by the degree of hump in their
backs.
Cotton planting continues and will
continue another week or two unless
the weather improves. Early planted
cotton is coming up slowly in the
southern section, but does not grow as
it should.
Two hundred and forty-seven couples
were married in Sumner county during
the twelve months ending April list.
There were only thirty-four divorces.
This indicates that marriage is by no
means a failure in Sumner county.
1t is reported that the grape vines
are fruiting well in Kansas this year.
Some of the early varieties of this crop
are said to be slightly damaged by
frost. Grapes are expected to make
big yield this year. The apples have
not been damaged by the cold weather
and an enormous yield is anticipated
in this line. Although some of the
early peaches in different sections of
the state were killed by the March
cold snap, there is said to be enough
left of this variety for home consump-
ton.
Although the weather has been cold
and cloudy for week, the crops gen
orally are looking well. Wheat never
looked better in Kansas at this season
of the year, and unless it is visited by
by a hailstorm later on, the wheat
crop this year will excel that of last
season. The weather has been very
unfavorable to the oats and the crop
is very backward, but with plenty of
warm weather and occasional rains in
the future much of it will come out all
right. The corn is growing very slow.
This crop also requires an abundance
of warm weather and sunshine. All
crops are said to be backward except
ing the wheat.
f. r. Snyder of Oakley, is back from
Alaska. He got rich lot of eXper-
fence while there, but that is the net
result of his journey, and he says that
country is good one to stay away
from now Snyder says that large
number of the stories of rich strikes
made up there are pure fakes gotten
by the transportation companies for
the purpose of turing other suckers on.
Snyder knew a man up there who was
dead broke and who wanted to get
back to the states. A ship captain Of
fered to give him transportation back
on condition that he would sign a
statement to the effect that he had
cleaned up 500. 900, which he willingly
did. and il is on the Strenth of Just