Hutchinson gazette., 1901-11-14

Wichita VIII cost SoO,O ,OOO,
Many Sumner county wheat fields
show u growth of 81 inches,
Barber county cattle are being taken
for pasturagc to Pratt county
Typhoid fever cases are reported in
almost every paper in Northern Kan
sas,
Captain Adna q, Clark, of Lawrence,
hus been appointed lieutenant In the
regular army,
The Kansas state lodge Of Sons of
Herman is 10 meet in Topeka, Novem'
Der 10 and 20,
Indian Agent llonnell has paid sl0,-
800 TO the handful Of Indians still in
Franklin county,
Old 10th Kansas veterans are trying
TO get the survivors of that regiment
together in II reunion
Dispatches from Anthony get pub
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rather slow in its operations in that
vicinity.
The supreme court did not decide the
Topeka mayoralty contest last week as
expected Neither did it reach the
eight.hour ease,
Fire destroyed at Hutchinson, the
Blue Front livery barn, the Grand
Central hotel, laundry, printing
office and restaurant,
r. d. Mead, Of Dexter, n cattlcman
has been indicted for putting to his
own use money sent him by Kansas
City commission man for expenses,
The Kansas cotton mill at lndcpcn-
dcncc has been leased to new com
pany and will begin operations in II
few days, 1t win employ about 100
men during the winter,
The free employment agency in To-
peka has made up quite list Of parties
who have offered bribcs to be put in
good places, No one on this list will
ever be helped by the agency
G, W. Proctor, juryman at Fort
Scott in II criminal case, was arrested
for taking a newspaper into the jury
room and insisting upon reading an ac-
count Of the trial to the jury,
Pearl Pagett and Frank White left
Beloit for Denver to buy $500 Mexican
lambs. j. w. Higgins, of Cawker, is
interested with them They have made
sheep raising successful speciality,
The Wells Fargo company has COM
menced building pressed brick struc-
ture in Hutchinson, for their own use,
1t is to be % by l9O feet and two stories
high, They will need it ALL especially
during the fruit season
Two men Of Marysville, with eastern
capital to back them, propose to have
by May next, the largest plaster plant
in the United States They have taken
n 30 year lease on n quarter section in
Marshall county which is rich in gyp
sum,
The supreme court decides that school
district warrants are not affected by
the statute of limitation, and must be
paid, The Importance of this decision
il grcat as there are thousands of dollars
of unpaid scrip and warrants which
were issued in boom days.
The sheep upon which grew the fleece
that gives Kansas the worlds record for
heavy fleece is Merino, born and bred
in sedgwick county, His fleece, when
years old, sheared 37l4 pounds; when
years old 4l}5 pounds, and when four
years old So pounds,
Kansas claims the biggest horse in
the world. He was raised by X, X
Stout of Troy, Doniphan county An
average horse weighs 900 pounds, but
this animal is twenty hands high and
his weight is just 2,ll2 pounds, making
him as big as two horses, with more
than third Of another to spare.
The new Mitchell county court house
at Bcloit has room especially designed
for rest room for women of the coun-
ty who come to town.
The California Limited will pick up
the fast mail ear at Newton and take
1t to La Junta and the returning linn
tied, No. 4, will take it back to Kansas
City,
Henry Williams, of Gaylord, is be-
coming quite wealthy by fattening cat
tie on alfalfa. This year he has 400
head in his feed lots which he will feed
this winter.
Judge Hazen, of Shawnee county, de-
cdes that an assistant attorney general
cannot punish witness who refuses to
give him evidence, under the inquisition
law, which gives that power to county
attorneys only.
A combination of Baptists has pur-
chased Campbell university at Holton,
and have changed its name TO Campbell