Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-04
Peter II. Foley has been appointed
at Parsons.

A new laundry building and outfit
at Eureka Is burned at loss OF 5000,
The pasture lands OF Kansas are
greater In extent than Pennsylvania,
Kansas wheat harvest covers 100000
more acrea than all the state OF Della
ware.
Banls Commissioner Albaugh Ia OF
the opinion that Kansas has too many
banks
Two hundred Odd Fellows attended
the dedication of new hall NJ Hum
boldt.
Northeastern Kansas complains OF
n severe drouth during the last week
In June.
The cost to Butler county In the sec.
ond trial OF Miss Morrison will be
about $4,000.
The files OF the Atchison Champion
show that on June 20, In the years, 1881,
1901 and 1901, the thermometer regis.
tered l09 In tho shade.
Miami county has just paid S2l2,OOO
TO take up It's bonds voted TO the NJ, X.
Il 4. 80 years ago The county has not
another dollar Of debt,
The Birdsell family, OF Nortonvillc,
consists Of father, mother, three sons
and Ave daughters, and the average
weight OF the ten Is 200 pounds,
In Dickinson county chinch bugs
have left tho stubble fields and are at
work upon the corn. They multiplied
enormously during the dry weather.
While the county teachers institute
was In session at Westmoreland a game
of baseball was played between the
girls Of the institute and the town
girls.
Bethany College, at Lindsborg, has
been presented with all the important
works OF the $50 most noted authors,
which constitute the best Swedish
library in America
Alfred Swanson, a farmer of Nc.
Pherson, county died in his harvest field
after working continuously three days
and two nights, 1t was called sun
stroke, but was death from over
work.
Twin boys, ls months old, were play
ing on the railroad track near Wood
ston, Rocks county, and both were in
stantly killed by train. They were
children OF c. G. Cook, whose home 10
near the track,
The city ordinance OF Wellington
which places an occupation tax OF
1900 year on druggists who hold
permits to sell liquor went into effect
on July 1. The tax is payable semi
annually in advance.
The legislature provided for n parole
agent to keep track Of the prisoners
paroled from the state reformatory, and
]. W, Leibengood, Of HiawNtha, has
been appointed 10 that Office. The
salary is 81, 900 a year.
1t is asserted that the board Of com
missioners Of Shawnee county has con-
tracted with lawyers TO prosecute the
so Insurance companies doing business
in the county, under the law which
puts penalty upon the use OF rate
books by their agents.
A hobo entered the house OF Frank
Kestler in Barton comfy, while the
family were all in the harvest field.
He found 800 and left, but was follow
ed when ho fired upon his pursuers
without effect, but received ashot from
them, which may be fatal. The money
was recovered
A ton OF Trego county shale has
yielded Sl5 worth OF silver and $40
worth Of gold.
State Labor Commissioner johnson
is harvesting his 80 acres of wheat in
Sumner county.
Pittsburg has IL 676 people and with
the mining camps surrounding the city
the number is 16,509.
Elmer Mott, Topeka mail driver, is
in Jail charged with robbing mail
packages of jewelry.
A New York alderman has n scheme
to send 5000 unemployed men and
women to Kansas and Kansas will not
stand 1t and has told the New Yorker
so. Governor Stanley sent this mes
sage: kansas always welcomes
thrifty, helpful people, but doesn't in.
tend to become the poor house of the
nation"
Items like this are common thing
just now: A farmer near Belle Plaine
threshed his wheat and it turned out
35 bushels to the acre and tested 90
pounds to the bushel. lie was more
surprised than he could expresa
s p. Calm, one OF the jurors in the
Jessie Morrison case, lost his big hay