Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-07-28

ing after Il cattle deal. Considerable
live stock Is still reported to be chang
ing hands.
Friday night, lodge No, II of the A
%. u, w. held Il banquet at their hall L
"'jollifyn their installation ceremonies
Toasts were served and splendid
time Is reported.
The patriotic praise service at the
English Luthern church Sunday by
the christian endeavor societies Of the
city was largely attended and WAS con
sidered success.
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George Carver, the man who lost an
arm in a threshing machine a week
ago, Is recovering RAPIDLY as Is also
Joe Lowery, who lost hand In a
windmill while working for Jim BEEN.
The Hutchinson Southern ran an
excursion tram TO Blackwell from this
city last Sunday and gathered up
large crowd on the way They spent
about three hours IN the towns Of X
county,
The Relief Corps is trying raise
fund for supplies for the boys at
Camp Thomas. A social WAS held
Tuesday night, the proceeds Of which
were devoted to this purpose. This Is
a worthy movement
The Choral Union gave an entertain
ment at the Reformatory for the bene-
tit Of the inmates Friday night, which
was much appreciated by them. Both
the male and female choruses sang, be-
side some rectations
The band gave q concert at "Shad-
ducks Lagoon where the Santa Fe
crosses Cow Creek west of the city.
Mr.. Shadduck has made an excavation
which since being filed with water
from Cow Creek, is to become quite q
pleasure resort
The democratic county central COM
mittee met last Saturday and called u
county convention to be held in this
city on the same day as the populist
convention. A committee was also
appointed to confer with populists look
ing toward a fusion.
A little child about year and half
old belonging to family who lives
over the Salvation army, drank water
from fly paper and would soon have
died IT not taken to physician just in
time. The family is extremely desti-
tute, and should have attention.
Work has begun on the new sewers.
The contractor, M. s. Jackson, put a
force TO work Monday morningon sew
ers on Maple street between b and
Sherman street, Fifth and Seventh
streets East and Sixth and Seventh
West. The contract covers about 400
feet of sewerage
Burke and Dunn, the two tramps
who were arrested and sentenced to 80
days in Jail along in the spring for as
saulting train crew, on the Santa Fe
were released Monday, having served
their time. Quite fight was had at
the time and one Of the train crew was
considerably hurt.
A correspondent from Langd0n
writes that Mac 4 Craig, a ten year
old boy whose mother died about
year ago, has tended seventy acres of
corn this summer and five acres of
cane and done his own cooking, hay
ing but four days help from anyone
else. That is surely doing WELL
The Civic Federation OF Chicago, has
called a general meeting of declarations
to meet at Saratoga Springs, New
York, August 10Th and goth to discuss
- The Future Foreign Policy of the
United States" II. NJ. Easley, form
erly editor of the News, is the secre-
tay of the Chicago federation and Oae
of the leading spirits.
1t has been announced for several
days that the Twenty-first Kansas is
among the regiments booked for
Puerto Rico, and they will probably !