Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-12-08
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There are now about 1870 inmates
in the Industrial School for girls at
Beloit.
Former residents OF Indiana living
in Pittsburg have formed "Hoosier"
club
Three Atchson saloon keepers wer
fined $50 apiece for selling stun on
Sunday. IIt.r. .,,..r..,
A Glen Elder man threshed $4,000
bushels OF grain with his machine in
so days,
Tho weather is apparently settled
again and the Kansans are having
fine weather.
One Marshall county man gathered
$500 bushels OF corn from SO acres OF
Blue Valley land.
A bigamst in Allen county has been
sentenced to tho penitentiary three
months for each wife,
The Santa Fc railroad did u quarter
OF a million dollars worth more bust
ness in October, 1903, than in October,
1897.
The tidings come from the short
grass country that next season cows
are going to command much higher
prices
John speer, tho pioneer KansHn,
went TO Colorado where he expects to
spend the rest OF the winter with his
daughter.
At Syracuse the mill has stopped on
account Of lack OF fuel. From other
points come complaints on account OF
the coal famine.
There arc fifteen applicants for one
position which Frank Nelson has to
give out and there will be more before
the winner In announced.
All the trouble isnot over yet. There
are n number of postoHice appoint
ments that have been hung up pend
ing the result Of the election.
Miss Ella Green, the we'll known
travelling salesman" who died few
days ago owned some valuable farm
property in northwest Kansas
Ellsworth's new Masonic hall was
opened last week, and the members OF
the local order are ready to match 1t
with any other one in the state.
It's four-cornered fight for tho
postoiiice at Howard, with newspa-
per man, groceryman, n dealer in
hardware and II farmer all seeking the
prize.
EX-Kansans living in Kansas City
had meeting last week and organic
ed an eS-Kansans' club. The club has
an organization OF 100, and It is exc
pected that the number will reach
500.
For twenty-four years j. L. Bliss
has been either postmaster or an en-
ploye OF the Office at Ottawa. This
week he was appointed to position
in the chief inspectors Office in CHI.
cago.
An Ottawa man who was once ar
rested for whipping his wife assaulted
her again this week, knocked her
down, kicked her in the ribs and the
people allowed him to get out of town
unhurt
George Il. Palmer, a Topeka under
taler, has attended five thousand
funerals in that city during the past
twenty-seven years. He has buried
three bishops, eleven clergymen, three
governors, one United States Senator,
four state senators and two librar-
ians
The gas well which was being sunk
for the Coffcyville Vitrifled Brick COM
parry one-half mile from Cherryvale,
by Sweeney Bros, yielded a fine flow
ut very shallow depth, Its pressure
has not been tested yet, The work on
the plant is being pushed as fast as
possible.
Three Phillips county farmers-G.
vech, Mike Miller and Mr.. Hemerick
returned from short visit to their old
home in Germany recently. These
people were all born in the same town
and returned to find many changes
among the people. In an interview
one of the party summed up his visit
in these words ~ found Germany
very prosperous. There will be little
or no immigration from there to this
country The Germans, as rule, are
well satisfied with their conditions
Regarding the war, many people think
this country Is after the land, and
many rejoice that Spanish tyranny is
thing of the past. In Germany the
farmers are protected The railroads
owned by the government carry pas
sengcrs for about one.fourth of what
they do in America. While enjoyed
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