Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-03-04
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

This has been such long, cold win
ter that spring would be awfully well
come.
1t is rumored that Superintendent
Stryker will go into the newspaper
business
None of the superintendent APP
pointed to the state institutions ever
touch liquor.
Kansas is to be spared Bob Bur
dette in the future. He will marry
wealthy widow, at Pasadena, Califor-
MIA
The Methodist church people of
Atchison give LAP suppers. Those
participating are not supposed to act
kittenish.
ern part of the state the thermometer
one night last week went as low as 5
degrees below zero. But the ground
hog saw his shadow in that arctic re-
gion.
The soldiers; orphans home is mis-
named. 1t is open to all orphan and
homeless children, and the state will
probably strike the word soldiers
from the name of the institution, says
the Atchisou Globe.
During the past week many Kansas
farmers have hauled their plows to
town and had them put in running
order, preparatory for spring plow-
ing. The beautiful weather of the
past week warns them that spring is
near, and they are making arrange
ments accordingly.
No class of people in the state feel
greater interest in the preservation
and care of the records and relics in
charge of the State Historical Society
than the newspaper men. By their
effort the Society was created. and it
is largely owing to the interest they
have taken in the matter that it has
grown to such proportions.
The tree primers and the maple
worms have proven fatal in recent
years to many of Leavenworth's shade
planting and the wise property owner
will serve his best interests by replac-
ing all such. Trees. good walks and
well kept houses and premises are the
things that rent, eagerly remarks the
Leavenworth Standard.
The society people of COTS and Wet
more who enjoy dancing are determin-
ed to never again attend a mask ball
in COTS. The young men thoroughly
advertised one, and it was attended
with crowded house of people from
the towns and country all around
One of the costiiest and most unique
masks was worn by young colored
girl, but the young men and ladies
didn't know it until the masks were
removed and the dance ended
During the past week the farm de-
part at Manhattan has been buying
hogs to repeat the kaffir feeding ex-
pertinent. Ten head arrived late one
evening and were turned into the
paved barnyard. About bushel of
whole kaffir was thrown on the pave
ment for them and close by an armful
of alfalfa hay. The hogs began eat
ing the kaffir very greedily, and in
moving about one of them came in
contact with the hay. They did not
spit out the kaffir to eat the hay, but
their actions showed that the hay
suited them better; and the next morn
ing there was less alfalfa than l1affi1
left where the hogs were fed.
The court of appeals of Kansas City
has decided that a contract made in
Kansas for beer is void, because the
laws of the state prohibit the sale Of
it. Notwithstanding this decision
Topeka contracts still collect dollar
for three bottles.
1t is believed that the work of re
building the Missouri river bridge Al
Atchison will not begin until after the
June rise. The entire bridge will bc
new, except the piers. The compile
ton of this bridge will be granC
thing for Atchison.
Work will be commenced soon OF
the construction of the Coffeyvill,
electric light plant for which bonds t.
the amount of ST., 900 were voted las
December.
A Douglas county man. F. D. Brooks
has been appointed United States con
sui at Smyrna, Turkey. AS the aver
age Kansas man never leaves the stat
without taking along with him bun
die of real estate literature we ma,
confidently look for increased immi
grafton from the vicinity of Smyrna t
this state at no distant date
Evidently the lawyers of Kansa
have a kick coming. A great man
papers of late have commented on tn
small number of cases up for settle
ment before the district courts
1t is being told as a wonderful thin
that when young Beveridge of Indian
lived in Kansas he told his friends b
expected to be president of the Unite
states some day. A Kansan who doe
not believe fondly up to his fftiet
birthday that he is bound to be pres
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