Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-01-16

through his brother, l.. ii. Rose, Tor
the formers re-appointment as public
school teacher. The money was re-
fused, it was stated and Rose failed to
receive the appointment.
PRICE DoUBLED.-A half section farm
purchased eight years ago for $1,000
was sold at Abilene for S14, 600 cash.
1t is located east of town on the bot
tom lands and has during all the eight
years paid big rent. 1t was bought
by northeastern Kansas farmers.
They pay large prices and usually
cash.
COOPERATIVE CoMPANY.-The farm
ers of the vicinity of Navarro, sixteen
miles south of Abilene, have united
and bought the general merchandise
store there. They have formed CO.
operative company and will conduct
the business themselves after March 1.
Nor ENCOURAeING.-The wheat in
! Sumner county is beginning to suffer
for rain. In the southeastern town
ships great damage is reported from
the Hessian fly, especially to the soft
wheat The crop outlook for next
season is not encouraging.
WATER FRANCHIsE.-The water com
pany of Lawrence has secured an eX-
tension of its charter to enable it to
raise money to make improvements on
it's plant The old franchise expires in
| 1907, and the extension is for 20 years
more.
TREATED FOR PNEUMoNIA.-A. j.
! Woods was shot at Chanute while try
ing to enter a house. Bullets entered
; his lungs. He was examined by ply
sicians but, as he concealed his wounds,
| the doctors treated him for pneumonia.
| COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. - Secretary
Resting has issued the official call for
the second annual convention of the
Kansas federation of commercial in
| terests The convention will be held
in Topeka January %.
Gov. STANLEY's SoN.-Harry Stan
! ley, son of Ex-Governor Stanley, was
badly burned upon the face and hands
! by a gas explosion in his father
house in Wichita. The burns are not
| considered serious.
! AGED % YEARs-Roswen w. Aeers,
of lola, is dead at the age of 95 years
He drilled the first gas well in Kansas
in 1872 and lighted and heated his no.
| tel with gas many years before other
] gas wells were made.
| CASHIER ARRESTED. E. MARCEL,
cashier of the Bank of Highland, has
been arrested charged with forging
notes to the amount of $4,000. The
bank is now in charge of the state bank
commissioner.
NEW FREIGHT HoUsE.-A building
! permit has been taken out by the Santa
/ Fe railway for the construction of the
new $4,000 freight depot and office
building at Topeka. The building is
under contract.
FELL so FEEr-George Dobson of
Galena, miner, fell so feet to the bot
tom of the shaft where he was working
into three feet of water and was not
killed.
RESULT OF FI.oOD.-Joseph Seagrave,
a farmer near Edwardsville, lost heav-
lily in the food, and has since become
respondent and has at last shot him
self.
DIED AT 1O7.-Mrs. Elizabeth Nc
Lean, who has for the last twenty
three years lived with her children at
Scammon. died at thesage of 1O7 years
MILL RoBBED.-While the Caldwell
mill was running burglars blew open
the safe and took about 800. The ex-
plosion was not heard.
CARE OF PooR.-Cowley county poor
cost the taxpayer s42s less in 1903 than
id 1902.
FIRST IN 10 YEARs.-A grocer OF
Leavenworth and his wife are under
arrest for selling liquor continuously
to a railroad man, until he lost his po
sition. His wife had many times
served notice upon the grocer to stop
selling liquor to her husband, but he
persisted. This is the first arrest in
Leavenworth for ten years for selling
liquor.
WANT HoTEL.-The 5000 people OF
La Harpe, Allen county, are strenuous
ly pleading for a hotel, having none
now.
SOLD STOLEN STAMPs.-The federal
authorities are looking for a woman
who has been offering stumps for sale
, to merchants and others about Topeka
She is believed to be disposing o.
stamps stolen from a postoffice in the
northern part of the state.
EXPOSITION STASIPs.-Several of the
suggestions Of w. P. Pierce, Salin;
merchant, have been accepted for de
signs on the series of postage stamp.
to be issued by the government in com
memoration of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition.
For HIS BABY.-Dennis Mahoney, 4
blacksmith of Neosho Rapids, with hi.
wife and child. were on the cars going
home. He got off to get some candy
. for the child and was trying to get or
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