Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-11-25


The Melvern bank has been dyna-
mited and its cash carried away.
Congressman Ridgely has bought a
200 acre farm, paying $50 an acre for
it.
The Rock Islands taxes in Shawnee
county, just paid, amounted to So, 1884,
SO.
Twenty thousand sheep will be fat
tened in Dickinson county this win
ter.
Archie Keech, a Gray county farmer,
rounded up $40, 900 last week in cat
tie deal.
Burlington estimates that Halloween
| cost the town about 500 in broken
sidewalks.
A large natural cave was found on
| the farm of John J. Ingalls,, near Atchj
ison, this week.
Heavy shipments at Liberal continue
and the record of the year are likely to
beat the record.
The University of Colorado has chal-
lenged the Kansas State University to
joint debate.
! Frankfort is said to number among
her citizens an unusually large number
of retired farmers.
Near Clyde, Kansas, the young cattle
are dying off with something which
resembles black-leg.
The Topeka dailies now reach Wich7
tia one whole day later than they did
up to few days ago.
The Southern Kansas Teachers asso-
citation will hold convention in Wich-
tia December / and 2.
A Silver Lake man is selling many
cents a dozen for them.
Ex-Congressman Ben Clover fell out
of a wagon in Butler county the other
day and broke his collar bone
Up to date only eight members OF
the Twentieth Kansas have applied for
labor through the State labor bureau.
The Woodmen of the World have
erected monument at Wynnewood in
honor of Oliver g. Cable, deceased
sovereign.
The stamp department of the inter
nal revenue Office at Leavenworth dur
ing twelve days of this month received
SIC, SIS. "a for stamps
The Kansas river is lower than it has
been at this season for many years.
Irrigation schemes in western Kansas
and Colorado are said to be the cause
The Rock Island depot at Wellsford,
Kansas, was entered by thieves and
about three dollars in money secured.
They effected entrance by prying up
an Office window.
Governor Stanley urges superin-
tendents of State institutions to be
carefully saving of coal. The prison
, coal shaft is being repaired and but
little coal can be mined.
Governor Stanley appointed the
Court of Visitation on the first Monday
in April, 1899, in compliance with a
law enacted by the extra session in
1898. Since that time six cases have
been placed on the court docket.
Kansas State banks hold more than
f $13, 600, 900 in cash more than the q
! per cent required to be held as reserve
: In the national banks in this state il
: is about the same, though 25 per cent
l reserve is required. John Briedentha
? says New York bankers may send OF
their collateral
: The Kansas State Horticultural So
e ciety will hold it's thirty-third annua
f meeting in the rooms of the society il
the State house in Topeka Dec. 27, %
o and 90. One fare for the round trip
) Everybody is invited to attend.
Il The recent fire at Troy destroye,
:. Cy Leland's opera house building il
V which were the Doniphan county Stat
: bank and the post Office. His buildini
a occupied as a hardware store wa
@ burned and his two story brick genera
It store, on the corner was badly dam
aged.
=. The two steeples of the new Germa.
n Catholic church in Topeka are nearin
a completion. They are probably tn
Is tallest steeples in town.
K Two sons of Captain Means, of Sede
s. wick county, put in, cultivated an
gathered ITO acres of corn, without an
al outside help. This alone is worthy
- mention, because it could not hav
tx been done anywhere else in the worl
10 outside of Kansas. When they ha
n finished cribbing they found that til
er two boys had earned within 90 day
over $500 bushels of excellent corn.
Sc The State printer has delivered vo
ry ume 60 of the Supreme court report
ty It contains all the cases decided up
pt date not before reported. Judge Va
RS entine says it is the first time in ii
history of the court when all of i
M work has been reported.
he A White Cloud farmer bought or
ty of the ranges from the travelling pc
SIS dlers. He thought he was to pay SO
ON He signed a receipt for the stove
re- The receipt has turned up in the ham
i'll of an innocent purchaser" as no