Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-01-28

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There is a contest over road over
seer job in Atchison county.
The Kansas Creamery Company will
establish a skimming station at st.
| Marys.
Wichita is still having the grip; also
| signs, knocks and passwords. Topeka
has pass keys
An Atkinson colored man, a baptist,
60 years old, has just discovered that
he is healer
The Mail estimates that the people
of Wellington have spent close to So, 900
for war revenue stamps.
Tidings come from the wheat section
to the effect that the growing crop has
not been damaged by freezing.
Scranton, which is long on love for
genteel sport, expects to have an all
star base ball nine to put in the field
the coming season.
Nortonville, in proportion to popu-
lation, is said to give better support to
an electric light plant than any other
town in the state.
number of Marysville boys, desir-
Gus Of learning telegraphy, have pur-
chased instruments and put up a pocl1-
ct edition telegraph line.
Five former officials of Greenwood
county have filed suits for back salary
they allege is due them, the amounts
ranging from S1O2 to 81, 600.
The year just rolled into the past
was record breaker for weddings in
Jewell county; Isl of them The next
best year was '97, with % less.
One day last week 1O7 loads of wheat
were marketed in Russell. They aver
aged fifty-fve bushels to the load.
running the total very close to 5000
bushels.
Ellis is the banner Kansas tobacco
county. III 1898 the production amount
ed to $4,000 pounds; just about third
of the output of 81. 1t was valued at
ten cents pound.
An Atchison young lady declined an
invitation to become q member of the
pleasure party aboard the steam launch
Paul Jones, which is believed to have
been lost at sea with all on board.
Most of the old inhabitants who have
spoken appear to think that the peach
Lbuds are all right. The peach bud
Equestion is always a weighty one in
| Kansas about this season of the year.
The Frisco has SO, 600 damage suit
on hand, as the result of injuries re-
ceived by Emma Ross, fourteen-year-
old girl, at Opolis last October. She
| was riding horseback and was struck
| by the engine of an extra.
Down at Galena the crusade against
the slot machines means something.
| Twenty offenders against the ordi-
nance which bars these nickel getters
were hauled up in one day this week
and each one was assessed $50 and
costs.
When wheat is selling at low price
the average farmer is apt to be some
what more liberal about sowing seed
than he would be if it were worth a
high price. Whatever the price may
be, it is waste to SOW more seed than
necessary for the production of the
largest crop the soil will mature.
For two weeks past there has been
almost panic in cattle paper in Fin
ney county and several parties have
lost their cattle under mortgages
The Gillettt failure was what started
the pressure and the banks are call
ing in their money. The effect Is be-
lieved to be temporary, and when
spring opens and the uncertainty of
winter is over, cattle will again be-
come good property.
Washington county wants to build a
county jail and the legislature is ask
ed to pave the way by passing bill
authorizing the county commissioners
to begin work upon the structure.
The measure also authorizes the COM
missioners to appropriate from the
general revenue fund of the county
SIS, 900 to defray the expense connected
) with the building. The bill convey
: ing such authority was introduced in
, the senate by Mr.. Morrow of Washing.
ton county.
Cofeyville is really becoming a ne
tropolitan town They now talk OF
franchise graboers" down there.
Here's a milk of human kindness
item from the Morrill, News: One OF
our merchants went to country home
to collect an account. Finding the
family almost destitute he did not ask
: for payment, but returned home and
sent the family dozen pairs of new
shoes. The merchants often have TO
scramble for their dues, but they are
generally bigger-hearted than they
are reckoned by this cold world.
The lottery scheme for building a
l hotel at Ottawa is go. a $50, 600
t building will be put up and divided
= into five shares of $4,000 each. These
will be the capital prizes of the draw
? ing.