Hutchinson gazette., 1901-03-14

his patrons report a very successful
school, In fact they wanted to contract
again for the next winters term,
Three train loads of cavalry horses
for the Philippine service Of twenty-six
cars to the train and eighteen head Of
horses to the car passed through this
city Saturday night. They were good
horses not any Of them less than fifteen
hands high The soldiers came through
later,
The Hutchinson Democrat has again
changed hands and this time the owner
ship as well as the management has
passed from the old owners, Mr.. Harry
Scott is the new proprietor, Mr., Scott
conducted the paper for nearly two
years once before, and he will now give
the paper an individuality Of its own.
w, H, Coberly nearly met his death
while working in we'll in Salt Creek
township last week. Some one working
on top in some manner dropped bar Of
iron about two feet long into the well,
II struck him on the head but must have
been glancing blow for he was not SER
iously hurt. The bar dropped about
forty feet.
The Porter school, District IIS south
of Sylvia closed Friday March 9Th with a
most successful term The patrons Of
the district surprised the teacher M. H,
Powell by arriving at noon with, their
baskets and spreading most delicious
dinner At the closing OF the program,
prizes were awarded to those holding
greatest number of headmarks.
A woman'tramp is reported to have
worked the town Of Haven quite success
fully last week. She claimed to have
lost her pocket book just before reach
ing Hutchinson and from here footed it
TO Haven, on her way TO Wichita where
she claimed TO have friends, A collec-
tion was taken up to pay her hotel bill
and buy her ticket. But parties who
knew her claimed she was fraud.
Z. L. Meyer of the First National bank
has returned from an extended trip
through St. Paul over the Northern Pa
cifc coast, through California and back
via the southern route. He says the
United States is now a much larger
country 10 him than it ever was before.
He also says he was surprised to find
that they make no natural ice on the
Pacific coast even as far north as Skag-
way. .--.- D"
One Of the acts of the legislature was
to provide law by which the probate
judges we're to know that they have no
right to issue marriage license to
moner without the consent Of the par
ents. For years this has been a mooted
Question and the practice has not been
uniform among the different counties.
Part Of the time written consent of the
parents has been required and part of
the time it has not. 1t is well to have it
settled.
Harry Watson returned from Wash
ington Saturday where he went with an
Oklahoma band to attend the inaugural
ton, or the Coronation. He says in
his opinion the latter is the better title.
The pageant was one Of the greatest
magnifcence, but almost exclusively of
a military character, 10000 soldiers
were in line, and no civic orders. This
is a fact also commented upon by the
press dispatches. Never anything like
it was seen before in this country.
Last Wednesday night fire call took
the company to the rooms over the
Postal Telegraph Co., and Pacific Ex.
press Co.'S office. A fire had been
started by some trouble with gasoline
stove in rooms used for housekeeping.
The furniture was considerably scorched
but the fire was stopped without turn
ing on the water. Lvengoods store
was on one side and McInturfs restau.
rant on the other and it was a good To-
cation for the commencement of big
fire.
One OF the new offices made by this
Legislature, the law of course being
signed by our dear governor who in his
was so much enamoured of the
idea OF abolishing useless offices in Job
lots, was one created by the bill fathered
by Senator Vincent changing the law
governing the reformatory. The new
officer in question will be called the
parol officer. Hitherto the paroled BOYS
have made their own reports and this
has been the extent of the supervision
over them, The parol officer will look
after them and draw $1,000 per year and
all expenses therefor. Hutchinson has
a candidate already.