Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-10-27

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progressive, is TO have a chrysanthe'
mum show lasting three days,
Alfalfa Is growing In favor among
Southern Kansas farmers, Secretary
Coburn ought to devote chapter TO II
In his next report.
The reason that tramps are 80 num-
erous In 30 many towns OF Kansas Is
that local news is scarce, and the boys
must have something 10 I'LL up space.
John Mcdonald OF Kansas City, KS,
"a organizing party Of Kansas school
maams who will spend next summer in
Scotland, Switzerland and along the
Rhine.
Buffalo Jones, who is just back from
the Klondike, will, II Is announced
economically, make his home at Troy
He lived there once in the early Sol
Miller days.
A Franklin county man has paid 81
into the conscience fund OF the county
treasury. He cashcd in three wolf
scalps several years ago that were not
taken in the county
Within the past two weeks 100000
worth OF cattle have been brought
into jackson county for feeding, which
will have great effect in stiffening
the local price Of corn.
II must make man feel terribly
foolish TO walk into voting place on
election day only to be told that his
own negligence in falling to register
bars him from voting,
Jack rabbits are TO be shipped from
western Kansas In trainloads this win
ter, all frozen for the market The
frosts that will accompany the cleo
tion will have exterminated the dread
rabbit worm by that time.
The Snbetha Republcan-Herald Is
authority for the statement that there
is man in Hanover who, within the
past fifteen years has paid $1,000 in
fines, the last one assessed against him
being for wife beating. II isn't at all
Likely that the citizens Of Hanover
point with pride to this man.
Garden City girls worked shrewd
game on the boys the other day. They
got up dance, invited the young fell
lows, did the honors with trimmings,
and after the dance set up the oysters.
The dance season Is just fairly getting
started now, and Of course the boys
will be expected TO keep up the gait
thus set all winter
A Clay Center man who was married
recently suffered hard jolt the past
week. The mother Of the girl, accom-
panied by n Pinkerton detective, mp
peared on the scene and took the
young lady home, She was mar
ried about seven months ago to st.
Joe man and deserted him. This
leaves the Clay Center man on the out
side
The city mills at Abilene are busy
filling large foreign order for their
flour. They are sending in single ship
ments 100000 pounds of -four, 10 cars,
to Liverpool. 1t will go to Galveston
and thence by water The southern
route is becoming very popular with
the shippers of the state and is bound
TO become more so, 1t shortens the
railroad haul and makes n cheaper
freight.
There was hot old time in Wilson
q few days ago when u reception and
banquet was rendered the soldier boys |
Of that town, Russell and Ellsworth.
All the boys were treated handsomely,
but the bright particular star Of the
occasion was George Lincoln, who, us
member of the 4th U. s. infantry, took |
part in the battle of Santiago, The
man who took part in this fight al
ways gets the right of track.
Secretary Coburn says; Vegetar-
ians have inveighed against eating
pork, and theologians have pointed to
the warnings of Moses and the sad
fate that befcll the swine of Gadara;
but he has hardihood indeed who can
inveigh with sincerity and real earn
estncss against the juicy ham or deli
cate side-meat of well-bred hog rear
ed on alfalfa, the blossoms of clover,
the sweet skim-milk from the dairy,
and finished on product of Kansas
corn field
A man claiming to be Rough Rider
showed up at oberlin last week and
panhandled his way for q few days on
the strength of what he claimed was
his war record. He borrowed revolt
yer which he forgot to return, and
cashed forged check before he got
out of town, and the next man claim
ing to be u Rough Rider will have to
show credentials before he succeeds in |