Free press., 1901-11-16
Epizootic is prevalent among the

DdEDCI County cdIGIC StrC OSluR LbkcA
for pasturage to Pratt county.
Typhoid fever cases are reported in
almost every paper in Northern Kan
sas.
Captain Adna G. Clark, of Lawrence,
hus been appointed lieutenant in the
regular army.
The Kansas state lodge of Sons OF
Herman is to meet in Topeka, Noven-
Der 10 and 20.
Indian Agent Honne1 has paid s19,-
/ 500 to the handful of Indians still in
Franklin county.
Old 10Th Kansas veterans are trying
to get the survivors OF that regiment
together in reunion.
Dispatches from Anthony get pub-
lished which Indicate that the Orient is
rather slow in its operations in that
vicinity.
The supreme court did not decide the
Topeka mayoraIty contest last week as
I expected. Neither did ii reach the
eight-hour case.
| Fire destroyed at Hutchinson, the
Blue Front livery barn, the Grand
! Central hotel, a laundry. a printing
J Office and a restaurant.
/ F. D. Mead of Dexter, cattIeman,
has been indicted for putting to his
own use money sent him by, a Kansas
City commission man for expenses.
! The Kansas cotton mill at Indepen-
dence has been leased to new com
pany and viii begin operations in d
few days 1t viii employ about 100
men during the winter.
The free employment agency in To-
/ pel1a has made up quite list of parties
who have offered bribes to be put in
| good places. No one ON this list will
ever be helped by the agency.
| G. w. Proctor, a juryman at Fort
| Scott, in a criminal case, was arrested
for taking a newspaper into the jury
room and insisting upon reading an ac-
count of the trial to the jury.
Pearl Pagett and Frank White left
Beloit for Denver to buy 5000 Mexican
lambs. J. w. Higgins, of Cawker, is
| interested with them. They have made
sheep raising successful speciality.
The Wells Fargo company has COM
menced building pressed brick struc-
| ture in Hutchinson, for their own use.
1t is to be 25 by 120 feet and two stories
/ high. They will need it all, especially
| during the fruit season.
| Two men of Marysville, with eastern
capital to back them, propose to have
by May next, the largest plaster plant
in the United States. They have taken
a 80 year lease on quarter section in
Marshall county which is rich in gyp-
sum.
| The supreme court decides that school
| district warrants are not affected by
| the statute of limitation, and must be
paid. The Importance of this decision
! is great as there are thousands of dollars
| of unpaid scrip and war; ants which
were issued in boom days.
| The sheep upon which grew the fleece
| that gives Kansas the yvol Ids record for
heavy fleece is a Merino, born and bred
in Sedgwick county. His fleece, when
years old, sheared 371z pounds; when
years old Az pounds, and when four
years old So pounds
| Kansas claims the biggest horse in
the world. He was raised by Z. K.
| Stout, of Troy, Doniphan county. An
average horse weighs / 200 pounds, but
this animal is twenty hands high and
his weight is just 2,412 pounds, making
him as big as two horses, with more
than third of another to spare.
The new Mitchell county court house
at Be1oit has a room especially designed
for a rest room for women of the coun-
ty who come to town.
The California Limited will pick up
the fast mail car at Newton and take
it to La Junta , and the returning linn
tied, No. 4, will take it back to Kansas
City.
Henry Williams, of Gaylord, is be-
coming quite wealthy by fattening cat
tie on alfalfa. This year he has 400
head in his feed lots which he will feed
this winter.
Judge Hazen, of Shawnee county, de-
cides that an assistant attorney general
cannot punish a witness who refuses to
give him evidence, under the inquisition
law, which gives that power to county
attorneys only.
combination of Baptists has pur-
chased Campbell university at Holton,
and have changed its name to Campbell
| COlleciate iOStituta
The Scottish Rite reunion in Topeka
viii be November % to 90 inclusive.
The out OF town Masons will be enter.
tanned on Thanksgiving
Otto Miller, chief of the Springfield,
Ill, fire service, visited in Topeka re-
Gently. Twenty-seven years ago he
was with Chief Wilmarth in the old
volunteer fire service in Topeka. vii.
marth is there yet.
November was the 20th anniversary
of the pastorate OF the Rev. W. N
Page, of the First Presbyterian church
! of Leayenworth. There were 1913 mem.
bers then of whom there are left only
Al. During his pastorate Mr.. Page
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