Hutchinson gazette., 1900-02-15

LOOAL AMID FBhEVNAHs
Mrs. James Ryther died at her home
on East Ninth Street Saturday night
of pneumonia,
The entire debt of the M, II. church
hos been paid and the papers were ex-
hibited Sunday.
Two large rooms for Sunday school
purpose are to be built to Hadley Chap
pei, or Ave. F, M, Il, church.
Quarantine has been lifted from the
home Of Mr.. Niles the travelling man
who had q case of variolold on b. East.
The deed of the Hutchinson u South
ers railroad to he Santa Fe was re-
corded last Friday. II required S77O
worth of revenue stamps
DR.. II, NJ. Stewart was able to get
around to attend 70 his duties the lat
ter part of the week, after tussel
with appendicitis.
Grant Townsend OF Valley township
is very sick with innamatory rheuma-
tism. The Woodmen have sent out
nurse.
Rev. Dadisman of Hadlsy Chapel
has closed a series Of revlvals at his
church and commenced another series
at Clay Valley church east Of town.
We are sorry to have the Pretty
Prairie Chronicle suspend publication.
1t was newsy, bright and neat Mr.
Baxter is looking for new location.
A report was in circulation Tuesday
to the effect that Lawrence SwitZer
was dead, He has had genuine case
of smallpox, and has been quite sick
but is recovering.
The senior class in the biGh schools
of this city have organized for self
government They have adopted a
constitution Dy which the necessary
punishments are to be inflicted by the
class
Dendy ard Peck bought 400 head of
cows from Paul Russell the first of the
week and next day suit was brought
for damages against Russell, The
plaintiff claiming the cattle had been
bargained to him.
A quarter section of government
land in Reno county was iled on last
week. II is said there are two sec
tions of government land yet among
the sand bills Of North Hayes town
ship.
The county commissioners have let
the contract for rellooring and repair
ing the Arkansas river bridge South OF
this city to S. II. Cbappell. The agree
ment is that 1t is to be finished in
twenty days.
1t was just enough like blizzard
last Thursday morning to call to the
memory Of old timers of the blizzard
of January Z, 1856, when the wind was
so high and the snow 80 fine it would
blow a room full through the key hole.
There is an aged woman living in a
tent in the edge of town. She stayed
and weathered it through the cold
storms last week rather than take up
quarters at the poor farm. Her needs
are however looked after by the
county.
Wilson McCandless who was for four
years county treasurer of Reno county
and four years postmaster of Hutchin-
son died at his home in this city We'd
nesday morning Of pneumonia lie
was an old settler and of course well
known.
Hon. Claude Duval returned from a
trip to Missouri last week, While gone
he met with large number of railroad
men and says he was surprised to find
so many of them complaining because
of the companies running double
headers, and favoring government
ownership
Within the last week we have starred
in with rather bad sort Of storms. Not
bad because of their severity, but on
account Of the kind. The sleet is very
hard on stock not under shelter, How
ever, the winter has been so mild tnat
stock should be in good condition for
storms now.
The womens club of this city has un-
dertaken the matter Of securing sign
ers to the petition for the submission
of proposition to vote library tax
at the next city election. Enough
siguers have been secured to have it
voted upon. 1t is said there is very
little opposition to the movement for a
free city library to be maintained in