Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-16

carried / ,i3i,5i7 passengers,
Enterprise has had another fine, this
one figuring at 81 900 of loss,
In Lawrence there IL n plan to build
u 100000 Y, NJ. c. A, building
George NJ, Munger, Of Greenwood
county, offers his farm for $4,000,
The president has nominated Adna
Clarke, Of Kansas, for n lleutenancy
The Frisco line IL 10 have heayier
steel between Wichita and Carthage.
There IL an epidemic OF smallpox
among German colony near Stafford
Kansas Turkey wheat sells 9 or 8
cents better than the Nebraska Turkey
wheat.
Clark KincAld has bought 1900 acres
Of wheat land in Meade county for
$500,
The Pottawatomlc Indians In Kan
sOs have a brass band Agent IIonnell
Is the leader,
Anthony people raised si3, 900 in two
days for the purpose OF securing the
Choctaw road
Mr., lIelby, Of Elwood, Indiana, is
looking for location for n glass manu-
factory In Kansas
A, +, Watson, Of Salina, has been ap.
pointed TO high salNricd clerkship In
the postolIlcc department
Judge Benson, of Ottawa, succeeds
H. y, Brown, Of Chicago, Ms receiver
Of the First National bank Of Chicago
A rein Of coal has been found in
Mitchell county which is three feet
thick. II will have to be mined by
stripping
Bert Cirtwell, of Nortonville, has sold
Buffalo Bill fifty white horses to take
the places Of those killed in Il wreck u
month ago.
There Is plan forming to build n
trolley line from Salinn to Lincoln,
distance Of thirty.Ave miles, The Sa-
lima commercial club IL considering 1t.
j, o, Butler, secretary OF the Farm
crs' Cooperative Grain and Live Stock
Association, attributes the present high
price Of wheat TO the work of his asso-
citation.
Two carloads of garden seeds from
Germany cleared through the Kansas
City custom house. The entire ship
mcnt was consigned to u Lawrence
seed house.
II Is thought that the Bourbon coun-
ty grand jury now in session will find
bills against county officers and those
Of the city Of Fort Scott, as well as
against the booze dealers.
An old negro brought his son from
Kentucky to Augusta to visit his old
master, G. w, Sweeney. They found
that both his old master and mistress
we're dead, and his grief was pitiruI to
zee.
Mrs Minnie y, Trickey, widow OF L.
:. Trickey, who was clerk Of the dis,
rict court of Wyandottc county about |
fifteen years ago, has been appointed |
'ity treasurer of Rosedale by a unani,
nous vote of the council,
A, j, Anderson, of Logan county, was
ound guilty in the United States cir
'uit court Of forging testimony in n
and allotment case, His fine was
iXed at S25 and costs which makeo the
'ntirc sum something over 500.
Stafford county people deny the ex
stence there Of u smallpox epidemic,
lhe only death in Stafford Of late was
IN old lady who died of old age, being
,ver 81 years old No one there be-
ieves there are as many as five cases in
he county.
Wichita wholesalers have been fig.
lring together and they declare that
heir gross business in 1901 reached ten
md three-fourths million dollars.
The requirements for the teachers
liploma at Kansas university, which
ire, in accordance with the provisions |
If the Grattan certificate law, the
standard for all Kansas colleges, have
oeen approved by the state board of
education; so that students receiving
.he teachers diploma will also receive
state teachers certificates good for
.hree years,
Secretary Coburn estimates the value
IF livestock in Kansas ut Sl53, 900, 900
which is an increase of SAC, 900, 900 since
1890. There are n million more cattle
and half million more swine in Kan
sas than in 1s00
A Union Pacific brakeman was hurt
out near Wamcgo and the local doctor
said hO must be taken to a hospital as