Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-03


Wished buyers for $50 head of cattle to
IS. Il. Garth of Larned, last week.
W. l.. Fleener, ex clerk Of the court
of Kiowa county, was in town the fore
part of the week, on cattle deal.
Mr. Helm, of Wellington. is here
working in the Model Steam Laundry.
de was here with them while last
year.
The various schools of Hutchins N
postponed the exercises in celebration
of WashingtOn's birthday till Friday
afternoon of last week.
John B. Cunningham, bank commits
:siOner of Nebraska, was in the State
.on official business and stepped in
Hutchinson last Friday.
The water works Of this city has re
4ceived new large pump. The new
pump is larger than the old one and
has capacity of 100000 gallons per
day.
Appropriate memorial services were
held at the NJ. E, church, last Sunday
afternoon by the W. G. T, U. to honor
the memory of the late Miss Francis
e. Willard
Art HOagland, of the new clothing
dirm of Flodin, Hostutler & Hoagland.
successors to J. D Wiener, returned
the latter part of the week from a pur
chasing trip to the east.
Mrs. Mary Reece. Of Bell township,
was adjudged insane in probate court
Friday. She will be- sent to one of the
State asylums but as her atflicti)n is
not very bad her friends hope for her
recovery.
This is a week for hotel changes.
.Sheeter is moving out of the Midland
and into the Grand Central; while
Billy Thompson, until recently prOpri-
4etor of the Brunswick, goes into The
Midland.
The imaginative war correspondent
who can't get up first class battle or
Spanish plot FIVE thousand miles from
the scene, on a half.hOur's notice
might better throw up his job and sell
his pencil.
It was decided by the county attor-
ney and coroner that COrOner's in
quest over the body of Dewitt Cole, the
negro who was shot by Granville
Lewis, was unnecessary and accord
ingly none was had
The populist congressional commit
tee will meet in this city on March 10th
for the purpose of fixing date and call
ing convention. The call was is
sued by Horace Foster, secretary of the
committee, o. ". Hendee, chairman,
having left the State.
Mr.. Brown of Liberal, Kansas, was
in town and bought 100 head Of cows
through the mediation of the st. John
Trust Company, from Kingman county
parties. They were western cattle
and he paid $4,000 per head, without
seeing them. He, however was well
pleased with the deal after he had seen
them.
Edwin ROstell, who appeared in the
play cardinal Richiieu" at the opera
house; Monday night, m de talk to
the high school in the morning on the
subject of literature. He seems to
have been a close student of the
higher classes of literature, as indeed
any high grade actor must be, and his
talk was very interesting. He out
lined Hamlet, and recited his sOliloquy
Local officers of the Kansas National
Guar received their first instructions
from their superior officers, that looked
like war, on Monday. The communi.
cation was from Colonel HOisingtOn,
1t required them to get their equip.
ments in good order, and if anything
was needed to move on short notice to
report at once. 1t also asked how
many men could be raised on ten
hours notice.
The Hutchinson 81 Southern has been
completed into Blackwell, Oklohoma
and Monday was day of rejoicing witt
the citizens of that booming young
town. The farmers of that locality
have been hauling their wheat for q
considerable distance, fifteen or twenty
miles, sometimes more, and they WERE
very glad to get connection for freight