Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-27
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The fine new depot at Valley Center
is burned. 1t was occupied jointly by
the Santa Fe and the Frisco.
The teachers of Southwest Kansas
will hold their annual meeting at Cald-
well on November 90 and 3d.
Sumner county's wheat crop this
year is estimated at seven million bush
els, with value of 81, 500, 600.
o. E. Johnston, of Kansas City, Kas.
learns of the loss of the lives of eleven
of his wife's family in Galveston.
Jesse C. Raines, Clay Center boy,
has eloped with the daughter of the
richest man of Los Angeles, California;
The triennial Swedish Lutheran con-
vention held three days session at
Vliets. There was large attendance.
Perry. jefferson county, is having a
siege of petty thieving. Fruit and
poultry are safe nowhere in that vicin-
ity.
The Catholic churches of Leaven-
worth took up collections for the bene-
fit of Galveston sufferers a mounting to
Sl75.
G. N. Marley, foreman in the Office
of the Osawatomie Graphic, committed
suicide with morphine. He was in bad
health.
Rev. E. Masterson left Arkansas City
for San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he
goes to take charge of a government
school.
1t is said that where Kansas farmers
planted corn in fields which had been
in alfalfa or years, their best crops
were realized.
The secretary of the state board of
health has commenced the work of
prosecuting doctors who, he declares,
hold fake diplomas.
AS rule political meetings do not
have as large an attendance as they
have been won't to command; but the
campaign will get warmer.
A Kansas woman in Manila writes
home that all dressmakers there are
men and that lit makes one culver to
have man do the measuring"
In the corn contest at Wellington the
first prize was given to Sela Moore, of
Belle PLANE. He had 20 acres that
averaged 60 bushels to the acre.
A. w. Arnott, of Marshall county,
has - acres of corn which was planted
in the middle of July. 1t stands feet
high, healthy looking, and is in tassel.
He has cultivated it twice.
The bank OF Bushton, Rice county,
has been burglarized, losing about
$1,000 from its safe, which was blown
open. There was also quantity of
bonds, notes and securities taken.
The bank of Richmond, Franklin
county has suspended because it can
not loan its money. Farmers loan
each other money too cheaply for the
bank. The bank with $780, of de-
posts has loans amounting to only
$4,000.
VIM. Wellhouse says of the apple
crop: 1.-The winter apples are going to
be much better than the fall apples,
both in quality and quantity. We will
get about $4,000 bushels; 10000 from
the Summit orchard and 10000 from
the Usage county orchard. There are
400 acres in the orchard in Leaven-
worth county and 500 in the orchard
in Usage county.
General Miles was met in Lawrence
at his train by the university students
who gave him their regulation yell.
The general seemed to enjoy it.
The burning of the Lamar hotel al
Galena was so sudden that the inmates
had to jump from windows to save
their lives. The hotel was an old land
mark.
Miss Myrtle Hinton, native of the
city, was elected Queen of the Wichita
carnival, receiving 5,736 votes; almost
double the number received by the
next highest.
Captain ]. ]. Reagan, formerly O.
Abilene, lost his wife, daughter, sol
and son-in-law at Galveston; also si1
of his brothers family lost their lives
The Rock Island agent at Agend;
set trap gun in his chicken house anC
forgot to remove it in the morning
His wife received the charge in he
knee.
The Kansas State Poultry associa
ton directors have fixed time ant
place for their annual show, in Tope
ka's new auditorium on next Januar,
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The Delphos high school building
was struck by lightning and wa
burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance 81,
500
The University of Ohio offered DIR
Paul Fischer, professor of veterinar,
science in Kansas Agricultural colleg
S2,25O salary and he resigned from tn
Kansas college to accept it.
VIM. Scott, of Larned has As team
hauling in the threshed wheat from
the country from lands for which he i
the agent. The hauling will requir
about four weeks time.
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