Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-07-05
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

NJ. NJ. Murdoch has been reappointed
as postmaster for Wichita.
The annual meeting of the State
Millers' association will be held in To
pela on July 9.
Lightning entered house in Chanute
and among other strange freaks melted
a set OF silver ON the table.
Eastern parties are securing leases
on lands near Wellington with view
to re-opening the salt industry.
Natural gas from the Kansas gas belt
is to be piped to Joplin and other
towns in the zinc mining district
Abilene people have put up $500 to
build ball park and work commenced
at once to build a grand stand and a
fence.
The state convention of the Univer-
salist church of Kansas was held in the
Plymouth Congregational church in
Wichita last week.
An immense crowd celebrated John
the Baptist's day at the Masonic home
lodge IN the state was represented.
Miss Maggie McDermott found arte-
sian water at a depth of 129 feet on
her farm in Ford county. The well
sent a six-inch column of water eight
feet above the surface.
r. j. Demange, aged 80 years, died
at Eureka, on June %. He was a her
NIT and was brother of NJ. Demange,
who assisted in the defense of Dreyfus
the famous French soldier.
The I1-cent differential rate on
wheat shipped from Wichita to Calves
ton has been restored; making the rate
from Wichita to Galveston half cent
less than from Kansas City.
The Pacific Express company has put
on an extra car on its west bound
routes out of Wichita over the Missouri
Pacific r. r. This was made neces-
sary by the heavy business.
Larned Is prosperous. Several good
buildings are being erected. A new
telephone exchange building is com
pleted, with toll line connections be-
tween all the neighboring towns.
Atchison county farmers wives and
daughters worked in the harvest be-
cause of the shortage of harvest hands.
Atchison dealers sold double the
amount of binding Irvine they expected
to sell.
A. G. Campbell, founder of Campbell
university, at Holton, died at his home
in Riverside, Cal, recently. Twenty
years ago he furnished half the money
to build the university. This was five
years after he left jackson county and
went to Salt Lake. 1t was expected
that Mr.. Campbell would leave a large
sum by will to the university.
Five people were hurt in a runaway
They were Blue Rapids people return
ing from Marysville. The neck yoke
broke and the horses ran away. The
injured are Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Win
tiers, Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Death and
Miss Richard. The condition of Mr.
Winters was serious. The party had
been attending the Masonic celebration
at Marysville.
The south western corner counties of
Kansas rejoice over the prospect of get
ting the Denver, Enid & Gulf railroad.
This is especially true of Grant county
which has never had track. The line
as projected will run up the valley of
the north fork of the Cimarron to the
bend north of Ulysses and then through
the sand hills, crossing the sand hills,
crossing the sand hills at Kendall.
Two men were fighting in an En-
poria park and j. ii. Bryant, Santa
Fe brakeman, was passing by. A bot
tie was thrown which missed its mark
amp struck Bryant, cutting away his
nose and making a deep cash in his
forehead.
Twenty-Five years ago Geary coun-
ty farmer bought pair of trousers at
n store ut Junction City. He wore
them for his Sunday best" until three
years ago. The trousers are now on
exhibition in a show window of the
store which sold them.
About 600 visiting Masons of the
Northeastern Kansas Masonic union
held their seventh annual convention
at Marysville on St. John the Baptist's
day. An outdoor meeting was attend
ed by 1000 people.
Otis Thompson, son of the Rev. j.
w. Thompson, pastor of the Presby-
terrain church at Marion, last week
passed out of the junior grade of a
great Philadelphia medical college at
the head of a class of $50 students.
His rank was as high as anyone has
ever received in the institution.
Mr.. Numes, from Illinois, has pur-
chased 1920 acres of Butler county
land for Se7, OOO 1t lies near Leon on
the Little Walnut Mr. Numes will
make the place his home and use it as
stock farm.
Jesse Halves, of Butler county, says
his wheat is the best crop Kansas ever
produced. 1t required four pounds of
Irvine to the acre to bind it.