Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-27
KANSAS ITEMS OF 1NTEREsT.

A female jointist at Holton was last
week sentenced to jail for 94O days and
to pay fine of $500.
Morton county has the smallest en-
rollment of school pupils in Kansas.
The whole number is ninety.tive.
Reports of Kansas present wheat
prospects are all of most encoursg-
ing nature from all quarters of the
state.
At Jackson county public sale COM
ing two-year-old heifers sold at $40,
and cows brought from s45 to $52
head.
The Hugoton literary society has de-
cided in favor of the annexation Of
both Hawaii and Cuba. The United
States senate may now go ahead.
Mollie Barton runs the county super
intendent's Office in Gray county, and
Clay Barton runs the sheriff's Office
Tho Barton family seems to be strictly
in il.
Kansas people bearly love toy. At
Eureka man has cream pitcher in
the shape of COW, You use the tail
as pump and the COW coughs up the
cream.
If times turn out still better in Kan.
sas this year, by next fall the the Kan
sas man will have his chin in the air,
and will be wading through autumnal
sunlight clear to his eyes and splash
ing prosperity all over himself at every
step
The Kansas farmers are just now
turning their fat stock on the market
Many thousands of head of cattle and
swine have been fatteued from Kansas
farm products during the past year
and there is abundant food Tor many
more.
The late decision of the Kansas SUI
preme court touching the bequest of
devout Catholic woman to her priest
for prayers, which will was contested
for years in the courts OF the state,
has been creating no little interest in
religious and other circles.
Fred Beeler, the cattle king of the
northwest, who lives in Jewell county,
has 4O4 head of cattle almost ready for
the market, and will put 500 more on
feed the first of February, This shows
what Jewell county people do with
those big crops of corn, and it beats
selling it in the ear all hollow.
Luther Dickerson one of the old time
residenters of Atchison county moved
TO the city couple of years ago. He
thought he had earned his rest, which
he had, and proposed to take it. But
the old man can't stand it, and lie is
going back to the farm where he can
watch his orchard and tell the boys
how and when to put in the crops
Walter Gray, winner of the Inter
state Calsewelk held at Wichita re-
Gently, is making money selling his
own photographs. The idea was in
jected into Wallaces head by an Ok
lahoma newspaper man. He had six
dozen photographs taken and has dis
posed of all of them at so cent each.
Nearly four dozen went to parties ia
the East.
A census which has just been COM
pleted of Lost Springs and Ramona,
two Marion county towns, shows an al
most ideal state of existence. They
have population of 200 each. There
is not vacant house in either place,
not an idle man or boy, not tippler
and not dog. The claim is made
that there never was drop of intoxi-
eating liquor sold in either of these
towns A crusade against the use of
tobacco will be the next move by the
women of Ramona.
Baker university, the oldest college
in Kansas, has just entered upon its
fortieth year. The Kansas and South
Kansas conferences will hold grand
jubilee celebration in honor of the
event on the 10th Of March. Eminent
speakers will be present, including
Bishop Fowler, Bishop Cranston and
Drs. Payne and Palmer, of New York.
The faculty of the university is also
planning extensive celebrations to
take place in connection with the
commencement exercises. Monday,
May Goth, will be known as Pioneer
day. There will be an old settlers re-
union picnic Tuesday, May 31st, will
be Patriotic day, when it is expected
to have present all living ex-goyern-
ors, congressman, senators, the pres
ent state officials and other prominent
statesmen. Wednesday, June 1st, will
be Class and Alumni day. Invitations
will be extended to all former students,
alumni, ex.presidents, teachers and
trustees.
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