Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-06-16
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Fred Funston expects TO join his regi-
ment In Manila.
There ought TO be law empowering
farmers TO impress tramps into their
services during harvest time.
Allen county made gain In popula-
ton Of l,4sa during the past year, OF
which lola claims TO have contributed
1880.
The Wellington people have decided
TO celebrate the Fourth by taking 4
drive through the country TO watch
the harvest hands,
Not n single prominent Kansan went
10 this war as q private. II there Is
my arlstocracy in Kansas II Is IN ar
istocracy OF politicians
II Ia better for man TO be able TO
occasionally ship ear load OF steers
which top the market than 10 carry
In his pocket the vote OF his ward,
State Mine Inspector McGrath's late
annual report commend the mining
law passed by the last legislature but
nsinuates that II Is u mighty good
thing TO repeal.
The Fairview Courier says that cit
izen OF that town fishes around the
corn cribs for rats with hook and
line, and sells the hind quarters OF the
rodents for frog legs
A school teacher In Dickinson county
has been criticised for holding Decora-
tion day exercises in the school house.
II would be interesting to know who
did the criticising, and why
The Bank OF Commerce at Wichita
has a capital OF $4,000 and deposits
amounting to sS47OOO. Under the law
the bank Is allowed to loan only $780,
600 The other seq, 900 is idle money
During the past week most OF the
Kansas farmers have been busy plow-
ing their corn. The continued wet
weather has given the weeds good
start and much labor will be required
TO kill them.
For the first time in sixteen years
the editor Of the Hays Republican says
that he has not heard OF chinch bug,
grasshopper, cut worm or any other
insect Fostering the growing wheat in
his section of the state.
Perie Decker, the elocutionist, has
raised n company at Concordia which
IS waiting for chance to get muster
ed in, The girls Of the town did not
take kindly to his scheme and some Of
them were in favor OF running him off
the town site for inducing so many
young fellows to sign the company
roll.
A Woodson county school teacher
who plays the fiddle has been opening
the school house once week through
the winter and giving the ncighbor-
hood free dance The church people
went to the county attorney who said
he couldn't do anything. An appeal
was taken to the state superintendent
who Endorsed the county attorneys
opinion and the dance goes on,
The Lebanon Criterian says; "In the
civil war the healthiest and toughest
soldiers were those who lived on army
rations, while the great majority of
those who died of intestinal disease
were livers on suffers canned stuff.
AS the army rations are well fitted for
toughening the men who live on them,
without injury to the digestive organs
the sooner one becomes habituated to
them the better
Gen. j. X. Hudson has received in
formation from the war department
10 the effect that his staff officers will
all be appointed for him from the reg
ular army, and that he will be per-
mitted to name none of them except
two lieutenants, who will be detailed
as aides. Aside from these aides he
has four staff officers. They are an as
sistant Acknowledgement, quarter
master, commissary Of subsistence
and brigade surgeon. They are all
named by the president and have the
rank of captains.
To say that in general, and its coun-
ty seat, Washington in particular,
is at the present time on the boom,
would be telling the truth in mild
way. With ten buildings for business
purposes being built around the square
and many residences going up all over
the city, the old timers think of the
boom days when every laboring man
had work at good wages, and every
body was building or contemplating
building. Ten business rooms are
now being built, all of which are of
brick or stone and when finished will
greatly improve the appearance of the
square.
As summer resort Kansas is not a