Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-15

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tionnl air the audience rise TO their
feet. In the west they do not
Kansas will get two Spanish guns
They are not mounted. Governor
Stanley is to designate where they
shall be located,
Mayor Elstun, Of Moline, announces
that hereafter he will crack down on
the parties who find pleasure in dis
charging FIRE arms within the corpor'
nt0 iimlta
Algood, the man mixed up in the
Now matter, has been convicted Of
forgery In Greenwood county and
will be sent to the penitentiary for q
terra OF five years
cowley county has gained nearly II
not quite 1000 In population during
the last year. About half of the gain
comes from the country and the rest
from the two cities,
Pojkcn Swennsson, a swede, waa
drifting in a boat on the Smoky
river the other day, smoking d pipe
The boat went over dam and cup.
sized Swennsson kept his head above
water and swan to shore still smoking
his pipe.
Some one ought to report the read
ing on the water guagc in the Barton
county lake again. Is the lake filling
upP Ia Kansas going to have big
bathing beach OF her own, or are wa
to continue the practice Of slipping
down to the creek after nigbtfall and
when we want to splattcr water?
William Muir, one OF the best known
and wealthiest farmers OF Saline coun
ty, was drowned on June 9th In the
Smoky river Since the heavy rains
he feared that the river would over.
flow and damage his crops. lie won't
to the river to watch It's progress,
when the bank suddenly gave away,
letting him fall into the water
At Wier City the Kansas and Texas
Coal company has posted notices at its
mines that until further notice 1t will
pay 81 ton for screened lump, begin.
ming June /, The company is operat-
ing one mine, No. ls, and few more
men are going to work every day.
The efforts Of the union to get the
men at the Central Coal and Coke COM
pany's Nos, and / to strike proved
failure
School teachers are having their an-
nual scuttle after positions, This is n
part Of the grief Of n life Of school
teacher A man who Is employed in
almost any kind OF bushes house
has reasonable certainty of keeping
his job as long as he is satisfactory;
but with the average teacher the end
of the term is the end of the job, and
he has to go after It again and fight
off Others who have designs on his
place.
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast via snntA Te.
The Santa Fe are selling tickets to
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
and other California points at the very
cheap rate OF S32, So
To Portland and points in Idaho and
Oregon S9s s5. For particulars call
on or address, L. r, DELANEY, Agt,
Wichita, Kans
HomcSeekerS' Excursion Win Santa Fs
Route
On June the Goth, the Santa Fe
will sell round trip tickets at the very
cheap rate Of one fare for the round
trip plus 81. 90 to all points in Arlan-
sas, Arizona, Indian territory and New
Mexico. These tickets will bear going
limitwith stopover privileges of fifteen
days; final return limit twenty-on;
days from date Of sale. Before pur-
tickets you will do well to call
on some representative Of the rocd
reaches all points Of importance-TSo
Great Santa Fe.
L. r. DELANEY, AgS
At Spearville, out in Ford county, q
couple of men are engaged in the work
Of making bicycle handle-bars out of
horns Their scheme was patented
last month, They call their product
the "Wild West" handle.bar, and will
place the novelty on sale this season,
All kinds of talent can be found in
Kansas. Joseph Hill, Mitchell coun-
ty farmer, is sculptor He recently
carved the figure of an American vol
unteer out of native Kansas stone and
1t is said to be very creditable piece
Of work.
A list Of patents granted to Kansans
few days ago without a
car-coupling device being mentioned
single time
A Rocks county man was sent to
the pen last week with sentence Of
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