Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-15


The Wichita city library has 1908
members holding cards
There are 1893 children Of school
age in Shawnee county.
There are IL, 7o7 negro children at
tending school in the state.
The attendance at Paramount college
is the largest yet recorded.
They are figuring on the cost of brick
paving at Troy, Doniphan county.
Charles Warren. aged IS. of Wamego,
pulled his gun through a hedge and
was killed.
The Reno county court house is ready
for the roof and five vaults have been
contracted for
The Rock Island has put on q new
daily passenger train between Newton
and Chickasha.
Chancellor Snow has had his leave of
absence from Kansas university ex-
tended to one year.
A. w. Boiler, a Glenn Elder man,
raised 5000 worth of sweet potatoes on
four acre field this year.
A. ". Pickett of Republic, raised 24s
pounds of pumpkins on one vine. One
pumpkin weighs SO pounds,
It is remembered that in 1888 on the
night of the 9th of November a foot and
"a hale of ,,,o,., faI1 q, SoufbarD KapsaS
Maxwell Phillips, of Paramount,
Kas., has been appointed assistant
clerk at the Santa Fe, N. NJ, Indian
school.
Corn running eighty-five bushels to
the acre and selling on the street at 35
cents is the report made by one Wood
son county farmer.
Will Lin. of Cowley county, husked
and cribbed 1O4 bushels and 80 pounds
of corn in 8 hours and 4S minutes, haul.
ing it quarter of mile.
Wichita is TO build another ward
school to cost Sis, 900 and will add two
new rooms to each of three other school
buildings; one of them the high school.
Governor Stanley has offered re-
ward of 5000 and Mayor Neeley of
Leavenworth offers 5000 for the appre-
hension of the murderer of Pearl
Forbes
o. E. McElfresh of Usage City will
stand a trial in the federal court npon
the charge of misapplying pension
money of his insane brother for whom
he was guardian.
During the past IL months there
have been built in the Rock Island
shops at Horton, 1,5O0 new cars. An
order has just been placed for 200 box
cars and 200 stock cars.
George Barker, of Douglas county, is
picked out by his friends as candi-
date for speaker of the 10 err house of
the Kansas Legislature. His long ex-
perience in the senate pakes him avail
able.
A large light of very thick glass fell
from skylight over the cashiers
desk of Wichita store. The operator
of typewriter was at work and the
glass struck her machine, just missing
herself.
It was probably the desire to get the
best that could be procured in the
world which prompted the management
of the New York Geological garden to
| .~rdar BON tome 0f Korsoe alfoI%o ,r5 =, ..
equal amount of prairie hay.
Joe Hall and John Williams lived to-
gether on farm in Bourbon county.
Hall shot Williams for failing to sup
ply butter and other things he had
agreed to supply. Hall seems to feel
that he was justified in his deed.
Paul Palmer, of Topeka was 81 years
old ~ hours after the polls closed. :.
Frank Gilbert, near Gaylord, raised
four crops of a alta. that averaged 4
tons per acre for each crop. The -four
crops brought him $50 per acre, or al.
most twice what he could sell his land
for.
The piano and organ dealers general.
ly report the sale of cater number
of pianos to farmers in Kansas this
year than ever before. Heretofore
farmers bought organs if any instru
ment.
During October there were brick
sidewalks laid in Topeka along $40 city
lots, requiring the use of 4Os, 900 brick
The Santa Fe has commenced the
work of reducing grades on the EN-
poria-Ottawa cut off. The work will
cost $780, The maximum of grad,
on that line is to be 81 feet to the
mile.
Secretary OF Horticulture Barnes
now has 81 barrels of apples and il
promised so more. He hopes to hav,
200 in the display in Buffalo. He keep,
them in cold storage.
The project for the construction O
an electric railway from Fort Riley t.
junction City has resulted in charte,
to company for that purpose. An cleo
trio light plant and an ice plant for tn,
city are included in the plans of tn,
company.