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

1880 pounds of turkey.
st. Francis hospital, Wichita, on
Christmas eve had tree for the pa
tients. It was successful and happy
affair.
a Farmers Institute has just closed
at Wellesville. 1t was the seventh an
Inual meeting there and was. well at
tended.
The Carey hotel at Wichita. has been
purchased by B. L. Eaton, for $4,000.
Mr.. Eaton will make changes and adj
ditions to the hotel.
The premier Jockeys Of the world,
Lester and Johnny Reiff, are in Wichi-
ia, their old home, visiting their
brother, Elmer Reiff.
Frank Doster, the populist chief JUS
tice of the supreme court, is credited
with being the best Shalesperian schol-
ar in the state house.
The roads in Southern Kansas are
just now worse than they have ever
been before. The Oldest inhabitant is
Sti1lwell, the Kansas City man who
built the Pittsburg and Gulf. railroad.
has now resigned as president of the
Guardian company, the trust company
behind the P. & G.
T. c. Kirby, proprietor of hotel at
Perry, shot and killed G. A. Foley, and
riding to Oskaloosa surrendered to the
sheriff. Kirby asserts the dead nan
had ruined his daughter.
their grain. Mckenzie, state inspector,
says that unless the grain begins to
move soon he will have to reduce his
force of deputies to half.
The Kansas live stock sanitary COM
mission has issued a bulletin shutting
out all cattle, except for immediate
slaughter, from south of the quaran-
tine line, after January 1. On that
date all of the inspectors along the line
will be discharged.
Another encouraging sign in Kansas:
Bath rooms are being fitted up in a
number of towns. In flush times the
Kansan abandons the old wash tub in
the kitchen FOR a 25 cent dip in por-
celain lined affair down town, with
water enough at hand to drown
whale.
In Shawnee county lives Benjamin
Vance who was born a slave in Ken
lucky GA years ago. He came to Kan
sas II years ago with team and so
cents. He now owns 400 acres clear of
debt, several hundred head of stock,
fine residence and other property. His
residence is finely furnished and he
gave one of his daughters a fine piano
on Christmas. Every dollar he has
was made by farming, first as renter,
then as an owner.
Ten new engines Of the simple con-
of the Santa Fe shops in Topeka.
These engines will be used in freight
service and are what are known as
''pushers" especially useful on heavy
grades. Work has already commenced
on the order, and the engines will be
finished with haste. The cylinders of
the engines will be 21x34 inches, and
the wheels will measure 81 inches over
the tires. The boiler will be 80 inches.
The weight of engines on drivers will
be rs, 900 pounds, and on truck will be
1000 pounds, making about 90 ton
engine when in working order.
within five years." says the olathe
Mirror, ''eveTy farmer in Johnson
county will have his mail delivered at
his door and there will be trolley lines
connecting every part of the county
with Olathe and Kansas City"
The first term of district court was
held in Salina county in 1886. Since
that date 264 divorces have been grant
ed, and 125 divorce suits have been
commenced and abandoned. There
was one divorce in 1865, and the high
est number for any year was nineteen
In 1888.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Agricultural society had a larger at
tendance than usual. The delegates
attended the funeral of Mrs. We1lhouse
wife of the president of the society.
Judge ]. E. Halsell, who was at one
time district judge Of Sumner county,
died recently at his home in Fort Worth,
Tex, of Bright's disease. He was 70
years of age and was one of the most
prominent democratic leaders of the
state. At the time of his death he was
q candidate for district judge at FIT.
Worth.
Miss Victoria Tulis is the name of a
Kansas girl who is serving as nurse in
one of the Manila hospitals. She says
she is delighted with Manila; is living
In Admiral Montejo's late residence
and describes it as magnificent.
Rev. C. L Scofeld. who delivered the
funeral grafton over the late Dwight
Moody at East Northfe1d, Massachu-
sets, once lived in Atchison. He was
at one time United States district at
torney for Kansas. Ae now occupies
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