Hutchinson gazette., 1902-02-20

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deputy sheriff, and a few years ago
was a very good populist deputy clerk
Of the court.
A man by the name Of Charles
Cooker who has been working for the
Wheelan Plumbing company, was ar
rested at Newton, the latter part Of
the week, on complaint Of his former
employers, charging him with steal
Ing u kit of tools. When he quit work
It is claimed he took his tools with
him.
Besides the revival services at the
Baptist church, meetings are also be-
Ing conducted at the Evangelical
church on Tenth Street West, The
meetings have been In progress for
about two weeks and about forty con-
versions are reported They are con-
Quoted by the regular pastor, Rev,
Mannshardt
Mrs. Anna White, II lady Of forty
years Of age, died at her home at 52S
Avenue G. East, Friday, She leaves
a family of,Seven children and q hus-
band. Only one or two Of the child
rem are small however, The disease
was catarrhal fever. The funeral
was conducted by Rev, Dadlsman Of
the Hadley chapel.
Mr.. W. n. Payne Of Partridge, one
of the old settlers and prominent cit
i2ens of that township, has sold out
and will leave in few days for Cali
fOrnia where he expects to make his
home In the future. He has two
daughters there who were formerly
prominent In educational circles here,
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Quite a large number of the odd
Fellows and Rebeccas of this city,
gave Il surprise "function", Ut is not
good form to say party to Mrs. d,
w. Kent, wife of the former secre-
tary Of their state organization, one
night last week. They took baskets
of good things, and enjoyed them
selves according to all the pleasures
Of Odd Fellowship.
The cattle dealers report Il very dull
business in their line nowadays.
Feed Is getting scarce and Is so high
that no one seems to be In shape TO
care to buy, No losses Of stock for
the winter Of any consequence are
reported so far, but the worst Of the
winter, for stock, is yet to come,
that Is during the next forty to sixty
days.
Ben Nussbaum Of the Star clothicrs
returned Monday night, from an en-
tended trip through the East and
South, lie visited Chicago, New
York, and came around by Memphis,
While in Chicago he purchased the
entire stock Of clothing firm that
was going out Of business and eX-
poets to place them on sale In the big
store here about the first Of March.
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About two weeks ago soldier boy
who had enlisted in the regular army
at his home in North Carolina, and
was on his way to Manila, was taken
from the train here, sick with pneu-
mona, He was taken to Legg $
rooming house and given good care,
notwithstanding all that, he died Sat
urdy. The remains were sent east for
inteTmcnt.
WhltehurSt'S store ut Sylvia was
broken into last Thursday night and
considerable clothing consisting large
ly Of pants was taken. Mr.. WhitehurSt
has offered a reward for the parties,
and described the goods taken as be-
ing made by the Topeka Wooden Mills
and the Mayield Wooden Mills, Syl-
via stores seem to have to suffer more
than their fair share Of losses by bur-
glary,
John Lowe of Arlington was one Of
the lucky ones in the El Reno draw
ing and got a claim lie went down
there not long ago and sold It. But
a petition filed in the Office of the
clerk of the district court says the
claim was not as represented In some
way or other and the buyer wanted
his money back. The parties got to-
gclher Tuesday and settled their din
erence.
At the meeting of the county cen
trail committee Of the republicans last