Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-11-16
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREsr

ganoxle ana the mllliners purcnhseu
the feathers,
tLeavenworth Jews have dedicated a
synagogue which they have named The
House Of Jacob,
The mortgage releases In Sedgwick
county this year will aggregate over
million dollars,
There are 755 men in the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth. Its
capacity ia only 500
The people of Eskridgc turned out
and huslsed and cnbbed Harry Spar-
lings' widows corn crop. ,
The Y. M. G. A. OF Topeka has Il
night school and the school has n me-
chanical electrical course.
There is n shoe shop at olathe which
Smploys2l shoemakers, Cowboy boots
Is the specially Of the shop,
The American District Telegraph SER
Sice is TO be established in Atchison II
che city will grant franchise,
Sheep items are becoming more com
mon in the Kansas papers. The sheep
industry seems to be rapidly forging,
ahead.
Enterprise has opened litigation with
The owner of the water works in that
city, claiming the right, under con-
tract, TO purchase the same at an ap1
praised value,
w. G. Johnston has resigned his posi-
ton in the Santa Fe treasurer's Office
and accepted position with the gem
eral freight agent Of the Gulf, Colorado
I Santa Fe railway at Galveston, Tex
a.
Usage City is expecting that parties
from Kansas City will establish tile
and sewer | pc factory there, using the
unlimited supply Of yellow ochre which
is deposited in that vicinity, Good,
brick have been made from it for
years.
w. !. Allen, the Rock Island man,
who was married in Topeka the other
day, has divorced wife and she is in
shutting proceedings to void the di-
vorce decree, charging that when she
consented to the divorce and signed
papers she was not responsible, being
under the influence Of drug,
There is a great lack OF knowledge
of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment
Station. Many farmers have scarcely
heard OF It; others who have heard of
1t do not know that its bulletins can
be had for the asking by any farmer in
Kansas, The Station is q part of the
Kansas State Agricultural College, It's
expenses are met by an annual appro'
priation by Congress, made in accord
ance with the provisions Of what is
known as the Hatch act, Fifteen
thousand dollars per annum in quar-
terly payments are sent directly to the
College treasurer. Only five per cent
of this may be used for buildings, and
Mt the Kansas station very little has
been so used. The balance is used for
salaries Of the staff, apparatus, mater
falls labor and publication Of results.
The station wants the farmers to have
the benefit o. It's results, and invites
correspondence concerning agricultur-
al topics. 1t would like to know what
problems are especially interesting
the farmers at any time, and will do
oil it can to solve them. Farmers not
now receiving the bulletins can have
them free of charge,
at is fact" says the Frankfort Re
view, "that there is more railroad bust
ness to be attended to at this station
than Mt any other station between
Atchison and Concordia." The papers
from Clyde, Clifton, Greenleaf and
Blue Rapids will now take the floor
and make few remarks.
In great many Kansas towns there
are stores with a show window or two
full of souvenirs of one kind and an.
other from the Philippines, from beads
TO cannon. No wonder the Tartar was
crowded.
John Speer was Juggling a big satche
through the St. Louis depot, on his
way home to the funeral Of his son
when two ladies insisted on aiding
him. and did. He asked them where
they lived and they said Kansas. They
had recognized him and wanted t.
help him.
Felt Snyder, Wichita rag picker
who was at one time worth $75, 900, &C
cidentally set fire to his shanty Will,
he was drunk. When the flames wer,
extinguished his charred body wa
found in the ruins.
At 0swego Herman Linslsy was con
victed of stealing pair of pantaloons
and Judge Skidmore in passing sen
tence said: "This is the first time il
my judicial career that have know
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