Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Kansas • 1

1 htm IJf iyll 1 DICKENSON. CO, KANSAS APRIL 7, 1898. No. 1. tt 1 1 1.

SALUTATORY. 1 "Slew to wrath," seems to be the motto of Pres. Not necessarily because he is a-fraid of Spain, yet he would rather not play in her yard. Few words will pe said in tins salutatory The people of Detroit and vicinity have shown to1 us "by 1 words and actions that wr arc A Aentucky editor said silver buckles-on garteis were becoming fashionable and he hoped to see more of them. His wife sued for diverse, and the only woman who had silver buckles on her garters cowhided the poor editor until he was as a potato.

An editor of a local paper in Springfield, died of peritonitis. He was probably scared to.death'by thename of the disease. Editors are a timid class of you know. i 1. cordially welcomed here.

And in 'rc ponse we will express our gratitude having cast -our lot in a community-made up of such gooij The town is small, and VSjour paper must the xsae. jiatn nave plenty ot roorn J. H. Kuhns says: -Themaii vybo gets the fewest ro.r. Uur endeavor shall 'as.

Tetters complains imost of the, the most of the people, 0 ne of the banks at as robbed the ether' night few thousand in cash was taken. There were four blasts. of dynamite before they were successful in getting the money. Only one man. heard-it and as he came, on the scene he covercd with, a gun and held his peace until the thieves with their booty got out of sight.

There has been no clue to therobbers fouiid yet. post Office. -The -man complains! aioet of hio preacher, puys the 1E 'i-O'ii the side of right and justice. if -Asking our triends'to not expect Vtoo much from us, we gracefully Mi, i "'bow in'' r.nd sign, least towards his support. The.

man who complains most of his neighbors, is the meanest neighbor, The man who has the least sense, is most conceited. For, first -quality brooYns, go to the Detroit broom factoiv, i 7 A. Roiilston, and Publishers. oia II The Populists' have continually made fun of the old parties'platforms as regards, money, and aman out in Washington declares this to be a cor-; recUtranslation: "Silver Plank ting tht world the Al-evided plenty of water, grace of an injunction 5. City people aie deprived 'ded supply.

The fluid ist "en cerits a barrel. ll'J'V JSvery whichpess of the-whyness Topcka Mail: The government allows second class mail "matter, such as newspapers, to be mailed at one cent a pound. Tiera'U roads charge the government" 8 cents a pound, for carrying this'; same matter. The consequence is an annual deficit in the 1 pdst office department ol $1 1,000.000 a year. The railroads charge the express companies only one cent' a pound 'for 'carrying second mail matter, the government they: charge tight times much, and the United Ststes government' is donkey enough to put up wifh" it.

should be equal to and interchang able with every platform -of the; whatness; therefore we demand -Grange that a man will try 1 that every American wherefore 'V ins iiimiwi uu wan ii fJ. 1 rair in his moutti which -ln- fell 'from the -head of 1.1 I 1 11-. ness of the whereasness shall be'' eiqual in value to every whence--ness of the whichsoeverness of the whole civilized j- yec ue is ranunuany up and spitting out haiis. jy. i liu-i mustaclie; -4 1 -V".