Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-06-09


last week of 5000.
The leaf roller is injuring fruit trees
in Greenwood county.
D. S. Shook, of Topeka. is with, Asst.
Atty. Gen. Bristow in Cuba.
A hailstorm did damage in Rice
county, especially near Miles.
Winfeld's population is given by the
assessor at 6,O59, a gain of 332.
A brother of Senator Beveridge of
Indiana, is an auctioneer at Marysville.
Ellsworth county farmers have char
tered bank with a capital of S25, COG.
Last week the Arkansas river was
higher than it has been for six years.
Fireman Hereford. of Wichita, had
leg broken by falling wall at arecent
fire.
Assessors returns show gain for
Wellington of 1877; the population being
4,346.
The Kansas State Bankers Associa-
ton met at Abilene this week, June
and 7.
A convention of Kansas letter car
riers was held in Topeka the last days
of May.
The ladies of Parsons have begun a
movement for the erection of conven-
ton hall
]. r. Harrison, a postofice inspector
in Kansas, has gone to Havana to help
Bristow.
Presbyterians of Parsons have dedi-
Gated their new $4,000 church free
from debt.
The Epworth League of Kansas will
hold its state convention at Topeka
June 1921.
The McLain farm in Harvey county
sold last week for $3.50, or S4,70O
quarter section.
Soon, very soon, the old cry of a car
famine will be heard echoing over
| Kansas stubblefields.
The First Baptist church of Yelling
ton has called Rev. c. H. Stull, of FL
Dorado, and he has accepted.
The railroads give free transporta-
ton for the additional IS cars of Kan
sas corn for India from Topeka to New
York.
David Wear, section boss at Abilene,
was the first reported victim of the
season; the first to be overcome with
heat.
| Aurthur j. Bunce, one of the victims
| of the St. Louis strike, was a young
Topekan His remains were brought
there for burial.
J. Q. A. Norton, who has been pro-
bate judge in Douglas county for a
quarter of a century was defeated for
denomination.
An Oskaloosa minister asked his con-
| gregation for 1925 for repairs on the
church. The congregation put up $40
on the first round.
The cut worm, or army worm is at
work on weeds and alfalfa in Saline
tered the wheat fields.
The Mcpherson waterworks are to
be sold, and the people of the city held
mass meeting and decided that the
people wouldn't buy it.
Lieutenant Elliott of Coffeyville,
brother to the Kansas editor who was
killed in the Philippines, died of sun
stroke in Manila last week.
Judge Nelson Case, president of the
board of directors of Baker University.
and Miss Georgiana Reed, for some
years a teacher there, are married.
The conscience fund in the state
treasury has received since 1870, 81, 200;
the last item being a remittance from
Chicago of S24 50, with no signature.
George Russell, of Clay county, has
made his third escape from the insane
asylum at Topeka. He is dangerous
man.
During May the Wichita fire depart
ment was called out only six times
only two of the fires were of any i'm
portance.
Inspector Rising, of rural free de
livery systems, is talking a great dea.
about his work.
! WIN. DeVereauX, the 0efaultlng treas
urer of Doniphan county, has been 10
Gated in New Zealand
The third congressional district il
pouring letters in upon Governor Stan
ley asking him to take action on the
location of an insane asylum at Par
, sons. Delegations from each county
are visiting the governor.
At Wichita fire, two young wome1
employed in Dold's packing house los
all their clothing save what they hao
: on in bed. The men who were asso
ciated with them in their work chi2peC
: in S35, and Mr.. Dold, hearing about it
r passed around and increased the
amount to neat little sum.
a There are eight business men in TIC
t peka each of whose individual life in
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