Hutchinson gazette., 1902-02-27

students the advantage OF intimate
personal contact with as cultured ant
sound faculty Of instruction as II Il
possible to procure. The education
provided by Williams Is Of such I
known quality that II could easily
quadruple It's enrolment at any annua
term opening, Williams Is one Ameri
can college that Is indifferent TO sia,
and thoughtful only OF quality Wha'
Is to prevent Kansas from making III
own WNshburn college the Williams o.
the West?
A iO,OOO flour mill Is to be built In
Galena,
An organization has been formed al
Peabody to drill for coal,
The Lee farm in Scdgwicls county,
Gao acres, Is sold to s. l., Conine for
sli, 800,
A sash and door company at Wichita,
with u capital of sOO,OOO has taken Il
charter.
The Eighth U, s, cavalry has come
from Cuba and Is stationed at Fort
Riley,
Winfield has been offered $40, 900 for
public library, on his usual terms, by
Mr., Carnegie,
One firm at the Wichita stock yards
bought in one week OF February soO,-
600 worth of cattle.
Il, Il, Guyman, who has large inter
ests at Liberal, has bought one Of the
finest homes in Hutchinson.
Rock Island officials arrived Mt IIor-
ton on a special train and while there
decided to rebuild the burned shops.
Some knight of research, perhaps
Charlie Foster, has figured that there
is one person in Kansas for every 40
acrcs of land
Rev, l., W, lIarrell, a United Brcth-
rem preacher of GNrnett became insane
and was confined. Two days later his
wife became insane
The highest authority in the United
States credits Kansas with producing
the best Johnathan, Missouri Pippin
and Ben Davis apples in the world.
Farmers in southwestern Kansas
produced sugar beets which tested
higher than those produced in Ger.
many, the home of that industry.
For thirty days commencing March
The mails carried by Kansas railroads
will be weighed to form basis for the
mount to be paid the roads for carry.
ng mails for the next four years.
II, c, Vandervoort, of Oxford, sued |
he M. & X. Telephone Co., for dam
lges occasioned by his team becoming |
at pile Of telephone poles
IN the highway. At the first trial he
vas awarded SIPS damages, but the
'erdict was set aside. Upon u second |
rial the jury fixed the,damages at 5000 |
Il. Il. Shepard, Chanute bachelor,
% years old, killed himself. He was
worth at least $4,000. lie wrote for
lis sister to come from Indiana and
lined his fatal act to occur just before
he could arrive in Chanute.
Mrs. Lucinda Travers, of Wichita,
las gone to France to get her share of
IN estate there which she is informed
will amount to 100000. 1t comes from
he estate Of Sanford Burdette, her
She says that when her
business Is completed she will return
o Wichita.
Judge j. G, Clogston of Eureka is
lead after long sickness. He has for
many years been prominent in public
fairs Of Kansas, He came to Green
wood county at the close of the civil
var in which he served. lie was G1
ears old
1t is said that the extension Of the
Missouri Pacific from Mcpherson to
Kans,, about fifteen miles,
will be built the coming summer. 1t
S also stated that line will be built
rom Salina north to Yuma, KS, about
orty-tive miles.
The Union Pacific Land company
las sold to certain Iowa capitalists
2, 900 acres of land in Thomas and
logan counties. The purchasers have
agents at work to get
occupants for their purchase.
A. L. SeoclSwell, near Downs, bought
32 hogs from his neighbor who sold
hem because Of their lack of corn. He
ed the hogs on wheat and alfalfa.
When he marketed the hogs he COM
,uted the worth Of the feed he had
lsed and says that the hogs netted
lim 81, 300. He fed them four months. !