Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-12-06

who had S140 in cash in his clothes.
The Southwestern Teachers associa-
ton meets this week in Dodge City.
Larned is to have a new business
block erected by local men of means.
Conway Springs, which has a popula-
ton of over a thousand, has no lawyer.
| The State fish commissioner recon-
mended the esta blishment of a state
fish hatchery.
Coffeyville is to have another big
vitrified brick plant, with capacity OF
| 100000 brick day.
More corn and wheat is being mar
keted in Cherryvale than has been done
before in fifteen years.
N. P. jackson, of Hope, is the proud
father of another son. He is 20 years
old and has many grandchildren.
The Continental Creamery Company,
known as the creamery trust, is build
ing $40, 900 creamery plant in Tope-
ka.
Kansas holds third place among coal
producing states west of the Mississip-
pi river, and second in the western
field.
Samuel Gahagan, blind and aged 81,
died at Atchison recently. He lived
on the site Of Quincy, Illinois, before
that town was laid out
Paul Stoutemeyr, who has been in
the Wichita local Office of the Frisco,
has been appointed chief stenographer
for Supt. Quinn at Monet.
The auxiliary of the Union Veterans
Union of Wichita, provided meals for
the veterans in attendance upon the
annual meeting of the veterans.
Superintendent A. T. Abbott, of the
Rock Island, at Herington, is to marry
Carnival Queen Mayme Mahaney, of
the office OF the Dold Packing Company
in Wichita shortly.
The attorney for the prosecution
says that the suit against State Treas
urer Grimes, brought just prior to the
election, will be dismissed before the
time set for the trial in Usage coun-
ty.
Attorney General GODDARD says that
during his term of Office, up to the date
OF his report 1880 pages of letters have
been sent out from his office in reply to
queries of legal nature, and that the
court work during the term has been
much heavier than usual
8. o. Spencer, state oil inspector,
thinks that the enactment of a law
creating the Office of state fire marshal
would greatly reduce the number of
fires from incendiary causes in the
state. 1t is said that the insur-
ance companies approve Mr.. Spencer's
idea and will help to press it upon the
legislature
Colonel Henry NJ. Green, Lawrence
pioneer, is dead. He came to Lawrence
IN 1857 and that city has been his home
ever since. He was severely wounded
at the time of Shelby's raid on West
port, being then lieutenant colonel in
the Kansas militia. Colonel Greer
was one of the founders of Lane Uni
versity at Lecompton and was its first
president.
Wichita is division headquarters for
the Kansas Union Veterans Union
with A. j. Weaver at the head as major
general. The annual session of the
Union was held in Wichita last week.
The seven regiments represented are
located at Topeka, Kansas City, Kan,
Emporia and Wichita. The union
adopted resolutions calling upon the
president to get rid of Pension Commits
sioner Evans.
Richard Kruger, deputy sheriff of
Cowley county, who says he is nephew
of Dom P2ul Kruger, married Novem-
Der %, Mary Hardzag, of Winfield.
The Holiday Monument association
will ask The legislature to allow the
statue to be placed on the state house
lawn directly opposite to the Santa Fe
Office building.
There are cir inmates of the Hutch.
inson reformatory, an increase of 81
over two years ago. During the past
two years 124 were received and 2O7
were paroled.
Pratt and Ellis counties failed t.;
send in election returns to the state
board of canvassers and messengers
were sent out after them
The Merchants hotel in Mcpherson
was burned November 26. A bargain
| had been closed for its sale and the
papers were to have been made that
! day.
The Firemen's Relief associations OF
Kansas will receive about $50, 900 this
year, which is collected from insurance
companies and distributed by the state
insurance department.
The Independence cotton mill is now
working its 1000 spindles making yarn
and Irvine. It is the only cotton mill
in this country run by natural gas
An election curiosity: Four years
ago Judge Riggs received a majority
of 35s over Smart. This year Smart.
majority over Riggs was exactly the