Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-02-18

There is an Uncle Tom show loose in
Kansas in a wagon.
Kansas is thirty-eight years old, but
she is still a darling
The ice crop this winter is making
regular alfalfa record.
Cy Leland is said to be one of the
three richest men in Kansas.
The Kansas Mutual Hail insurance
company is a new one in Mcpherson
county.
The oldest inhabitants of Kansas are
now bucking one another with low
temper allure stories.
More ice has been put up in Kansas
| this winter than ever before in the
history OF the state.
The state architect estimates that it
will take 5000, 900 more to complete the
state house. Why not build new enc
and be done with it?
! Miami county is the loser on the new
court house the county being forced &c
! take the contract off the hands of the
contractor, j. ". Divilbis-
| Atchison's chief of police is down on
| professional horse traders and keeps
cases on any one who happens tc
stray within his jurisdiction.
The Santa Fe throughout Kansas
will equip its grade crossings with
electric bells which will ring a warn
upon the approach Of train.
There will be hot tirae IN this old
commonwealth when the boys of the
| Twentieth Kansas come home, and
! glad-hand record will be made that
will endure for a long time.
The average Kansan has seen more
cold weather during the past month
than they ever witnessed at one time
before in this state. All will be glad
! to greet the approach on an early
spring.
! If that lake out in Barton county
reaches the proportions that the PEG
PIE there say it will, the time is com
ing when Kansas may be able to get
her hook into the river and harbor bill
/ SONNA anu NOOP'
Several cute lads of Wellington who
| thought there would be a world of fun
in stringing wire across sidewalk
and watching pedestrians tumble over
it were hauled up before the justice
who stuck them for $7.75 apiece.
| Over at Atchison the bank which is
named as the depository for the first
| fifty thousand dollars of county money
will pay interest on balances at the
rate of 5-s per cent. The same bank
last year had the first fifty thousand
for 4 = per cent.
The ground hog missed an oppor-
tunity of life time that he didn't pro-
ceed with his grand opening last week.
If he had appeared and carried out the
usual program he would be considered
| a prophet in the land for half cen
fury.
Thomas county in 1883 voted $50, OOO
bonds to secure the building of the
Rock Island railroad. So ably has the
county managed its finances and taxa
tions, that already mas large part OF
this debt been paid, and the debt fund
ed at lower rates of interest.
On Jan. II and Feb. Z and 81, March
: and 21, the Santa Fe will sell round
trip tickets at the very cheap rate OF
one fare plus 81. 90 to all points in
|
| New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
These tickets will bear going limit
with stop-over privileges of fifteen
days, final return limit 81 days from
date of sale. Before purchasing tick
cts, you will do well to call on some
representative of the road that reaches
all points of Importance 1.-The Great
Santa Fe-
W. j. BLACK, G. P. A,
Topeka, Kans.
Tt is hard to realize that in Manils
the Kansas boys are nightly sleeping
covered with glory and are yet kick
ing on the oppressive heat.
In Kansas an ecclesiastic calls him
self clergyman; his parishioners cal
MIN a minister, anu Tile pOIIIicldH reISr'
to him as preacher.
D. R. Anthony, the elder, has suet
+ for libel the Leavenworth Standard
an evening paper there, which accused
Colonel Anthony of accepting a month
, ly bride from gambler. Anthem.
wants S., 900 for the lie.
E A man who wanted to open a stor
at Lakin was deferred from doing s.
because he could not secure build
, ing.
, Over at Eskridge they are discussing
+ the ACCESSIBILITY of putting in water
+ works and street lights
1t is claimed that the new paper a
a Cawker is adding subscribers at tn
: rate of ten a day. Those who hav
e had share of experience in pushing
d local paper will want to know if il
i each case the coin was left with tn
order.
y When we get at spring in Kansa
t this year we will appreciate it
d The Office of coal oil inspector i