Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-17

eral knife cuts, is now under arrest for
assaulting and knocking down Mrs
Ely.
We would be glad to have the old al
lance men of former days call at THIS
office. There is business matter We
would like to talk tOyou about. 1t may
be to your profit.
Chester Long was in the city Tues
day shaking hands and smiling on The
good people Of Hutchinson. Mr.. Long
is man of good address and agreeable
appearance personally.
The woman's club Of this city is ex-
ertlDg motherly care over the library
and will on Thursday evening March
18th serve New England Dinner"
for raising funds for Its support.
Rev. W. r. Bair, of Dunlap, Kan
sas, was here visiting friends last week
and looking up his prospects for sue
ceeding Theo. Botkin as department
commander of the Il. A. R. OF this
state
A dispatch headline on Kansas City's
dog show says: Kansas City Gone to
the Dogs for Four Days" Hutchinson
seems to be gone to the dogs for good
unless the dog catcher gets speedy
and immediate move on him.
The Midland hotel, when it is opened
up, under its new proprietor will be tit
ted up in a granGer style than ever be-
fore. Two cars of new furniture ar.
rived last week and Mr. Thompson will
ft up its fifty rooms in style for truly
first class hotel.
The Hutchinson postoffice has been
designated as a repository for the third
and fourth class pOstOffices south and
west of here. There are now nearly
fifty postotIices reporting to this office.
1t is a fact significant Of our facilities
as a distributing point.
At the G. A. r. hall Friday evening
the Womans Relief Corps gave an en-
tertainment which was very enjoy
able affair. The cake walk was won
by Col. and Mrs. r. A. Campbell and
the prize for being the homliest man in
town was given to Will johnson.
At the meeting OF the Congressional
committee last week in this city, Jonas
Holmes, of Langdon, was elected as
Congressional committeeman from this
county to ill the vacancy made by the
removal of o. W. Hendee. A better
selection could not have been made.
The republican county central COM
mittee met last Saturday and called
their county convention to elect dele
gates to the State and Congressional
conventions for Thursday, March 31st.
Primaries tC be held Saturday, March
18th. The convention to nominate
county officers will lie held later.
The Hutchinson Knights of Pythias
sent a large delegation to attend a
meeting of Knights from this district,
at Lyons last week. About fifteen
lodges were represented at the meeting
and teams from FIVE or SIX towns con
tested for honors, the prize being won
by Hutchinson.
The populists, democrats, and free
silver republicans of Wichita are max
ing their campaign for the city election
on the question of municipal ownership
of water works, electric lights, street
car lines, etc. They pledge their can
didates to do all in their power for the
accomplishment of such reforms. A
good idea.
In the neighbOrhoOd OF Charley SUIT.
toms they are having quite mad dog
scare. Several dogs have been bitten,
ahOg and calf, every one is keeping
their dogs tied up. All dogs near there
should be closely watched for it is hard
to tell bow soon they may take fit and
demOralize you and all your Stock
Haven Journal.
A sad accident is reported from Lin.
coin township. On Sunday the one
year old child Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. II.
Milburn upset lamp and was fatally
burned. The mother in attempting to
save the child was also seriously if not
dangerously burned. The child died
the day following the accident, in ter
rible agony.
j. f. Widen returned recently from
Pitts6eld, Illinois, and brought his
father with him. He had been back
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