Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-27

widespread.
There are still thousands of Kansans
who do not feel dressed up if they
haven't bright silk handkerchief
wrapped loosely around their neck.
Thirty-two parties have left Yelling
ton on the excursion to Sabine Pass
They will be banqueted at the leading
hotels for 81 days free Of cost None
are expected to return home before the
experation of the time limited.
The county comm issioners have sold
Dickinson county's new refunding
bonds, S976,OOO, to Splitter & Co., of
Toledo, Ohio, at par and 1875 premium
They are issued at per cent and re-
fund all the county's Indebtedness
which was at per cent.
James Collins, u we'll known Law
renee young man, was adjudged insane
in the probate court on the Goth. Mr..
Collins is less than 80 years old, has
many wealthy relatives in the city,
but has been going down hill for some
time. He became slave to drink, and
this caused him to commit number Of
crimes, the last being the stealing and
selling of horse. For this he was ar.
rested and confined in the county Jail
some weeks ago, and his trial for in
sanity was the result,
The war between the Hutchinson
city council and the Salvation Army il
not yet over. The members of the
army have shown determination in the
fight, number of them going to Jail
at one time rather than submit to hav-
ing their parades on Main street stop
ped by the police. The city ordinance
taxing the parades was knocked out in
the district court, and the army cele-
brated it's temporary victory by great
demonstration. The city council has
taken up the Sight anew and will ap-
peal the case to the supreme court.
The Wellington city council has pass
ed an occupation tax ordinance. The
ordinance is blow at the department
store system. 1t provides that all
stores engaging in two or more kinds
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a seperate license on each and every
kind of business represented. The or
dinance is particularly severe also on
the instance agents and insurance
companies. In addition to a tax of
SIS per year imposed upon each fire, ac-
cident, tornado marine or other insur-'
ance company doing business in the
city, except local concerns having their
home office there, the life insurance
agents are required to pay license of
$40 per year for each company they
represent
W. P. Griffith of Pawnee county is a
striking example of what energy and
thrift will accomplish IN Kansas. In
1878, Mr.. Griffith came to Kansas and
landed in Pawnee county with 81 90 in
money, span of horses and large
family. Since then he has devoted his
entire time to farming, and by good
management and reasonable economy
has every year succeeded in adding to
his means, until he and his sons now
own LOO acres of the best land in
Pawnee county, six or eight fine teams
and cattle, hogs and poultry enough
to make life easy. Last year Mr..
Griffith and his boys harvested $4,000
bushels of wheat and sold il for enough
to put them out of debt and leave quite
handsome surplus in the bank.
They now have 1,1O5 acres of wheat
in fine growing condition and are
counted among the wheat kings Of
western Kansas.
The state historical society library
now contains 90, O34 volumes-of books,
pamphlets and newspapers; besides
numberless manuscripts, pictures and
historical relics of every description.
During the period of IL months from
November /, 1896, to November l, 1897,
there have been added to the library
s54 volumes of books; 9,35l unbound
volumes and pamphlets; l 1897 volumes
of newspapers and periodicals.; So sim
gle newspapers containing matter of
historical interest; SO maps, aliases and
charts; So manuscripts; 229 pictures and
other works of art; two pieces of scrip;
1856 relics and other miscellaneous con-
tributions. The library now contains
on its shelves 12, 900 bound volumes of
Kansas newspapers and magazines.
The regular issues of all the newspa-
pers and periodicals published in Kan
sas are, with very few exceptions, now
being received and preserved by the
society. They are the free gift of the
publishers of the state. They are
bound IN annual or semi-annual vol
umes, and are preserved in the library
for the free use of the people. They
number no in all. OF these So are
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