Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-11-15
Kansas Events
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good sums of money for gam bling con-
cessious during their fair, turned down
all such propositions. Not gambling
layout was permitted to do business.
Some Kansas towns have formed the
| idea lately that ir or carnival can
not be success unless a tough midway
and a lot of gamblers are allowed to
work their gratis. The Ell1s' fair at
Chanute was success; but there were
no gamblers; neither was there tough
midway.
SENTENCED FOR OLD CRIME.-Several
years ago a Geuda Springs butcher,
while looking in thicket for a steer
he owned, shot cow belonging to an
other man. To cover the crime he
butchered the animal and sold it. Soon
after he went east. Recently ne was
located in Toledo, Ohio, and brought
back to Sumner county for trial where
he was sentenced to a year in the peni-
Tertiary.
PROPOSED UNION OF SECTs.-The an
nual conference of the United Brethren
church of the Neosho district, compri-
sing southern and eastern Kansas and
northern Indian Territory, was held
at Pittsburg, the session lasting a
week. The conference favorably con-
sidered the proposed union of the Uni
ted Brethren and Methodist Protest
ant churches.
WHEAT SOWING RETARDED.-The
sowing of wheat in Woodson county
has been greatly retarded on account
of the wet season. Farmers are from
two to three weeks behind with this
crop. 1t was thought at first that
there would be only a small acreage
successfully planted, but the indica-
tions now point to almost the usual
number of acres. The conditions are
very backward.
CORN Nor MATURED.-Atchison men
say that the corn that is coming in is
not matured, and is bought at dis
count as a result. The corn needs
heavy frost to ''cure" it. After this
frost comes the great corn crop of 1902
will begin to unload itself on the mar
ket and there will be rush. At present
very little new corn is being shipped.
LARGE COURT DoCKET.-The dis
trict court of Labette county opened
ut Oswego with 1O4 suits to dispose of,
II of them being criminal cases. There
is one case of alleged violation of the
quarantine law.
STOVE POLISH CAUSES FIRE.-Mrs.
Clark, of Emporia, was using q stove
polish in which there was considera BILE
gasoline. The stove was hot and the
gasoline took fire causing scare and
a fire alarm.
FISH FOR LITTLE RIVERA thou
sand fish have been placed in Little
River in Harvey county by the state
fish commissioner. They are nearly
all black bass with a few rock bass.
AFTER A PLACE.-Stephen Cave, of
Haskell county, was early at Topeka
looking up his chance for sergeant-at-
arms of the house of representatives.
Cave is the prairie dog eXterminator.
FORTY MILEs-Nor A RED.-A Con-
cordia minister drove 40 miles to marry
couple and the groom was too modest
to say anything about compensation
| for the minister's services.
JEWELL COUNTY LAND.-The Burr
| Oak Herald tells of farmer near that
town who refused Sc, 900 for his 16O-
acre farm short time since This is
| close To $40 an acre
| WAS KIND TO AN OLD MAN.-Miss
Lizzie Boyce, of Padonia, a number of
| years ago. took care of an old man who
became suddenly i'll while passing her
home and Miss Boyce did not hear of
him again until the other day when
she received word from Seattle, Wash
ington of his death. He had on ac-
| count of the kindness shown him left
Miss Boyce his entire fortune of one
million dollars.
COLONY OF VIRGINIANs.-The have
just paid S13, 900 cash for 300 acre
ranch near Chetopa.
THE ELBERTA PEACH.-It was named
| for Kansas woman. A Kansas man
/ IilSSO CuS HISG cIocIGeA peach ITeO 1TOIu
the seed and named it for his wife.
The new peach became such success
in Texas that a town was named for
it, the town of Ell Berta, whose people
do not know where the name origina-
ted.
| SHIPPING CHEESE WEsr-The Cim-
rnaron cheese factory is shipping about
1000 pounds of cheese weekly to Colo
RADIO, New Mexico and Arizona. This
is new short grass country industry.
| DIPHTHERIA CLOSES SCHooLs.-It is
epidemic in the country north of Atch-
ison and three schools have been
closed. From one to four children in
the families of John Myers, Albert
Spears. Ferdinand Johnson, Louis Mel
son and Jacob Schaffer are down with
the disease.
AN OLD TIMER.-H. w. Cochran, of
Linn county, is 81 years old. Mr..
Cochran has never ridden on a rail-
road train or on a street car. He boasts
that in all his life he never attended a
| wedding save his own.
SE~o~O IN IT,