Hutchinson gazette., 1901-09-05

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a 5000 telescope has been purchased
for the use Of the Montgomery county
high school,
Ohio parties are figuring on building
an electric line between Atchison and
Lcavenworth,
The first sowing of wheat reported Is
in Thomas county, which commenced
about August 27,
Congressman Calderhead has bought
n 32O acre farm in the Blue Valley near
Blve Rapids, for sS, 900,
Bishop Millspaugh and family spent
most of the summer In the Cumberland
mountains in Tennessee
A national convention OF the blind
assembled IN Kansas City, Kansas, to
soe each other, you know.
There isa Fort Scott girl in Paris,
Miss Essie Lee, who is called by the
Paris papers "ths most beautiful vio-
linist"
u. X. Bartoo one OF the founders Of
Larned, is dead. lie was Mason and
u knight romplar and was buried with
Masonic honors,
Charles Wolf, the Topeka packer,
has received two letters after the style
of those sent TO Cudahy, Omaha, Guess
Charley is little scared,
There is over $4,000 900 invested in
the milling industry in Kansas, with
total output of ss,OO0,OOO and total
expenditure Of SEQ, 900, 900,
AT Peabody ON recent Sunday,
collection WINS taken in the Methodist
church for missionary purposes and
S2iO was raised in thirty minutes,
Nearly forty kinds of birds are
known to nest every year in Riverside
park, Wichita, and there are probably
$50 varieties seen there every summer.
The postmasters in the larger towns
in the southeastern part of the state
are after more rural mail routes. They
say that roads are always good in that
part of the state.
Isaac Sharp, lawyer, who lived at
Council Grove dozen years or more,
served in the legislature in 1868 and
was democratic candidate for governor
in 1850, died in Washington recently.
The Santa Fee gave Mr., Proctor and
his wife each 81 OOO II will be remcn-
bcrcd that Mr., Proctor lost an arm
while on II train from Edwards county
- attend the state reunion at lIutchin.
son.
There are 10 kinds of native trceh in
Riverside park at Wichita, viz: burr
oak, white elm, redbud, cottonw ood,
blackberry, black walnut, sycamore,
cafIeenut, honey locust, white ash,
willow, mulberry and box elder,
Chairman NJ, c, Campbell, of yhe live
stock sanitary board, has found case
of Texas fever at Kechi, Sedgwick
county, which he says is the only case
in Kansas and the range has been
quarautined. The other cattle have
been CREASED with petroleum.
A clumsy swindle was attempted by
two men working with n threshing
machine near Conway Springs. They
sold property belonging to the thresh'
ers for small prices, and the same prop,
erty to two purchasers The men were
in Wellington jail in short order.
Four new coal mines to give employ
ment to from 200 to 500 men each, ara
now being sunk around Pittsburg,
while three others have Just been COM
pleted. The Mount Carmel Coal COM
pany, the fuel department of the Santa
Fe Is putting in two big new mines
south of Pittsburg,
VIM A. bingham, representative
from Morris comfy, has been appoint
ed consul general at Cape Town.
Fred VoileS, of Wellington has mar.
ricd an accomplished Usage maiden,
with one sixteenth Indian blood. who
owns 1, 800 acres Of land of which $50
acres is in cultivation, 900 acres in pas
ture and the rest surrounded with hog
fence. She received 900 acres more as
a wedding present. This is leased and
she gets it when the lease expires 1t
is stated that Voiles did not know OF
his brides wealth.
The treasurer of the Citizens Build.
ing association Of Leavenworth is sued
foa an alleged shortage of $21 200.
Misses Clara and Chloe Risdon, OF
Ottawa county, raised so acres of wheat
last season and are planting the same
acreage this year They do all of the
farm work; plowing, narrowing, seed.
ing, milk cows and take the milk tc
the creamery, take care of a fine lot OF
hogs and several horses. There are nc
men on the farm. They have paid off a
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