Hutchinson gazette., 1898-01-06

the refOrmatOry.
Judge Frank Martin certainly ap-
pears to be in excellent standing with
the court Of this district. He is attor-
ney for the receiver Of che bank that
failed at Mcpherson recently.
Roy Campbell and Miss Luella Shad-
duck were married last Thursday night
This young couple are we'll thought of
and Mr.. Campbell has for long time
been a very obliging employee in the
post office We wish them we'll.
The Second Infantry band went on
a serenading tour New Years night.
They first called upon Mr.. and Mrs.
Grant Chamberlain and Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Campbell who had been recently
married, Then they called at Bene
diets store, Jesse Cooks store, the
Santa Fe and Brunswick hotels. By
the time they had got thus far around
their horns were frozen up so that even
~'Hot Time" wouldn't thaw them out
The State Journal says that j. M.
Wyman of Hutchinson, after setting
all day at the State teachers associa-
-tion, behind big woman with big
ger hat, got up and moved that all the
women be requested to take off their
hats. The president refused to put
the question although it was seconded
about twenty times. Hutchinson peO-
ple usually have good manners and like
do have others show the same that they
do.
State Auditor Morris today declined
to issue warrant for $50 upon a
voucher drawn by the board Of direc-
tors OF the Hutchinson refOrmatory in
favor of the American Book company
The money was to pay for books pur-
chased by the board of directors State
Auditor Morris declared that the pur-
chase was a direct violation of the law
which provides that all state institu-
tiOns must use the books adopted by
the state text hook commission. n.-State
Journal.
The Hutchinson Planning Mill Com
pany has been reorganized recently and
taken out a new C arter. Under the
new organization they are not only to
do the business of planning mill but
to carry on a wholesale and retail 'um.
Der business James st John is to be
the president, Mr.. Wagner Of the old
planning mill, the vice-president and
A. W. McCandlsss, secretary and
treasurer. The three above named
with Fred W. Casner are to form the
board of directors. The capital stock
isSlO,OOO.
JP. Clark of Sumner township was
in town Friday to prosecute a man
named Sam Kirkpatrick whom he ac
cused Of having stolen set of harness
of him last February. We understand
that Kirkpatrick has been out of the
county since about that time and that
be was brought here from the eastern
part OF the state. The harness was val
ued at 800 or more so that the charge
would be grand larceny, and is peni-
.gtentiary offence. The defendant waived
preliminary examination before Esq.
Campbell and was bound over to the
district court. Tuesday, however, he
plead guilty and was sent to the re-
formatyry.
There is large amount of petty pill
lreling going on in the city and has been
nearly all winter. Grain sacks are one
the articles which it has been diff
cult to keep at home Mr.. 90. Wood.
ard kept losing them until recently,
when he tracked them up aud captured |
a good lot, the thief with them The
culpriG WAS boy and the father plead
so enthusiastically that he was let 90.
A man near the new mill was roaring
hot the other day because some one
stole his pump. Coal disappears in all
kinds ofquantities. A negro who was
lungy prosperity shouter, was caught
stealing corn on Greelee's farm and
brought to town but he too was let 20
D.. Sniff came up from Hutchin-
son last Friday and spent Saturday get
ting acquainted with his family. Mr..
Sniff 10 at present experimenting the
construction of a new salt plant at
Hutchinson. The main buildingof the
plant is 1Osx256 feet and is from twelve
70 foTtS-fve feet high. The boiler
hous win set alongside of the big build
dng and Is 4SxlOS feet and twenty-five
feet bigh. In addition to these there
win bs three tanks eight feet deep,
twenty feet wide and forty-e eight feet
long. They will stand fifteen feet off
the gIpund. Altogether it will take
over ote. half million feet of lumber to
build Ehe plant.-Larned Tlller and
T0iler