Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-26
KANSAS NOTES.
A woman carries the mail between
Grainfeld and Grove City.


People at Kiowa can get chickens
right from the Shell He is a poultry
dealer.
The police Judge at Salina has fined
the jointists $50 each for keeping open
on Sunday.
The Santa Fe has continuous track
of its own from Chicago to San Fran
cisco, 1886 miles.
During last month Labette county
put up Ss7.24 for transportation for
boys committed to the reform school
]. W. Hullinger of Kansas City. Kan,
has been made principal of the Dickin-
son county high school, at 81. 200 per
year.
The Lawrence Journal is in favor of
souri-some time when Missouri isn't
looking.
Two inches of rain last week made
that estimate of 100, 900. 600 bushels on
the Kansas wheat yield this year look
reasonable.
A Kansas literary society has decided
that man may safely marry on a sal
airy of S12 per week, but the safety of
his bride was not debated.
The Arkansas Valley Sentinel gives
the new Presbyterian preacher of SYRIA
cuse certificate warranting him to be
ian all around good fellow"
Hutchinson is to have another tele-
phone system. a franchise has been
granted to a company which puts up
| forfeit that there will be 200 phones
in operatian within a year.
The Topeka joinstists now secure beer
from the drug stores to supply custom
ers until the war on them is over. The
jointists regard this plan as much safer
than to keep the liquor on hand.
Right at the time when Eldorado is
arranging to get her hooks in divis-
ion on the Orient railway that story of
the removal of the Missouri Pacific
shops from there to Wichita comes up
again.
A st. Louis merchant, looking for an
opening for a store in Kansas, has con-
cluded that Salina is trimmed up just
about to his taste, and he will locate
there if he can purchase the property
he wants.
Kansas is giving the new stamp books
the same glad hand they are receiving
in other sections of the union. The
papers print notices of the rapid sale of
| the first consignments sent out and
orders sent in for more.
James A. Walker, pioneer merchant
at Merriam, who died recently, was at
Shawnee mission in 1858 running
store when QuantrelIs men ran him
- H. SC%n Cd
in the Missouri state militia and par
ticipated- in the battle OF Westport.
A young lady died of smallpox at
Clearwater. 1t was the first case in the
town, and the citizens, aided by the
township board, raised fund with
which to purchase the four-roomed
house in which the girl lived with her
mother, and their effects. and every
thing will be burned.
Cliff Scott and the other Kansas
members Of Roosevelt's Rough Riders
who engaged themselves to Buffalo
Bills show are now in New York suf-
fering the keenest sort of disappoint-
ments. Bill has decided not to take
his show to Paris. and the boys can
only tour this country.
A man recently entered newspaper
Office for the purpose of having inserted
card thanking the lodge in which his
wife carried s., 900 insurance for pay
ing over the money promptly. The
newspaper man figured up the number
of lines and told the bereaved husband
! that the charges would be p cents.
''AlI right" he replied, Il told the
lodge folks 1 would have it put in, no
matter what it cost Two thousand
dollars is quite a tidy sum" remarked
the newspaper man, as he made change.
Yes was the reply, lit viii come in
pretty handy. CT course, l would
have liked to keep my wife, but still
| this money viii put me in good shape.
Ten miles north of Topeka lives
colored man by the name of Benjamin
| Vance. who was born a slave in Ken
i lucky sixty-four years ago. He came
| to Shawnee county seventeen years
ago with team of horses and 80 cents.
! To-day he owns 400 acres of land with
out a dollar of mortgage upon it. sew
eraI hundred head of stock, a fine resi-
dence and the other property usually
| found on a well ordered farm. Re
Gently he gave one of his daughters
grand piano as birthday present, and
his house is luxuriously furnished.
Every dollar he has he made on Kan
sas farm, first as a renter and then as
an owner.
An announcement in the Emporia
Republican conveys the information
that Governor Eskridge has been or
dered by his physician to cease work
altogether for time. He has been i'll
for two months or more, and no doubt
should have quit before this, but the
| old keep at it, was too strong in him
| to permit it. That he may enjoy
speedy return to health will be the
| universal wish.
There are no colored students in the
class which will graduate from the
Parsons high school this term; some
thing unusual for that town
IF the Rev. Mr. James puts up money
for all the schemes thai the newspap ers
credit him with favoring. he will have
Helen Gould's Kansas charities o. the
hog.
Another protest against rag time:
| 4trT-ba time has come saws John Mac