Hutchinson gazette., 1900-02-08
KANSAS II EMS or INTEREsE

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The amount OF olcomargarlne ship
ped into Kansas during the fiscal gear
1900 was 1868, ,54i pounds,
The Citizens bank at Altoonn has
been robbed ofs72O in silver, The burg
lars failed to get the currency,
Employees of the Santa He who wish
20 obtain transportation must now
mike application TO the division super
intendcnt,
II is said that another milling com.
pany is being organized for the purpose
of grinding gold out of the shale along
the Smoky.
Nothing has grown in KUnsas In the
last year like the free library sentiment
No less than twenty towns are discns-
sing the plan.
The fast mail7 made the run, re
Gently, from Emporia to Newton, adis
tance OF 70 miles, Ia 79 minutes
running time.
Bert Cole was driving i'm a buggy
near COTS, and collded with "A Central
Branch train at a crossing. lie Is In u
critical condition.
An ex-probOtc Judge OF Logan county
Ia charged with forging the names OF
two men to NfIidaVits in proving up ON
Iome government land.
The amount OF real estate mortgages
In Scdgwick county filed in january
was s64, ,03l,3O, while releases footed
up total of slO0, ,52IiO
Superintendent Frank Nelson has
announced three series Of dates for
normal Institutes, viz; Ending June
60, July 27 and August "a.
Thirty.eight merchants Of Abilene
have signed an agreement to close their
stores at 6;3O for seven months, COM
mencing with February /.
James o'Neai Gleason, a Twentieth
{ Kansas volunteer, was shot and killed
recently in a San Francisco saloon
where he was tending bar
DIR. Fischer, veterinarian Nt the Ag-
.Ficultural college believes the diseased
cattle on Swift's aanch, near Iloyt,
Igere suffering from tthe effect Of too
much cottonseed meaA instead of hydro
phobia,
The prevalence OF ,ehickenpoX in
Kansas towns has cut Oh, opportunities
togot small jobs by the poor Fear of
bOntagion is the cause. IRoor commits
Gioners' supplies are OyertDSed from
this cause.
KSSSas Republicans will hold n
double state convention at Topeka, on
May lC, TO nominate state ticket and
10 name delegates to the national con-
Eention. There will be $50 delegates
In the Kansas convention.
The comptroller of the currency hSs
declared second dividend OF 10 pey
tent in favor of the creditors OF the
htchison National bank, OF Atchison,
Kan, making in all 40 per cent on
slaims proved, amounting to $780, 200.
There was shipped from the Florena
ttone quarries, near Irving, in the year
lust closed, 1870 carloads of stone,
there was such demand for this stone
that the proprietor couldn't fill all the
orders. Recently capitalists from
Beatrice, Neb,, have purchased several
acres of stone lands, and viii at once
open another. quarry, which will give
employment to large number Of hands,
The most Of this stone has been ship,
ped to other states
DR.. Elizabeth Mcintyre, Il grad late
Of the Kansas Medical college, has
struck rich find of lead and zinc in
northern Arkansas. Dr. Mcintyre had
I'm office in Topeka at one time, but
will now devote her time to her inter.
ests in Northern Arkansas,
Lieutenant Uline left Wichita with
leven more men and said that during
The last month, recruiting stations
have been open at Kansas City, Topeka
Ind two Kansas towns, and only 90
men have been secured, compared to
DC men for the Wichita station alone.
Mrs, Louisiana II. Delahay, widow of
the late Mark w. Dclahay, the first
federal district Judge Of Kansas is very
low, and her recovery is not expected.
This venerable woman has reached the
age Of n years and has been i'll for
some time.
The State Teachers association will
recommend that the next legislature
pass law providing for the study of
agriculture in the common schools
Should this succeed, Secretary +. D.
Coburn will be asked to write text
book.
Mrs, II. A, Brown has been postmis-
tress at Homestead, Chase county, for
almost twenty-five years. She is now