Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-06-29

vie on June Il.
The contract for the new court house
at lola calls for $50, 900
Mcpherson gives s1Z,oO0 and the site
for the Swedish college.
The military force at Fort Riley is to
be increased to 200 men
A college at Jetmore. Hodgeman
county, has been Incorporated.
Hutchinson is forced to add to the
capacity of its school buildings
c. NJ. Johnston, west of Caldwell,
lost six valuable horses by lightning.
A Cawker City man was fined SIS for
refusing to assist in making an arrest
There was 500, 900 worth of harvest
ing machinery sold at Abilene this
season.
Senator Burton has recommended
Peter Foley to succeed Postmaster
Lusk of Parsons
The quality of Sumner county wheat
is reported as of higher grade than
that of last years crop.
Nc DEOGDCInOOu Locomotive In
gineers. Division 179, held their annual
picnic at Humboldt. Over 1000 people
attended.
Bluff City, Harper county, has 700
lights, parks and a band and the town
has no debts.
Kansas Agricultural college has been
presented with two fine Galloway cat
tie by Colonel NJ. R. Plat, from his
herd in Johnson county.
The expenses of the dog catchers in
Topeka amounted to S1S7. so for three
weeks; their collections were S751, Civ
ing the city profit of $500. so
An attempt was made to blow up
the First NJ. F. church in Manhattan
The pastor. Rev. J.. NJ Miller, is lead
er in the crusade against the saloons.
Clara E. Howe. wife of E w. Howe,
of Atchison. has secured divorce on
the ground of desertion, receiving ali
mony of 500 month until SIS, 900 has
been paid.
The III. G. Lee farm north of Wichita
has ten acre field of alfalfa which
was sown ten years ago. The first
cutting this season produced Is tons;
with two more cuttings to follow.
About 5000 Santa Fe shopmen and
members of their families enjoyed a
picnic exclusion to Kansas City. This
was a less number than was expected
and provided for by the railroad com.
pany.
Henry Page, a farmer near Olivet.
and his wife We're at the spring getting
water when his two little girls, aged
2 and years, were burned in their
beds. Mr.. Page rescued them with a
ladder but they died of their burns.
Young Belts, the 13-year-old boy
who was tried for murder at Winfield,
was acquitted by the jury. Belts and
Clyde Moore, who had run away from
home, were accused of killing farmer
for his money. Moore's trial will come
later
c. NJ. johnson, the Sumner county
farmer who lost all his horses by light
ming, was the beneficiary of big
hearted act of his neighbor, S. w.
Walker, who hitched up big team
and took it to Mr.. Johnson and told
him to use them until he was able to
get a team.
The Topeka Capital has an extended
article, illustrated with likenesses of
E
cessfuI in business enterprises, from
insurance agencies, bakery and con-
fectionery shops, millinery and fur
niture to general merchandising.
Nearly 90 lines of business are repre-
sented, yet the article does not men
ton women lawyers and physicians of
whom there are many in the state.
The graduating class at Concoroia is
certainly up to date. Its motto was;
beyond this lie the washtub and the
sawbucll.
Haskell Indian school at Lawrence,
graduated 40 Indians. The normal
department graduates were eight girls
and one boy. Congressman Charles
Curtis made the address to the class.
| c. f. Dietrich, of Richmond, Frank
/ lin county, has sold six fanay Poland
| China hogs, which have been shipped
! to Finland in charge of the WELSH
go company. The express bill is sI2O
A linen manufacturer of Massachu-
| sets. is taking notes on Bourbon coun.
tvs fax crop with a plan to putting
in d factory at Fort Scott.
| In getting out the stone for the Igor
! county court house and the Emporis
Carnegie library stone was quarrieC
which measured 6 feet thick, 80 fee
wide and 90 feet long. 1t was split t.
/ required dimensions One block fol
the library was shipped which weighed
four tons and was u feet long and tive
feet square. 1t came from Cottonwood
Falls.
Miss Margaret w. Dean, of Wichita
will start for Persia in August Sh
has contracted for three years servic,
as teacher in the Presbyterian school
at Trimiah