Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-03
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The board OF equalization has raised
the assessment Of cowley county near
ly 20 per cent
There 10 one corn stalk In Atchison
which has Ave ears OF corn on II The
present corn crop Is the greatest the
state has ever had.
The Topeka negro who was struck
on the head with monkey wrench Is
getting better, but tho wrench will
ntve be any good again.
There 10 lots OF talk In Florida over
the discovery Of gypsum bed. There
10 enough gypsum In Kansas TO white
wash all the territorial planets.
Most OF the letters from Kansas men
IN Cuba and Porto Rico make kick
because OF the custom which compels
n man when calling on young woman
to stand the presence OF the whole
family,
4 Corn stalks are being used for tele-
graph poles In some parts OF the state.
IL Is said that they are superior to the
old poles, as the projecting leaves do
away with the necessity OF using
climbera
In Kansas hop tea is said to be non.
Intoxicating. A man got one hundred
days in jail for selling the stuff TO
Indians In the Indian territory The
hard-hearted United States Judge
called II beer
Kansas is now growing her greatest
ppple crop beyond all question. Trees
which hitherto have born only n cat.
erpillar and q half dozen leaves are so
full OF apples that they droop like
weeping willows
Kansas from q frontier state las
grown TO domain Of great delicncy
and decorum. One prisoner In the
Atchison jul threshed another last
week because the latter insisted on
splitting on the floor
At baby show held at Victor, COL
orado, recently, medal valued at $50
was hung up for the prettiest girl un-
der two years Of age, II went to little
Miss Nellie Baker She is Kansas
GIRL formerly OF Gaylord.
An immigration agent is wording in
Kansas to secure people to move to
Canada. He has got mighty cold
reception thus for The people have
TO be shown when a man says there Is
better country than Kansas
There never was year in Kansas
easier than the present one on finance
committees This is shown by the
rapidity with which funds for street
fairs, carnivals and fall festivals are
up in various towns throughout the
state.
Some time ago William Hall, a La
bette county farmer, discovered in II
clay deposit on his farm, mineral,
some OF which was sent to an assayer
in Denver, who pronounced 1t gold and
silver assaying $3.50 TO the ton. The
clay in which the mineral was found
proves to be Are clay Of fine quality,
and some excellent tests of II have
since been made. Jack and lead have
also been found on the farm, and there
Is every indication TINT the latter
minerals will be developed in paying
quantities, The FIRE clay is four feet
thick and is found within two feet of
the surface The farm has been leas.
ed to u mining expert who will at once
begin the work Of prospecting for
mineral,
II salt will drive away fleas, as an
agricultural paper claims, there ought
to be very few OF those insects in
Hutchinson.
Blackberries are unusually plentiful
In Douglas county this year and are
being canned in great quantities for
the nourishment Of university students
next winter
One Of the boys at Luzon has not
forgotten he is from Kansas. His
name is ozias, and he has collected a
lot Of Filipino relics and sent them TO
the Kansas Historical society.
In Clifton, Dickinson county, lives
m old gentleman who beguiles his de-
clining years by getting full and talk
ing Dickens
Business men OF Howard have raised
purse OF $50 which will be given to
any ball team within n radius Of "a
miles of that town that out-plays the
homo team.
Fireworks were substituted for rice
and old shoes when young couple
started away from Lawrence on Their
wedding journey. This is an innova
ton that deserves encouragement
The new Jail at Manhato will doubt
less be jewell.