Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-22

There nre l4,s00 bachelors and A, AGO
old maids In Kansas.
The farmers In Harvey county are
sowing more wheat this year than last
season.
Attorney General Boyle has return
ed from Colorado much improved In
health.
Since the depot at Garnett was burn
ed, box cars are being utilized for that
purpose.
The Hawaiian girl, who will rcigr
at Topeka, will aslo be entertained al
Hutchinson.
Corn is raised in Reno county, III,
ears ranging from twelve to flfteer
inches long.
The school directors ut Abilene urge
the children TO be careful about con-
tagious diseases.
One thousand dollars worth OF decor
alive goods were stolen from the Kar-
nival knights at Topeka,
Miss Rose, the Topeka queen from
Ililo, was never out of her native coun-
try until she comes TO Kansas. Miss
Rose Is making good start.
The people Of Canton, Kan, who re-
Gently combined and drove colored
people from the city, have, through
the same Inauguration, inauguratcd u
crusade against the saloonkeepers OF
the city with the result that every ono
OF them has been compelled to make n
hasty escape from the town to avoid
violence.
The broom corn raisers in McPher-
son county have just finished cutting
their corn and are selling 1t as rapidly
as possible, The price received Is from
$50 to S55 per ton. The corn Is not
very good this year and there is not
over half a crop Of it, owing to the bad
effects of the hot weather, which
ripencd IL too quick and which could
not be taken care Of rapidly enough.
Wheat drills are said to be running
on every quarter section in Dickinson
and adjoining counties. The farmers
are putting in the largest wheat crop
In their history, The late rains have
put the ground in excellent condition
and the farmers are hurrying to make
the fields complete, The change Of
seed wheat that was made rs an eXper-
iment last year proved n grand sue
cess and many more are getting seed
that has not before been used in these
counties II has been many years since
there has been so favorable q seeding
time.
Inquiries are pouring in upon State
Superintendent Stryker asking II pu-
pills above five years Of age can be eX-
cluded from school by school boards,
The school age in Kansas is five years,
In 1876 the legislature passed law to
the effect that, "for the time being"
in the event of lack of school room,
school boards might exclude pupils up
to seven years of age. Mr.. Stryker
holds that the "time being" has pass
ed, and that all pupils above Ave years
must be admitted to school upon de-
mand of parents,
The inscription on the John A. Mar.
tin monument, to be erected from the
contributions Of Kansas people in Mt.
Vernon cemetery at Atchison, will be
as follows; In memory Of soldier and
statesman: John A, Martin. Born in
Brownsville, Pa, March 10, 1880. Died
at Atchison, Kan, October 2, 1889.
Colonel of the Eight Kansas Voluu-
teers. Editor Of the Atchison Cham.
pion from 1858 to 1889, Governor OF
Kansas from 1885 to 1889. To com.
memorate his public and private vir-
tues his friends have erected this mon
ument,
The signs point to the retention Of
the Twentieth Kansas in the service
for long time. Recently number
of the privates in the Sixth and Sew
enth California regiments, which are
to be mustered out, applied for per.
mission to transfer to the Kansas reg
iment. The adjutant general at Wash
ington replied that the transfers would
not be allowed, as "necded recruits in
the regiments which were to be retain
ed in the service would be taken from
the states from which the regiment
came"
Unless many Kansas school teacher,
mend their way, they may find them
selves in Jail instead Of in the school
room. They persist in the violation OF
the new textbook law, for which q
severe penalty is attached. The state
supreme court has rendered an opinion,
holding that the law of 1897 providing
for state uniformity of textbook is