Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-24

the highest order, and the appearance
here of this company will undoubtedly
be the society event of the season. At
the Crawford Grand, Wichita, on the
evening of Friday, Feb 25th, on which
occasion they will produce the beauti-
full opera, LA Grande Duchess"
Council Grove is having trouble over
its water supply.
Fort Scott has had four police COM
missioners within year.
Beer continues to flow into Kansas
from Missouri but no water from Colo
RADIO
In Lane county the wheat and ground
are both reported to be in excellent
condition,
A Douglass county man has gone to
Cuba for the Central Union Cuban COM
mittce, of New York, with Miss Clara
Barton.
Matthew A. Watson, one of the ear
liest settlers of southeastern Kansas,
died at his home at Cresline last week
at the age of So years.
The Santa Fe will put in eighty-two
miles of steel rail between La Junta
and Dodge City in the spring. 1t will
permit record-breaking run.
The pastor of the Episcopal church
at Wichita begins his middle name
with lower-case letter Its capitali-
zation is grave offense in local print
shops.
The January earnings of the State
penitentiary exceeded the expenses by
$4,000, and not pound of coal was
sold or consumed outside of State in
stitution.
Since the death of Henry Booth,
General Tim Mccarthy is the only sur
vivor of the old guard left in Pawnee
county. He and Booth ranged there
when the grass was shorter than it is
now.
The general watch inspector for the
Santa Fe railroad, has issued his first
annual report. He says that Santa Fe
trainmen have better watches than
the men on any other road in the coun.
try.
Workmen in a southern Kansas town
in repairing water pipe dug up sec
tior of. the first water main laid in the
city, eighteen years ago 1t consisted
of round cedar post bored out and
bound, with strap iron.
1t is thought that if water flowed
into Kansas from Colorado with as
much regularity as beer flows in from
Missouri the fish in the Arkansas river
would not have to take their tails in
their mouths and hop few miles over
land to get drink of water.
A train load of immigrants, with
household furniture and farm utensils,
is on the way to Kansas over the Mis-.
souri, Pacific. They come from Sloane,
and are ready to occupy the land at
once. s. f. Hougland is in charge of
this train, and during the year 1897
induced 219 families to locate in Kan
sas, and sold 5000 acres of unimproved
land. These immigrants will locate in
Woodson county.
Extensive trials of liaffir corn In the
West, and especially in Kensas, have
proved it to be a valuable substitute
for corn, and it is worthy Of more at
tention than it is receiving. II is nom
saccharine, the plant grows low and
erect, and the whole stock cures into
good fodder. In some cases, when fed
green, it has made cattle sick, but this
is doubtful mainly due to the overfeed.
ing of it In using the seed for food
it should be ground, and especially if
fed to poultry, 1t seems to be relished
by horses, cows, hogs and poultry, and
the ground seed has, in some localities,
takes the place of other grains. In
other localities the cured fodder takes
the place of hay and is fed with good
results.
Barney ]. Martin, well digger, fell
into well about three miles south OF
Chapman last week and was instantly
killed. He was about 80 years of age
and unmarried.
The final debate for the selection OF
Kansas university representatives in
the Kansas-Missouri joint debate,
which will occur in Lawrence this
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