Hutchinson gazette., 1899-07-13
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST

The Capital gives 4 history OF the
6rat brick made in Topeka and calls IL
a valuable relic
Leavenworth wants to have some OF
Tho new volunteer regiments mustered
In at that point
The inmates OF the Hutchinson re-
formatory gave n minstrel show on
The Fourth of July.
Prominent wealthy men OF IT, Scott
have organized Beet Sugar company
with capital stock OF $500, Ooo'
Plans are being made at Ottawa to
show the boys Of Company X dizzy
time when they come marching home
In Lyon county last week n child
was riding horse when 1t reared up
and fell backwards, crushing the child
80 II died almost instantly.
In the battle OF Rio Grandc, Luzon,
Kansas boy, met face to face with
Filipino. The insurgent was armed
with baloe Tho Kansas boy drop
ped his gun, struck the Filipino in the
face with his ast picked up his gun
and took the PROSTATE Filipino pris'
oner
There Is on exhibition nt the State
Historical Society's rooms in the state
house the mummfed bodies OF a
mother and infant babe. The babe Is
clasped in the arms Of its mother. The
mother is six feet and eight inches in
length, and her physique indicates
that she belonged to race Of giants
The bodies were found in cave in
the Yosemite valley They were ship
ped to Topeka last week by friend
Of Secretary Adams, OF the Historical
Society.
Smallpox has broken out in North
Topeka and the people are greatly ex-
cited. james Scott, Sexton OF ccmc'
terry, is the only person who has the
disease so far A few days ago Il
stranger died suddenly IN North To-
peS0, and Scott buried him. The
theory is that the stranger had small
pox and that Scott got the disease
from him. Scott and all the neigh
bors who have associated with him
during the pOst week have been quar-
tined.
Cattle mon OF Kingman county have
formed an organization for the pur-
pose of better protecting themselves
against the raids OF thieves who have
been getting in their work with too
much success OF late Their associa.
tion started OF with a charter mem
bership Of twenty-five, representing
nearly G,0O0 head OF stock, 1t Is eX-
pected within few weeks that the
membership will represent 25, 900
head; and in the future it will be well
for the cattle thief to hunt more ia
vorable field for his operations,
No less that seventy car loads of
cattle were shipped into Decatur
county last week where they will be
fed and fattencd. There were AZ car
loads in two shipments, which will
put close to $50, 900 in circulation in
the county. One Of the prominent
sights of Decatur county at all times
Is the stock ranch OF o. l.. Benton,
where at this time there are upwards
Of 400 fat steers and about /, 900 head
OF hogs, which will be ready for the
market within the next few weeks.
The general prospect for wheat in
Decatur county Is that II will turn out
a good half crop
Bank Commissioner Breidcnthal has
laid down the law to the building and
loan companies in the state, lie says
that they must abide strictly by the
law which was passed by the legisla-
ture.
A good many OF the farm laborers
In Kansas believe that they will ulti-
mately be formed into labor unions OF
different degrees. For instance, the
man who runs binder and threshing
machine will no. be expected to slop
the hogs, and man who pitches hay
will not be called in to milk cows,
Threshing is progressing very nicely
In western Kansas, and the yield Il
better than was expected.
The eastern papers are making fur
OF the suggestion that Fred Funstor
would make u good candidate for vice
president
In Kansas just now the man OIL
meets on the farm wearing the clothes
of the harvest field is just as aps TO b,
a store keeper, school teacher or law
yer as a regular farmer There ar,
places where all hands have turned
out to gather in the sheaves
Concordia is without electric lights
The dam which supplied the wate
power for the electric light plant wa