Hutchinson gazette., 1901-04-18
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST.

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electric light plant OF It's own
Ed, G, Ellet OF III Dorado, is chosen
chairman OF the new pcnitcntlory
board,
Short change rogues are sometimes
caught, One OF them is in jail at Os'
wcgo on n 80 days sentence
The retiring chief of police Of Wichi'
Ia reports that during the past year
his force made 2,2ll arrests
A contract has been let for theatre
and dance hall in Coircyvillc, The
building will seat 800 people,
A reunion OF the Twentieth Kansas
is arranged for, TO be held in Forest
Park, Ottawa, on September 3'5.
II Ia figured out that the refusal OF
people in Crawford county to he vac
cinatcd has cost the tax payers $1,000
The Santa Fc railroad Y, NJ. c, A.,
building in Topeka is considerably
damaged by fire, The loss is estimated
at $500,
Emporia Is ~ have an electric rail
way Of It's own and will also furnish
electric power for running all binds OF
machinery,
Justice Johnston, OF the supreme
court Is setting good cXanpls to
toyoung people by studying the Span
ish language,
The acts passed by the last legisla'
turc will be ont in book from about
May 10. They will make n lrrger book
than ever before.
The ministers Of the Northwest Kan
sas conference have pledged 8 per cent
of their salaries to pay oIY the debt on
Wesleyan university at Salina,
Spearvillc, with census population
of l57, with less than 5000 in the coun-
ty, during the month OF February
shipped SOO5, ~ worth OF eggs.
c. Q. Chandler Of Wichita, owns the
controlling interest in ten Of the Kan
sas banks the last one purchased by
him Is the Hazleton State bank
The Wellington city council has
placed an occupation tax OF $1,000 n
year payable semiannually, by drug
gisls who hold permits TO sell liquor
Other druggists pay So n year
The supreme court sustains the claim
OF Walter f. Anderson Of 1900 for in.
juries received by heavy safe door
falling upon him in Salina. The city
of Salina must pay the judgment
The prison binding twine plant has
100000 pounds Of twine on hand, The
capacity of the plant is 100000 pounds
month, Twine will be sold direct to
farmers at . cents pound less than
last year.
Il. W. Doclsstader, Of Cawker City,
and Miss Gertrude Rogers, Of Beloit,
are married. There is nothing re-
markable in this statement until an.
other fact is added. The grooms we'd
ing gift TO the bride was $4,000.
Mrs Rose May Bedford, Of Cherry
vale, soon after her marriage, was sep
arated from her husband by the law
which placed him in the penitentiary
for burglary. She secured his release
on parole and only few days after
his returning home he got drunk and
struck her, She informed the govern
or that her husband had broken his
parole and he was taken back TO Lam
sing, while his wife commenced pro
ccedngs for divorce.
r, II. and Al Brown, OF Manhattan
designed and built u gasoline launcl
40 feet in length and 0 feet wide, Il
will carry about 20 persons and will
ply between Manhattan and Dipping
Springs, about miles up the Blu,
river.
The mill recently burned at Sedg
wcl, is to be replaced by better one
The insurance was adjusted in iifteer
minutes after the insurance men ar
rived Then stock company com
menced TO gather funds for an up.to
date mill.
Condemnation OF right OF way acros
the farm of l., NJ. Todd, of Frankli
county, for the Santa Fe double tracl
was resisted by Mr. Todd with guu
He was not satisfied with the SUI
awarded him by the appraisers
The problem of securing enoug
harvest hands this season is alrcad
being discussed, commencing as usu;
with demands for cut rates by tn
railroads. Has anybody stopped h
think works long enough to considC
how much every interest leans on tn
railroads.
The news Of Funston's feat reache
his mother on her 6sth birthday.
w. e. Blackburn, an old and alwa,
''up and doin" citizen Of Anthony, hi
made arrangements to procure fro
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