Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-17
KANSAS ITEMS OF 1NrEkEsr.

Judge GEORGE w. MCKAY, OF harper
county, is going to move into Oklahoma.
From Ness county comes the story of
bunch of rye 80 inches high with five
inch heads.
Minneapolis is to vote upon the build
ing of high school with bonds for
foundation.
Joseph Ralston died at Leavenworth
a few days since at the age of 90 years
and 4 months.
The NJ. K. & T. railroad officials are
preparing to erect Y. NJ. c. a. build
ing in Parsons.
The anti-horsethief association of
Cowley county is taking in new mem
bers by scores.
The graduating class of the Topeka
high school is composed of 40 girls and
IA boys; 90 in all.
At Powhattan. Brown county, 1900
bushels of corn was sold at 40 cents a
bush ell in the crib
John Gray. farmer near Andover,
is going to Ireland for his first visit.
He is 63 years old.
Kansas farmers are now carrying
banners and chanting Condition of
wheat los per cent.
The graduating class at the Chapman
high school was made up of twelve
boys and three girls.
The Farmers National bank of Os-
borne is not incorrectly named. Farm
ers put up for its stock.
A L. Evans, who killed a man in
Tennessee, in self defense as he claims,
was arrested at Fort Scott.
The Barber county teacher who as
saulted one of his young girl pupils
was found guilty by the trial jury.
A stranger is negotiating with Au-
gusta to plant there lead pencil fac
tory with a capacity of Is, 900 day.
Archibald Kerr an old citizen of
Greenwood county, is dead. He was
widely known breeder of fine stock.
A. j. Athay while riding home from
Caldwell to Bluff City lost both horses
by lightning but was not affected by it
in person.
The recent general, quiet rains
raises the doubt which had commenced
to hover over the wheat crop in few
localities
A company formed at Cherryvale
with a capital of 500, 900, proposes to
erect plant and manufacture auto
mobiles.
Charles L. Sloan was killed by light
ming at White City. He had just
moved there from Soldier in jackson
county.
The New York dailies are airing a
list of Kansas millionaires when it is
probably true that Kansas hasn't one
of them.
DR.. Boyalxin is coroner of Marshall
county at the age of 90. He claims to
be the oldest veteran of the civil war
in Kansas.
The rain on the night of the 18th was
general in Southern Kansas and ex-
tended west as far as Dodge City and
north to Salina.
E. C. Wilson, student of Friends
university at Wichita, was to marry al
Springfield, ILL.,, but is restrained from
going there by a quarantine of the
the dormitory in which he rooms
There are 81 students held there on &C
count of a case of smallpox
A. Reynolds, an old citizen of Coffey
vile, was walking near a high, steer
bank and slipped into the Verdigri.
river and was drowned.
Joseph Richmond has shelled ovel
30, 900 bushels of corn which he cribbeC
in Harper county five years ago. HI
says that holding it was a good invest
ment
The towns of Kansas are pretty gen
orally arguing about the propriety o
cutting down all female COTTONWOOD
trees in their streets. The cotton nui
eance is the cause.
Colonel A A. Harris, once a promi
nent lawyer at Fort Scott. died at Du
luth, Mimi, May 10. He had lives
there since 1898.
The executive council purchased tw
lots on Tenth street near the capitc
for So, 800 for the location of the stat
house heating and lighting plant
There is two story brick building o.
the lots, the material from which ca,
be used in the new building. The lot
once sold for S23, 200. They are on tn
corner of Tenth and Jackson, southeas
of the state house grounds
One Oswego man had shipped $50
worth of pie plant while May was stil
young.
Isaac Dean has purchased the Hami
ton ranchin Kingman county. Beside
the 1000 acres of land the bargain il
cludes 400 cattle. Mr.. Dean has
ranch of 3 1000 acres to which this phi
chase adds : 900 acres Mr. Dean hs
made all he has out of Kansas soil.
Ellis county proposes to build tv
bridges across the Smoky so that til
wheat in the northern part of Rus
county may come to her markets
A Burr Oak man advertises Belgia
hares at "a cents each. 1t was boun