Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-01-06


Miss Rebecca Baxter, of Franklin
county was thrown from buggy and
killed.
The quarantine against the Cuban
chicken pox in Lawrence is now re
stricted to one home.
Charles Curtis is the only member
from Kansas that was appointed chair.
man of a committee
Records show IN average of 20 car.
loads of stock shipped OUT of Onaga
every month OF 1899.
A leading merchant at Geary City,
Kansas, is woman and is generally
known as ''Aunt Mary"
The Topeka ministerial union will
establish a circulating library for the
! benefit of it's members.
Drs. ]. Longbridge and r. F. Bry-
ant, of Lincoln. have been appointed
pension examining surgeons.
Frank Mobiles, farmer of johnson
county, died last week of hydrophobia.
He was bitten month before he died
1t takes eight days for the raw ma
terial to be changed into binding Irvine
at the new plant at the state peniten-
tiary.
| Delegates to the State Horticultural
society are agreed that present condi-
tons are favorable to a good crop in
1900
Six store buildings at Westphalia,
Anderson county were destroyed as the
result of a defective flue; with loss of
s25, ooO
All trains leading to Topeka on Dec
&c were crowded with teachers who
were on their way to the state teachers
meeting.
c. J. Devlin, the Topeka coal mine
operator. now carries S415, 900 in life
insurance of which $500 is in one
company
Congressman Charles Curtis makes
the prediction that Secretary Root will
not be the Republican candidate for
the vice presidency.
Governor Stanley has issued par
don for Isaac G. Reed, who was MUIR
der convict. Reed was taken to hos
pital, but is hopelessly sick.
Stephen Balsh, who has large vine
yards in sedgwick county, has sold
three carloads of grape cuttings to
nurseryman of Cowley county.
The Shawnee county treasurer uses
an adding machine which cost $3.50. 1t
is stated that the machine saves the
county the salary of one clerk every
year.
Sta-e Fish Commissioner George
Wiley of Meade, is promised liberal
supply of fish and asks persons who
want black bass, rock bass and croppy
to communicate with him at once.
And now the turlzey-gold nugget
story comes from the Missouri Pacific
eating house at Gypsum. It is stated
that the place where the turkey picked
up the nugget has been located and
that a company has been formed to
develop the mine.
Thirteen months ago a buffalo was
killed by the Dold Packing company
at Wichita, and the meat has been in
cold storage ever since. Some of it was
sold for Christmas banquets at the rate
of So pound and was found to be very
tender and in first class condition.
Catholics of Alma dedicated a fine
new church last week which takes the
place of one burned less than year
ago. The building cost Sc, 500, and the
debt on it amounts to less than $500.
Father Kamp is given credit for the
major portion of the work which was
necessary in getting the building put
up so quickly, and in such satisfac-
TRY manner.
Edgar Bates, of Smith county, has
sold his 80 acre farm for 1000. Ee
bought it ! years ago and went in debt
for every dollar Of it. He had it clear
when he sold it. He has bought
larger farm.
A Kansas girl, Miss Evelyn Louise
Lease, won a prize at the New York
city Normal school on a three act::orig-
inal drama, used at the annual Christ
mas entertainment at the school. There
were large number of manuscripts
submitted from which the prize drama
was chosen.
Aunt Nancy Rice, of Jefferson coun-
| ty, presided last week at the birth OF
her fiftieth grandchild. She has been
| first nurse for every one of the fifty.
besides having the care of five great
grandchildren.
It is said that as soon as the state
house is completed a movement viii be
put on foot to have the old east wing
which has stood thirty-fve years, torn
down and rebuilt in harmony with the
rest of the structure. The east wing
was built of inferior material and is
crumbling.
A pipe organ costing S1,675 has been
put in the Congregational church at
Seneca. They recently built an addi-
| ton to the church which cost $3.50,