Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-11-17


Next week six counties unite n a 6.
a. r. reunion at Peabody
The appellate courts of Kansas all go
out of business on January 1, 1901.
The Coffey county fair was postponed
until this week on account of the rains.
A Marshall county farmer has just
sold 900 bushels of old corn at 3114
cents.
+. The Photographers of Kansas met in
Representative hall in Topeka, Sep
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plum trees than any other county in
the state.
Counterfeit nickels are plentiful
in the towns along the southern Dor
der of the state.
The ninth annual convention of col
ored Baptist churches was held in To-
peka last week.
Congressman C. I. Long was called
to Brownsville, No, to the funeral of
his Oldest brother.
company has been chartered fol
manufacturing gas and gasoline en-
gines at Cherokee.
6The Kansas Society of the Army of
the Philippines was organized at the
Hutchinson reunion.
Frank C. Goudy, nominee for COVER
nor of Colorado, formerly lived in JEFF
ferson county, Kansas.
The enrolment at Baker University
is nearly four hundred: nearly one
half are new students.
The official count shows an attend
ance at Kansas Agricultural college of
$40. Last year it was $50.
Miss Laura Kimbal, of Burlington,
accidentally shot herself in her left
breast with rife. She may live.
Verdigris river was on tear four or
five days last week. 1t was out of its
banks in many places, doing much
damage.
The Glasco State bank, with d paid
up capital of So 900, has 500, 900 on de-
post, of which "a per cent belongs to
1877 farmers.
is contracted at sec, 900 to a Topeka
firm. To finish and furnish the build
| ing will bring the cost to $35, 900.
Ten Missouri Pacific freight cars
went into the ditch, west of Sedan; six
of them loaded with wheat. Eight
| cars were totally wrecked. An un-
known tramp was killed.
George A. August, Topeka clothing
merchant, committed suicide in New
| York few days since. Six months
| ago his wife procured divorce, since
which his business has been bad
Miss Martha d. kaufman, of Abbey
vile, Kansas, has been appointed
teacher at the Western Shoshone school
| Nevada. and Miss Frances E. Atner, of
Efingham, Kansas, has been appointed
teacher at Round Valley, Cal.
a Galveston family came to a Kan
sas town with communicating dog
which was much loved and cared for
the family was swept off the porch and
seemed hopelessly lost But the dog
plunged into the flood and rescued the
child.
The convention of county clerks held
in Emporia, named the following as a
committee on legislation: s. w. Swim
neg, Cherokee, chairman; C. f. Hobbs,
Usage; j. A. Davenport, Franklin, J.
G. Ruddy. johnson: W. E. Wood, Sum
ner; John b. Cain, Sedgwick: A. D.
RuInmel, Sherman; John a. Carnell.
Norton; ii. E. Peach, Lyon: John NJ.
Wright, Shawnee; S. S. King, Atchi.
son.
The Santa Fe announced in advance
that special trains would be run to the
Wichita street fair from Kiowa and
from Pratt.
Orson Kent, of Burlington, has held
commissions as notary public in Kan
sas since 1859, the first bearing the sig.
nature of Governor Medary, a terri
torial governor.
j. r. Ralston. who formerly conduct
e0 the OoCrOlC. DICKINSON county, RreSS
was attacked by Eli Bushey and Sc
, riously injured. Ralston's horse got
into Bushey's cornfield.
Jack Gossage, of Baldwin, dreamed
at the hour of the destruction of Calves
, ton, about his son, who was there. He
went to Galveston, but found that he
, had been crushed by falling building
while helping two comrades out of the
hospital.
Toronto and vicinity experienced
destructive winds on the night of Sep
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, was torn to pieces and his mother wa.
S injured Barns, fences. etc. wer.
r damaged. Thirty tombstoDes wer,
wrecked in the cemetery.
The freshman class at Washbur1
college is expanding $500 to equip it
foot ball team.
7. R. Harrison. formerly postoffic'
| insDector in Kansas is NOW acting a,