Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-11

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son which destroyed six homes.
Market prices for balcd prairie hay
at Fort Scott range around sl5 ton,
The last scm'monthly pay roll oi
the Wichita street ear company footed
up 81, 100,
The daily receipt OF taxes at the
state treasury range s95, 900 TO S75, ,OOt
these days,
John Galloway Cloud county rc
tired farmer, was killed by lightning
at jamestown.
Some women OF III Dorado raided o
joint and broke windows but did not
spill any liquors
Twenty Winfield men have put up
$3.50 each and propose to find out what
Is under their town,
Near Alton harvest hand dropped
a cigarette and bnrned up so acres Of
wheat and header
A good rain covered several counties
In the corn belt in the northern part
OF the state on July5,
Five horses and three or four wagons
were burned in u Caldwell livery barn
by common fire crackers.
The Kansas supreme court sustains
Parsons In final decision upon the
location of the new insane asylum,
The Missouri Pacific depot at Wet.
more was burned by fire which was
started on the roof from celebration
fireworks,
W. Il, Hutchinson, whose farm is
near Geuda Springs, has u so acre field
of wheat that averaged 43 bushels TO
the acre and tested o. pounds TO the
bushel.
Robbing harvest hands Is growing
industry which started In tho terri
tories and followed the harvest north
ward. Central Kansas reports mum.
Der OF cases.
No elections will be held this year
for county officers and district Judges
us the supreme court has confirmed
the validity of the new biennial cleo
lion law.
7. II. Peterson, a Dickinson county
man, who, with nothing to start with,
made a fortune Cape Nome, has do,
mated $4,000 to the new Swedish Luz
.hcran church at McPherson
The Maggie Murphy crusher ON the
Shelbina ground in the Galcna mining
district, and Dutch Mikes crushing
plant at North Empire are both burn
,d, at Il loss of $4,000, throwing many
men ont Of employment,
A German truck farmer, OF Wyan-
lotte county, has sued an Argentine
company which manufactures sulphur
C and nitric acids, for SO25, alleged
lamage to his crops from gases which
iettled on his crops and killed them.
The Kansas agricultural college has
'eceived u pure bred Red Polled bull,
which weighs 9,i0O pounds. lie is
rom lineage Of first prizo takers,
The dan of the bull is q heavy mixer
md has never been beaten in the ring
Reno county has become hummer.
u estimates It's farmcd land and pas-
ures worth Si9 900, 900; its entire tax.
lblc property at $4,000, 900. The
'ank deposits in the county arc over
$50 for every specimen Of the genus
lomo residing in the county. Asses.
'ors' returns show 10000 horses, 60, 900
,attlc, 10000 hogs and between 10 and
a thousand sheep, The horses arc
igured at round 81, 100000
T. c. Shcdd, professor of Latin and
roek OF Lewis academy in Wichita,
ias resigned to take place in pri.
'ate school at Harrison. N. Y.
The Topeka city council threatened
% fix the price OF ice by city ordin-
lnce, The Ice trust came back by the
statement that there would be more
profit in shipping their ice to other
owns than in hauling 1t about town.
The council then commenced to talk
'bout putting in II city ice plant in
connection with the city light plant,
which has enough power for both.
Rocks county correspondent fig.
ires that II all the harvesting ma.
'hincs in that comfy were strung in
Inc they would make procession six
niles long,
Henry. q. Stahl, of Rice county, en-.
listed in the regular army In 1899. lie
climbed up TO the place Of first SER
seant, and in the recent examination
Vt Manila for promotion to licutcn.
lncy he stood fourth in class OF forty
applicants. His captain was asked II
Stahl was fit to command company
md he said, "Ycsl regiment
Tho cylinder iicw out of separator,
,car Sedan, and the whole top of C. NJ. |
IIarrington's head was taken off. Mr.