Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-05-31

yates of the Marion high school.
The Rock Island has nearly 200 acres
of land at Topeka gridironed with
tracks.
At Minneapolis the high school grad
uating class consists of five boys and
one girl.
Some one remarks that General HUI
Nudity has had command in Kansas
this May.
Pension Agent Metcalf finds scores
of pensioners on the list who bear his
family name.
In thirty-four days a store at West
moreland took in something over 1000
pounds of butter.
The Wichita high schools graduating
class numbered 81; 43 young women
and "a young men.
Between April and May Is a firm
of stock buyers in Wichita paid nearly
So, 900 for horses. Over $50 head were
shipped by the firm.
There was O. 46 inches of rain fall at
Wichita between the first and the 22nd
days of May. This is eight inches
more than during the entire month
last year.
The financial results of the great
Messiah, Chautauqua and commence
ment festivities at Lindsborg were
smaller than expected on account of
the persistent rains.
Arkansas City; also shooting his wife
who received wounds that may be
fatal, and then shot himself dead. 1t
was n case of jealousy.
Alexander Carr, living near Arllan-
sas City, was drowned while trying to
save cattle from high water. Stephen
Werner. of near Akron, was drowned
while taking driftwood from a creek.
Mrs. Lease was in Wichita a couple
of days after an absence of about four
years and, still claiming to reside in
Kansas, was granted divorce. Her
husband had filed a waiver of appear
ance.
Four carloads of brick have arrived
from the state penitentiary for the new
insane asylum at Parsons. The state
board of charities held a session in
Parsons approving contracts and mark
ing sites for the buildings.
A count of the advertisements now
running in the papers shows that the |
Santa Fe is advertising special rates |
e., - he =
ing 10 Inducements to work up |
travel, and the Rock Island 49,
Charles House, veteran over so |
years old, left Paola bound for the |
Leavenworth Soldiers home. When |
the train reached the Kansas City |
Union depot brakeman went to |
arouse the old man and found that he |
was dead.
Eighteen years ago Mrs. John j. |
Ingalls, gave baby party at Atchi- |
son. All the kids IN the Ingalls, circle |
were. on hand in bib and tucker Now |
the good lady is arranging for Il re-
union of those same babies in another |
party at her home.
Prof Blomar who has been teaching |
singing at Viola, was presented with
Winchester rifle by his class of young |
men and a fine rocking chair by his |
class ofyoung women. The incident |
respondent of the Conway Springs |
Star.
The general conference of the River |
Brethren church was held in country |
church south of Abilene. The attend
ance of about 500 came from Canada, |
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, |
Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arizona, |
Kansas and India. The conference |
next year will be held in Pennsylvania. |
s. j. Adams, for the past four years |
secretary of the college Y. NJ. c. A, at !
Manhattan, has been adjudged insane. |
Geo. w. Martin, secretary of the |
Kansas Historical society, has turned |
over to the College of Emporia $40 vol |
umes relating to Kansas and Kansas |
matters. He owns the largest collec- |
ton of this class of books in existence !
While checking off the books as he |
packed them to send to Emporia he |
found that there were 40 volumes miss |
ing, and it will be some time before
his wrath subsidies.
The first feature of interest to APP
pear at the Fort Scott q. A. r. reunion
was the contest for department COM
mander. II. c. Loomis and d. r. An
thony were parties who divided the
crowd between themselves.
4 new graft has developed in Nc
Pherson county. a man goes from
house to house and pulls teeth without
pay on condition that new set will be
purchased from him. A few days later
he calls agrin and collects half the
price of the plate and never comes
back.
The assessors of Pratt county report
that last year there were employed in
the county from the outside in the har-
vest l, 1s6 men and 426 teams. The as
SCISSORS estimate that there will be