Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-10-20

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hard coke for smelling purposes nj
fifty cents ton instead Of buying II
from Pennsylvania ut 81. so ton.
The report that the festival at Tope-
lra was q cold failure because the joints
were closed, Ia pared good deal by
the cloves the old soldiers wives are
finding in their pockets now that they
are home.
The Womens Industrial exchange
for women will soon be established in
Parsons, The exchange was first be-
gun In some Of the large eastern cities
about the close OF the civil war as q
help to gentlewomen in reduced cir
cumstances, and there were many In
those days
Word was received In Atchison last
week to the effect that Arthur Lett,
second lieutenant OF the Atkinson COM
pany OF colored volunteers, now ut
Santiago dc Cuba, has sent in his re-
slgnation, Persons who are in u posi-
tion TO know the reason for his resig.
nation will not talk II Is believed
that there has been some trouble in
the company.
One Of the things greatly in demand
in Dickinson county Is the threshing
machine, Owing TO the big acreage OF
wheat and the delays caused by wealth
err, 1t has been very difficult to get
threshing done, One farmer Of Ridge
remarked lust week that he has waited
ON n threshor for two months and the
ground Is now so soft that II is uncer-
tain when the worlSmcn will be at his
place,
]. A. Laclsey, u merchant at Talum,
a small town near Salina, reported To
the city marshal ut Snlina that his
store had been robbed Of about S75
worth Of cutlery, Mr., LaclSey Is also
postmaster at Falum and about three
weeks ago his place of business was
robbed Of about $500 worth Of postage
stamps, money, etc. He has not the
clue as to the identity Of the
thieves,
NJ. A. Rogers of Cheney, Sedgwick
county, has just shipped in over the
Wichita & Western from Santa Fe,
New Mexico, $500 head of lambs which
special train of twenty
three cars, all double deckers, Mr..
Rogers bought them at 81, so per head
last July for October delivery. Such
lambs now sell for Se,10, There are
Of sheep in Sedgwick coun-
ty and more coming.
+. ID, Coburn, secretary of the state
board Of agriculture, has received
letter from William Miller, OF Saline
county, with sample Of the worms
which are destroying the wheat there,
The worms eat the grain out Of the
drill row after planting, necessitating
replanting, Chancellor Snow, Of the
state University says the pest is the
wire worm or swapping beetle. 1t does
greater damage to wheat than any
pest which has yet infested Kansas.
Its damage is not so extensive, how
ever, as that Of grasshoppers
At Leavenworth on the night of Oct.
18th, electric light, telephone and troll
ley wires were mixed up in fashion
that would put to shame Chinase
puzzle, and there was confusion in all
quarters, Telephones absolutely re-
fused TO work and electric lights
would not burn with any amount of
shaking. Linemen, called out in
hurry, climed poles all oyer town and
after an hours hard Juggling and Yell
ing, finally got tho lines Strengthened
out so that they would work. Bril-
liant flashes of electricity lighted up
the streets every few moments and
nervous pedestrians were kept dodg-
ing us II afraid of getting shocked,
Bovine Royalty.
About 1900 animals comprise the
live stock show at the Trans-Mississ-
ippi Exposition at Omaha, the larg-
est number of animals ever gathered
together for show purposes at any one
time in the United States The quail
ity, also, is especially fine. In this
respect the wonderful display at the
Worlds Fair is entirely out-classcd,
Almost all of the exhibitors are own
ers of large stock farms and the entries
they have made are the pick of their
pets. Rarely has any one breeder
brought more than one variety The
Holstcin cattle shown by W, b, Bar
ney, l. w. Chappell and Stephens and
son are attracting great deal of at
tcntion, rs are also the Red Polled
variety shown by s. A, Converse, ]. w.
Martin and McElvy and son. There
are q few exhibits from Canada in
sheep and swine that are somewhat