Hutchinson gazette., 1900-02-15
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST.

Clyde is looking for the removal TO
that place of the Missouri Pacific
division from Greenlcaf,
John Sheriff OF Big Hill must stand
trial on the charge Of mailing obscene
letters TO his divorced wife.
The Wichita chain gang prefer TO
stay inside and live on bread and water
rather than 10 work on the streets,
A Accompany has been formed in Brown
county to connect by telephone Hia-
watha, Reserve, Robinson and other
towns,
The second annual meeting OF the
State Society OF Labor and Industry
was held in Topeka, commencing Feb
ruary 3,
The management Of the Santa Fe
will spend 100000 in improvements
this year; much Of 1t for the reduction
OF grades,
The city superintendent at Ottawa
says that no cigarette smoker gets into
the high school; they drop out before
they reach It,
Mrs, Diggs, state librarian, will visit
New York TO promote her plan to
bring the annual meeting Of the Ma
tional Library Association TO Topeka
this year, She also will try to organize
a Kansas association
There are 30 Sac and Fox, So Chip.
pewas, 256 Kickapoos ESQ Iowas, and
bs4 Pottawotomies now on the Potta-
wotomie reservation. These and all
other Indians in Kansas are in charge
of Agent w, r. Honnell,
The Miners Industrial Union met in
Labor Commissioner Johnsons office
and reelected Edward Kecgan as mine
inspector, John T. Pratt, of Leavcn
worth, was elected president and James
Orr, of Weir City, vice president
In Kansas there are six kinds of Ad-
ventists, thirteen Of Baptists, seventeen
of Methodists, twelve Of Presbyterians,
three kinds of River Brethren, and
four Of Plymouth Brethren, six kinds
Of communistic religious societies, and
four kinds of Dunkards, The Friends
are of four different sorts, and the
Mennonites of twelve,
"All the experiments made with
sorghum by the government have been
made in Kansas writes Secretary
Wilson. "The sorghum seed intended
for distribution by the various con-
gressmen is raised on Miss Best's farm
at Medicine Lodge in Kansas, and the
government is not eXpendng single
cent in any other state,
Hon, o. i, Thslcr, OF the Riverside
Stock farm near Chapman, has just
completed one Of the finest residences
in the county. II contains fourteen
rooms, including bath and wash rooms.
II is brick veneer, with stone trimmings
and is finished in the latest style of
hardwoods and is heated throughout |
by furnace and will be lighted by gas.
The wealthiest colorcd man in Kan.
sas is |. G, Groves, Of Edwardsvillc,
Wyandotte county. lie owns one of
the largest potato farms in the Kaw
valley, and ships potatoes to market
by the trainlond, Eighteen years ago
he began without dollar in the world,
lie now owns 320 acres Of fine Kaw
valley land valued at $4,000, lie also
owns city and town property worth
several thousand dollars, and his per-
sonal property amounts to more than
81, 1000.
Representative Long has introduced
n bill to pay the city of Wichita Kas,,
81 l,639 for assessments paid for the
benefit of property on which is erected
the United States public building in
that city.
There is u movement to get the rail
road traffic managers and the cattlemen
together to adjust their differences
without the aid Of the courts.
Triplets in Miami county, two boys
aud n girl, at four months old weigh
forty-two and one.half pounds. The
boys Is pounds each and the girl l9il.
c. A. Woodard, the Santa Fe station
agent at Dalton, who was acquitted in
Justices court in Wellington of the
charge of criminal assault, was tried
at Dalton before committee of the
NJ. +. church on a charge of immortality
and convicted.
Attorney General GODDARD is prcpar-
ing to prosecute coal mine operators
who do not obey the screen law. The
supreme court upheld the law in de-
cision rendered some time since and
most of the operators have obeyed it
but not all.
Nemaha comfy has zinc boom.
Mining leases are being obtained for
land about Corning, An ASSAY has