Hutchinson gazette., 1900-02-01

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A Clay Center photographer took"
four newly married couples in one day
recently,
February Is the thirty-fourth ami.
versary Of the founding OF Washburn
college,
II cost Harvey county only s69,33 TO
run It's poor farm the last twelve
months,
T., B, Davenport, n farmer near Atch'
ison, sells capons in Kansas Citp ut 81
cents each,
Kansas towns are generally forming
commercial clubs, The latest to do so
Is Plcasanton
Ellis expects the Union Pacific to
spend u lot Of money on improvements
there this season
Mrs, Lee Cochran was killed and her
husband badly injured at road cross
ing ut Lebanon,
Lieutenant uline took seventeen ar
tillery recruits from Wichita, lie goes
to Pittsburg next,
Miss Helen Gould has contributed
$500 for n library to be placed in :he
Y. NJ, c, A, reading rooms at Fort
Scott
Wichita is 10 have large grocery
brokerage firm, II represents the
leading manufacturing firms OF the
country,
Implement dealers Of Kansas have
received quotations on binding twine
at u rate 2j per cent lower than few
days ago,
The senate committee on public lands
favors the bill TO give the Fort Hays
reservation to Kansas for educational
purposes
The southwest portion OF Montgom.
cry county is infested with gang OF
thieves. Horses, hogs, buggics, sad
dies, harness and feed are taken,
At Longton the opera house. pos,-
oSlce and q harness shop burned in the
night. The loss is between S., 900 and
$4,000 partly covered by insurance,
Jacob Dewitt, past grand commander
Knight Tcmplars and past grand high
priest and past grand master A, +, and
A. NJ, Of the state Of Kansas, is dead.
Kansas has had fifteen governors as
n state, Twelve have been Republi-
cans two Populists and one Democrat.
The state was thirty.nine years old on
January 20,
Walter Peterson, who served term
in the penitentiary for stealing, re-
turned to his old home, Ottawa, and |
has since been arrested for having |
stolen horses in his possession.
The assistant attorney gdneral rulos
that clerks Of district courts cannot |
legally charge the county fee for
keeping the minutes Of the court Sew
eral district clerks have been collecting |
feos for this work,
The executive council issued an order
prohibiting loafers from taking up
room in the state house. The state
house has always been n favorite loaf
ing place for lot of Topeka toughs.
They will now have to hunt another
place
The women of the United Brethren
church at Marmaton worked three days
with spades and picks digging for the
foundation of church. The business
men Of the town then finished the work
through shame The women had
raised money enough for the material
for the church. The women had de-
termined to do the carpenter work,
but the men decided that they would
attend to that.
James Huffman, brakeman on the
Hutchinson e. Southern, was run over
and killed at Rago, Kingman coun-
ty.
A stock company with capital OF
about 81 900, has been organized at
Williamsburg, for the purpose of bor-
ing for gas or oil, Williamsburg is en-.
thusiastic over the prospect,
The Blue Rapids Motor says; "As
much as twenty-five years ago the Blue
Rapids wooden mill furnished the WOOL
en- goods for the state penitentary and
other public institutions
c. Il. Ingram, formerly Rock Island
agent at Morganville, has resigned his
position and accepted the chief clerk
ship to Local Freight Agent f. L, Pea
cock, with headquarters in Topeka,
Mr. John Kyle relates that when he
first came to Cawkcr in 1871, he made
trip to the present site of Gaylord,
and while there woman died and no
coffin could be procured. Part Of the
roof Of house was taken off to make
n hoy for har burial Tho nout nf l,,,,