Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-10-25
Kansas Events
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prison at LeaVenworth was raised the
past summer over 5000 bushels OF
wheat, 5000 bushels of potatoes and
no less than 1880 bushels of corn.
The prison farmers have just finished
putting in 313 acres in wheat Wheat
was placed in 235 acres before the last
rain and all of it is now showing above
the surface of the ground. The prison
farm contains 225 acres of corn and it
will average about 60 bushels.
EIGHT SOLDIER BROTHERS. The
death of Rev. David Worsley at Neosho
Rapids brings out the fact that there
were eight sons in the Worsley family
and that all of them served in the
Union army during the rebellion.
Their aggregate service amounted to
feet and two inches in height. Six
were in the Third Iowa cavalry and
two in the Ninth Kansas. Rev. Wors-
ley preached in Kansas for about
thirty-five years
TELEPHONES SUPERsEDE TELEGRAPH.
Work on building the long distance
toll telephone line from Larned to
Dodge City is progressing rapidly and
it will be but a short time until all the
smaller towns between these points are
put in connection with the toll line.
In many of the smaller stations the
telephone is superseding the telegraph
n ha foJa n nj aln n n
their Offices at these places on account
of lack of business.
WELLINGTON's NEW MILL.-The con-
tract has been let at Wellington for a
new 400 barrel -four mill, which is to
be built by local capital for about $780,
OOO A local contractor secured the
contract and the building is to be fin
ished within thirty days With the
new mill in operation the output of
flour from the three mills there will be
in the neighborhood of 1, 500 barrels.
DROWNED IN THE NEosHO.-Two
girls, Josie and Rose Klemiclx, were
drowned by the capsizing of a row
boat in the Neosho river about one
mile above the dam at lola. They had
gone to the river with two boys and
there is report that one or both boys
may have been drowned. The river
was promptly dragged and the body of
Josie Klemick was found.
PHONE TO HUGoToN.-The liberal
News remarks that when the telephone
line is extended from there to Hugoton
that Stevens county will probably be
annexed to the Union. Stevens county
is little out of the beaten track. 1t
has no railroad mileage at all, and is
given almost entirely to the cattlemen,
the population amounting to not much
more than 600.
OLD CASES REINsTATED.-The su-
preme court has granted n peremptory
writ of mandaInus to compel Judge
Sl<idmore, of the Cherokee county dis
trict court, to reinstate on his court
docket all cases which he sent to the
Cherokee common pleas court when
that court was established but which
was afterward knocked out by the SUI
preme court.
STECIAL ALUMNI TRAIN.-The Kan
sas City alumni of Kansas university
and the Yale alumni association ran a
special train to Lawrence ON October
II to the installation of Chancellor
Frank Strong. The train left Kansas
City at s a. m. and returned after the
banquet about IL p. IN.
LOST HAND.-John Tally, an en-
gineer living in Topeka, was injured
in Florence and had to have his left
hand amputated at the wrist. He was
examining the crossroads of the engine
when his left hand caught in the dri-
wing bar and was badly crushed. He
the fast mail.
The UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.-All the
churches of Ottawa pooled in giving a
supper for the benefit of the Ottawa
university and the net proceeds were
about sees.
THE CHANUTE DEPoT.-The work on
the Santa Fe depot at Chanute which
is being built by w. R. Carter, the
Lawrence contractor, is progressing
very we'll. The concrete work is all
done and the stonework on the foun-
dation commenced.
WHOLE VILLAGE OUT.-Two hundred
people of Longford wrecked the build
ing in which Riseman's ''joint" or IL
licit saloon, was conducted, smashed
20 cases of beer and 10 kegs of whisky
| and tarred and feathered woman in
| mate.
MARSHAL REYNOLDS KILLED.-Jo-
seph Reynolds, city marshal of Airing
ton, was accidentally shot and is ex-
pected to die. The ball from a 41-cal-
iber Colts revolver entered his stomach
on the right side and came ont below
the right shoulder blade. His right
lung was penetrated.
TOWNSHIPS VOTE ORIENT Bonds
! Out of seven townships in Butler and
Chase counties the Orient bond prOpO-
sition carried at the election. Out OF
| SI Ok oOO hoDds sim 0O0 hands have