Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-08-13
TattOOed Eve.-A local phys


of Parsons performed feat on an eye
that is considered one of the most diff
ficu1t things to do in the oculist's pro
fession. A certain Parsons person
who has heretofore had bad eyes, has
been taking treatment under the doc
tor, until one of his eyes is as good
as ever, but the other eye is totally
blind and now has turned white. The
doctor tattooed the eye and restored
| to it the natural color giving it the
! appearance of a perfect eye even to
/ presenting the exact color of the ma
| tural eye.
Big Mortgage Filed.-The Kansas
| Natural Gas Company has filed a
mortgage for four million dollars, in
the registers office, to the Fidelity
| Title and Trust Company of New
York, The mortgage is secured by
| 81 leases in Chautauqua county, and
| by leases all over the gas belt. This
| is the concern which was recently
refused a charter by the state au-
| thorities at Topeka. 1t is going to
pipe the Kansas gas to towns be-
yond the gas belt Already it has
many car loads of pipe for mains at
| Galena.
| Getting Mineral rights.-According
! to information made public one of
| the most extensive mineral leases,
with which the Katy has had to do,
has, it is understood been consum-
mated between the Katy Company
and B. p, Mcdonald of Fort Scott,
whereby the latter is to acquire a
mineral right to all land lying within
! the boundaries of the Katy's right of
| way between Leroy on the NeoshO di-
vision and the Kansas line, one and
one half miles south of Chetopa.
Returned Home.-All the marksmen
who participated in the northern di-
vision carbine and pistol shoot, ex-
cepting those who won places on the
carbine and pistol teams, have left the
camp at the Fort Riley target range
for their respective stations. The sew
enteen officers and enlisted men on
the northern division carbine team,
and the eighteen on the pistol team
will remain in camp until after the
army competition, which commences
August IL.
New Oil Basin.-The dTillers on
| the Paulsen Bros. farm have struck
oil sand and oil at depth of $40 TT.
This is new territory and located
about ten miles northwest of Nc
Cune and eight and a half miles
southeast Of st. Paul, Kans. and is in
| the Neosho river bottoms. This prob
ably will open up one of the largest
| oil basins in the state. AS far as
can be learned there are about thirty
to forty square miles in this basin.
Reformatory Refugee.-John Smith,
a negro who escaped from the Kansas
state reformatory at Hutchinson, Kan,
July %, was captured by L. P. Hewitt.
| deputy sheriff. Smith was taken to
| the county Jail in Kansas City, Kan,
and will be returned to Hutchinson.
Smith is feet, 4 inches tall, and is
"a years old. He was sent to the
reformatory from Emporia.
Guaranteed Pastures The state
cattle inspector quarantined a number
of pastures near Maple City, east of
Arkansas City, for Texas fever. The
disease has caused four deaths in
one pasture and other cattle are af-
fected. Cattle driven from below the
quarantine line into the state con-
trary to law are said to be the cause
of the disease.
To Save Nephew.-At Topeka John
Jenkins, a Santa Fe fireman, and his
12-year-old nephew, George Johnson,
were drowned in Soldier Creek. They
were fishing The boy went in wad-
ing and stepped in a deep hole. His
uncle saw that he was drowning and
jumped in to rescue him. Both
went down.
Fight Harvest Hands.-At Hutchin-
son three men held up and robbed a
quartet of harvest hands in a box
car on the Atchison Topeka & Santa
Fe and in a fight that followed all
of them were wounded. The robbers
escaped.
Pioneer Dead-Dr. James Hutchin-
son, a pioneer of Leavenworth, is
dead at his home near Boiling, aged
63 years.
Coal Oil Exploded At Kansas
City, Kansas, Johanna Meddan, p
years of age, was burned from head to
foot, by the explosion of coal oil with
which she was building a fire in the
cook stove. A light summer dress
was thrown about the woman extin
gushing the flames. The injuries are
not necessarily fatal.
: Good nvestment.-Some farm lands
in Rice county are selling at $25 ar
acre. And even at that price it is
: a better investment than money al
per cent.
Anniversary charlottesville sew
enteenth anniversary of Kensingtor
, will be celebrated August 16 and II
, 1t is not the intention of the people
to bore the visitors with speeches ,bu
they will ententain them with a var
led number of amusements and sports
The town has progressed, and this an
niversary will be larger and better
, than any of her predecessors
2 Discovered CoaI-The prospect drill
4 of a coal company on the Rhodes lant
! near Mound City struck coal near the
: 400 foot level No information is Civ
en- as to the thickness Of the vein.
. Small Packind PIant-At JuDc