Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-09
STATE NEWS PARAcRAPHED.

A new total abstinence movement
known M the Twentieth Century To-
tai Abstinence crusade has been be-
gun In Topeka,
Rural free delivery service will bo
established at Osnge City on August
i5; length Of route, 20 miles popula-
ton served, G53.
Lieut., j, j. IIalsch, Of the Twentieth
Kansas, who was the general manager
Of che Munln & Dagupnn railroad
while the regiment was In the PHIL
ipplnes, has presented an old Filipino
cannon, made In 1853 and captured by
the Americans last summer, TO To-
peka,
The Wyandotte county commission
crs let the contract for mncndnmiHlng
four of the sis principal roods which
enter Kansas City, Kan, Argentine
aud Rosedule. The improvements arc
TO be pnid for out of u special fund
created by n two-mill tax levy annual
ly for such purpose
dren are digging potatoes along the
Kaw river between Kansas City and
Lawrence, and many of the patches
Nrc yielding 200 bushels 10 the acre.
Most OF the potatoes are placed in
sacks and will be held until the au-
umn for higher prices,
Lodges Of the Modern Woodmen OF
America Of northeast Kansos held
their annual log rolling at KansaS
City recently The parade Of unl-
formed teams comprised 0bout 20
teams, together with the women OF
the several camps Of Royal Neighbors,
In snow-white costumes,
The KNnsns state agricultural COLI
lcgc has just received the pure bred
Guernsey bull Shylock, Of Darlington
451D. This is one Of the greatest dairy
animals ever brought into Konsns.
The dam of Shylock gave $50 pounds
of butter In six months; the average
Kunsus COW gives 90 pounds in n year.
Samuel Hazlctt, Un old Scotchman,
a years Of nger fell dead ON his
wires grave at Hartford, lIazlett
spent much time over the grave,
trimming flowers and shrubbcry, The
other morning, while cutting the
grass and watering II, he was strici-
en-, and before his friends reached him
he was deod.
At Mcpherson, Mrs Hawthorne
left her home TO visit u ncighbor, leay-
ing her two little boys in the yard.
In some manner the elder boy four
years old, secured some matches, and,
while his baby brother was in the
baby carriage set fire to the childs
clothes and before help could arrive
it was fatally burned.
Gun carriages TO mount the three
Spanish cannon at Fort Leayenworth
were received recently. These cannon
were captured at Santiago and were
shipped into Fort Leuyenworth in the
fall of 1905, They were manufactured
in France during the reign of the first
Emperor Napoleon and were captured
from his armies when they invaded
Spain.
Mrs. n. L. IIeddens was fatally
burned at Gnlcna while preparing dim
npr She was about to use goso-
line stove and opened the valve too
far, so that the fluid oyerr0n and
filed the room with inIlommablc
fumes. The moment, then, that she
applied match the flames burst forth
and ignited her clothing and before
help could reach her all her clothes
were burned from her body,
Fourth congressional district fu-
sionists met at Emporiu recently
and nominated Thomas II. Grisham,
u Cottonwood Falls lawyer, for con-
grcss. Other candidates were: Hem
dcrson Martin, Peter Ncarout w. W.
Brown, H. &. Jumper, L. Y, Wharton,
+. b. Lawrence and Thomas w. Nor
gan. Grisham was named on the
ninth ballot, his principal opponent
being Brown. Grisham is 81 years
old and native of Tennessee. lie
came to Kansas q years ago.
Two carloads of wild horses from
Idaho and Montana were brought to
Chanute about two weeks ago and
have been sold over southern Kansas.
These horses have run wild all their
lives and anyone that could capture
them could have them, When once
conquered they make good drivers,
as they are Of good disposition. The
principal objection to them is that
they have to be taught to eat grain,
which often requires a year or more.
They have lived on grass and know
nothing of any other kind of food.
Department Commander Martin, OF
the Kansas department of the Grand
Army of the Republic, announces that
the dates of the reunions in Kansas
this year are as follows: Cedarvale,
August 14-16; Frankfort, August
14-l7; Cherryvale, August 2O-25; lola,
August 21-23; Baxter Springs, inter-
state, August 81 to September 1; Phil
lipsburg, August 90-9l; Garnett, Sep
tember 81; Oakley, September 1915;
Eureka, September lila; Smith Gem
ter, September 17-21; Sedan, Septem-
ber 1922; Hutchinson, state, Septem-