Hutchinson gazette., 1899-07-20


fore In the history Of tho state
A coyote with hair only on one side
was captured in Pratt county recently.
This Is said TO be u sign Of a coming
warm winter
Secretary Alger says that the Twen'
tleth Kansas will be the fourth In line
to leave the Philippines, and that II
= will not be home before next Novem'
; Der.
A prominent citizen OF Greenwood
county recently took bull whip and
cruelty lashed his wife and grown
daughter The nelghbors have done
nothing, but they should.
At Moundridge, The other day, the
death OF man from an excessive use
OF whisky led to revulson Of public
sentiment and every joint In the place
was forthwith closed up as tight as
wax.
New business concerns have so en-
cronched on halls and other public
places In western Kansas lately that
In one town II Is now proposed, for
lack OF another place. TO hold poul'
try show In the local Methodist
church.
In order to secure thlrty'dollar
job teaching school In the town OF
Skyhigh, the average Kansas girl ab
an examination has to tell what o
blood platelet Isl astlgmatism, pro-
teids, carbohydrates and hyhrocar-
bons and Corti's organ Of the ear
At meeting OF the executive com.
mittee OF the State Temperance Union
at Topeka last week, the time Of tho
next annual convention was fixed for
January 0 and 10, provided that tho
speakers from abroad which the com'
mittee desire can be secured for that
date
The sole ration given the southern
negroes who are being shipped into
southeastern Kansas to take the places
Of strikers, is bologna sausage and
bread and water 1t is said that tho
bologna Is the first the southern me-
groes have ever tas cd, and they eab
themselves blind on It,
Many farmers look upon poultry
raising ns matter Of small import.
ance, but within the past few years
there has been an awakening Sub
stantal and convenient poultry houses
have been built and more attention IL
being given to incubators and brood.
ers, which are necessary to best sue
cess
During the past week good rainc
have continued throughout the state
and the corn is in excellent condition.
1t is said that all the early corn is
now insured, while the corn that wa,
planted where wheat was plowed W
will require about three weeks moro
of the present weather to make full
crop,
A suit has been filed in tho district
court of Shawnee county by Kate
Ehrlich against the Santa Fe, which
involves only small amount of mon.
ey, hut Is Of great interest to grain
men as 1T involves the liability of rail
roads for shortages on grain ship
ments. The plaintiff claims to havO
shipped GGG bushels of wheat over this
Santa Fe from Lehigh, In Marion
county, to Topeka, but when tho
grain arrived there was only 5I5 bush
els, The railroad Is sued for tho
value OF the difference The question
Of shortages in grain and responsible
ity for them is one that has been
much discussed by grain men and Is
considered at every grain mems meet
ing For that reason suits involving
the question will be watched with in.
terest by them.
A woman in southern Kansas has
nge boys, each bearing the name of a
different man, each of whom has been
her husband
The distance between Upton and
Hunter, in Mitchell county, is only
seven miles, but letter mailed at
Upton has to travel 200 miles to get
to Hunter.
The Doniphan county orchards are
among the most extensive and fruitful
in the state, Buffalo" Jones brought
and planted the first orchard trees
into that locality
An assay of the feelings OF the aver
age man on the 5th day of July will
show more heartfelt regret to tho
thought than on any other day Of tho
year.
The mine operators in eastern Kan.
sas have issued an ultimatum in which
they state that no union man can geS
employment in their mines.
Robert FLEMING. nm Atcbison color.