Hutchinson gazette., 1899-04-06
cola gained sl7 inhabitants tho past

Residents Of ottawa have been klck-
ing for more street lights for a long
time, and their wishes are to be graft
fed soon,
Before long It will be possible TO
take up tin pan and an old butcher
knife and go out after that mess OF
green's
The Blue Rapids Creamery associa-
tlon was organized this week with q
capital OF 1000 Good farmers have
stock in this.
Mr. Vincent OF the state board Of
charities has secured places in the war;
ious institutions for flve citizens OF
Washington county
The Kansas regiment in the Philip
pines wants TO be sent home by tho
way Of the Suez canal, so that they
can say the went round the world.
This weather which causes the coal
man to smile so broadly isn't bringing
any comfort to the contractors. There
is raft Of building in Kansas which
is being held back on account Of tho
weather
Mad dogs have been stirring things
up In the northern part of the state.
This is good time of the year to kill
dogs, A dead dog planted in the hole
when q tree is set will really do some
good in the world.
A western Kansas paper says ''It's
Il queer sight to see man on one
quarter section OF land putting In
spring crops and his neighbor across
the way threshing his last years crop.
But then, queer sights mey always be
seen in Kansas
A western Kansas man offers SIS n
ton for bones In the early days of
western Kansas the prairies were
frecklcd with the bones OF the buffalo
but now the supply depends on the
critters that die on the range or are
killed in the shamblcs.
II would doubtless surprise many
people II they could see the amount OF
space the weekly papers Of Kansas
have given TO the trial Of John Collins
and the talk that has grown out of the
mGtter There was wonderful lot of
interest evinced in the case all over
the state.
A formerly Of Montgomery county
couple have written from Pennsyl-
vania saying that the winter has been
an unusually cold one back there, that
there Is two feet Of snow on the
ground, and they are coming back to
Kansas right away They had better
bring their snow shoes with them.
The discovery OF natural gas on n
farm three miles west Of Manhattan
raises the hopes that the natural gas
district" may include the territory of
Saline county. The old theory of the
state geologiss as to the mctes and
bounds of the coal and gas districts
seems to have been exploded recently,
says u Kansas exchange.
The State Board OF Education has
decided that under the Grattan bill,
passed by the late legislature, only
the State University is benefited. The
law authorizes the issuing of three
years certificates to the graduates of
certain institutions Of learning Ac-
to the Interpretation put upon
1t, only the State University is meant,
but other colleges may come in pro-
vided they submits detailed statement
OF their courses to the board.
There is young man in southern
Kansas town who is being joshed un-
mercifully of late, On recent Sum
day he went to an adjoining city to
visit his girl and reached her home
just as the storks were paying it Wis.
it.
A Kansas exchange says that IAN
unprcjudiced man, after looking up
the records of the two candidates for
mayor will vote for Tn opposition
candidate" But who ever heard of an
unprejudiced man in Kansas at time
when an election was pendingp
The farmers in north Dickinson
county are having extensive losses of
horses, cattle and hogs from an epi-
demic OF hydrophobia, resulting from
several mad dogs Efforts to stop 1t
have been unavailing.
There is quito an extensive brick
plant just n short distance out of
Atchison which is shut down on ac-
count of lack Of fuel. There is coal
mine within two rife shots of the
place, but the condition OF the roads
is such that it is impossible to haul
coal to the yard
DR.. Frances Steers, pretty Topeka
girl, who is also an able physician, is
to be married in Edinburg to Scotch
nohlaman