Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-11-23
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST

~ VIZ Nuoh AVi NhviNeHS b'SNN'J
there.
The Twenty-eight Annual meeting of
tho Kansas State Grange will be held
at olathe, December IL, l2 and Is,
There Is contest in view in Atch-
ison county over the Office OF sheriff.
IL will cost the county about Sl,0o
The commissioners OF Sumner coun-
~ have decided TO advertise for the
building OF three steel bridges and one
pile bridge
Miss Ada Bryant, n Lincoln girl, has
been elected leader Of the choir OF a
big st. Louis church at salary Of
$1,000 per year,
Lieutenant Sam Hopkins Of Leaven-
worth, may return to Manila as he has
been rendered a position on General
Funston's staff.
Several hundred head Of cattle are
being fed foi the market near Bur
lington. They cat about 1000 pounds
of corn chop n day.
NJ A. Low, the Kansas railroad man
lived in Missouri, back in 1870, and
practiccd law and had half interest In
a weekly newspaper,
The proposition to establish a court
of common pleas in Cherokee and
Crawford counties carried in the last
election there by ZOO,
Grant Gillett and Mrs. Gillett arc
reported out Of danger. His sister
who went to Mexico to nurse them,
has returned to Woodbine,
Daniel Hilcman, who died at 0swegd
recently was delegate from Ohio To
the convention which nominated james
X. Polk for president In 1874,
Joseph II, Dohner, who died recently
near Peabody, was the father of four
teen children, thirteen of whom were
with the mother Mt the funeral. .
People who own lots in Leavenworth
continue to sue the coal company for
the value Of coal taken from under
their property. The last suit is for
$4,000.
Members Of the State Board Of Edu-
cation visited Fairmont College and
Friends University at Wichita to de-
eide upon their right to issue certiAr
Gates to teachers.
Rev, vlIcrrlch has resigned as
rector Of st, Johns Episcopal church
ut Wichita, lie says he has PROPOSE
tions from five places from which
TO choose his field Of work.
Two masked men broke into thd
Parker state bank, bound and gagged
Cashier Slaughter who slept in rear
room, blew open the safe and god
$1,000. They then stole two horsed
and skipped,
Mrs. Ellen Kelleher is register Of
deeds of Graham county, Two years.
ago she was the only one on the re-
publican ticket elected, This year Tho
populists refused to nominate anyone
against her.
Ex-Governor G. w. Click has sold
his famous Shannon Hill stock farm
near Atchson, to John w. Knight OF
New York for 100000. The deal in
cludcs the well known Click herd Of
Shorthorn cattle.
Germany wants our beef in spite of
the embargo she has placed on it, A
representative Of the German govern
ment has been comforting with the man
ayers of Kansas packing houses with
the view of stocking the German army
with American beef.
Henry l., Woods, Burlington attor-
ney, lost his barn by fire. His fine
phacton was cut to pieces in front OF
mis- house.
The 0keto bank people are erecting
q stone bank building, and the pros
poets are that several merchants will
build stone business blocks next year
"There will be no need of n charity
ball in Burlington this winter" re-
marks the Jeffersonian. "If there Is n
man in the town or neighborhood who
is out of work 1t is because he will not
work"
Capt, Adna G. Clark Of Lawrence,
commanding the Lawrence company in
the Twentieth Kansas, will draw
pension of $40 month. lie was
wounded in the shoulder, and the ex-
aiming board rated him as half dis
abled.
Wcllington's rcfuuding bond deal
has been finally closed. The city's $780,
600 of railroad aid bonds bearing six
per cent interest have been taken up
by the state school fund commission
and been exchanged for the four per
cent refunding bonds.
In the fire at Troy, the Highly house