Hutchinson gazette., 1901-10-24
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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Fort Scott named llolton as the place
for Its next meeting,
Dclphos has new $4,000 school
house II Is one.third larger than the
one that was burned.
The Odd Fellows grand lodge offers n
reward Of $500 for the arrest OF the de-
faulting grand secretary, d. W, Kent
Il, $, Holiday, new member Of
congress from Indiana, served In the
civil war as a member Of Kansas reg
imcnt
Ewing Herbcrts aged mother was
thrown from the carriage while riding
with her son in Iliawatha, and severely
injured,
d, G, Hall, an Atchison county farmer,
has 10000 bushels Of corn which has
been in his cribs twoycars, He is hold
u for Zoe bushel,
Wellington officials will arrest par
cnts Of children who do not attend
school, II is dneable offcnse, abb
lcnc has taken the same course.
Charles Gathers, l3.year-old Office
boy employed by the Charles Wolf
Packing Company, Of Topeka, fell 30
feet through an elevator shaft and sus-
tanned fatal injuries,
Charles Il. Elmorc has been appointed
by the Santa Fe management foreman
of the bridge, building and water SER
vice Of the middle division with head
quarters at Newton.
Reuben lIamlin was pulling a spike
at n siding, west of Hutchinson, while
standing with his back TO coming
train. lie evidently did not hear the
tain and was killed,
The Hutchinson city council has de-
cidcd to buy its city waterworks and
electric light plant, having that right
under the franchise held by the COM
pany which owns them.
c. A. Baker, of Arkansas City, was
with his family in the woods TO gather
pccans. He fell from n tree which he
was shaking and was injured so that
he died three hours later.
Mrs Rich, Of Wichita, has sued John
and Susanna Kinscder, for damages for
repeatedly getting her two boys drunk.
The boys are II and 10 years old. The
case IS in the district court.
II is told of Rice county woman
who, after seeing her fool husband lose
SIS on "sure thing game, walked up
TO the fakers table and grabbing up u
handful Of his money, walked OFF with
it, telling him she needed it to live on.
As the crowd was on the woman's side
the faker had TO look pleasant"
Kaw Valley potato growers made
good money from the high price re-
ceived from the one third crop they
raised this year. 1t Is estimated that
they have received $780, 900 for their po-
tatocs this year. One man planted
early in March and his crop reached
100 bushels to the acre. The late plant
crs missed the April rains and failed
to get crop,
A man calling himself Estate in
Surance adjuster of sewing machines"
claims to be an employe of the govern
ment, and that it is his duty to inspect
sewing machines lie found victims in
Leavenworth at the rate of so cent
fec each Is there really any Use in a
man working for living when the
world is so full of fools willing to con-
tribute to his support?
Tom Lloyd, an AtchiSon, Topeka & |
Santa Fe fireman, who was injured mt |
Thatcher, Colorado in lsOs and who
sued the company for $4,000 damages,
was given verdict for $1,000 in the
Atchson district court. II was the
first trial of the ease.
The reports of the state superinten.
dent show that 80 per cent of the popu-
lation of the state attend some kind of |
schools; while the report of the nation
al commissioner of education shows
that only 23 per cent of the population
of the United States does so.
Arrangements are completed for the
purchase of half section of land ad-
joining the State Soldiers home at
at Dodge City, for pasture purposes.
Its cost is 81, 900. There are now 450 |
inmates of the home and the number is |
steadily increasing.
There have been six damage suits
brought against the Atchison brewery.
They are all similar. The last one is
brought by widow whose husband
was killed in n drunken row, the drunk
enness caused by beer bought at the
brewery.
There was whisky picnic and poker
game combined at Blaine, Pottawat-
omie county, and at the finale two men
had been burned to death in their beds,
one lying at the point of death and |