Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-01-27

up %, 100 real estate deal last week
At the third exhibit of the Garden
City Poultry association there were
800 fowls entered, embracing all the
leading vrrieties.
good many Kansas towns are pay
ing attention to parks. Many of those
that have been arranged are not very
big, but are good to see.
JK Creighton, of Leavenworth has
been appointed chef clerk of the quar-
termaster at Santiago, Cuba, and sailed
from New York, January II.
During December the travel in Kan
sas was unprecedented. This month it
fell off suddenly and great number
of trainmen are being laid off.
Lost Springs, Marion county, has
about $50 people and every person in
the town is teetotaler. Now there is
a strong movement against tobacco.
There are at least seven nationalities
represented by the proprietor and en-
ployes Of one store in North Topeka
The nationalities are American, Eng
4sh, French, German, Scotch, Irish and
African.
Cowley and Harper counties failed to
collect taxes against railroads and now
ask the state to bear its proportion of
the amount The state board of equal
ization finds no authority TO act in the
premises.
s'The Humboldt wooden MILL" says
the Union, ''had the contract for ma
king wooden goods-blankets, etc. -
for the state penitentiary for several
years, and until the mill was discon-
tinued in 1890.
j. W. Milne, of Putnam, Kas., has
been reelected superintendent of the
state poultry show for next year. The
association made him a present this
year of chair in recognition of his
efficient services.
A deputy sheriff at Ottawa smashed
a masher in the face instead of taking
him in, ''for the sake of the girls. p" He
also punished the Washers companion
for interposing. That deputy ought to
be promoted sure.
Material for the new street railway
is arriving in Wichita. The first re-
ceived was carload of spikes, the rails
and boilers for the power house is
next. All material will arrive shortly
and hundred men be put to work.
The Kansas State Historical society
has had twenty-one presidents, viz:
Judge Samuel A. Kingman, the first
president, George A. Crawford, Gov.
John A. Martin, Gov. Charles Robinson,
II. Dwight Thatcher, F. P Baker, D.
r. Anthony, D. w. Wilder, Edward
Russell, William A. Phillips, C. K. Holt
day. James S. Emery, Gov. Thomas A.
Osborn, P. G. Lowe, V. ]. Lane, S. o.
Thatcher, Gov. E. N. Morrill,, Harrison
Kelley, John Speer, E. F. Ware and J.
6. Haskell.
The state board of agriculture has
appointed the following officers: Geo
1ogists-Erasmus Haworth, Lawrence;
6. P. Grimsley, Topeka. Entomolo-
gists-F. Fl. Snow, Lawrence; s. J.
Hunter, Lawrence; E. A. Popenoe, To-
pe<a. Meteorologists-J. T. Lovewell
and T. B. Jennings, Topeka. Botan-
ists-L. E. Sayrer, Lawrence; A. S.
Hitchcock, Manhattan. Chemists-E.
II. S. Bailey, Lawrence; ]. T. Willard,
Manhattan. Veterinarian-Paul Fis-
cher, Manhattan.
Owing to the danger of an epidemic
of typhoid the city>pouncil of Lawrence
investigated the city's water supply.
Captain J. P Grinstead, of the Thirty
second Infantry reported killed in the
Philippines, was a veteran officer OF
three wars. He served during the re-
bellion, as captain in a Kentucky cav
airy regiment, was elected captain OF
Company L, of the Twenty-frst Kan
sas, recruited in Sumner county. He
was city mashal of Wellington for sew
eral years and was prominent in the
G. A. r.
w. o. Vanarsda1e, James Elem, OF
Burton, and a party of Wichita sports
men have purchased the land south Oh
Burton, on which the Patterson lake
is situated. They will expend 81. zoo
in building and equipping a brick club
house.
Three townships of Dickinson county
have refunded their railroad bonds a
5 per cent. They were drawing 6 pc
cent. The owners of the old bond
take the new ones at no expense to tn,
townships to prevent the state schoo
fund getting them.
Catherine Smith has filed suit agains
the city of Columbus for SIS, 200 dam
ages alleged to have been sustained b
reason of the city permitting saloon
ito be run in violation of law, thereb
causing her husband, C. w. Smith, t
become an habitual drunkard.
Insurance Superintendent Churc
thinks it is possible that certain cite
of Kansas whose fire departments ar
entitled to yearly cash receipt for tn
iuse of the members, are falling to &c
their money by reason of oversight {
lack of information.
w Homer of Rocks county Gam