Hutchinson gazette., 1901-08-08
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


company.
The rains have been the most general
In the eastern part Of the state where
II was most needed.
Shawnee county returned TO the as
SCISSORS the most money on hand, with
Crawford county second,
Wind and hail did damage in the
vicinity Of Bavaria, Saline county, dam
aging some wheat stacks,
The Santa Fe's libraries for It's en-
employees at numbers Of division sta
tions, contain 10000 books,
Atchison printers say that the tax
list they are setting now is the short
est Atchison county ever had.
The Hoods injured the foundation OF
anew building in Topeka, being erect.
ed for wholesale grocery firm.
Emporia cannot stand the odor and
has ordered the chicken killing estab-
lishment outside the city limits,
An Emporia man has bcen arrested
for killing fish in the river with un-
Stacked lime, He was selling the fish.
Il, Kirby, who has been running the
Park hotel at Dodge City, shot and
killed his wife, during u dispute about
property,
Chas IIolwclS, OF Sedgwicls county,
was one Of tho last to register at III
Reno and his name came out among
the first.
ES-Congrcssman John Davis died at
the home Of his daughter at Topeka.
lie was "A years old and had been blind
for several years.
Farmers are planting forage crops
extensively; so much so that they call
upon the state employment agency to
send them men.
Mrs Elizabeth Burrowes, OF Garnett,
has n son visiting her after n separa-
tion OF 20 years, The son Is Presby-
terian minister,
Thad Payne, formerly with the Santa
Fe at Topeka, is now private secretary
TO Russell Harding, general manager
of the Missouri Pacific,
Orders which the stoclSmen had made |
for cars to move Kansas cattle have
been quite generally countermanded
since the heavy rains.
Records kept at Kansas university |
show that July, 1901, was the warmest
month during the "a years in which
record has been made.
The pavement in front Of the Com
mercial bank Of Independence, is q
single block 19 inches thick, 20 feet
long and 10 feet wide.
II. NJ Benson's barn near Hackney,
Cowley county, was destroyed by light
ming, with It's whole contents, includ-
ing horse and mule
Three men were injured by the CIV
ing way Of n scaifold at the Ingalls,
school building in Wichita. They
were: Julius Walters, contractor; Mr.
Shottle, bricklayer, and Cairo Owens,
q negro.
A threshing crew spent Sunday at
Colwich and kept the place in an up.
roar, during the 80 or 40 hours they
were there. They insulted ladies,
fought among themselves and with the
men Of Co!wich,
The Rock Island purchased 500 acres
AT Mcfarland and is building hay
barns, sheds and corrals, also n water
tank 20 feet wide and 60 feet tall; all
for a place to give sheep rest an their
Journey to market,
One hundred and twenty-three pco.
pie took examinations at the close Of
the Sedgwick county teachers insti-
tute.
j. II, Dow, the Oldest citizen of Olathe,
and for years the owner Of the largest
store there, was found drowned. 1t is
believed to be a case of suicide Mr.
Dow was n bachelor.
James r. Woods, the young man
from Kansas, drew two prizes in the
new country; the first was a wife, and
the next was the first choice Of 100 acres
In the Lawton land district,
p. W. Zimmerman OF tho Santa Fe
claims attorneys Office, has been ap,
pointed travelling claims adjuster with
headquarters at Albuquerque.
The WoodmNn's picnic Mt Circleville
drew 5000 people. Governor Stanley
was there. There were two good bands,
the onaga band and the Girl band of
Wetmore.
The state board Of medical registra-
ton has done something, 1t has turned
into the state treasury 81, $50. 70 of col.
lected fees. What their own bills are
Is not stated.
Evening dress suits fooled both Gov.
ernor Stanley ard Lieutenant Governor