Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-18


William Mitchell. who had been '40er
in California, and who came to Kansas
in 1856 He was captain of the famous
'Beecher Bible Company" which ar
rived that year. He was a member of
the Kansas legislature in 1867 and held
other offices at the hands of his people.
The other was :. a. Baldwin, who
came TO Kansas with Captain Mitchell
as Il member of the Beecher company,
and who lived side by side with his
carly day comrade for nearly fifty
years. Mr.. Baldwin was member of
the Kansas house in 1S74-5
ORIENT ADvEETIsEs.- The Orient
railroad will publish a magazine tell
ing of the virtues OF the parts of Kan
sas and Oklahoma through which its
projected lines are to pass. and will
send out an issue of 25O.OO sometime
during the coming fall. The plan is
TO give a series of town sketches, the
material for which will be furnished
by local persons and paid for by the
railroad company. The edition win be
put out at large expense. The Mail
and Breeze printing house in Topeka
viii do the mechanical work.
FoUcTD GOVERNMENT Ds.-How-
ard l.. Castor, farmer, brought S15,-
900 in government bonds to Seneca.
lie found them in a rubbish pile on =
farm which he rented recently. The
farm belongs to the estate of W. l..
Maxwell, who left it to be placed in an
asylum for the insane four years ago.
Mr. CASTOR found the bonds in care
fully tied and protected bundle, whica
had evidently been covered with rub.
bish TO conceal it. The bonds were
given to the agent of the estate.
To EXPERIMENT WITH Cows. The J.
p. Baden Produce company has leased
800 acres Of land south of Winfield for
"a dairy. One hundred first class milk
COWS have been purchased and put
under the care of Johnnie Cochran, an
experienced dairyman. The object of
this step on the part of the Baden peo-
pie is two-fold; namely, to obtain fresh
milk for daily use in the creamery de-
partment and to experiment with COWS
for the purpose of obtaining more in
formation on dairy products.
EDITOR ECKERT's DAUGHTER. One
of the society events of the season at
Arkansas City was the marriage before
Il large company of guests in the Meth
odist church of William A. Sullivan,
an Indian trader OF Darlington, o. T,
and Miss Lee Ecleert. daughter of Col
onel II. w. Ecllert, for many years ed
itor of the Arkansas City Daily Trav-
eler. Miss Ecllert drew claim in the
government land drawing and met tine
groom while living on her farm. They
will reside at Darlington, .. I.
DIED on 18TH Observation-Disclosures. Rob
ert DobsOn, living near TyrO, Mont
gomery county. died at her home dur
ing family reunion. 1t was Mr.. Dob
sons 18TH birthday, and a reunion OF
all the children was held at the old
! home. Just as the guests were depart
ing Mrs. Dobson dropped dead, sup
posedly of heart failure.
iGAILON COMES BAcK.-George Gal
Ion, general auditor OF the Gulf, Bean
mont & Kansas railroad, will return
to Topeka and become travelling audi
tor of the Santa Fe. He was formerly
connected with the Santa Fe at Topeka.
DIsMAcJTLING BUMDINGs.-The large
smelling plant in Argentine, Kansas,
is TO be permanently abandoned and
the buildings RACED. Men have begun
the work of dismantling the extensive
buildings.
SHEEP KILLED. In u wreck at Innes
east of Ottawa, 200 sheep were killed,
but none of the train crew were in.
| jured. The wreck was caused by a
broken rail
WALNUT LOGS. --GrcenVool county
mas started thirty carloads of walnut
logs to England.
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS. The
democratic convention held at Dodge
City nominated c. +. Clyne. of Stafford,
on the third ballot, as candidate 10,
congress from the Seventh district
| There are now three candidates in the
field To be voted for in May; Murdoch
Babb and Clyne.
Gov. st. JOINS DAUGHTER Mrs
! Henry L. Page, daughter OF eX-Gov.
ernor John p. ST. john. of Kansas
| died at Fort Scott of inflammation Of
the stomach, caused by poison eaten in
some canned fruit recently at St Louis
FARMERS FOR COOP RoADs-R. w.
Gorrill, Il Douglas county farmer, offers
| to give 500 a year for ten years tC
help along good roads work. GorriI
| says that if the merchants and Others
! viii crush the rock the farmers viii
! haul it and do other work
PAID FOR THE HoRsE.-An EmE,ria
man received from n Virginian a draft
for SIS in payment for Il horse bought
thirty-fiv years ago The sender sait
he was getting old. was in poor healtl
and wanted TO get the debt off hi.
mind before he died!
RILEY COUNTY COURT HOUSE,
| special election is to be held some time
in June for the purpose of building