Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-03-16
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A gospel car Is working along the
main line Of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road.
The Hanover Modern Woodmen will
erect large building by means OF the
lottery plan,
Linn county jointlsIs are jumping
sideways on account OF the prospect OF
a grand jury.
Reduced rates Of interest," This
Is line In the ads of all loan agents
In Kansas today.
A Dickinson county farmer hauls
hay 10 town on rack that is painted
red, white and blue.
There will be three renditions OF
"The Messiah ut Lindsborg this year.
March 90, March 81 and April 2.
City elections are now so close Mt
hand that many papers are Offering to
print announcements at reduced rates
Mound city's high school goes on
the list OF those whose graduates are
entitled TO enter the State University,
Several papers in Kansas are Offer
ing life subscriptions to the Oldest cit
izen residing In the county where the
paper Is published.
One OF the men staked by Billie Nag'
gener for the Klondike, when the
craze was fresh, Is now clcrkIng in q
Chicago drug store,
Ever since 1885 Miss Frances Wilson
has held tho position OF assistant treas
urer Of Allen county This long term
of service tells how well her work Is
done, Miss Wilson is the daughter OF
prominent farmer whose home is near
Humboldt.
Leavcnworth women arc selling
tickets TO scheme similar TO that
worked in Kansas City to raise money
for the auditorium, They want money
TO build u library, and the tickets are
chances on prizes which have been do
mated.
An amusement hall is TO be built for
the soldiers Mt the home ut Lcaven'
worth, TO cost $4,000. The stage will
be about the size OF the auditorium
stage in Kansas City, and the hall will
have seating capacity Of l,4OO per-
sons,
William S. Richardson and Stella
Baker, of Corners, near Leavenworth,
were married few weeks ngo. They
got their marriage license in Wyan.
dotto county, were married in Leayen-
worth county, and found out that the
marriage was illegal and were married
over again.
The Bulletin says that 1t begins to
look as though n certain Florence min
lister would leave the town with q
good portion of his salary unpaid. II
he has followed the ministry for any
great length Of time, the experience Is
probably not new one for him. A
good many people appear to think that
ministers should work for nothing
Just because salvation Is free.
The state OF Kansas was visited by n
general rain on the night Of March 10,
and the following day by a wet, heavy
snow, which has completely soaked
the ground with water and filled every
stream bank full II has put the
wheat in the best possible growing
condition, and everything has the up.
pearance OF spring. The farmers will
not have to delay their work on nc,
count Of moisture
Hogs in Osborne county are afflicted
with disease, that, for want Of u bet
ter name, Is called "rotten ear" The
only cure known is to cut off the car
This is tritle hard on the hogs, but
IL is the only way to save their ba
con,
Jewell county Mcthodists have beer
holding week night services. 1t Il
probably not much of an eYaggeratior
to say that the Methodists put in NOR,
overtime in efforts to save souls thar
any other organization engaged in TIN
work.
"Comanche Bill" an Indian doctor
is working the people in western Kan
sas lie isn't after scalps, but he doe
wan dollars; and the suckers have un
dertaken to see that he is not disap
pointed in his search for them.
Henry Vnn Lecuwen, the butter an
cheese expert of Etlinghem, is nov
giving instruction in the dairy depart
ment OF the Missouri State universit
at Columbia and will be so engage
for about month. 1t is only recent
that he returned from Minnesota
where he was similarly engaged,
There are two postofllces in tn
Routhwcstern corner of Mitchell cour