Hutchinson gazette., 1898-10-06

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while entertaining a cyprian In his
house, dozen men called and horse
whipped the man. The Job was only
half done.
The boss plasterers, stone masons
and bricltlayers OF Newton have formed
union for maintenance Of prices and
wages, The union intends TO do Its
work quietly, but will have schedule
Of prices from which no union man will
vary.
The Smith County Journal Is the
only paper in the state that can boast
Of having regular correspondent
from India" II Is Miss Melva Liver
more, Smith county girl who Is doing
missionary work there, and writes en-
tertainingly OF life, scenes and incl
dents In that far-off land.
The three burglars who got in their
work at Hutchinson on circus day were
sentenced last week. Charles Smith
got fifteen months In the pen, Jack
Berns and Albert Weber were sent to
the reform school, Smith has n young
wife In Indiana, and Berns is said to
be the son OF n minister living in Mis-
souri,.
The wagon maker at Alton is rushed
with repair work. lie says that this
means the country Is in prosperous
condition, His experience has taught
him that in good times farmers bring
their wagons to the repair shop, but
when conditions are reversed and they
are on the hog, they tic up the breaks
with fence wirc or any old thing that
will hold them together until the sign
Is right for them TO have the repairs
properly done.
The sixteenth exhibition OF the Cow
ley county fair association closed Sept,
80, after the most successful fair in the
history Of the association. Every de-
partment was well patronized, the hor-
ticultural and the agricultural displays
being better than for years, The dis
play Of live stock was immense, and
competent stock men say 1t was the
best display, especially Of hogs and
cattle, ever seen in the west.
The monthly weather report for
September was issued last Saturday af-
ternoon by Chancellor L, IL. Snow of
Kansas university. lie says the past
month has been unusually warm, clear
and calm. Only five Septembers on the
thirty-one years record have been
warmer; only six have been clearer,
and only two have had less wind. The
mean temperature Of the last half OF
the month was nearly six degrees
above that Of the first half. The
warmest day was reached on the 3rd
when % degrees was recorded, and the
coldest day was the 9th when the ther
momcter went as low as 80 degrees.
The rainfall was 5.7s, which is consi-
derably above the September average,
and the total precipitation for the nine
months OF 1898 now completed is above
the yearly average for the past thirty
years The rainfall so far has been
80. So inches, which is Z. IA inches above
the average for the same period in past
years. Rain fell during the month on
ten days and there were two thunder
showers. There were also three fogs
during the month.
The dealers in musical instruments
in Franklin county say that this has
been the biggest year they have ever
enjoyed. Probably one hundred new
pianos, with double that number of
new organs, have been sold in Frank
lin county to the farmers within the
past twelve months. No stronger
proof of the prosperity Of the farmer
could be given. A farmer does not buy |
musical instruments for his home un-
I'll the mortgage is paid and there is n
surplus in the treasury.
Things are very different in different
places. Lawrence gives jointist six
and $500, while man convicted
1f petty larceny gets 81 ard ten days.
In Atchison man convicted of petty
larceny gets ten months and $50, while
Ihe jointist pays in his little S95 and
goes back to jerking beer Which is
why we remark that things are diff
ferent in different places.
A Mcpherson county farmer says;
sorghum has been pas
5ured without harmful results In 9TH
,r cases animals have died within
few minutes after they commenced
eating it. The peculiar conditions
which make 1t deadly poison in some
cases, and valuable, nutritious feed
IN others, have not been made out. 1t
was at one time thought that only
frost-bitten cane was dangerous. La