Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-20

pounds Of butter in the first week in
June.
A new Sc, 900 Methodist church has
Just been dedicated at Chelsea, Butler
county.
Sixteen farmers about Woodbine
have planted a $4,000 bank in Wood
bine.
IAN ottawa county farmer has just
been marketing 1000 bushels OF old
wheat.
Kansas City crooks were arrested
for robbing a store at Roxbury, Nc
Pherson county,
Geo, Sharp, Central Branch brake
man, was killed near Efingham by an
overhead bridge.
The State Agricultural college con-
fered degrees on 81 graduates and nine
post graduates on June i2,
LHbette county made its first ship
ment OF butter TO New York last week.
The Parsons creamery sent carload.
A project Is started in Columbus to
put on an automobile cab line TO and
from the union depot to advertise the
town.
Walter Post, aged IS years, was
drowned in the mill race in Burlington
while swimming, He was seized with
cramps,
Kingmau county has 1876 people who
are over 70 years old; Of these thirty
are past so, three are past 90, OF the
1856 the women far outnumber the
men,
A villain threw stone through the
window of a Katy passenger coach, at
Parsons, and Miss Libby Chetelle was
struck by it and received internal in
jury,
llX- Representative Il, j, Turner, Of
the sixth Kansas district is practicing
law in Washington before the con-
gressional committees and depart
mcnts
G, b. Zinn, Of Topeka, ships scoring
Holstein cattle to Mexico where he has
business partner. They are doing
much to improve the breed of cattle in
Mexico
The Topeka Mirror Manufacturing
company has asked the attorney gem
cral of the United States to prosecute
the Mirror and Plate Glass trust under
the Sherman antitrust act.
D, b, Bartholomew, stockman and
farmer Of Stafford county, was killed
at the depot at Hudson. The express
truck stood too near the track and an
engine struck it and it was hurled
against Mr., Bartholomew,
L, w, Luellen, Of olathe, the invent
or Of n voting machine, is in Washing
ton consulting attorneys about organ
i2ing company to build themachines.
EX.State Treasurer IIclllebower is fl
nancing the invention,
Miss Augusta NJ. DeForest, who won
u scholarship in Washburn college,
when she graduated from the Atchison
county high school ut the age Of Is years
has now won four year scholarship
in Columbia university at Washington,
D. c., upon her graduation from
high school of that city,
Mrs, Amelia Bruning, who has been
n widow years, has in that time
greatly improved her farm in Ellsworth
county. The farm consists OF 500 acres
of which 200 acres raised a crop of
wheat this season; with other crops in
proportion She has fruit in abund-
ance, Her house is 9s by 30 and her
barn 80 by 4s with sheds for 100 cat
tie
Prof, James II. Garfield, once chan
cellor OF Kansas university, now Ii
brarian of Columbia university, Ohio,
is proposed as national president of
the Young Mems Christian Association.
A representative OF Kansas City
firm spent three days in Wichita try
ing to find an agent who would take
loans for bis firm. lie was told that IL
was useless MS no money was wanted
on mortgages in that part OF the state;
that banks were buying per cent
school bonds because Of there being no
demand for loans
The st, Louis Democrats beauty
show at Salina resulted in the selection
of Miss Margaret Mcconnell as the
most beautiful woman in that city.
Miss Mcconnell is city school tecaher.
Hugh A. Cook Is dead at Ottawa
lie came TO Lawrence in the sos and
his store was burned there in the Quan.
trell raid, Later he was associated
with Solon 0. Thatcher in newspaper
work. He was twice sergeant-at-arms
and once member of the legislature,
and was the second sheriff of Franklin
county, His children numbered IA.
There were only about twenty dele
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