Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-18
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST

The cost TO Butler county In the sec
ond trial Of Miss Morrison will be
about $1,000,
The commissioners OF Atchison conn
ty want n "tax ferret. and are asking
for bids from experts
In case from Russell county the
supreme court decides that barber Is
q professional man.
The state forestry farm at ogallah
has been run over by tire which
nearly wiped II all up,
One squadron OF the iith cavalry Ia
TO leave Fort Leavenworth TO 60 TO the
department OF Colorado
A drug store, barber shop and hur-
ness shop at Richmond burned, with u
total loeS OF about 81, 600
The "arsons Catholics claim their
new ,dlh organ is the largest between
r. Asas City and Galveston.
A i3'year.old boy Of Fort Scott died
Of lock jaw produced by wound on
his hand while firing toy pistol.
A Touring mill and an Ice house at
Blue Mond left terra lrma Tor the
clouds in tho same column OF smoke,
Samuel A. Dcel, Of Baldwin, has
been appointed magnetic observer In
tho coaa survey Office In Washington
A tourist sleeper filled with Epworth
Lcaguers left Ottawa 10 attend the
national convention at San Francisco
u Il McKecver, Of Topeka, is slated
for assistant u. y, district attorney,
when District Attorney d. T. Tracey
OF Wouego, Is appointed,
Two threshing outhiswcrc destroyed
by Gre in Lincoln county lilcs catch
Ing from sparks from the engines An
other in Pawnce county; both fires
reported on tho sane day,
Many county fairs in Kansas, hero
tofore announced, are being abandoned
on account Of the prevailing dry and
hot weather Like action Is probable
In the case OF the state fair at Topeka. |
The walls OF The state library and |
Of the Office OF State Superintendent
Nelson, were damaged 1900 by the
carccssness Of some one in leaving n
water faucet running all night in a
room on the 1oor above,
Abont all tho travelling men in
Southern Kansas towns, when the
opening proclamation was issued,
found that III Reno would bo appro-
priately entered on their route sched.
ule for the next round.
When Jessie Morrison was starting
to go 10 the penitontiary several hum
dred people congregatcd at the rIi.
road stations half Of the crowd being
women. A largo number crowded
into the train to stare at the prisoner,
s. j, Peterson, claim agent Of the
Union Pacific, says that 1000 acres Of
wheat has been burned along the road
In Kansas The road runs through
100 niles Of solid wheat fields, and
Patterson thinks the railroads loss is
comparatively small.
About thirty years ago General W.
Il. uaaen commanded some troops at
Wichita, While so employed he played
poker and won cut. In squaring the
deal the loser, named Bancroft decided
lla2cn some city lots, rated at $780,
laacn never pad any taxes, and now
Osuit is started against Admiral George
Dewey and his wife, Mildred Dewey,
(who was General lIazens widow be-
fore her name was made Dewcy,) to
secure from them a quit claim Of tho
lots TO j. O. Davidson, tho holder OF
Che tax titles
Sam RNdges Topeka city directory,
compiler and publisher from way.back
says that 90 per cent Of the people of
that city live in their own homes
There are 40 dccrces Of divorce ia
Shawnee county in which the costs OF
the case have not been paid. BY Judge
Hazen's order no record OF Judgment is
made in tho journal until costs are
paid. So there are folty couples who
probably think they arc divorced while
they arc still married Some of these
are liable to prosecution for bigamy,
having married again.
The state board OF charities esti.
mates that there will he $3.50 great.
er expense in providing food for tho
inmates of State institutions this year
than usual ON account Of the failure of
their vegetable gardens from drouth,
Corn in large sections OF Kansas
commenced Shriveling up on July s. =
Up to that date tho crop had generally
withstood the heat The oat crop Ia
general failure and grass to make hay
is ve9 scarce. II Is not so serious in
Western Kansas aud considerable stock
has been shipped there.
Carloads of young and middle aged