Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-01-14
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

tne three regiments and the cOlored
battalions for the war.
A smallpox expert who is working
IN Atchison gets SIS day for his SER
vices. He is from Chicago
An old soldier at Leavenworth who
Is aged "A years, is suing his wife,
lged "a, for divorce, charging adult
cry.
The rattle fever always reaches its
height during the holidays. In Chau-
tauqua county a man rafied off SOW
and a litter of pigs.
q Kansas special edition one might be
led to think that all the best men of
the earth had located in one town.
COTS is small town to have union
depot. The Central Branch and the
Northwestern use the same building.
Concordia ought to have union de-
pot.
Wheat thieves are causing much
loss to farmers in northeast Dickinson
county, driving to the granaries in the
night and taking loads boldly to the
market.
The Santa Fe officials deny that the
fast mail will be discontinu ed. Gen
eral Manager Frey says the train has
had no more wrecks than any other
train, and that its service is good
The rooms of the Historical society
ri hot in
side and wishes to remove his overcoat
he is obliged to go out in the hall to
do SO. The work of the society is i'm
portant and it should have more room
The Gaylord Herald's weather proph
ct who has predicted this last cold
snap, says there will be a worse one
about the 14th of this month. It is
claimed by the Gaylord Herald that
this same weather prophet is very
hot article.
The Criterion says that a Lebanon
man is deferred from putting up ice
because there are SO many little fishes
frozen in it, and he does not believe
that the people of the town would take
kindly to the idea of having their wa
ter coolers turned into fish ponds next
summer.
The attorneys for John Collins give
thirteen reasons why he should be Civ
en- a rehearing, to the effect that the
verdict was contrary to law; thas the
Jurors read papers and gave opinions
during the course of the trial; that the
county attorney misstated the evidence
In his closing statements; that new
evidence for the defendant has been
discovered, and that the verdict was
contrary to evidence.
Carefully made experiments show
that fresh manure taken directly from
the stable to the field is worth about
double as much to the land as old
manure that has been piled up and al
lowed to rot and decompose through
the winter. And it would lose far
more of it's fertilizing qualities in the
summer months than in the winter.
AS it decomposes on the field the fer
tilizing elements will go into the
ground and enrich the soil.
The Goodland Banner secured state
ments from the merchants of that town
and found that the total amount of
sales during holiday week aggregated
R11,s Of this amount $3.50 went
for Christmas presents. This is an in
dication of the wonderful amount of
business done by Santa Claus and his
land, it should be remembered, is away
out in northwestern Kansas. People
who wanted To be mean used to say
that there was no God out Goodland
way; and it was there that Rainmaber
Montgomery, with his scheme of over
turning natures laws, rose, fourished
and fell; but the town and country
about it appear to be all right in this
particular year of grace.
A Kansas boy, Chas. Rounsavi1l, who
took part in the battle of Manila, I'M
der Dewey, in writing to relatives at
Circleville, says that the majority of
the people of the United States seem
to think that there was only one man
in that fight. while allowing Ad-
rniral Dewey all the credit" says
Rounsavill, sit would be well to re-
member that the enlisted men served
and fired the guns, and that without
them Dewey could not have won the
battle" Dewey has received gener-
Gus share of commendation, it is true.
but no more thar he deserved and the
assurance of the Kansas boy that the
admiral did not sink the Spanish fleet
single-handed and alone was hardly
needed.
A formerly of Atchison boy has turn
ed up editorial writer on the Washing
ton Post The time will come when a
man can not become great in this ma.
tion until he has been dipped once o,
twice in Kansas
Governor Riddle probably has more
books by Kansas authors in his library
than any other man in the state He
buys all of them. A Topeka book
seller has orders to supply him with 6
copy of any book written by Kansar