Hutchinson gazette., 1901-11-14
KANSAS ITEMS 0E INTEREST,

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Shawnee county voted against the
proposed levy for liking up the state
fair grounds at Topeka,
Chase county apple growers are be-
coming desperate, They cannot find u
market for their apples,
c, \, Miller vi Oberlin, while cutting
ont cattle was thrown from his horse
and dragged to dragged to death
The 62nd report of the Kansas SUI
prcmc court win be ready for those who
want IL, sometime in December
Julia n. V. Harris, of Wellington, is
the only woman lawyer Of Kansas who
practices before the supreme court,
Reports are ont that oil has been dis
covered near Blackstone, Sumner coun-
ty, between Caldwell and Anthony.
The place Of Physician at the insane
asylum at Topeka Is vacant and lines
arc out 70 find the best man TO FIJI II,
A new Congregational church is to
be built nj Osborne, IL will be OF stone
and will cost between So, 900 and 81, 900.
Three banks OF Salina hold deposits
amounting to sl,3n, n,O2i5O, which is
over s7s for every inhobitOnt Of Saline
county,
Thirteen banks do the business OF
the 5000 people Of Brown county
The combined assets of these banks is
S?,l79,OOO,53
Galcna Is trying the United States
courts TO further the effort to force
down water rates 40 per cent, accord
Ing 90 the city ordinance
In and within three miles OF Cherry
vale there are 90 gas wells with n pro-
ducing capacity Of 100 million cubic
feet daily; equivalent to $500 tons of
coal, or 400 carloads
The Catholics are building new
churches at Frontenac, Chicopee and
Grecnbush, Work has commenced on
hospital at Pittsburg and anew school
building will be built there,
The binding twine plant at the Kan
sas penitcntiary will start to work
about January 1. Warden Jcwett has
secured enough sisal 20 keep the work
going through the winter months,
Superintendent Church proposes to
vigorously prosecute the Mercantile
lCirc Insurance company, of Chicago,
and It's agents in Kansas for doing busi-
incss without a license aud for refusing
10 settle losses.
The counties OF Stanton, Grant, Has
Kvll Morton, Stephens, Seward and
Meade and part OF the counties of
Hamilton, Finney, kcarney, Gray,
Ford and Clark are not within the
Louisiana Purchase.
Rev. p. II. Anderson has just re-
turned TO Abilene from the Klondike,
where his mines have this year given Il
large fortune, and has purchased sew
eral farms in the county and settled
his relatives upon them.
The present term OF the supreme
court has on the docket 6i3 eases. 1t
will take the court year to catch up.
There are about 40 new cases coming in
monthly, which would make 1000 eases
in sight for the next year
The old law suit over the mineral
springs property at Carbondale has
reached u verdict in the Emporia dis
trict court for Sl7 600 damages for the
Burdicks The ease is against the Car
bondale Investment company and 1t
has been in the courts for ii years.
Ed Winchester of Lcavcnworth, has
has had leg amputatcd. 1t was the
result of Injuries received in football
game.
Cattlemcn are buying up tax deeds
and unsold school lands in western
counties, taking every acre they can
get hold Of,
II, l., jones' aged II, the first mcm-
Der of the legislature from Saline coun-
ty, is dead. He was the original "Buf-
falo Jones, representing large section
OF the state which was then covered
with bnffaloes.
Reports received by Superintendent
Nelson from 95 Of the los counties of
the state show that l5O now school
houses have been built during 1901,
The second Jail delivery within a
month occurred at Great Bend Four
prisonery took stone out of the wall
and the next day were dodging blood
hounds.
Blacklcg among young cattle in Sedg
wick county is attributed to sudden
change of the stock from grass to pas
turage on early sown wheat with n
rank growth.
Two sets Of heirs and the state of
Kansas are trying to get the property
left by John Gamer, Of Butler county.