Free press., 1901-08-24

Kansas gained l. per cent IN popu-
lation in the year ending March /, 1901.
Drillers struck heavy vein of crude
petroleum fifteen miles north of Fort
Scott
1t is proposed that the city of Fort
Scott issue $4,000 in bonds to bore for
gas.
EG Frame, of Usage county, sold
$3.50 worth of bluegrass seed from -
acres.
Kansas City man paid a So fine
for killing five prairie chickens in Ellis
county.
John Mead. of Leavenworth. was
killed by lightning while crossing the
fort reservation.
A. Robins and his sons, of Auburn,
Shawnee county, sold 282 bushels of
fax seed. off of II acres, for S374.S5.
Kansas, according to the returns of
the assessors, gained %, 100 in popula-
ton during the year ending March 1,
last
w R. Haslet. of Sumner county,
claims to have raised the best wheat in
the world. 1t tested Go pounds to the
bushel.
Eighty per cent of the divorces fled
in Shawnee county are by women.
Last year there were lis divorces and
GOO marriages.
Wellington milling firm received
orders in one day for 100000 pounds of
flour, of certain brand. There had
been no soliciting.
While drilling for gas at Erie oil was
found at depth of 500 feet. The oil
is of good quality and promises from 25
to so barres day.
In Harper county, So of the 90 teach
ers passed. There are 90 teachers
needed and where the lacking 81 are to
come from is the problem.
NJ E. Phillips was reelected chan
cellor of the Kansas Wesleyan univer-
sity, he having declined the presidency
of the New Orleans university
So far this season there have been
9 cars of bluegrass seed shipped from
Gardner, Johnson county, which
brought the farmers over SsO, 900.
During the fiscal year ending June
30, the earnings of the penitentiary
were 1886, ,5343 30 and the total expenses
were S165, AT. .63. leaving profit of
SAL ,O56.O9.
Ed. NJ. Wheeler, of Montgomery
county, marketed from his farm this
season %, 900 quarts of Strawberries,
the receipts reaching $1,1OO. He esti-
mates his apple crop at 1000 bushels.
These are only side affairs of his farm
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilder brought
an exquisite statue from Rome and
have installed it, as a present from
them, in the Topeka free public library.
They have also donated splendid col
lection of china secured during their
trip abroad.
S. E. G. Holt, a pioneer of 1854 in
Lyon county, has reared thirteen or
phan children. One of them is now
chief surgeon of the Santa Fe west of
Albuquerque. Mr.. Holt expresses his
opinion that money spent in sending
missionaries to the heather should be
spent in rearing orphans here at home.
Clarence Rose is in jail at Cottonwood
Falls, charged with an attempt to black
mail the postmistress at Elmdale. She
received letter demanding that she
! place $3.50 in gold in a certain place or
her house would be blown up and her
child kidnapped. She went to the place
at the appointed time and Rose followed
and was apprehended.
! Jesse Raush who was being tried in
Uniontown, Bourbon county, attacked
he justice of the peace and broke his
jaw.
The Missouri Pacific is trying the ex-
pertinent of running excursion trains
| at So for the round trip, from Atchison
to Waeonda Springs. The first one
left Atchison on Saturday night
reaching the springs in the morning
and making the return trip Sunday
night. Great Spirit spring is 200
miles from Atchison, in Mitchell coun-
| ty.
Cresceus. the trotter, was sired by
Robert McGregor, owned by r. 1. Lee,
of Topeka. from 1873 until 1890 and has
many of his offspring in Kansas.
Sumner county this year has produced
nearly two per cent of the wheat crop
of the world. A failure in Sumner
county would affect the wheat market
of the world.
A head-end collision on the Missouri
Pacific occurred at Towanda. No one
was injured. but the engine was de
molished and car or two of wheat
spilled.
It is believed that Sam Kimble ot
Manhattan, will be appointed Judge c.
the Twenty first judicial district.
T. A. Skates aud A B. Reeves. Dodge
City attorneys, defended two tramps or
their trial for murder, having been ap
pointed to do so by the court. They
received no pay. The men We're con
: | vicfet1 but these LAWYERS are 50 vel