Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-07-26
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


population of Sc, 7s2
One Abilene dealer has sold this sea-
son nearly $3.50, ZOO worth of threshing
outfits. -
w. J. Bryan announces that he will
make one speech in Kansas IN Septem-
Der or October
Henry Bell, a farmer of Coffey coun-
ty, was accidentally killed while hand
ling target rifle.
Fred Lindsay, an Atchison boy, IL
years old, ran rusty rake in his foot.
he died of lockjaw.
James F. Whitney is serving his elev-
enth term of two years each as county
clerk of Pawnee county.
Chas. NJ. McCready, of Humboldt, is
in Japan for the Standard Oil company,
drilling for oil and gas.
Mrs Maria Hopkins, of Solomon, is
dead at the age of 90. She had lived
in Dickinson county 80 years.
There is boom in church building
in central and western Kansas. Par
sonages are being fixed up also.
VIM. Birch, near Scottsville, lost
wheat stacks by fire which were esti-
mated to contain 1000 bushels.
Harper Zerfoos has been held for
trial for the murder of D. A. Coats, the
operator who was killed at Winfield
3The imported harvest hands are now
leaving the state in droves, in some
cases taking command of freight trains
Decatur is the only county which has
settled in full its account with the
state for seed grain loans Of 1891 and
1895.
1t is believed that Sumner county
has produced 6, 800, 900 bushels of wheat
of excellent quality testing from So to
90 pounds.
The Central Branch has started out
from Atchison its weed burner. The
machine uses from 100 to $50 gallons of
crude oil per day.
A woman of Severance, whose hus-
band used beer, took baby carriage
full of stones and broke all the win
dows in Turner hall.
Adam Bickle, near the south line of
Saline county, lost 20 stacks of wheat
by fire. Fire started from a passing
engine. Reinsurance.
Wichita and the Orient railroad Off
Gals have closed bargain which is to
make Wichita division point and To-
cate there the general shops of the
line.
Miss Jean Creighton, of Wichita will
go to Paris, expenses paid. She won
it as prize for securing the largest
list of subscribers in given time to
The Endeavor World.
Charles Wheeler, of Mcpherson coun-
ty, is said to be one of four heirs of his
brother, Francis Turner Wheeler, of
Chicago, who made his fortune of So
100000 in the manufacture of paper
bags. Wheeler is dead.
strike occurred at the Lanyonville
smelter. All the yard men stopped
work. About 200 men quit because
they did not like a change that had
been made of their boss. This may
cause a closing of the works.
Work on the new cell block at the
Hutchinson reformatory is going on
rapidly. The board of managers have
let contracts for new cell doors, for an
iron roof, banisters, individual water
closets in cells and for material for
clothing
Mr.. Oebel, of Andale, Sedgwick
county, is feeling good over two fine
crops already made, alfalfa and wheat.
and good prospects for like fine crop
of corn. He is confident that the corn
crop when husked out will surprise
those who have been crying drouth.
The returns this year show that Kan
sas has 2,111 more pianos, 724 more
silver watches, 2,792 more gold watch
es, IL. $40 more carriages, IA, 994 more
wagons, 16,445 more mules, 1,2O3, 453
more cattle and 146,O53 more horses
than last year.
A member of the sanitary board in
forms the executive department at To-
Peka that the Texas fever epidemic in
Chautauqua county is under control.
The Kansas Midland station at
Lorraine was assaulted by burglars.
The agent drove them away with his
pistol. 1t is thought one burglar was
hit.
The legislature appropriated S., GOO
for Governor Stanley's contingent fund
for the fiscal year, ending June 80 He
used only $4,000 turning back into the
general revenue fund So, 900.
Rev. j. NJ. Sullivan died at Baldwin
July IA. He was financial agent of
Baker university, and had been chap
lain of both houses of the legislature.
He served in the Mexican war and in
the civil war.
The Central Coal and Coke company
has followed the lead of the Mount
Carmel company to pay for mining on
the mine run basis instead of screen
basis and the suits against the coal
companies are likely to be dropped, as