Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-12-14
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST,"

M"'h'N AFl'h iflN'f 'N''F''H y '''f'sf'''
at large, lost his entire law library by
a fire ut VinitN, /, r., the other day,
The Kansas BARRIERS association
meets in Hutchinson February o, ia
take action looking TO the passage OF a
state law providing for state license
for BARRIERS,
There are l,055 students at Kansas
University, the largest number ever
enrolled at this period Of the year and
indicating an enrolment before the
year Is out Of 200
Doctors in Topeka say that vaccine
ton has no effect upon the prevailing
chickenpoX Several cases now exist
ing are those Of people who had re-
Gently been vaccinated,
A, r, Dillon, agent for the receivers
Of the Kansas City, Pittsburg g. Gulf
railroad, and Miss Jeanette Chambers
daughter Of w. B, Chambers and wife
OF Republic, Mo-, are married,
A party Of twcnty-siN left Osborne
county n few days ago, bound for okla
homa There are number Of people
IN Osborne county who made the pill
grimage and were glad to get back,
The retail lumbermcn OF Missouri
and Kansas are said to be considering
the ACCESSIBILITY Of erecting big mill
and producing lumber themselves, ow-
ing TO the repeated advances in the
price.
Somebody in Oklahoma sent Hon,
Jack Harris, Of Ottawa, n fat 'possum
on which the express charges amount
cd to Sl.O5, The ruling price for fat
'possum is 2j cents, and Harris Is veg
otarian.
Within the past six months A, +,
Martin, state agent of the Orphans
Home Of Atchison, has succeeded in
finding permanent homes for nearly
one hundred of the inmates of the in.
stituton.
The funeral of Judge Il. G. Adams
took place at the family residence.
A half-holiday was declared at the
state house, and the state officials who
were in the city attended the funeral
IN body.
Morehcad has n cooperative eating
house which furnishes its patrons food
ut actual cost The cost Of each meal
Is averaged by dividing by the number
eating, 1t results in an average Of
about six cents,
Rural mail delivery will be estab.
lished out of EhlnghNm, Atchison coun-
ty, about the first Of the year. The
route, which lies south of bingham,
will reach 200 families in Benton and
centre townships
Col. Culp has been granted fran
chise for telephone exchange by the
Osborne council, BY next spring II is
believed telephone communication will
be established between that point and
Downs via Ports,
The Judgment of the interstate com
merce commission in the Kansas grain
rate case orders the various Kansas
railroads not to charge over 3 cents
more per hundred for hauling corn
meal than they do for corn, and fur
Their orders that no higher rate he
charged for intermediate points than
is charged for hauling freight from
Kansas City to the Gulf While the
Judgment is in the nature of an order,
it is not binding, as the commission has
no authority to enforce its orders.
Mr., Curtis, Of Kansas, submitted the
petition of the guards at the United
States penitentiary at Leavenworth,
praying for the enforcement of the eight
hour law. The Kansas delegation will
jointly ask that the petition be grant
ed.
The Kansas court of visitation has
authorized Attorney General GODDARD to
employ additional counsel to get as
quick a decision as possible from the
highest court, on the decision of Judge
Hook, which took the judicial power
from it.
Joe Tousley, who formerly represent
ed Stafford county in the Kansas legis-
lature, is suing for divorce down in
Oklahoma, where he is running paper.
Kansas has ,Os5 postoiiices of which
1873 are presidential offices; first class
10 second and III third. Kansas stands
eleventh in number of presidential
Offices. OF the Lose fourth class offices
603 are money order Offices Kansas is
cath in population; Goth in number of
Offices and 20 in expenditures per capt.
Ia. Gross receipts for Kansas post
Offices for the year were 81, 592, 1882. 90.
In its six months existence in Leaven-
worth the new city court has tried 9Ol
cases, SO of which were criminal. The