Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-02
KANSAS ITEMS or INTFNEsT

II is rumored that Superintendent
Strylscr will go into the newspaper
business,
None OF the superlntendents APP
pointed to the state institutions ever
touch liquor.
Kansas Is TO be spared Bob Bur
dette in the future, He will marry
wealthy widow, at Pasadena, califor-
mia
The Methodist church people OF
Atchison give clap suppcrs'" Those
participating are not supposed to act
kittenish,
According to the papers In the cast
ern part OF the state the Thermometer
one night last week went as low as D
degrees below zero, But tho ground
hog saw his shadow In that arctic re-
gion.
The soldiers orphans homo Ia mis-
named. 1t is open TO all orphan and
homeless children, and the state will
probably strike the word Soldiers
from the name Of the institution, says
the Atchison Globe,
During the past week many Kansas
farmers have hauled their plows TO
town and had them put in running
order, preparatory for spring plow-
ing. The beautiful weather OF the
past week warns them that spring Is
near, and they nre making arrange
ments accordingly
No class OF people In the state feel
greater interest in the preservation
and care OF the records and relics In
charge of the State Historical Society
thnn the newspaper men. by their
effort the Society was created, and II
Is largely owing TO the interest they
have taken in the matter that 1t has
grown to such proportions,
The tree pruners and the maple
worms have proven fatal in recent
years TO many Of Leuvenworths shade
trees. April is the month for tree
planting and the wise property owner
will serve his best interests by replac-
ing all such, Trees, good walks and
we'll kept houses and premises are the
things that rent, eagerly remarks the
Leavenworth Standard -
The society people Of COTS and Wet
more who enjoy dancing are determn-
cd TO never again attend mask ball
in COTS The young men thoroughly
advertised one, and II was attended
with n crowded house of people from
tho towns and country all around.
One OF the costliest and most unique
masks was worn by young colored
girl, buS the young men and ladies
didn't know it until the masks were
removed, and the dance ended.
During the past week the farIS de-
part at ManhattOn has been b,iying
hogs to repeat the kailir feeding eX-
pertinent Ten head arrived late one
evening and were turned into the
paved barnyard. About bushel Of
whole lSaffir was thrown on the pave
ment for them and close by an nrmful
Of alfalfa hay. The hogs began eat.
ing the kaillr very grecdily, and in
moving about one of them came in
contact with the hay They did not
bpit out the kafir to eat the hay, but
their actions showed that the hay
suited them better; and thenext morn.
ing there was less alfalfa than taAir
left where the hogs were fed.
The court of appeals of Kansas City
has decided that contract made in
Kansas for beer is void, because the
laws of the state prohibit the sale Of
1t. Notwithstanding this decision,
Topeka contracts still collect dollar
for three bottles,
1t is believed that the work Of re-.
building the Missouri river bridge at
Atchison will not begin until after the
June rise. The entire bridge will be
new, except the piers. The compile
ton of this bridge will be grand
thing for Atchison.
Work will be commenced soon on
the construction of tho Coifeyville
electric light plant for which bonds TO
the amount of $4,000 were voted last
December.
A Douglas county man, +, D. Brooks,
has been appointed United States con-
sui at Smyrna, Turkey, AS the aver
age Kansas man never leaves the state
without taking along with him bun
die OF real estate literature, we may
confidently look for increased immi-
grafton from the vicinity OF Smyrna to
this state at no distant date.
Evidently the lawyers of Kansas
have kick coming. A great many
papers of late have commented on the
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