Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-23
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST.

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From Ness county comes the story OF
bunch OF rye 3s inches high with five
inch heads
Minneapolis IL to vote upon the build
ing Of high school with bonds for q
foundation,
Joseph Ralston died at Leavenworth
few days since at the age OF 30 years
and 4 months,
The NJ. X, g. T. railroad officials are
preparing to erect Y, NJ, c, A. build
Ing in Parsons,
Tho anti-horscthief association OF
Cowley county is taking In new MEM
bers by scores.
The graduating class OF the Topeka
high school is composed Of 40 girls and
IA boys 90 In all.
At powhattan, Brown county, le, 900
bushels OF corn was sold at 40 cents
Dnshel IN the crlo
John Gray, farmer near Andovcr,
IL going TO Ireland for his first visit
lie Is G3 years old,
Kansas farmers are now carrying
banners and chanting condition OF
wheat lO5 per cent
The graduating class at the Chapman
high school wns made up OF twelve
boys and three girls,
The Farmers National bank OF Os'
borne is not incorrectly named. Farm
ers put up for its stock
A. L. Evans, who killed man in
Tennessee, in self defense as he claims,
was arrested at Fort Scott.
The Barber county teacher who as.
saulted one OF his young girl pupils
was found guilty by the trial jury.
A stranger is negotiating with Au'
gusta to plant there lead pencil fac
tory with a capacity Of $4,000 day.
Archibald Kerr, nm old citizen Of
Greenwood county is dead He was
widely known as breeder OF fine stock.
A. j. Athay while riding home from
Caldwell to Bluff City lost both horses
by lightning but was not affected by it
In person.
The recent general, quiet rains
raises the doubt which had commenced
TO hover over the wheat crop in few
localities,
A company formed at Cherryvale
with n capital Of 100000 proposes to
erect a plant and manufacture auto
mobiles,
Charles H. Sloan was killed by light
ming at White City lie had just
moved there from Soldier in Jackson
county,
The New York dailes are airing n
list Of Kansas millionaires when II is
probably true that Kansas hasn't one
of them
DR. Boyaltin is coroner Of Marshall
county at the age Of o. He claims to
be the eldest veteran OF the civil war
IN KanARs.
The rain on the night Of the 18th was
general in Southern Kansas and ex.
tended west as far as Dodge City and
north to Salina.
i, c, Wilson, student OF Friends
university at Wichita, was to marry at
Springfield, ILL.,, but is restrained from
going there by quarantine Of the
the dormitory in which he rooms,
There are 80 students held there on ac.
count Of case Of smallpox,
A. Reynolds, an old citizen of Coffey-
vile, was walking near high, steep
bank and slipped into the Vcrdigris
river anu was urOWneu'
Joseph Richmond has shclled over
10000 bushels Of corn which he cribbed
IN Harper county five years ago He
says that holding it was good invest
ment.
The towns Of Kansas are pretty gen
orally arguing about the propriety of
cutting down all female cottonw ood
trees in their streets. The cotton nu-
sancc is the cause,
Colonel A. A. Harris, once n promi.
nent lawyer at Fort Scott died at Du.
luth, Mimi, May 10, He had lived
there since 1923.
The executive council purchased two
lots on Tenth street near the capitol
for 81, 500 for the location OF the state
house heating and lighting plant.
There is two story brick building on
the lots, the material from which can
be used in the new building. The lots
once sold for S93, 900. They are on the
corner Of Tenth and Jackson, southeast
of the state house grounds,
One oswcgo man had shipped 5000
worth Of pie plant while May was still
young,
Isaac Dean has purchased the IIamil.
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