Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-07-19

The ball nine returned from Ash
land. Wednesday night. The scor,
stood S to IS in favor of the Ash
land team.
Last week we received Vol. I, No
of the Belgian Hare Journal, pub
lished at Kansas City in the interes
of this new industry.
Last Sunday night the wind blew
about as hard as it ever did in thi:
part. 1t seemed to blow about 1so
miles per hour. The clouds betok.
ened rain early in the evening bu,
later were scattered by the wind.
However, about o'clock a. m.
about Il inch of rain fell.
Quite peculiar accident happen
ed at Mr.. Brannan's place last week
while he was threshing. Mr.. Bran
nan and Allie Barker were driving
along in a header barge when the
wind suddenly upset it. Mr.. Bran
nan was holding the lines and sue
ceeded in getting from under while
the barge turned over with Allie un-
der it. He was considerably bruised
but was not seriously hurt. Had
the barge struck he no doubt would
have been killed.
We received a communication
from the Agricultural College last
week concerning the holding of
Farmers Institutes, something on
the order of a picnic, and the col
lege would furnish speakers for the
occasion. No doubt these would
be an excellent thing, but whether
Meade county could sustain an or
ganization of this kind or not we
don't know. Several attempts have
been made toward old settlers pic
MICS and farmers picnics but there
was not the proper energy exerted
in this line.
The court of appeals last week re-
versed Judge Stuart of Doniphan
county, in the case of the state
against Pool Grinstead, the Wathena
editor, convicted of libelling State
Senator John Fulton of Brown coun-
ty, and ordered him released from
custody. Grinstead has been in Jail
about three months at Troy. Judges
Mahan and McElroy (Populists)
concur in the opinion that the trial
court, Judge Stuart, should have
sustained the motion to quash the
information against Grinstead, and
that change of venue should have
been allowed, and that the instruc-
tions were erroneous. Judge Wells
(Republican) dissents, except as to
the proposition that the instructions
were erroneous.
We understand that a sermon was
preached Sunday at the M. E. church
by Rev. Enyeart for the benefit of
the gossippers. We do not know
what motive prompted the brother
to expound thusly, but don't think he
could have preached a more timely
discourse. We also understand that
some did not like it very much, and
no doubt these persons are among
the worst gossippers. A sermon on
this same subject about every other
Sunday might do some good, as we
think his satanic majesty has thor
oughly instilled into the minds of
some people right here in Meade
that it would be impossible for them
to complete their mission on this
mundane sphere unless they contin-
ually talked about their neighbors
and everyone else.
Talking about large wheat straw,
a fellow in the eastern part of the
state says that while out fishing he
lost his rod. He went to nearby
field and got wheat straw to use
in its place and succeeded in land
ing 6-pound fish. That's nothing.
Meade county has some wheat that
will beat that. In Fowler twp. the
wheat was so heavy as to break
pitchfork handles quite frequently,
and not having time to go to town
for new handles, one fellow was kept
busy making handles out of wheat
straws. They proved to be much
better than the first handles. In
wheat field in West Plains twp.
header barge was loaded so heavy
as to break down one of the wheels.
The wagon was pried up and block