Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-29

hhnhhS mas alO u, A. ~ pohth WIN
total membership OF 1890.
The Kansas colored regiment Is hay
ing good time at Porto Rico.
Horses around Caldwell are said to
be dying of strange disease.
The famous cowboy band will play
at the Mcpherson fair this fall.
Shifts of men are working night and
day on a gas well at Spring Hill.
In western Kansas the other day n
man declined nomination TO a county
office
Minneapolis has u curfew ordinance,
but II don't keep the children home at
night.
A Leavenworth man was recently
convicted by jury of stealing 90 cents
from boy,
Violators OF the prohibitory law are
receiving the extreme penalty In Doug
las county,
Bonner Springs will make IN effort
to be Incorporated as u city of the
third class
Many OF the Kansas farmers arc Wis
iting the Omaha exposition and taking
in the sights,
Major Henry Imam has accepted an
invitation to go TO the Paris exposition
with Buffalo Bill.
A farmer in Marion county has just
sold $4,000 worth Of cattlc--a good
dividend on his stock.
Washington county real estate deal
crs report that the demand for farms
for rent Is far greater than the supply.
A new method Of evading The pro-
hibitory liquor law is being intro
duced In tho western part Of the state,
Dan Ncwbry, n Smith county farmer,
lost eighteen ricks of wheat by fire last
week, This comprised his entire crop
this year.
A Dickinson county man has invent
ed and patented whipple tree for a
wagon. 1t Is snid he will make for
tune out Of II,
Young folks sometimes think they
have good times together, but the gem
timely happy times are found at old
settlers meetings.
A party from Pennsylvania proposes
to put down sixteen wells in Allen
county and pipe the product to Yates
Center and Fort Scott.
The state grain inspection depart
mcnt is not only self-sustaining but 1t
has been able to reduce the fees
charged for inspection.
The unsightly scaifold which has
marred the appearance of the rotunda
of the state house at Topeka for sever
al years Is being removed.
It was Jackson county man who
appeared In the Office of the paobatC
Judge the other day with request fol
pair of marriage licenses
Thousands of head of hogs are being
fattened just now on Kansas corn tc
be put on the market later IN the sea-
son. Much money is made out of hogs
in this state,
The Jackson county farmer who Won
the premium offered by the lIoltor
Recorder for the longest ear Of corn
produced one measuring fourteen and
one-half inches
Last year sixteen experiments were
made at the Kansas agricultural col
lego to test the value of Kalir corn as
compared with corn for fattening pigs
and to find the best methods of feed
ing Kallr corn.
1t is said that the liquor trouble in
Galena has simply resulted in trans
ferring its sale from the joints to the
drug stores; and the stendies can prob
ably testify that the change has moi
resulted in any Improvement, so far al
the quality is concerned.
Australian rabbit pelts are being
turned into sealslsin garments fol
American trade. This looks like work
ing skin game to limit, but II Il
can be done, there Is no reason why
Kansas should not jump into the bust
ness with both feet. We have the RIB
bits.
A fraud claiming to be government
agent looking up pension matters /
fleeing the old soldiers of the state
After getting the victims answers to
list of questions he has him sign hi
name to the statements secured. l
afterwards turns up on the bushes
end of promisory note.
l Kansas City is maligning the Kansa
farmers again. A story at Kansa
: City Is to the effect that the commits