Hutchinson gazette., 1899-10-26
The Kansas Baptist State Convention
was held at ottawa last week.


che Agricultural Colleges 1850 more than
ever before,
Carlyle intends TO go after gas. u.
H. Funston Is member of the company
thatis pushing the matter
The cold storage plant at Nortonvillt
has 75, 900 dozen eggs ON hand ready
for the annual winter rise,
TO keep up with other debt'payers,
the Efilngham Mcthodists have lifted q
mortgage OF SsO5 ON their church.
Miss Alice Spradlin, the Topeka girl
who nursed the sick At Manila, Is 0
graduate OF the State Normal; class oi
'Oi.
The business OF the Abilene post,
Office Ia increasing so fast the town Is
looking forward to free delivery with
in year
Tor the first time in ten years or
more the Franklin county fair associa'
tion Is ont of debt; and better yet, the
treasury holds $500.
ThomHs'M. Potter, Of Peabody, wnf
chosen at It's recent meeting as vice
puosidentlfor Kansas Of the Farmers
Acknowledgements.
The old artillery sheds at Fort Lcav'
enworth nre burned TO the ground.
They had been empty since 1891 and
were OF no real value
A. Mueller OF Burlington, spent
seven years in ithe Transvaol and he
does not have avery favorable opinion
of President Kruger or Of the Beers
Heavy rains have fallen in Jewell
county, brcakinga six or eight weeks
drouth, Stock water was getting
scarce IN many locplities and wheat
was needing rain.
Weir City Is in tears because the fires
have been drawn from the last furnace
Of the Chcrokee.L Lanyon smclter and II
is believed that IL is the intention to
move The plant to some other point.
Kansas has been an excellent fielQ
for piclpockets this year, The street
fairs, carnivals and reunions have
brought together people for them To
work on and they have done the rest
On the farm of Charles +. llEtchin,
son in Smith county there is cheese
factory which has been in operation
since 1909, which has o capacity oi
1000 pounds OF milk day, with daily
output OF about 400 pounds OF cheese,
Wichita EAgle Asked II the salt in
dustry in Hutchinson in which he has
an interest would be reduced, Frank
Gould said Thursday while here: "No
sir, the salt industry is here to stay
and increase from year to year, not
withstanding the so-called salt trust y
Topeka Capital; An account OF the
coronation of the Wichita street faiI
and carnival should be sent to Queen
Victoria The Wichita style will prove
an cye.opener to her when she reflects
on the polscy style in which such func
tions were performed in the long ago
when she was young,
Wichita Eagle; u. S, Spore Of the
government experiment station, Hal
stead, Kan, was in the city interest
ing himself in the agricultural and
horticultural exhibit at the Street Fair.
Mr.. Sporc made arrangements to Sc.
cure great many Of the exhibits for
the government display at the Paris
exposition.
Dell Valentine, the newly appointed
clerk of the supreme court, has appoint.
ed subordinates as follows; Deputy
clerk, Herbert L, Armstrong, Topekaj
Stenographer and copyist, VIM. ogg,
olathe. The other copyist will prob.
ably be Miss Grace Foulks of Topeka,
daughter of the late Chas, Foulks OF
the Santa Fc claims department.
Col, Dick Blue will soon settle down
in Columbus
A Topeka mill has just secured con.
tracts for three carloads Of product to
be delivered at Chinese ports, Tho
west is going to take hand itself in
this increase Of foreign trade.
The Wathena Star notes q strike OF
rock haulers working in Doniphan
county quarry. They wanted more
pay, and got it. "Some of the men
who refused to work." says the Star,
"werc making $50 week, and some
weeks they were doing little better
New York Press; Reports are that
Kansas will be lending money to New
York and New England before long.
A tramp, half crazed with liquor and
drugs, set fire to the mattress in his cell
at the Wichita city prison, and fourteen
men, confined in that side of the Jail,
nearly suffocated before they were re.