Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-08

and paraded the streets Of Fort Scott
II cost her $40
Everything is making very rapid
growth in Kansas and the ground Is
filled with moisture.
There may be no deluge In sight but
Noah Cline is building n forty.foot
boat for the Solomon river
A Neosho county farmer last week
| marketed couple of hogs, one weigh
ing $50 and the other $50 pounds
~ After n severe hailstorm In Doni-
|phan county the other day there was n
foot OF cobbled Ice in some places
This Is the proper time to attend
church 'strbYberry socials" Berries
are cheap and the dishes are generally
large. l. IA
coffcyville felt very proud before Of
her paper mill and her pottery: but
now the capacity Of both plants are to
be doubled.
Since Frank Grimes was elected
state treasurer Leoti has blossomed
out with brass band; the only one in
Wichita county. Dr.. ''. ' ''
Four Indians robbed man in Brown
county. Watch for a story in the
eastern papers concerning tho Indian
uprising in Kansas"
A Cloud county woman Is 90 years
old and has seventy-four grandehlld-.
rem. She was born 1T days after
George Washington died. e (
Sergeant Hull, recently discharged
from the Seventh cavalry, has pur-
chased a plantation in Cuba and will
be joined soon by his wife who is now
at Fort Riley. ''d'.r '. '''
' What is science when 1t comes to
law? West, assistant attorney-gener-
al, has thrown CONSERVATION among
the scientists by announcing that
.natpral gas iisnot mineral. 1t is gas
An Osborne county man who weighs
only 1875 pounds won $50 last week by
carrying 1850 pounds Of -four three
miles without putting it down, And
then he offered to bet $40 more that
he could go another mile without any
rest
A Sedgwick county bred America
merino's fleece Of twelve months and
sixteen days growth weighed fifty.two
pounds, and surpassed the worlds
record Of seven and one-half pounds.
The sheep sheared as n two-year.old !
thirty-seven and one half pounds,
1t is said that the recent hail storm
out in Saline county moved one farm
ers alfalfa crop down so neatly that
he raked 1t and put It up with as littlo
trouble ms though he had cut II with |
his own machine. Probably II the
storm had lasted a little while longer
It would have finished the job and
stored the hay as WELL
The increase in the county's popula-
ton to over $4,000, as shown by the
assessors returns, puts Sumner In n
higher class as regards the salaries of
county officers under the general fee
and salary act Of the last Legislature
Heretofore the county has been rated
in the class of 100000 population and
less than 95,OOO," for whose officers
certain salaries are prescribed. By
getting into the class above nearly all
the county officers get the benefit of n
raise of from 500 to $3.50 in pay, and
in addition a nice increase in clerk
hire goes to the county clerk and
treasurer.
A great deal of the corn IN Kansas
has already been plowed over once
this season. 1t ia said to be in good
condition.
There is u roar in Kansas on account
Of lack of workmen. 1t is better
than the roar Of few years ago on
account of lack OF work.
The New York papers, poor crcdu-
lous souls, are now running pictures
of handsome Kansas girls ploughing
In the fields to fill the places left va
cant by their brothers, fighting in the
Philippines.
In Grant county last week lobo
wolf killed two calves. John Stuart
and Howard Maxwell took out after
1t and after chase of seven miles,
killed the wolf and received IS for its
scalp. 30
After the question as to where the
Twentieth Kansas is to be mustered
out is settled the ring will be cleared
and Everest, Fairview, Morrill,, Rob-
inson and Powhattan will be allowed
to fight it out and decide which of
these places is the third town from
the head in Brown county.
A Lincoln county man offers re-
ward to anyone who will reveal to
him the identity OF the fellow who