Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-03
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


people of Stafford county without
price,
A few more postoffice appointments
are expected in the Seventh district
before long.
Norton is without mayor, that Off
cial having resigned to qualify as coun'
ty commissioner.
Bounties ar paid for rabbit scalps in
Pratt county, but that county is not
overrun as Sumner county is.
A jackson county jointist, found
guilty of eleven counts, has been sem
fenced to pay a fine of 81, 100, and
spend eleven months in jail. He is out
on $500 bail and will carry the fight on
up.
About one hundred people in circle
hunt near Pratt last week surrounded
y big coyote. The coyote was so scared
that he fed from the scene and left
several people holding blindly to yell
low streak in the atmosphere.
The green goods men are after their
share of the wealth of Kansas, and are
distributing circulars over the state in
their search for suckers But in this
matter Kansans are like Missouriana
They twill have to be shown"
R. D. McCliman, county treasurer
elect of Nemaha county, while work.
ing with sawmill near Granada, jan
uary 29d, fell across the log carriage
and as quick as thought he threw
himself from his perilous position and
saved himself. A seconds delay meant
death.
The greatest hallelujah shout over
the recent rains and snow comes not
from the western ''desert end" of Kan
sas, but from the eastern and southern
portion of the state, where for weeks
most of the wells and creeks have been
dry, and water has been hauled long
distances for stock.
George Koepfnger, farmer near
Atchison, choked himself to death by
tying shawl about his neck and
drawing it tight Previously he had
assaulted his wife and daughter and
severely cut farm hand who inter-
fered. Koepfnger has for some time
been showing symptoms of insanity.
Out in Ness county one day recently
lot of boys followed an old wolf,
which finally took refuge in well.
The boys secured rope and let one of
the crowd down into the well. He was
shortly afterward drawn up without
any wearing apparel on. But the boy
was mad, and taking another rope, he
went down again, dropped the second
moose over the VOLTS head, came up
and drew the beast to the surface alive
and kicking.
Probably the first prohibitory law in
Kansas was put in operation by the
Ottawa Indians in Franklin county
more than sixty years ago. One law
prohibited the selling or giving away |
of Intoxicating liquors Another law
provided fine for drunkenness, SIS for
the first offense, $40 for the second and
If the offense was repeated the bibul- |
GUS Indian was then turned oyer to the |
United States government for punish
ment Other laws adopted by the
tribe prohibited theft and SANDER
The Kansas railroads are now wrest- |
ling with the proposition concerning
the issuance of passes to sheriffs
Under the old law sheriffs were allow.
ed mileage no matter whether they
had passes or not The roads always
furnished them passes then. The new
fee law only allows them actual expen-
ses paid while conveying prisoners to
the penitentiary or in making other
trips on official business, They can.
not therefore now charge mileage if |
they have passes and would not be
benefited by carrying passes. The
roads are figuring on giving them
transportation for personal business
but not for official business.
Recently a club of $50 Sedgvicll
county farmers organized 20 settle in
the Canadian Northwest territory.
Agents of the Dominion government
were present and offered free trans
portation from the Canadian line to
any part of the territory and a free
homestead. 1t all went smoothly I'M
til the agents informed them that be-
fore patent conld be issued for their
land they would have to become ma
turalized citizens of Canada. This
caused a disruption and the colony
from Sedgwick county will he very
small. The president of the club said
he did not want to leave Kansas for
good, but only joined because he
wanted some free transportion toward
the Klondike.
Elk City will have a creamery in OPP