Free press., 1901-11-23

Marysville.
Eight Winfield jointists pleaded
guilty and four were fined 5000. three
SfOO, and one Sill.
Yates Center will be liberal to parties
who will put in waterworl1s there on
satisfactory footing.
The business men of Wellington have
formed club to do things They will
first go after oil and gas.
The Choctaw grade has been compile
ted to Anthony and the track is crawl
ing along in that direction.
The hole bored for gas at Abilene at
the depth of 1850 feet, now overhows
salt water 20 per cent strong.
It would seem that some of the farm
ers of the southern counties are pastur-
ing their wheat too heavily.
Contracts for supplies for the state
charitable institutions will be let. at
Topeka, on December 9 and 10.
Three privates of the Fort Riley gar
rison went to Jail at Junction City,
charged with stealing S32 from farm
er.
A company is being organized at To-
pelza to establish creameries in Mexico,
a country which now has no cream
cries.
The Coffeyvil1e pottery plant is to-
tally destroyed by fire. 1t is said that
it will be rebuilt on much larger
scale.
Prof E. D. Adams has resigned the
chair of history at Kansas university to
accept place at Leland Stanford uni
versity.
Walter Studer, Bourbon county
farmer, shipped quails to Chicago.
When indicted he plead guilty and was
fined $40.
Out of 457 tax receipts issued by the
treasurer of Sumner county in the first
half of November, only six We're less
than the full amount of the tax.
A newly organized company has pur-
chased site in Coffeyville upon which
to build factory for making plows
| and other farming implements.
The estate of Allen Sells holds $3.50
acres of land in Kearney county which
has been appraised by appointees of the
probate court at 30 cents an acre
Two young negroes are in custody at
Hiawatha, charged with highway rob
| berry. They attacked T. C. Horr ans
| left him minus his valua bles, and With
serious injuries. He loses one eye.
| A bank at Milan, Sumner county,
which had been doing business but a
short time, was raided and the safe
| dynamited. There was but little money
in the safe and S4 900 in currency in
/ the vault was not taken. Two stores
were robbed on the same night.
The Kansas Association of Charities
and Corrections has elected as its Off
GERS, President. L. w. Blaclzmar, Law
renee: vice presidents, Dr. D. NJ Fisk,
| Topeka, and r. Vincent, Washington;
secretary, Rev. E. A. Fredenhagen, To-
peka; treasurer, Mrs. T. F. Carver, To-
peka.
The attorney generals Office has ad-
vised an enquirer that it is doubtful if
a city council could be authorized by
state law to order the vaccination OF
pupils, but that there is no doubt that
it has authority to prohibit children
who have not been vaccinated from at
tending schools.
Department Commander Martin Nor
ton and the auditing committee of the
! ~ ID
their troubles and everything is now
serene. There will be no removals from
Office and no more rows. All have
agreed to quit qurrreling and pull to-
gether for the upbuilding of the order.
Postmaster P. w. Ransom, of Chero-
lzee, drew claim near Lawton and a
prospecting company put down a well
on his claim, getting over the line by
mistake. and discovered oil.
Prof. Lentz, of Kansas Agricultural
college, finds that there are 6s counties
of Kansas which have prairie dog
towns, ranging in acreage from half an
acre each in Cowley and Douglas to 65,.
500 acres in Wallace. The number o1
acres in all these IS counties is estimat
ed at l, ,124, ,S5415 which are given up t.
the dogs.
j. w. Weatherford, the Eureka tele
graph operator, has been sentenced tx
one year and four months imprison
ment for robbing mail sacks. Denning
who was charged jointly, was acquitted
Thos- Denning was found guilty bu
will appeal
i Members of the G A. R. are asked t.
give 10 cents each for monument +
e be placed at the Bickerdyke home a
= Ellsworth. The department command
{ er and committee of the g. A R. an
Y w. R. c. escorted the body of Mothe
Biclzerdylze to Illinois for burial
h An aged negress of Coffeyville ha
# paid SIPS for city lot making her pay
e ment all in half dollars; each of ther
5 representing days washing. and t.
d gether were the boarding of years
James L. King, of the Kansas stat