Hutchinson gazette., 1901-02-14

The state auditor collected fees In
January amounting TO 8l32,50,
Lyndon claims Harry 0oof, Roosc-
yelt's guide, as former citizen.
The State Society OF Labor and In'
dustry met In Topeka February 4.
A new national banlt has been au'
thoriaed to be organized at Great Bend.
The postofllcc At Climax, Greenwood
county, has been robbed of 500 worth
Of stamps,
The 95th anniversary Of the PScsby'
terlan church OF Mulyane occurs Feb
ruary 10.
Only one farm In Salt Creek town
ship, OF Lincoln county, Is owned by n
nonresident,
Joab Mulyane has purchased $4,000
worth OF stock In the SalinA Cement
Plaster campany
The daily capacity Of the sOlina
Touring mills is from 1900 to 1000
barrels per day,
The divorce docket Of the Montgom-
cry county district court has sixty
cases already filed,
Frank Wells, OF Seneca, Kansas, has
commenced building q home for him
self at Oklahoma City,
Bank Commissioner Mort Albaugh
has appointed s H. Crummer OF Belle
Vile, one OF his deputies,
Three new churches have been erect.
ed In the Swedish settlement OF Raw
Inns county In the past two years
The United Mine Workers in session
in Topeka, elected Edward Kugan, Of
Pittsburg to third term Ns secretary.
The people OF Clearwater are deter.
mined not only to be rid of joints, but
win drive out pool rooms, A mass
meeting Of farmers came to this de.
csion.
Elwood PETER, son ofcx.Senator Pef-
fer, died at Ray City, Mich, February
3, from pneumonia, lie was 20 years
old and was assistant superintendent
OF the Bay City sugar plant,
Snow fell last week at Topeka, at
different times, MAILING eighteen inches
in all At Emporia, two feet Of snow
fell, In northern Kansas trains got
stuck in snow drifts and in cuts.
The students and faculty Of Friends
University signed petition II the
mayor and city council Of Wichita ask.
ing that no billiard or pool room or
saloon be allowed TO run on the west
side Of the city.
Newton claims to be the first town
to "Nationallzc n joint" Some years
ago n wife went to saloon to get her
drunken husband and was insul.ed.
She smashed everything breakable,
The husband quit drinking,
A young lady from u neighboring
town went to Lcavenworth to purchase
bridal outfit She was invited to q
ladies' party and when the game Of
poker was over the young lady had
lost S9Gi, her entire wedding outfit
capital
Homer Reynolds who commenced
work when mere boy In the lumber
yard Office Of the Santa Fc in Topeka,
and later filed good clerkships in
Wichita, Wellington and Newton, go.
ing then to the general Office in Chicago
has become chief clerk at Galveston.
Superintendent Of Insurance Church
has received reports from thirty.fve
fire insurance companies doing bust
ness in the state in 1900, and the re-
ports show that there has been n reduc.
tiCu Of four cents on the hundred over
the yenr ls00 This is in addition to
the reduction of o cents Of 1899 over
1898. The reduction that year was
about seven cents,
All the joints in Iliawatha are
wrecked and the proprictors lave
skipped out,
The foundations for new $4,000
Methodist church at lola are almost
completed.
j, d. Coffcy, heretofore road foreman
of engines, has been appointed train
master of the middle division of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe at New
ton, Kas in place of r, D. Fowler,
who has been transferred to position
in the Office Of the third vice president
at Chicago.
The Kansas agricultural college
dairy makes l,50O pounds of butter
week.
Quahinc, the Pottawatomie woman
who was killed by her husband, had a
funeral in the ancient Indian style
A hollow tree had been cut off at the
proper height for the purpose and the
coffin was put down into 1t, feet fore.
most and left there,
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