Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-12-08
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST,"

against diphthcrla. The malady has
not reached that town,
The great Collins trial is now In pro.
greSs In Topeka The first difficulty ia
the usual one-securing jury
The butter which was on exhibition
at the Topeka state creamery convcn-
ton is to be shipped to the Sandwich
Islands.
Gillet, the bankrupt cattle king, has
sailed for Spain, That country is
busted and Gillct will naturally feel
at home.
Wichita people figure II out that for
several reasons, all OF them good, n
railroad commissioner should be
named from that town, .....
II 10 charged that the prairie fires in
Pawnee county are set out by gang
who plumber while tho fire has the
neighborhood out fighting It.
The real sporty boys OF Kansas
those who will be found the most
ready to put up their good money for
horse race or prize hght-are found
down in the mining district,
A wave OF Noble Prentisism has
started over the state, II is we'll, No
BILE Prentis is one Of the brightest
men who ever did time in this state,
and any honor done him 10 we'll de-
erved.
The Holton Recorder speaks OF the
tendency on the part Of the people to
favor young men, and as an instance
Vays that seven out OF the nine officers
Of jackson county are under forty
years Of age
Atchison saloon keepers have been
acting little too gaily and the coun-
ell has determined to pull the strings
little more tightly, Atchison would
he up stump deprived OF the revenue
secured from this line OF business,
Once in n while there is bright spot
for man who humps along life's path
way and tries to do his duty. The ed
itor OF the Humboldt Union was given
goose and turkey by admiring sub
Icribers for his Thanksgiving dinner.
A fellow down in the mining district
while in booty condition walked into
n widows home and amused himself
by shooting at her cook stove. IIc was
arrested and fined. Fined, mind you,
In place Of being made to ride rail
out of town,
The people of Kansas who have been
through q couple of dinky snow storms
this winter sympathzc most heartily
with the residents Of the east who
have suffered such terrible loss OF life
and property as the result Of the
storms Of tets season.
Two buns who tanled up in Girard
and were caught in the net OF stealing
pair of pants were given twenty min
utes in which to get out of town, and
they got In the absdnce OF rock
pile that is better than feeding them
for a term at the expense Of the city.
Many deaths Of cattle in the vicinity
OF Manchester have been caused by
feeding the stock on oats that was
frost bitten. The animals ate heartily
AA the volunteer growth was abundant
In some of the fields. They soon show
ed the effects of the poison and no skill
could save them. The disease was ut
first thought to be contagious.
A special dated, Guthrie, Nov. 92nd,
says; A. c, Springs, vice president of
the Kansas, Oklahoma Central and
Southwestern railway, returned this
morning from meeting Of the drec-
tors and officers OF the road, held ut
Coffeyville, Kan. Mr. Springs says
the road is now graded from Caney,
Kan, more than fifty miles in this
direction, and that at the meeting,
bridge material and steel were bought
TO complete the road not only that far,
but seventy-fve miles more, which
will take it to the crossing of the Ar
kansas river.
considerable competition exists be-
tween Wiley o. Cox, and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Trust Company,
both of Kansas City, over the collec-
tion of more than four million dollars
due the Cherokee Indians from the
government, with indications favora-
BILE to Cox. The Indians think the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust
company and the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad are identical and, as
the latter expect to get large slice of
che Cherokee lands, the Indians are
inclined to- be inclined to the trust
company's propositions llnJ iol|l
A proclamation has been issued CALI
ing for a special election in lola on
the 96th of December for, the purpose
of voting on the. proposition to issue
bonds to the amount OF forty Thousand