Hutchinson gazette., 1898-10-13


just at the present time,
Inside OF u month u telephone eS'
change will be in operation In Dur
lington,
At Conway Springs the city council
has passed an ordnance requiring
vandors OF liquors to put up u license
OF 81 1000.
The poultry raiscrs In Kansas ere
making better showing every year.
and 1t is becoming quite profitable
industry,
A Sumner county man got thirty
days for mortgaging property that he
did not own, TO secure Il loan, lie
ought TO figure that he escaped easily.
The Kansas man who goes down to
Kansas City with few loads of stock
comes home In far more contented
frame OF mind than the average Klon-
dlker,
Stock all over the state is sNid TO be
doing well and in splendid condition
for the approaching winter. Kansas
stock will not suffer for lack OF feed
this winter.
Within q radius of two miles OF home
a Montgomery county thrcshcr has
turned out $4,000 bushels OF wheat,
oats and flax The grcater part OF the
grain was wheat, the average yield Of
which wHs eighteen bushels
A few weeks ago George Parks, liv.
ing in Solomon, was hit on the head
by band from burstcd thrcshing
machine cylinder, the blow splitting
open his head and causing the loss Of q
portion of his brains. lie Is now able
to be up and around the streets Of his
town.
On the 18th Of February two love.
sick creatures in Sumner county got
married. The bride was eighteen; the
groom seventeen, Now there is a di-
vorce case on the docket. The action
IL brought by the wife, who alleges
that her husband has no trade, pro-
fession, or means Of livelihood, and no
way Of earning living for the family,
all of which she knew perfectly well
before she consented to become his
wife.
Because she was the first woman to
successfully attempt TO lift n sack con-
tanning 1000 silver dollars in the Kan
Sas state treasury, Miss Anna Rose
should not get the idea that the wom-
en- of Kansas are set of wenlSlings, as
class. There are hundreds and
thousands of good women in Kansas,
daily dlscharging their round of house
hold duties, who could perform the
feat as easily as Miss Rose, Not many
of these are to be found though, in the
class who have good time travelling
around seeing the sights.
Considerable excitement prevails in
the south part Of Cowley county over
the discovery Of lead and zinc ore, pro-
nounced rich, and it is believed in pay
ing quantities The discovery 10 on
creek bottom east of Arkansas City
and so fur is confined to n small tract
of land about two miles long and q
half mile wide. For long time it has
been known that lead ore existed there
but no one supposed 1t was there in
any quantity, Wells have been dug in
the territory and after the rain had
settled the dirt taken out this ore in
small quantities has been found.
During the next two months the
Wear Coal company will install elcc-
trical mining machines in its shafts
wherever they can be operated to ad-
vantage at Pittsburg. Several other
operators contemplate doing the same
thing, but prefer to sec the machines
in other mines we'll tested before in
vesting in them. The reports as to
their work vary greatly, 1t is claimed
by the miners that until the inventors
succeed in making digging machines
that will weigh much less than those
now in use, they will not be very sue
cessful competitors with skilled min
ers, The machines require moving
very often, and when the bottom OF
mine is soft they cannot be moved ex-
cept by the aid of many men, which
requires time and expense
Literary Notes.
John Kendricl Bangs newest stories
are to appear in The Ladies' Home
Journal, They are called "Stories of
n Suburban Town" There are several
and each will relate some droll incl
dents in the life of a small town which
every "suburbanite' will instantly ap-
preciatc and enjoy laughing over.
Ainslee's for October also contains
some splendid short stories by Robert
Barr, opie Read, Richard Henry Saw
age, Harold r. Vynne and a really fas-
cinating tale from the pen of the ever.
wonderful A. Conan Doyle.