Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-08-25

Bluff City held a social to pay for
lawn mower for the use of the city.
Company G, Twentieth Kansas, will
hold reunion at Cherryvale Aug. "A.
Hot winds in Central Kansas have
Pat &n end to further growth of
ccrn.
A band of cattle thieves, 35 in num-
Der, has just been broken up in Meade
county.
Ralph Ingalls,, the son who most re-
sembles his father, is with the army in
Manila.
BurgIaries follow the circuses. In
Wichita several instances of their work
occurred.
One day recently there were 65 cars
loaded with wheat on the sidings at
Ellsworth.
Kansas has one hundraG and eleven
towns with more than one thousand
inhabitants.
Old settlers of Rocks, Norton, Ora
ham and Phillips counties will hold a
reunion at Logan, September to Z.
C. F. Drew, car service agent of the
Rock Island, thinks that road will
have no difficulty in handling the
wheat crop.
First settlers of Allen, Anderson.
Coffey and Woodson counties will hold
their annual meeting at Neosho Falls,
August 80 and 81.
man whose clothing was marked
F. c. Weber, was arrested at Burling-
ton, with complete set of burglars
tools in his satchel.
The boring for gas at Burlington has
reached its third effort. Two deep
holes were bored and one more at
tempt is to be made.
The Rev. J. a. McCulloclz Of the Eng
lish Lutheran church of Salina has
resigned to accept the pastorate of
church in Burlington, Iowa.
Charles Plummer, aged ii, who had
just. finished term at the reform school,
was killed in Wichita while trying TO
jump on a moving freight train.
The Wichita Presbytery, in session
at Wellington, voted to depose Rev.
Mr.. NJ. S. Mayse, late synodical evan
gelist, for unbecoming conduct.
BARLEY Coyne, of Shawnee county,
has had a sale. A horse which he
bought at a similar sale four years ago
for So so, sold at this sale for 500.
The veterans of the First Kansas
regiment, who took part in the battle
of Wilson Creek, August 10, 1861, held
Missouri.
Kansans living out in the western
third of the state are Dragging about
the fruit that has been raised this year.
It is a comparatively new story for
that section of the country.
An Assyrian connected with a side
show travelling with Robinson's circus
was killed at Ellsworth by a canvas
man belonging TO the circus. Officers
followed the show to arrest the Grim
inal.
A party of volunteer ladies went to
the Masonic home in Wichita and
| picked, peeled and prepared the fruit
for two barrels of cider, made 10 gal
Ions of apple butter, eight gallons of
boiled cider for mince pies, 25 quarts
of grape jelly; with other jellies and
buffers. They put up $50 cans of
| peaches, and did lots of other work of
| the same nature.
| Fort Scott electric cars will stop
running September I, because the COM
pany cannot agree with the city coun-
Gil about light plant in connection.
The proprietors say the line could be
made to pay if it had light franchise.
The two new batteries of the K. n.
G. are to be supplied with two modern
breech loading guns. each, o. the model
of 1897.
Mrs. James W. Galloway, an aged
resident of Wathena, disappeared and
later her rem aims were found in the
Missouri river.
n. ]. Dalton has 1000 apple tree.
near Granville, just come into bearing
this year. It is very profitable crop
being plentiful and in fine condition.
A. W. Flora, of Mcpherson county
had a crop of wheat producing % bu
shells to the acre which tested 63 pound.
to the bushel. He was paid one CEN
over the market on account of its extrs
quality.
Work is well under way on a cream
cry at Palco in which farmers in tina
vicinity have taken stock to the amoun
of about $1,000.
S. o. Spencer, the state oil inspector
turned over to the state treasure
S1,214.15, the amount collected by hi
department during the month of July
VIM. Smith, of Sedgwiclz county, los
, a large barn and granary, with 400
bushels of wheat by fire. He had beer
: active in the anti-chiclzen and hors
i thief association.
Charles F. Rooster celebrated his al
rival in Marysville 40 years ago b
l hosting flags on his home and on hi
5 many business buildings in the city
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