Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-07-27


repeatedly, The contest wound up In
the cooler,
Work has commenced on the new
cell block ut the RefOrmat0ry. II will
contain four tiers Of cslls OF nfty each
making 200 IN all, This will nearly
double the capacity Of the institu ton
and will awe all the room that VIII
probably DO needed for several ears.
The chapel is now Just about completed.
Judge Stewart calls our attention to
the report Of his collections made last
week. We gave the amount collected
and the amount not paid BY saying
mot paid' we meant, not collected
The judge thought people might infer
that the amount given as not paid
meant not turned over by him which
WAS not intended,
Claude Duvol, s. s. Graybill and
Sam Hutton attended the democratic
and pOpulist county convention ut
Newton Saturday, Mr., Duval had
been invited TO make an address
Claude Is recognized as one of the fore
most orators of the Seventh district.
He always leaves II good impression.
Jerry Simpson was also speaker.
The hot weather Of the last few days
has made the farmers whose corn is
late, just little apprehenslve, There
will be much corn anyway, but II 1t
should now be hot and dry for the rest
of the corn season 1t would cut 1t short,
One good rain now and not too hot
weather for week or two viii prob
ably make the biggest corn crop ever
known In this county.
The board of health Of this city has
got move on itself and Is making
war on the weeds. Everybody In the
city Is instructed to cut tie weeds on
their premises or they will be cut bv
the city and taxed up against the prop
erty. Whether this move can or will
be pushed clear through we do not
know, but 1t should be. The health Of
the city is In danger,
We have inadvertently omitted to
say that at the populist county central
committee meeting II was discussed
ana while no official action was taken,
was generally considered good plan
to permit each township to have three
candidates to place before the conven-
tion, the names TO be announced through
the party papers In advance by the
committeeman of the township,
We are Informed that the city au-
thorities have again commenced the
practice Of collecting monthly fines
from the joints and fixed the amount
at $l03, This is the way all the joints
have been closed In accordance with
the order Of the council. The Mayor
we are informed took that order as an
insult and now he probably intends to
retaliate.
About sixteen young men enlisted at
this place when the recruiting officers
were here. AS nearly as we are able
to get the names they were as follows:
Charles G. Hostutler, Bert WelchOn,
Carl l.. Smoyer, Frank Fleming, An
drew Chrichton, Edward A. Hogan,
Guy Wler, Leonard Mason, James e.
COberly, Ira Salmon, David Burke,
Melvin Davidson, Rosco Miller and
Wm, j. Skies.
Wash Thomas Of Arlington, an old
soldier who is quite well known in this
county, was brought to this city last
week and from here taken to the In
sane asylum at Ossawatomie. He has
been there before several times, being
last taken some two years ago. Occa
sionally he is brought home by rela-
tives but It is found unsafe to keep him
at home, although he is usually harm
less.
A large barn belonging to Charles
Menke. out toward the end of Ave
nue. A East caught fire Sunday night
about six O'Clock, and burned to the
ground. 1t was not insured. The Or
igin is unkniwn, but II couple of small
boys were seen running away from the
barn and il is surmised that they
had been smoking or playing with
matches and set 1t afre. A large barn
across the alley belonging to Schall, the
drayman, caught fire but was extin-
guished by the fire department with
out much damage.
Carl Mitchell of Langdon has been
announced as u candidate for the office
of register Of deeds by the committee
man Of Langdon township subject to
the Reno county populist convention.
Mr.. Mitchell is a thoroughly competent
man for any Office within the gift of