Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-06

An offer Of $4,000 was mado FOR
lot on the square at St John. That
sounds like old times during the boom
days.
1t is believed that Doniphan island,
near Atchison, contains wonderful
possibilities for the growing of celery
A thorough examination of the soil has
been made and 1t has been found to
have the most desirable qualities for
celery raising. Three or four families
have always lived on the island, but
have devoted their time to raising the
usual farm products.
Wichita now has final possession Of
Riverside and Greiffenstein parks.
Deeds have arrived. The Fourth Ma
tional bank takes the $4,000 in bonds
at per cent without commission and
gives the city privilege of taking them
up in two years. The old soldiers will
have circle of go feet for a memorial
statute. The city engineer is ordered
to build boulevard at once.
Notice has been received by the Off
Gals of the Fort Scott water company
that an eastern insurance company,
which was carrying $4,000 of the wa
ter company's insurance on the ma
chinery at the pump house, had sus-
pended the policy on account of the
city having taken possession OF the
plant The insurance company it is
said suspended the policy because the
city was under no restriction as to EN-.
ploying competent men to run the ma.
chinery.
Evaline Tyndall, the 20 year old
daughter of the Rev. o. L. Tyndall o1
Douglass county, died last week, after
an illness of about two weeks. Her
ailment is said to have been kidney
trouble and malaral fever. She was
treated by letter and telegram from a
Christian Science institute conducted
by DR.. bowls of Chicago, of whose
teaching the Rev. Tyndall had become
an advocate since a trip there last
summer, and no physician was regu-
larly called in during the girls sick
ness.
Mrs. Phoebe Bare, superintendent of
the industrial school for girls at Be
lott, proposes to make an example of
people who aid girl inmates of that in
stitution to escape. A few weeks ago
couple of girls escaped and it was
found that they had been aided in get
ting away by couple of young men
from Cloud county. The girls were
afterward recaptured and taken back.
Mrs. Bare has caused warrants to be
issued for the arrest of the young men,
and they will be taken into custody
Immediately. She has received an OPP
inion from the attorney general that
the girls can be used as witnesses in
the case. Attorney General Boyle has
promised TO assist in the prosecution.
Dollar gas is an assured fact for the
city of Leavenworth. The canvass for
subscription has proved more than sue
cessful and the charter Of the new
company has been forwarded to the
secretary of the state at Topeka. The
new corporation will be known as
"The Peoples Light and Fuel Com
pany." 1t provinces for authority 20
furnish light, heat and power by gas,
electricity or any other means and in
augurates the enterprise with eapi-
tai of Sl5O,OOO divised into shares of
$50, 900 each. AS soon as notice of
the filing the charter is received the
board of directors will meet, elect Off
GERS and take all the necessary prelim-
mary steps required by law before APP
plying for franchise from the city
council. After which the work of con-
struction will begin and pushed as
rapidly as possible to completion.
The examination of the statutes by
the Attorney General to find some law
to help out the Probate Judges in
Western Kansas whose fees under the
new law, which takes effect January
II, will be reduced to such an extent,
as to make the office not worth hold
ing, develops the fact that for years
past probate judges have been drawing
salaries in open violation of the Kansas
constitution. In order to make the of
flee of probate judge desirable, the leg.
islature passed law some years ago
giving the county commissioners au.
thority to allow probate Judge a sal
airy not to exceed $500 year. In nearly
every county this salary has been al.
lowed ever since the passage of the
law. The new law cuts off the salary
and reduces the fees about so per cent
besides The probate judges have en-.
deavored to discover way out and the
Attorney General was appealed to for
assistance. In going over the Corsti
tuition it was found that 1t made nc
provision for the payment of salary
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