Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-07
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST.


be only half Of an average yield
All the Sunday schools Of coffey
county unite for picnic rally at the
fair grounds at burlington on Septem.
Der 0.
In the last two years and half
Butler county has paid off mortgages
Aggregating million and n half Of
dollars
Tho ESQ box cars now building at the
Santa Fc shops in Topeka, are for the
San Francisco & San joaquin Valley
railway
The state superintendent OF public
instruction In Kansas actually had TO
be taught how TO carry his new baby
without dropping It.
Osborne Farmer; Tom Mcbride own
ed the John cropk farm exactly three
months to day, and cleared about
$500 on his inves 'ment
Miss Minnie Bender the young lady
6elected for carnival queen at Newton,
Is the daughter OF John Bender, San-
Ia Fo conductor now running on the
fast mail.
The court house at Marysvillc, be.
Ing different from most others In tho
state, Is usually on the visiting list for
county commissioners OF counties
about to build new court houses,
Grant Hornaday, president OF the
State Board OF Charities recently un-
loaded 10 car loads Of sheep at Fort
Scott, which had been brought from
western Colorado and Utah. He will
feed them on one OF his farms near
Fort Scott.
AtaG G. A. r. picnic at ottawa, A. C.
Hanson, Company X, Twentieth Kan
sas, appeared on the ground, having
just arrived from Manila. lie was
carried to the platform, where he was
nearly smothered by greetings TIo
carries Mauser bullet In his left
arm.
A big force OF laborers are preparing
the Union Pacific track for ballast
The ballast TO be used Is burnt gum
DO, the action of water upon which
makes IL as compact rs asphalt The
ballast will do away with tho dust
md add greatly to the comfort Of the
travelling public
Wichita Eagle; The amount OF mort.
cages released during August was
nearly twice the amount OF mortgages
filed. The record kept by II, NJ Du-
Bots, abstracior, shows that the
amount OF mortgages filod was sac, os3,
while the amount of mortgage releases
was Ss2,5SCOl,
Governor Stanley has named Miss
Lillian Dyer, Of Concorda, as the re-
cipient Of the scholarship in the School
OF Industrial Art and Mechanical De-
S;;ssn for Women, Of New York CITY,
This school gave a scholarship to Kan
sas, and asked Governor Stanley to
make the selection, There were about
forty applicants for the scholarship.
Judge Hook, OF the federal court OF
Fort Scott; has issued nm order re.
versing the ruling Of C L. Cory, referee
In bankruptcy iI the Angel Ma
thewson case and, generating Mr.
Matthewson OF the charge of perjury,
rs preferred by the referee in his re,
port to the court The recommends.
tion Of the referee that Mr.. Matthew.
son be not discharged was overruled,
and he was granted final discharge
In bankruptcy
George w. Adams, of Osborne coun
~, farms two thousand acres OF land.
He harvested 500 acres OF wheat this
summer.
The Hutchinson, Oklahoma Il Gull
railroad is known as the 'hog" road,
while the initials of the Denver, okla
homa & Gulf railroad add dog" to the
territorial menagerie.
The city attorney of Wellington was
instructed by the council to begin,
September !, prosecutions of men in.
debted to the city for occupation tax
ut the rate of five per day,
The Twelfth Kansas infantry will
ho'd its annual reun on at Paola. Out
OF the original 1900 members OF the
regiment but 400 remain.
In boring for water the Lawrence
Vitrifled Brick and Tile company
struck q 2G-inch vein OF coal. The
vein is one of the thckest in that part |
of the state, and was struck at depth
Of fifty.eight feet II the strike proves
to have general area it will be work.
ed for the coal needed to operate the
new brick plant, and possibly for mars
ket use
LCavenworth citizens and farmers
are much dis atisfied with the shut
ting off Of the sale of coal at the pris
IN md n datarminad anfort will he