Hutchinson gazette., 1902-02-20
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST

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Henry Oliver, Norton county man,
has held the position OF justice of the
peace continuously since 1874,
Casper strohmingcr OF cowlter City,
was found dead In his bed, lie had
shot himself, He was demented,
Contracts for the new insane asylum
at Parsons will be let in lprll, The
plans are completed and approved,
BENZ, Daniels, just confirmed as U,
s. Marshal Of Arizona, used TO live In
Ottawa where he has relatives,
The matter Of getting Kansas man
appointed commissioner OF pensions is
again being opened up in Washington.
An excellent program has been pre-
pared for the 10Th annual meeting of
the State Dairy association at Manhat'
tan on March tos.
Frank Ray, who was held in Jail at
Kingsley, charged with holding up the
operator at the Ofcrle station, broke
Jail and disappeared,
Martin Reilly Of st, Marys, market
cd 81 Abcrdeen.Augus and Galloway
steers of his own raising, otSG %, They
averaged l,iil pounds,
Senator Burton has been honored by
being called to preside over the senate,
The honor consists Of this having oc'
cured so early in his first term,
Farmers about Independence have
been hauling water in their thrcshing
outfit water tanks, from the city hy-
drants paying the water company.
]. w. Glccd, OF Kansas, was the first
speaker at the Lincoln Day banquet at
the Waldorf-Astoria in New York lie
was followed by Senator Chauncey
Depew,
A single man has bought farm near
Fairvicw, Brown county, paying Sl7,-
900 for 1t, All the girls about Fairvicw
are naturally taking much interest in
him.
DR.. Il. r. Swit2cr, Of Salina, Is cred
tied with being the first man in Kansas
sas to have an alfalfa field, In 1874 he
put in two acres. lie obtained the
seed in San Francisco.
The Merchants Athletic association
Of Lawrence, gave II banquet In honor
of General Wilder S, Metcalf when he
returned from Washington with his
commission as pension agent
An opinion has been given by the
attorney general that township officers
may use money collected for general
purposes for work on highways in
Guiding the building Of bridges,
The free delivery service will he cs-
tablished at Wellington, Kas,, June |,
which was discontinued in 1885, with
three regular and one substitute letter
carrier, and seven street letter boxes.
The Grain Growers association meet
ing will be held at Hutchinson on
March 4. A rate of one and one-third
fare has been granted from all points
in Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska.
Judge Charley Lobdells first ease
after getting on the bench by appoint
.menS, was breach-of-promise suit,
which is arousing interest on account
Of the sentimental developments in
volving lawyer at Larned.
Kansas has good supply Of gumbo,
In the East gumbo is used for a cover
ing for country roads, and the roads are
free from dust and slow to get out of
repair, When burnt gumbo is used the
country roads are like paved streets,
The Grain Dealers association of
Kansas will meet at the Topeka city
building auditorium on March IS and
and 10.
A Missouri Pacific train was saved
by two little girls near 0yerbrooS. A
bridge had burned and the girls sig
nailed the train. Their names are Ida
and Sadie Workman.
General Metcalf will spend some Of
February in Topeka TO learn about his
duties and will take charge Of the pen
sion Office on March /. This comes
from his home at Lawrence.
Work has commenced in Sumner
county on contract for burning 5000
car loads Of gumbo ballast for the Rock
Island tracks.
Colonel and Mrs. J. H. Upton, OF
Downs, celebrated their golden we'd
ding on Lincoln Day COL Upton is a
cousin Of Sir Thomas Upton, the Scotch
yacht racer,
The state society of miners in ses-
sion at Topeka, elected d. b. Cassie
man, of Midway, over Edward Keegan,
of Pittsburg, as state mine inspector by
q vote Of 70 to 81.
The Kansas Lincoln day club cele-
brated in representative hall in the
state house in Topeka.