Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-01

KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

rusty AdlI lnLO his 1OOL.
Mrs Ida Eclzert Lawrence, who read
a poem at the launching of the battle
ship Iowa, was from in Kansas.
The annual grand lodge of the
Knights of Pythias in session in Kan
sas City. Kansas. appointed their next
annual meeting to be held in Wichita.
Christian Scientists have purchased
a site for a new church in Wichita and
also the old Congregational church
which they will move and make over.
Grant Hornaday, who used to make
full hand hoeing corn, has just
bought theatre in Fort Scott for S22,-
900. He needed it to fill up his assort-
ment of properties.
The Dodge Avenue Methodist church
ming which tore off shingles from the
tower and also some siding from one
side of the building.
There is good demand for farm lands
IN Saline county at an advance in price
of from % to so per cent over four years
ago. The prospect for a good wheat
crop were never better.
Clarence d. Huffman, a prominent
teacher of Southeastern Kansas, was
killed at Pittsburg in collision be-
tween an electric car and a string of
coal cars being pushed before an en-
CINE
The health officers of Dickinson
county made an order that there should
be no public gatherings in the county
for 30 days on account of smallpox,
which put stop to all school com
mencements.
Farmers of Jackson county are loan
ing money to each other at per cent.
There are some farms changing hands
at an advance of about 10 per cent, the
sales being mostly in farmers investing
in adjoining lands
State Superintendent Frank Nelson
has received invitations to address
more than 300 school commandments
all occurring within very short peri
cd. Of course he had to stop accepting
when the time limit was filed.
James Goggins pioneer in Kansas
who settled in Geary county, has just
died. He came, like all first settlers,
empty handed to Kansas. In life he
gave each of his sons a fine farm, and
has left his widow large property.
Two nuggets were pumped out of a
well in Perth. Sumner county, which
old miners declared were genuine gold
and they were sent away for assay.
This resulted in report that the assay
showed that the nuggets were almost
pure gold. The came up from a well
so feet deep in reddish gray sand. The
community went wild.
Kansas veterans desire thai the fact
may be repeated that there never was
draft for soldiers in Kansas. A draft
was ordered in February, '65 and pro-
ceeded for month when peremptory
order to stop it came from Washington
and the men who had been chosen were
released. This was effected by protests
from Kansas which set forth the fact
that Kansas had furnished more troops
according to population than any Other
state Under calls from '6l to 65 the
Kansas quota was 12,s31. The actua
number of volunteers furnished wa.
II SOC, an excess of S,S75.
A Wichita abstractor says that there
few mortgages being recorded and the
old ones are practically all paid AND
cancelled. There never was SO many
cash sales made as now.
Bank Commissioner Albaugh believes
that there is 500 in cash per capt.;
now in Kansas. The banks in tn,
state, by their last report, hold CD, 900,
900 of deposits and Mr.. Albaugh think
it certain that there is as much NOR
in the cash drawers, in the pocket
and stockings Of individuals and hid
den in secret places.
On every divorce day in the distric
court at Fort Scott a handsome bou
quet is placed on the judges desk. [
is not known who sends IL but it
supposed that some divorced wOmal
has established a memorial divorc
day.
JuU9e AnSOu IL. Otdrk. III q test cas-
at Sterling, decides that the law com
peHing the appointment of old soldier
to official positions is not valid I'll
says the Legislature would have equa
power to compel voters to vote for oil
soldiers as to force their appointment
Farms and grazing land are in dc
mand in Ellis county at greatly in
creased figures. Horse buyers hav
shipped from Hays City about $4,000
worth of draft horses. Stock wintere
fine on wheat pasturage.
Miami county has paid off the last {
its bonded Indebtedness, built So, 0C
court house and paid for it within fou
years. The deposits in the banks {
the county at the last call were owe
81 200. 900, with sight exchange an
cash n hand for more then half of til
deposits.
A German couple of Leavenworth Q
their golden wedding day overhaule
their memory and could not find an
record of days sickness for either
them during the entire half century.