Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-30

cent bonds WIN Donuh drawing per
cent,
Gas has been found in well eight
miles south Of Emporia at the depth OF
80 feet,
Jerry Moore, OF Belle Plaine, had his
left check almost torn of by the kick
Of II horse,
The plan TO erect statue OF Ceres
on the dome OF the State capitol has
been abandoned,
Slot machines arc being banshed
from Kansas towns, Washington being
the latest noticed,
In Dickinson county towns there are
eleven less joints, Judge Moore closed
them by injunctions
State Printer w, Y, Morgan has been
elected president OF Hutchinson bank
lie retains his newspaper
Arrangements are being made TO re-
open the Solomon salt wells which have
been shut down for two years
Colonel D, II, Anthony Is being push
cd to become n candidate for COM
mandcr of the Kansas q, A, h,
An old tin can was rncnrthcd near
Paola which contained $3.50 in gold,
Mrs, lIymer proved that IL was hers,
Children and matches caused the loss
by n, A. Weller, Of Wamcgo, Of barn,
three horses and his hay and grain,
The farmers Of Buir and Caldwell
townships Of Sumner county have
formed plans TO go down for oil and
gas,
Frederick Kindsvatcr, of Pawncc
county, tried TO break the Ice In his
watering trough with the butt Of his
gun, which was discharged and he was
killed,
The First Presbyterian church Of
Wichita ranks eighth in the world In
the amount given towards foreign mis-
sions This church supports u corps Of
missionaries in China,
A wheat raiser of Kingman county
says that wheat has not been injured,
but that IL has good stand, heavy on
the ground and well rooted, and Is not
suffering for moisture,
j, NJ. Simpson finds that civil service
rules protect people employed In the
internal revenue Office, of which he
has Just become the head lie can
not dsplncc them summurily,
Charles Sperry shipped three cars of
fat cattle and hogs from Lcnoro, fat
tened entirely ON wheat and buffalo
grass, The hogs averaged 3O5 pounds
and the cattle 300 pounds each,
The Baptist church at Marysyille is
disrupted one part blaming their pas
tor for never having publicly referred
to the death of President Mckinley
The war resulted in n lock out Of the
supporters Of the pastor
Welcome Wells has died at his home
in Manhattan, aged 90 years, lie was
member Of the FIRST Kansas legisla-
ture. He has been considered the see.
ond oldest Mason in the world, His
wife died year ago, they having lived
together II years.
A produce company Of Parsons which
commenced business in small way
several years ago is now paying out for
poultry, eggs and labor about Sl35,OOO
n year, During 1901 this company
shipped 400 barrels of dressed poultry
to the New York market or about 15O,-
600 pounds, The eggs shipped amount
ed to 1856, 7OO dozen,
A new town between Jewell City and
Beloit, where coal is expected to be
brought to the surface in car load lots,
Is to be called Mineralton,
Postmaster Guthrie of Topeka Is TO
be from now on the paymaster who
will send the cash pay every month to
all the rural free mail carriers in
Kansas. There are now about 200 Of
them.
Brakeman George Turner had n wrist
broken and was otherwise badly in
jurcd from falling from a train near
the Slate Creek junction.
The Cowley county commissioners
hired q man to hunt for tax dodgers.
His work resulted in placing on the
tax rolls s45, 900 more property
An air pressure gasoline lamp eX-
ploded in n store at Meade and the
county commissioners promptly pro-
hibited the use of such lamps in the
court house,
A Salina company which puts up a
couple Of patent medicines has agreed
to turn over every year to the Kansas
Wesleyan university of that city 10 pei
cent Of all sales made.
Rev. II, Il, Mills, pastor of the First