Hutchinson gazette., 1899-10-19

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their backyard,
II Is estimated that In 1900 Kansa'
will hold six hundred political convcn
tions Of various kinds,
A Barber county man last week re
fused 81 500 for quarter for which he
paid 5000 last spring,
Tho Ellinwood Leader actually on
couragcs the organization OF IN ANA
tcur dramatic company,
Tho new dairy barn vt the Agrlcul
tmal college will accommodate eighty
two cows when completed,
Topeka society girls nro going 10 act
as mattresses At the banquet 10 the
Twentieth Kansas regiment,
Tho papers are beginning to appear
with the usual fall stories of cattle dy'
ing the the result Of eating cane,
Five complaints have been filed by
4, II, Dawes and Thomas l'cnlon IN
LcNycnworth county against keepers
Of joints at KlondlSc.
Secretary Barnes, Of the State Ilor.
ticultural society, Is trying TO collect u
car load Of Kansas apples for an eX'
hibit at the Paris exposition,
The Wichita local lodges OF the Era.
tcrnal Aid Association chartered n
special train TO III Dorado to attend u
picnic and celebration at TINT place.
A thrill passed over al Kansas when
the reception Of the Kansas boys In San
Francisco was read. Kansas will long
have warm side for San Francisco,
The Grand Lodge /. o. o. L, defeated
n plan TO assess members five cents each
on the death Of u brother, tho same to
60 to his heirs, The vote was fifty.
seven 10 900
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
closed their work ut Wichita and adj
journcd TO meet next year at Topeka,
that city having secured the favor af.
ter hard contest.
j. G. Lowry, Of Scdgwiclt county, says
his sweet potatoes are running 200
bushels to the acre. lie exhibits sim
gle vine with twcnty.thrce sweet pota.
toes, weighing fourteen pounds,
=, Anderson & Co., Of Monterey,
kas, have closed n deal for the pur-
chase of the Duncan mill property Mt
Blue Rapids, Kas, and will at once
erect q 15O-barrcl mill and an elevator
A reunion and reception Of the off.
GERS Of Grand Lodge, Grand Encamp.
ment and Rebeka Assembly, 10 called
for Wednesday evening OF the weel,
during the session of the Grand Lodge
in Topeka next year.
j. @. Groves, the wealthy colorod
farmer of Edwardsvillc, owns one of
the largest potato farms in the state,
and he is recognized rs the wealthicst
colored man in the western country.
lie lives in n mansion at Edwardsvillc.
Lieutenant Fred Bugbcc, who was a
of the regiment of Rough
Riders, was married in Wyandotto
county, Kans, the other day. with Miss
Grace Cornell, lie went Immediately
to join his regiment, the Forticth u.
), Infantry, 10 proceed to Manila.
Topeka has an "Aunt Martha, u ne.
grcss who is l9l years old. She says
she remembers seeing soldiers march
past her home in Virginia during tho
revolutionary war; was in Washington
md saw General jackson in parade
nt the close of the war of 1912. Sho
cooked for soldiers during the civil
war and was in Washington when tho
great review occurred. She now asks
for u good position on the reviewing
stand when the Twentieth Kansas
in Topeka,
One Of the special cars of the UnitcG
States fish commission, in charge OF
Captain Groves, is now engaged in dis.
fish in Kansas. The car Is
fitted with every conceivable convent.
ence for transporting fish. There arc
twenty-five departments for the differ
ent kinds Of fish carried, and each is
connected by water and mir pipes
A bequest of 81, 900 was received from
Philemon and Mary Jones of McLouth,
Kansas, for an endowment fund for
the Friends university, in addition TO
the same amount given last year.
Upon disembarliing at San Francisct
Lieut.. Col. Ed. Little picked u horse to
ride to the Prcsidio. 1t had been re-
served for Governor Stanley. He pick
cd another 1t had been reserved for
Adjutant General Fox. General Shat.
ter sent him another horse but Little