Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31
KANSAS NOTES.

A1S n' AiOAl Vic oASA- ne Is poultry
dealer.
The police Judge at Salina has fined
the jointists $50 each for keeping open
on Sunday.
The Santa Fe has continuous track
of its own from Chicago to San Fran
cisco, 2,526 miles.
During last month Labette county
put up 1924 for transportation for
boys committed to the reform school.
j. w. Hullinger of Kansas City. Kan,
has been made principal of the Dickin-
son county high school, at 81, 200 per
year.
The Lawrence journal is in favor of
annexing Wyandotte county to Mis-
souri-some time when Missouri isn't
looking.
Two inches of rain last week made
that estimate of 100, OOO, 900 bushels on
the Kansas wheat yield this year look
reasonable.
A Kansas literary society has decided
that man may safely marry on sal
airy of $12 per week, but the safety Of
his bride was not debated.
The Arkansas Valley Sentinel gives
the new Presbyterian preacher of SYRIA
cuse certificate warranting him to be
IAN all around good fellow"
Hutchinson is to have another tele-
phone system. A franchise has been
granted to a company which puts up
forfeit that there will be 200 phones
in operatian within year.
The Topeka joinstists now secure beer
from the drug stores to supply custom
ers until the war on them is over. The
| jointists regard this plan as much safer
than to keep the liquor on hand.
Right at the time when Eldorado is
arranging to get her hooks in a divis-
| ion on the Orient railway that story of
! the removal of the Missouri Pacific
shops from there to Wichita comes up
again.
A st. Louis merchant, looking for an
| opening for store in Kansas, has con-
Guided that Salina is trimmed up just
about to his taste, and he will locate
there if he can purchase the property
| he wants.
Kansas is giving the new stamp books
the same glad hand they are receiving
in other sections of the union. The
papers print notices of the rapid sale of
the first consignments sent out and
/ orders sent in for more.
James A. Walker, pioneer merchant
at Merriam, who died recently, was at
| Shawnee mission in 1858 running a
store when Quantrells men ran him
out of the county. Later he enlisted
in the Missouri state militia and par
ticipated in the battle of Westport.
A young lady died of smallpox at
Clearwater. 1t was the first case in the
town, and the citizens, aided by the
township board, raised fund with
which to purchase the four-roomed
house in which the girl lived with her
mother, and their effects, and every
thing will be burned.
Cliff Scott and the other Kansas
members of Roosevelt's Rough Riders
who engaged themselves to Buffalo
Bills show are now in New York SUI
fering the keenest sort of disappoint-
ments. Bill has decided not to take
his show to Paris, and the boys can
only tour this country.
A man recently entered newspaper
Office for the purpose of having inserted
card thanking the lodge in which his
wife carried So, 600 insurance for pay
ing over the money promptly. The
newspaper man figured up the number
of lines and told the bereaved husband
| 4l,o% IL III, hn
"All right" he replied, 81 told the
lodge folks would have it put in, no
matter what it cost" 1.-TWO thousand
dollars is quite tidy sum- remarked
the newspaper man, as he made change.
"Yes," was the reply, sit will come in
pretty handy. Of course, 1 would
have liked to keep my wife, but still
this money will put me in good shape. :"
Ten miles north of Topeka lives a
colored man by the name of Benjamin
Vance, who was born slave in Ken
lucky sixty-four years ago. He came
to Shawnee county seventeen years
ago with team of horses and so cents.
To-day he owns 400 acres of land with
out dollar of mortgage upon it, sew
| eral hundred head of stock, a fine resi-
dence and the other property usually
found on well ordered farm. Re-
Gently he gave one of his daughters a
grand piano as a birthday present, and
his house is luxuriously furnished.
Every dollar he has he made on Kan
sas farm, first as renter and then as
an owner.
| An announcement in the Emporia
Republican conveys the information
that Governor Eskridge has been or
dered by his physician to cease work
altogether for time. He has been i'll
for two months or more, and no doubt
should have quit before this, but the
old keep at it" was too strong in him
| to permit it. That he may enjoy 4
speedy return to health will be the
universal wish.
There are no colored students in the
class which will graduate from the
Parsons high school this term; some
thing unusual for that town.
If the Rev. Mr.. James puts up money
for all the schemes that the newspapers
credit him with favoring, he will have
Helen Gould's Kansas charities on the
hog.
Another protest against rag time
| s.rTbe time has come" saws John Mac