Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-04-27
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTFREsE

Recruiting officers secured ffty-siS
men at Wichita recently, all for the
cavalry,
The bond bill before the Connecticut
legislature which boycotted Kansas
bonds has been killed,
For over forty years X, Guittard has
been postmaster OF Guittard Station, q
hamlet In Marshall county,
Coffeyville will get that sorghum
factory provided the promoter has the
assurance that the farmers of that
vicinity will put in at least $50 acres
Of cane for delivery at the mill.
A 2s-pound buffalo was caught in
the Morias DIES cygnes near Ottawa a
few nights ago, A stream that sports
fish OF that size ought to be able to
get into the river and harbor bill
Kansas farmers are busy just now
with their corn planting. The ground
Is in splendid condition for corn plant
ing, Most Of the wheat throughout
the state is coming out nicely, and the
general prospects are good.
The examination at Fort Leaven.
worth OF applications for lieutenacy in
the regular army has been practically
completed and II Is known that at
least four OF the thirty-two applicants
have passed, Among them is Charles
Doster, son OF the chief justice of Kan
las
II has been claimed all along that
the United States has been prosecut'
ing the war in the Philippines in a
humane manner, but the fact has leak
cd out that the Kansas boys have been
IL the habit Of singing Comrades
over there within hearing of the
enemy.
Galena set the Kansas pace for rapid
action courtship last Tuesday when,
after spooning period OF but five
hours, n young lady Of that town mar
RED we'll known commercial man.
A man capable Of making dash like
that ought to be cracking good
salesman.
Work has commenced Mt Wellington
on new elevator which will have u
capacity OF $4,000 bushels, Yelling
ton, IL will be remembered, Is In four
million bushel wheat country, and In
each OF the three Kansas counties
which border Sumner-llarper, Scdg'
wick and Cowley-thc production OF
winter wheat exceed one million BUSH
els both In W and '0s.
News Of an abduction or kidnapping
cas-. has just been received from the
northwest part Of Pratt county, A
young man named Moody Kearns was
paying attention TO young lady, Miss
Carrie King, who did not receive his
attentions favorably He asked her
company to church and she refused.
She went TO spend the evening with a
friend, and it Is said that young
Kearns drove up and called her out OF
the house, and that neither of them
have been seen since.
Secretary coburn says that there
have been various reasons put forth in
explanation of the non.appearance Of
report on the condition of Kansas
wheat until now, Some have said that
the secretary was scared that the
condition Of the fields were so bad
that he was afraid to investigate 9th
ers have claimed that the matter was
allowed to lag because of the great
work involved in getting data; but II
goes without saying that parties MAX
ing this absurd claim are short on
knowledge Of the work Of the depart
nent and its indefatigable secretary,
Mayors Of Kansas towns are issuing
neir spring "clean up" orders. An
.arly cleanup checks the microbes Of
disease and trouble.
The Cooper Hollow plant at GalenG
made turn-in OF ST., 900 worth of zinc
ore last week, and they would have
done better had it not been for {
breakage in the machinery, which de
layed them some. They received S4'
per ton for their ore. This not only
beats the record of the Missours-K Kan.
sas zinc district, but OF the entire
world.
Out of 10 schools In Lyon county Y
are equipped with libraries.
When the new city officials of Beat
tie, all ladies, assumed their duties
they were sworn in in the presence o
a crowd Of citizens and local minis
ter presented each one of the ladie
with bouquet as toltes of esteem
and confidence. Now If the ladies viii
only so manage affairs that at the con
clusion of their term the citizens will
feel like expressing their esteem an,
confidence In this manner all will b