Free press., 1906-10-20

English. Prices reasonable.
Very few country people have been
to town the past week owing to the
heavy roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Philip returned
Friday morning from two weeks visit
with their daughter in Kansas City.
Probate Judge Arnold positively de-
nies that he has sold Geo. Philip ,jr. a
license. ''Not yet, but soonY' (??O
Mrs. H. A Cowan entertained few
ladies at tea on Thursday in honor of
pher aunt who is here visiting her from
Kansas City.
Chas. Harkness is holding stakes for
$50. 90 bet made by couple of our
citizens that Harris will carry the state
by $1,000 majority.
We are little shy on local news this
week owing to the extra work of set
ting up and installing our new mailing
list.
Jas. Craig moved this week to Bau-
mer's new, home near Boot Hill. Mrs.
Craig will care for Mrs. Jas. Banner
who is now at home.
Probate Judge Arnold issued a mar
riage license Wednesday to Nicholas
Brown and Mary Anne Dreiling, both
of Victoria.
The High School foot ball and basket
ball girls teams go to Plainville today
to play similar teams of that town.
They are predicting victory.
Neither muddy roads nor wet wealth
er has interfered great deal with the
persistent campaigning of most of the
county candidates the past week.
Justus Bissing this week wired the
Oshant and Matthew residences from
cellar to garret" for electric lights.
Meters were also placed in both places.
The Ladies' Saturday Afternoon Club
were entertained at the home of Mrs.
Picken last Saturday. The next meet
ing will be with Mrs. Griffith on the
other edge of the city.
The Republican candidates campaign
ed in the Smokey Hill district on We'd
nesday. They say that prospects of
favorable returns from that township
were never better.
The FREE PRESS office is in receipt of
long article on the results of Ex-
periments in raising Wheat at the Hays
Experiment Station Look for this
interesting and important article in
next week issue,
Jas. Johnson, now cattle dealer Of
Lacrosse, was visitor at the home of
Thos. Carrick the first of the week.
Twenty years ago Mr.. Johnson was a
partner of Mr.. Carrick's in the meat
market business.
A heavy rain fell Sunday and Monday
soaking up the ground to good depth
and giving the wheat fine start for
large crop next summer. It is said by
farmers that Fall weather has not been
so favorable to wheat raising since 1899.
A bumper crop was raised in 1900.
Our comic and magazine supplements
have not been received for the past
couple weeks owing to poor freight ac-
comododations They have not been
permanently discontinued however, but
will be resumed as soon as they are re-
ceived.
Isaac Zeigler & Son are this week
fixing up new window display frames
in their clothing store. Show window
advertising is second only to newspaper
advertising in determining the enter
prising and successful merchants in a
town.
A gentleman at one of our boarding
houses, after having beans showed at
him each meal for two straight weeks,
asked the waiter to please read the
eighth verse of the thirteenth chapter
of Hebrews. We imagine this will
make some of our readers get the dust
off their bibles.
Rev. Oller, who was Presbyterian
pastor in this city twelve years ago,
was a visitor at the home of Henry
Meyers on Monday. He is now preach
ling at Ellsworth and was on his way to
the annual meeting of the Presbyterian
| Synod and Presbyter at Phillipsburg
and Norton. He is looking exceeding
ly well.
Alex Wells, oiler in Yost's mill had
the misfortune last Saturday night to
lose the index finger Of his right hand
while in the act of brushing off swiftly
moving cog wheels with short brush.
The brush caught in the cogs and jerk
ed his hand in before he was able to lei
go of it. Besides severing the index
finger the next two fingers were badly
smashed as was also ring on one OF
them. The accident occurred about 1(
O'Clock. His place has been taken by
Tom Carter who was formerly on the
delivery wagon.