Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-08-18

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Buffalo Bills Wild West show has
some Kansas dates,
Three Lawrence banks have over q
million dollars on deposit,
The old settlers reunion held n
Columbus was great success,
A woman ut Leavcnworth caught 3
burglar at work and run him away.
The Newton railroad rail mill turn
cd out 400 steel rails the other day.
Frankfcrt's councilmen have re-
solved that the gambling houses must
go,
AT Horton the Rock Island shops are
turning out box cars at the rate OF two
dozen week,
The first twelve hour rain in the
history OF I'll Dorado fell there on the
night of Aug. Och.
Within u mile OF the center OF the
city OF lola are gas wells aggregating
$4,000 900 cubic feet daily,
From one TO three car loads OF bcr-
rles are shipped every day from Wothe'
na, over in Doniphan county,
II Is said that there Is honor among
thieves, but up at Horton few days
ago four tramps united in robbing an
other one, II may have been, though,
that the fifth was not thief
A Sheridan county farmer is feeling
stuck up because his wheat went forty
bushels to the acre, He has right to
step high, This record was made on
ground that was plowcd twice last
year, and Is strong argument that II
pays 20 farm right in Kansas, the same
as in the older settled countries. 4,
Two OF three convicts in the Kansas
penitentiary were made happy yester-
day by receiving legal notice that their
wives had instituted proceedings to be
divorced from them. Sheriff Every.
hardy told them Of the action OF their
respective wives In the private Office of
the deputy warden OF the prison.
Blactlcg has appeared among cattle
in Atchison county and the farmers
are losing cattle by the dozen, The
disease first appeared among the blood
cd stock OF Geo, w. Click; seven OF
eighteen young bulls, which had been
sold, and good many other cattle,
have since died. Mr.. Click estimates
his lost at $1,000. Henry Krumpf has
lost sixteen head Of cattle and Charles
prim and Frank Hess almost as many
in Clicks neigborhood, Blackleg is
to be produced by germ in
the grass, and is not contagious. No
cattle over two years of age have
blacllcg,
A young man showed up in the Office
of the clerk OF northern Kansas
county recently with fourteen dollars
worth Of wolf scalps which he wanted
to cash, He was considerably taken
abaclS when he found that he would
not be able TO realize on them until the
board met in October. He explained
that he was very anxious to get the
cash, us he wanted to get marriage
license, and the wolf scalps formed
his only hope This was an appeal
that could not be resisted, and kind
hearted gentleman made the heart OF
the young fellow leap with joy by adj
the amount he was entitled to
as the result of his wolf hunting ex-
petition, and he proceeded forthwith
to the Office Of the probate judge and
himself for his matrimonial
venture.
A lodge Of the Eastern Star was or
ganized in Doniphan last week. Don
iphan is small village in Doniphan
county that ut one time was of consid
cradle Importance, That was when
it had two railroads and the Missouri
river flowed past It, But the Missouri
river does not like to occupy the
same bed too long at time and
Of years ago 1t cut new chan
mel and forsook Doniphan but left the
town big lake in the former river
bed as evidence that it had once been
there When it started off across the
country it tore up few miles Of rail
road track, and since then Doniphan
has had neither river nor railroads.
1t might almost be said that it has
no road of any description, as the
wagon way between there and Atchi-
son is about the meanest track that
was ever cut up into ruts, and ought
not to be dignfied by the name Of
road. But everybody in and around
Doniphan is prosperous. They all
have money, and raise good crops.
Wine is shipped from the Bremen
vineyard all over the United States,
and the Benners have q fine exhibit at
Omaha, Another thing that Doniphan
md rininitu Il nntnd for L. Tho lnrna