Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-13
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


look fine.
Will White believes country CORE
spondents pays better than editor
ial.
A Wichita man has gone as mis-
sionary to China. That looks like an
insult.
The Topeka fall festival manage
ment paid its bills at rs cents on the
dollar.
The silver communion service was
stolen from the Christian church at
Abilene.
The students of the State Normal
have given up their attempt to run a
newspaper.
A young Saline county man attempt
ed suicide last week by taking a large
dose of morphine. He was in deadly
stupor when found but after physi-
clan had worked on him for couple of
hours he was pronounced out of dan
ger
Republican patrons of the Beloit
postotfice will vote their choice for
postmaster. An election will be held
in a manner to be agreed upon by sew
eral candidates. The party receiving
the highest number of votes shall be
given the office.
Water in some sections of Kansas is
becoming very scarce and if there is
not a rainfall soon, it is feared that
there will be suffering among the
stock. Already some of the stockmen
in the northeastern part of the state
have been compelled to pay fifteen
cents q tank or three cents q barrel for
water.
1t is amusing to see the number of
people who are too stingy to subscribe
for their local paper and as long as
they can borrow one from a regular
subscriber they won't subscribe, says
the jefferson Rustler Some of these
stingy people have been at work for
some time on a new invention by
which they can cook their meals by
the smoke of their neighbors Chin
neys
Ralph Wilson, the 15-year-old son of
farmer living near Powell Siding, Mia
mi county, was instantly killed at Buzz
gard Roost school house, near Powell,
while practicing for dialogue with
Marvin Hale, another farmers boy.
In one act of the dialogue the boys
were called upon TO use pistols. They
had borrowed two old ones which were
empty, but these did not suit Hale and
he procured another kind. When he
brought his weapon into play he pull
ed the trigger. Much to his surprise
and dismay, the weapon was discharg-
ed, and Wilson fell to the stage with
bullet in his temple. His death was
instaneous. Hale did not know the re-
volger was loaded, and was not ar
rested. Wilson's youngest brother
Frank IS almost Frustrated over his
brothers untimely death.
The other night john Huff, Maroon
township farmer, heard great COM
motion out at his hog pen, and, hurry
ing out, was surprised to find one of
his best hogs lying outside of the pen
with its throat cut Taking in the sit
uation at glance, he at once couclud-
ed to do the butchering himself. Wa
ter to scald the animal was placed on
the range, which was soon pronounced
to be in prime condition, and the
picking" began. When the hog was
strung up and rid of the inside surplus,
and waiting for it to cool, breakfast
was announced, and all hands repair
ed to the kitchen, leaving the carcass
suspended in the bring morning air,
but, on returning, about daylight, just
imagine the surprise of the men to
find that the thieves had carried away
the pork.
The month of December just passed
has been colder than the average De-
cember in Kansas. Also more mois-
ture has fallen than is usual There
were more cloudy days in the month
than for several years. Weather OBJ
server Jennings gives official figures
for the weather for December as fol-
lows: Mean temperature for the month
rs degrees. The normal mean temper
ature for December in Kansas is SO de-
grees The highest temperature for
the month was IS degrees on the 9th,
the lowest degrees on the 10th. The
precipitation for the month was Ills
inches. The normal rainfall for De-
cember is "a inches There were sew
en- days on which there was a measur-
able precipitation. During the month
there were twelve cloudy days, four
teen partly cloudy days and five clear
days.
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