Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-02
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

for library building.
j, NJ, Younl,in, Of Clay Center, is
added TO the list OF losers OF cattle by
pasturing them in dry corn fields,
The First Presbyterian church Of TO.
pcla, reports l0i new members TO have
United with the church since June,
Eight hundred chickens were pro.
Vided for the Christmas dinner at the
federal penitentlary at Leavcnworth,
The ten-yeAr-old son Of Thomas Nc
CormiclS, section foreman at Miltonyale,
was drowned In pond while at play
Mrs, Lucinda Carlton, aged o., died
Dec 20 on the Sedgwick county farm
ppon which she has lived for 80 years,
Wu, Fay, who was an English sol
dor IN the CrimcOn war, died on De-
ccmber 20 at osagc City, aged over 100
years
Fred Dodge, Of LcNvonworth, who
was q member OF the Twentieth Kan.
cas-, is now chief OF tho Manila fire de.
purenent,
Quincy r, Croft, Of Osborne, Kansas,
Nns been appointed clerk and type
writer in the agricultural department
~ Washington,
IT Is said that the owner Of the SycO'
more Springs near Sabetha, has been
offered Sl0O 600 for the springs by u
Denver doctor,
j., II. Hill, Of the state normal, was
selected president and j, w, Wilson, OF
Atchson, vice president of the teachers
association for the ensuing year,
The Ncodesha Register announces
Vhat the Lanyon Brothers are about to
srect and operate II zinc smclter In
Neodesha, where they have extensive
oil leases.
Chase Brondus, ST, Joseph Missouri,
negro, was shot in Leavenworth while
under arrest and attempting TO escape.
lie was arrested for Nssaulting child
whose mothers screams brought the
officers,
DR.. j. G.. Malcolm died at the home
of his daughter in Hutchinson, lie
was we'll known rs u writer on medical
subjects and the author of, several
books. lie was n native OF Scotland
and was II years old,
Henry j, Baker was killed by the
accidental discharge Of his gun while
hunting rabbits ON his large ranch in
Elk county, He was an EnglishmNn
and single. lie leaves nm aged mother
in England Mr. Baker purchased the
ranch not long ago
The new cell house in the Hutchinson
reformatory is abont completed and
ready for use ON New Years 1t has
gao cells and Is the finest cell house in
the west. The walls of the cell are Of
solid rock The floor OF each Is one
stone each wall one stone and the cell
ing one stone. Each cell is fitted with
electric lights and sewer connections,
DR., 0. w. Grow, of PNwncc, Kansas,
purchased fifty Arizona hefers four
years ago at $3.50 each. He has sold
from this bunch and itsincrcNse enough
to bring him 81, 900 and has left 60 head
of to year olds worth $1,000, He
places the total expense and care of his
herd, including taxes and interest, at
not more than $500; leaving his account
with profit balance Of S9,375, Twen-
ty.two years ago he began with Is
cents and pair of ponies and an old
wagon.
John A. Morton, of Osborne, bought
section of land in Sherman county for
5000 and sold it the next day for 81 In
Alfalfa growing in Sherman county is
advancing the price Of lands there,
Beginning December 90 the Missouri
Pacific will put on new train between
Wichita and Salina, to be known as .
ard 10; the first to leave Wichita Mt
5;O5 p m. aud the other to leave SalinN
at $3.50 a. m. Another change is the
Wicnita-Kiowa train, which now leaves
Wichita at 6:30 p. IN. and will leave at
3p, IN,
Judge Hazen, Of Topeka, favors the
adoption of the law of Colorado and
other states which allows questions of
public Importance TO be submitted to
the supreme court without argument,
for immediate decision.
II. IIarner, Harvey county farmer
has from time to time employed %
paroled prisoners from the Hutchinson
reformatory. Mr.. IIarner takes n
strong personal interest in the boys
and encourages them to become good
citizens He has found most of them
TO be satisfactory farm hands.
The Santa Fe has contracted for 800
tons of ice to be taken from Lake Con-
trary above Atchison in the river bot
toms OF Missouri, one third of the ice