Hutchinson gazette., 1901-09-12
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST

S, p. Woodson, Jr,, the Caldwell
hotel keeper, raised $4,000 bushels OF
wheat THE year on the side
The Newton public schools opened
with an enrolment of 1893, of which
1872 were In the high school.
A man al Preston was on top of a
windmill tower and counted thirty
three steam threshers at work,
4, X. Thompson, OF Dover, Shawnee
county, won three prizes on his Short
horn cattle at the Iowa state fair,
All difficulties between Cottonwood
Falls and Strong City over the route OF
the Orient road have been adjusted,
Mrs Morton Albaugh was injured In
runaway in Kingman. Mr., Albaugh
had left after the cattlemens picnic,
Pittsburg claims to have had 10000
working men there on Labor day,
There were 5000 miners In the parade,
Old settler reunions have followed
the reunions OF veterans and there has
been about as many Of them in the
state.
The missionaries under the American
Sunday School association in the cen
tral west spend II week in conference at
Topeka.
Mrs. Sherman McKnnis, Of Republic
county, has four pairs Of twins, all
living, the eldest pair not yet eight
years old,
The attendance Mt all the veterans
reunions in the state was larger than
usual, with the exception of the state
reunion.
An excursion from Emporia TO Fort
Riley took $500 people. There were
four sections Of six cars each No stops
were made.
The Katy officials have notified Par
sons that they will establish big car
shops there at once, with $50 men to
start with.
A party Of so Nebraska farmers came
TO look over Sumner county and attend
the wheat carnival, and with a view of
buying farms,
John II. Cram, Fort Scott attorney,
had fight with James Burton, an ed
itor OF that city. II arose from saloon
license disputes
c. b. Combs, Of Reading, married
Miss Rose Vickers, Of saltwater, Okla.
Immediately after she had filed on q
claim at Lawton,
Adjutant General Fox has issued a
revised edition of the rules and regula-
tions for the government Of the Kan
sas National Guard.
Difficulty is experienced at Baxter
Springs In the selection of n location
for the postoifice to take the place Of
the building recently burned.
Mrs, Stansbury, of Coffeyville, has
sued the liquor sellers of the town for
$4,000 damages, alleging that they
made her husband a drunkard.
Larkin Heron, whose home is at
Oxford, was playing as pitcher for the
Arkansas City Grays, when he fell dead,
1t is thought he burst blood vessel
while sliding TO base.
ID. Il. Gordon, of Dickinson county,
offered 25-acre field for $40 an acre.
He raised alfalfa on the land and took
two cuttings Of hay and one seed crop
from it, the whole bringing S52 an acre
or S45 an acre after paying all expenses.
There will be still another light hay
crop.
ANOTHER large number Of non-unior
miners arrived at Pittsburg on Labor
day to work in the Big Four mines
The companies posted notices Offering
their old employees the same wages ant
the same conditions which have beer
in force heretofore.
Labor day, September ., was mad
vertently set for the award Of contracts
for work on the state house, but Gov
ernor Stanley decided to observe hi
own proclamation asking everybody t,
rest on that day and the opening o
bids was deferred.
A. NJ. sagar, aged 90 years, who's
home is in Cherryvale, was Stable,
and killed by Riley Smallwood in
saloon in Tacoma, Washington.
The recruiting station at Salina
since 1t was established on May Is, ha
examined 127 applicants and enliste,
~ Of them; 25 Of these were enliste
during August.
Pastures of Reno and Kingman coun
ties recovered after the dry weathe
but stock water is scarce and in som
places not to be had. This causes r,
moval Of herds.
A lot Of people Of Parsons got scare
and put in their winter hay at $40 an
and $l3 ton, Soon after loose ha
was worth 81 and baled hay So there.