Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-07-02

cannot go to Lacrosse on the 4th !.
Commissioners meet Monday.
Hand in Your bills to day
John Cavendar has been here
this week visiting his mother.
Mrs. Farley Is visiting the Far
this week.
Two inches of rain is reported as
having fallen Wednesday morning.
Yost's new steam condenser has
been completed. It's quite con-
triVance.
PIERCE, the machinery man,
has moved to his new building or
End street opposite the livery.
Mrs Rose Nolan and her son
Ralph have gone east for a sum
mer's visit among friends.
Col. Joe Waters of Topeka did
some court work in Hays the first
part of the. week.
Crocker, the pump and wind
mill man, has moved his store 20
the Leiker building opposite this
office.
GreeleV Fuller, our popular
barber, bad some very fine new
furniture put in his barber shop
this week.
The heavy lains Wednesday
moaning raised the creek consider
able and about three feet of water
has been running since then.
Those who took in the two days
excursion to Denver returded Mon
day morning, reporting a very
enjoyable time
We understand that Lawrence
Taylor, lately graduated from our
High School, has secured an
excellent position as collector for
newspaper ASSOCIATION at Clay
Center, Kans.
Charles Kirkman this week sold
his place on East Junieta street to
Mr.. Bartholomew who will repair
it and have it for rent, Klrkman
remaining until after harvest how
ever.
l. M. Yost, his wife, his son Lin
and daughter Mrs. G. A. Lester,
leave for the Worlds Fair next
week.
Jack Downing will also take in
the big sights at the Far soon.
Quite a number of farmers
around Pfelfer have had their wheat
fields badly damaged by hail the
past week. 1t also affected serious
ly some of the fields around Bison
and Liebenthal, IN Rush county.
The annual Union Meetings Of
the Protestant churches OF this city
which were to begin last Sunday
evening were postponed on account
of the absence of Rev. Weist who
was to preach the sermon. The
first of the series of meetings.,
which are to last all thru the month
of July, will be held in the Presby
terian church this Sunday evening
at 8 o'clock. Everybody invited
The Quarterly Union Meeting o
the young peoples societies O
Hays was also postponed until mex
week, for the same reason as glver
above. 1t will be held this Sunday
Ievening at Z O'Clock in the Pres
Ibyterian church. You are special,
Invited 10 attend.
The severe electrical storm Wed
nesday morning caused two ver7
bad incidents. The first, at abou
1880 u. NJ. was when Cox
Elevator Office IN Toulon caught ol
| fire and was burned to the groun,
before anyone could reach there.
The cause was probably lightning
An Office building, a $3S bicycl
and a tool chest containing abou
$50 worth of tools were lost.
The other incident occurre
during the terrible electrical storm
about 3 or O'Clock, when Stainer'
new brick building on N. Chestnu
} st. was struck by lightning. Tb
: lightning struck on the very top {
3 the northeast corner, running thr
| the back wall of the building di
] agonally to the post Office telephor
wire. The corner struck was tor
down for about 8 feet. one of tt
window sashes was torn out an
Thrown about fifty feet, and tt
: plasterIng was knocked from bt
! tween some of the brick, but L
very serious dsmage resulted.