Hutchinson gazette., 1900-12-27
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST.

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talking OF sugar beets.
The Methodists OF Inman have raised
$1,000 10 build q new church,
The Presbyterian church OF Neodesha
expects to build 81, 1000 parsonage.
There were two fatal shot gun acct
dents Ht Cofreyvillc on December 10,
The NJ, u. church Mt Chnnuto received
100 new members at one time recently
The state association OF Kansas post
masters are to meet In Topeka January
l0-ll
Miss Mary c, Park 10 serving her
fifth term as clerk Of the Atchison
school board,
Ex-Governor Leedy is going TO Ore.
gon with his family TO remain there
permanently
About 10000 acres OF land near IIav-
ana, Kas, have been leased for oil and
gas production.
The Dodge City Presbyterian church
will build seven room parsonage in
the near future,
The December report on the condi.
OF Kansas wheat Is only 00,7 per cent.
What's the matter?
An advance party OF Russians Is in
Edwards county They are looking
for location for a colony,
Val, w, Robertson, Rock Island
brakeman, fell from train Mt Abilene
and received very serious injuries,
The Sixth district seems to have
centered its desires on Ellsworth for
the location Of the new insane asylum.
The agent OF the American Express
company, at Fort Scott, will test the
law requiring him to have a city Ii
censc.
Miss Belle G. Brooks Is visiting her
home in Ellis She Ia the musical
director Of the Madison Square Theater
company,
Burglars opened n safe at Solomon,
securing valuable papers and about
500. The store was injured by the ex-
plosion.
The librarians OF Kansas propose to
hold n meeting in Topeka coincdent
with the state teachers association
meeting,
Rev. Harvey s. Christian, pastor of
the Florence Presbyterian church, died
December 10, after an operation for
appendicitis,
Decatur county people have prepared
n petition to the Legislature to estab-
lish a state salt plant at the IIutchin-
son reformatory,
Miss Anna Bigger, Of Emporia, has
been elected principal Of the music de.
partment Of female college at VIII
Jamestown, ), G.
A county commercial club is being
organized in Montgomery county to
work for the interests Of the county
and her towns,
Representative business men Of Wich.
ita have started movement to erect
monument over the grave OF ex.Gov-
erpor i, D, Lcwelling,
The First Methodist church Of Wich-
ita, at its Sunday service raised thank
offering of $500, which pays the only
debt against the church, which was
upon the parsonage,
Mrs, Bonscll, from Iowa. was enroute
TO viSt in St. John, Kas., and while
standing on car platform tho train
started throwing her in position to
have her foot crushed between the
bumpers. The foot was amputated.
Governor Stanley says he wants to
hear from the people as to what they
want done by the state for the semi
centennial exposition in 1901.
The report Of State Bank Commits
sioner Breidenthal states that the
farmers and stoclemcn of Kansas have
on deposit in banks sl7, 1893, ,3ls, or 5Gl5
per cent of the entire deposits, and
that the entire deposits Of corporations
is 6}6 per cent of the total deposits.
The number OF the FIRST named depos-
itors is 1880 and Of the depoeiting
corporations 1916.
Fifteen hundred turkeys were driven
overland from Stafford county and de-
ivered to Hutchinson poultry dealer.
Major ben Furguson, of DCalgc City,
has started in upon what he proposes
to make his winters employment, by
the capture Of 100 skunks and coons.
He skins the animals and takes the
fat. The skunk hides are contracted
at 80 cents each and the oil at 81 gal.
lon. He digs the animals out of their
sandholes and his dogs take care of
them. A judiciouS use of coal oil is
used TO overcome the musk
Governor Stanley has appointed 4.
M. Potter, of Peabody; s. r. Myers. of