Hutchinson gazette., 1899-12-21


victed five jointists at the present tern
giving them heavy sentences Of hnei
and Imprisonment,
olathe will probably make an attempt
70 secure the Baptist Theological Sem
inary which II has been decided to 10
cate in some town in the west,
The Kansas Medical college at Tope
ma, will have the largest graduating
class next spring that has been grad
natcd since the college was started,
1t Is quite probable that +, W, Zook
che Winfield young man who Is trying
20 secure position as officer in the
regular army, will have his ambition
gratihed,
Wendell Mclaughlin once stenogra
pher for Senator Plumb, has sailed foi
Manila to act MS stenographer and in
tcrpreter for the navy, lie sprung up
AZ Wichita,
A newsboy on "Katy" train cheated
passenger few days ago, A special
officer of the road happened to be on
the train, and at the next station the
ncwsboy was put off,
One firm In Topeka has refunded ST.
100000 worth Of Kansas school and
township bonds inside the last year,
In every case the interest has been re-
duced to per cent,
A Smith county man who had to quit
shucking corn for half day while hO
picked II load Of shot out Of the hide OF
one OF his horses thinks that the hunt
crs ought to be more careful,
A burglar robbed the store Of r. A.
Kier in North Lawrence and he wal
found unconscious with his face bruised
and swollen and covered with blood,
He had been struck with an axe.
Warden Tomlinson, OF the state peni'
tentiary has made arrangements to
start the binding twine plant this week.
II is the intention Of the directors OF
the penitentary to keep the plant go
ing all winter
Shawnee county has lost Sl27,1
this year by computations on fractionl
in the figuring up Of taxes, The losi
Is unavoidable, When there is q frac.
tion Of u cent Of taxes due on lot tho
county loses II
Mrs, Mary Folk, who died in st,
Marys Inst week, was probably tho
youngest bride who ever lived in Kan
Sas She was married at the age Of l9,
She was the mother of Mrs, George
Huyckc, of Ellsworth,
Governor Stanley will endeavor to
get the next legislature to make an ap.
preparation for home finders depart
ment, to work in connection with tho
state reform school, the Beloit indus
trial school for girls and the Atchisop
orphans home.
Goodland News; The RabidouX boys
tell us that they never saw the equal
Of last weeks rain since they have been
In the country, and they have been
here over twenty years. The ground
was wet down two feet and will not
dry out this winter, which will give
the fall wheat good start,
The Santa Fe has perfected ma.
chine for the easy handling of coal,
which is worked by compressed air.
1t is used especially for loading coal i'm
to cars, II Is practically an endless
chain of buckets, The coal is Shovelad
into the buckets and the air machine
hoists them into the ear and they arc
dumped
Notices have been received in Tope.
ka from Frank II. Peters, of Leland,
Texas, asking for information of the
whereabouts of LNndon c. Peters who
was last heard of in Kansas. The mis-.
sing man has II fortune waiting for
him,
Joe Bcsscr, formerly sergeant in
company c, Twentieth Kansas Volun.
teer infantry, prdes himself as tho
owner OF bottle of whisky which hd
carried with him from Leavenworth to
Manila and which he brought back
with him without being opened,
Almena's city council has offered $50
reward for every conviction Of an UNI
lawful sale Of liquor,
The stockmen are seriously thinking
OF asking the legislature to build n se
ries of good dirt roads through Kansas
that may be used for driving cattle
Along these roads would be placed tcle'
phone lines and at certain places feed
ing yards. The cattlemen of the state
say that the only loss would be in tho
matter of time that it takes the cattle
TO get to the Market that in driving,
the cattle would lose no flesh.
Lieutenant Fox, formerly of tho
Twentieth Kansas, has been selected I'd
succeed Captain George f. Rising, al
commandant at the st. Johns military