Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-06

Ab'N N1NNN A"lNn W. Af'N'ANN'FH wy
A jewelry store in Nickerson has
been robbed Of 800 worth Of It's stock,
There Is ranch In Chase county that
has ., 1870 acres OF alfalfa, 1t is being
cut,
Nine tcnths Of the applications for
Jobs in Kansas are said to como from
Illinois
The state printer makes and supplies
all OF the blanks used by county super
intcndents
The present membership Of the Kan
sas G, A, r. Is l3,sOs, Last year II
was l3, 500,
About 800, 600 is paid yearly in Wlch
ita to people In tho postoilice and to
postal clerks,
A gas and coal company has been
chartered to operate at Caney, Its cap
ital Is $4,000
The railroad board has contracted
for $4,000 new railroad maps OF Kan
sas to cost S525
c, II, X, Prentice has commenced
upon his 3sth years service as city mar
shal of Lawrence,
George Millgan, Of Liberal, has
started back to the Klondike, with 80
young men with him,
Two men from Belgium visited the
zinc smelters at lola Belgium manu-.
facturers use much zine
There are 80 soldiers OF the Spanish
American war now inmates OF the
Leavcnworth Soldiers home.
A letter from Wellington puts the
wheat prospect Of Sumner county at
from l9 to IL bushels per acre.
Elk City is the first town to act under
the new law which authorizes cities TO
issue bonds to prospect for coal.
John Collins, having learned the
printers trade in the penitentiary, has
been given a subordinate clerkship,
The farmers of McPherson county
have over 100000 bushels Of old
wheat on hand, held for better prices.
+, NJ. Baker, the Atchison wheat au-
thority, says that the crop in the north
ern part of the state has probably been
damaged 10 per cent.
During May the creamery company
operating in Dickinson county paid
sac, 600 to farmers for milk. 1t was
the product Of about $4,000 cows,
Little Miss Helen Barr, of Fort Scott
has mother aged 10, grandmother
aged 49, n great.grandfather aged 81
and n greNt.grcat.grandmothe aged IS,
The expenses Of the burial of Mrs,
Sells Of Topeka, and for which claims
have been made against her estate;
amount to SS9A75, which amount only
covers two bills,
Sheriff XIII, of Atchison says that
Mrs, Wells, wife of the manager Of n
private insane asylum in that town
can manage an insane person better
than any man about the place.
1.-THE outstanding bonded indebted.
ness Of the entire state Of Kansas,
amounts to s33, ,G39, ,3si; while the bank
deposits reach SG3,OOO,OOO. Kansas
could pay every bond and then have
more in its banks than it had five years
ago
Experts estimate that under the new
law giving cities, townships and school
districts the power to compromise their
Indebtedness, "including coupons and
judgments thereon it is possible to
max a 800, 900 debt amount, in eight
years, to So, 600, G2i9S II bonds are re-
issued under the law every two years.
The Union hotel in the packing house
district in Wichita, with 81 bourders
has been placed in quarantine, Every
male occupant was taken to the pest
house. There were three eases
of smallpox in the hotel which had not
been reported.
VIM Barricklou, a pioneer, died at
Coileyville on May 30, He settled in
Douglas county in 1855 and went to
Cotreyvillcin 1870, where he had since
lived. He was connected with the Her
aid Of Freedom that was thrown into
the Kansas river by Quantrell's men.
Farmers of Phillips county are buy.
ing spectators lands quite freely and
there are some newcomers also buying
lands. The county raises all kinds Of
grain, corn millet, alfalfa, etc.
Harry Hubbard, of Rlue Rapids, was
placed Mt FL Dorado four months since,
and was transferred to independence,
His adaptability to the business and
his industry have now secured to him
a transfer to San Francisco, where he
has charge of the Armours egg and
poultry department of the entire Pa
cific coast.