Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-10-04
Kansas Events
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| laOIe Tor S923 damages In the district
| court for injury done by a runaway
team handled by his hired man. Jones
drove up lane east of Enterprise and
! left the team near the fence while he
went to help some wood choppers pull
| down a tree. The tree fell and the
team ran away into buggy driven by
the plaintiff, smashing it and injuring
! her severely. She was under a doctors
| care for weeks and brought suit.
THE BUSIEST MAN.-Francis John
son, farmer near Lindsborg, is the
| busy man of Mcpherson county. He is
u deacon of Bethany church; secretary
of the board of deacons; member of the
! conference mission board; treasurer of
! the conference; president of the Swed-
! ish Mutual Fire Insurance company;
| member of the school board of his dis
| trict; is the administrator of several
/ estates, and acts as guardian for a
number of minors, besides successfully
running his farm.
FRosTs ALONG THE kAw.-Sweet
| potato growers about Wamego have
! been made very anxious by the recent
/ frosts. Cool weather in August held
! the crop back and all were hoping for
warmer weather. The frosts made it
! necessary to begin digging at once.
Other late crops are in like condition.
| Only the very earliest planted Kaffir
corn has fully matured and the fourth
| r. Il r.. a.,
| bloom.
ARMY BARRIERS. At Salina a num-
Der of BARRIERS are being enlisted by
the army recruiting officers. BARRIERS
i'll the army are only required to per-
form half duty, and the remainder of
their time can be devoted to their trade
which is quite profitable in most eases,
besides getting the pay of a private
There are two BARRIERS to a company
ar about thirty to a regiment.
HONORABLE DIsCHARGEs.-In the
order issued by Adjutant General Fox
dishonorably discharging the First
regiment band at Ottawa, there were
two exceptions. Honorable discharges
were given c. +. Gormley, leader, and
w. p. Felix, manager of the band,
who wished to obey orders. 1t is the
intention to designate some other band
as the regimental band.
NJ. +. RNAPPENBERGEE DEAD-He
was u pioneer of Jewell county, repre-
senting that county in the legislature
90
railroad committee that framed the
railroad commission law. He was
president OF the board of regents for
the state normal school for four years
He was also prominent in at least three
fraternal orders
BOYCCTr Is ENDED.-Thc soldiers
boycott on the Junction City &S Fort
Riley electric railway has been broken
by general order from Colonel Carr
commandant of the post, against any
attempt to cOerce the company or a
boycott on any of the company's civil
lam patrons. The soldiers commenced !
riding on the ears accordingly.
MORE GAS AND OIL.-CapitaIists of
Illinois and Texas have secured large
holdings of gas and oil leases around
Neosho Falls. They engaged w. p.
Sturms, beaumont, Texas, expert, to
develop their holdings. There has
been a drill put down 500 feet. Both
oil and gas have been found in the |
past in that vicinity.
BUGGY LOAD OF PENNIEs.-A rural |
mail carrier brought to the Newton |
postofice bag full of pennies to the |
number of 625. One of the farmers |
along his route had given him the |
money to pay for a money order. The |
force at the postoffice took a day off |
and counted the money.
A NEW COURT HoUsE-The commits
sioners of Saline county decided to
place before the voters at the next gen.
eral election n proposition to levy |
tax for the building of new court !
house not to cost over 49, 900.
ANOTHER TWENTIETH KANSAS MAN
A letter has been received from Chris |
tian Grossman, an Ottawa boy who is |
in Manila, stating that he has been |
made chief inspector of police in that !
city. Grossman was a member of the I
Twentieth Kansas.
JUDGMENT FOR Sc, 3OO-The breach
of promise suit of Alice Biery against |
Robert Kennedy, wealthy farmer of |
Chapman, ended with Judgment for
the girl for Sc, 300 She sued for sIO,-
900. Kennedy is abundantly able to
pay.
$50 PER CAPTTA.-The three national |
banks of Lawrence have on deposit $50
for every man, woman and child in
Douglas county; a good per capita
showing which could be made much
better if the deposits of the three state
banks could be figured in.
OSBORNE COUNTY SoAKED.-It was
favored with a good rain on September
90 and %. 1t came at an opportune
time for the ground in many places was |
too dry for ploughing and seeding.
This will enable the farmers to SOW
a large acreage of wheat.
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