Hutchinson gazette., 1899-04-20

pect for gas
Chief Justice Dosters family have
tired Of Topeka and will move back TO
Marion county.
In Mcpherson county the net de-
crease OF mortgage indebtedness for
the month of March amounted to $685.
900.
The county commissioners Of Tord
county recently had bonfire Of $780,
900 cancelled bonds and warrants Is
sued between the years 1877 and 1884.
In northern Kansas town the other
day man was fined 500 for beating
his wife and Immediately after paying
his fine he and his wife embraced and
went home happy.
Fort Scott Is in trouble with its wa
ter company again, this time as to the
rate which shall be charged for water
furnished for street sprinkling. The
franchise was sranted by the city with
the understanding that not over $50
per sprinkler per month should be
charged. Now the company demands
nearly $685. The city threatens suit to
revoke the charter.
The United States civil service COM
mission is desirous Of establishing an
eligible register for Che position of
cook in the Indian service OF the de-
partment OF the interior and has is
sued call for persons who desire to
compete TO at once write to the COM
mission at Washington for application
blanks, From the eligibles resulting
certifcation will be made to the posi-
ton OF cook at the Pottawatomie
school, Kansas, at a salary of S49O per
annuu.
There is some damaged wheat in
Ford county. Mr.. Hoover's farm, in
that county, shows It, OF the 235
acres planted to wheat last fall not
more than 100 acres will make a stand,
and this is in stubble ground. In plow-
ed ground the wheat died out during
the hard winter weather Mr.. Clayton,
who has charge Of the farm, is plow-
ing up the ground and putting it in
barley. In few weeks some of the
ground will be planted to corn and
KafIir corn.
Success never follows ignorance or
slip-shod methods, There is cream
cry up OF Beloit with branches in sew
eral different counties that Is making
money hand over fist. Half dozen
men went down in the effort to main
tain creamery ut thai point; lost
money right and left But one day
couple of young Danes, the Jensen
brothers, came along and took up the
work where Others had made such dis
nal failures. They succeeded, There
was no "luclS" in 1t at ALL They sim
ply understood their business, They
knew how to "do things"
The county commissioners OF Logan
county still hold out against any com
promise with the railroad company in
the matter Of delinquent taxes for
1896 and 1907 Ellis county compro.
missed in this matter Of real estate
taxes by throwing off about 25 per
cent, and Russell county threw off all
interest on lands that had been bid in
by the county, at u loss of about 81, 900
or more of interest to The county, but
refusing any compromise on the lands,
certificates to which had been sold to
individuals Ellsworth county also
refused to compromise. Doubtless the
questions at issue will have to be de-
cidcd in the higher state courts, If not
in the supreme court of the United
States, The railroad Union Pacifc)
contends that as the road was then in
the hands Of the receivers the lands
could not be legally sold for taxes
Probably the question will come up
when tax deeds are issued to pur-
chasers at tax snlps.
The body of Harry 0lds, a Fort
Scott boy, has been sent from Manila,
and will be buried in the National
cemetery Mt Fort Scott.
The wife of an Everest man stood
trouble until her patience gave way
and then swore out warrants against
the iointists who had been selling liz
quor to her husband Two Of them
were arrested, but third managed to
get out Of town. The lady proposes
to make it particularly warm for the
iointists, and will have the good wish
cs of lot of sympathetic friends.
Since his breakup, life insurance Of
Grant Gillett's to the amount to $780,
900 has been cancelled
Sumner county, which raised 4,2Os,-
s34 bushels of winter wheat in 1898
produced in the same season 4lO BUSH
els of spring wheat. The heaviest