Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-20

nuiSS hdIy Ou1p was clccCcu queen VI
| the flower carnival at Salina.
Win ]. Rice, Garrett boy, was
victim of the Galveston tragedy.
John Butler, once a railroad con-
tractor, died in Wichita last week.
The contract for building the lola
waterworks has been let for s5s, 473.15
The cattlemen of Greenwood county
raised s175 for Galveston relief in quick
order.
The night shift of the Santa Fe yards
| in Newton handled e47 cars in one
night.
Abilene Masonic lodges raised 800
for Galveston. A good citizens fund
followed.
County clerks of Kansas will hold
their annual meeting at Emporia on
September 81.
Apple packers at Leavenworth are
paying from IS cents to 81. 25 per bush
ell for apples.
| The first annual reunion of the
Twentieth Kansns occurs at Hutchin-
son September 27-29.
All the graduates this year at the
Western School of Oratory in Friends
college, Wichita, are women.
Ex-Governor Lewelling left his fam
| lily several valuable pieces of real es-
tate and S11 200 in life insurance.
Independence is said to have COM
pleted plans for S75, 900 hotel, to be
14O by $50 feet and have 100 rooms.
| A hail storm near Lalxin cut down
growing alfalfa and ruined much of the
seed crop which was not harvested.
Gas has been found near Caney and
a contract has been made to furnish
gas for that city from the new well.
A young man of Wellington left To-
peka on his wheel on Friday morning
and reached his home Sunday night.
There are 625 Indian pupils enrolled
at Haskell institute and requests for
admission that cannot be granted keep
coming in.
Captain B. Rockwell, of Junction
City, has presented to the State His
torical society, handsome oil paint
ing of General Chaffee.
The First regiment, K. N. G., elected
| the following officers: Senior major,
Adna G. Clarke, Lawrence; major, A.
NJ. Harvey, Topeka; junior major, w.
| 3. Leicester, Manhattan.
Blanche Donald, a niece of Mayor
Donald, of Atchison, was a victim of
the Galveston tidal wave. She was
| five years old and was there visiting
her aunt, Mrs. d. B. Rogers.
Santa Fe Agent TORY, at Great
Bend, who has held that position long
enough to marry and become grand
father, whether he has or not, has re-
signed his place. He is pretty well
provided with property.
The law of Kansas says that where
legislative district is larger than a
county, the nomination papers shall be
fled with the secretary of state; where
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the papers shall be filed with the coun-
ty clerk.
| C. 81. Hitchcock, of Sumner county,
bought land 25 years ago for $50 an
acre. This year on 425 acres he
threshed out 90 bushels to the acre and
235 acres went SO bushels to the acre.
Altogether his crop this year from his
Sumner county farms is about $1,000
bushels of wheat.
Adjutant General Fox will recon-
mend that the legislature provide
proper care for regimental flags now
in the state house. He will also rec
ommend that a card record be provided
for of every Kansas soldier in all the
wars; and that the national guard
have an appropriation for an annual
encampment.
The young ladies of Wichita who
had charge of the street car lines on
September IL, collected S267.2s, Of
which they have rs per cent to be divi-
ded between the Children's Home and
the Kings Daughters
Ora G. Scott, crazy boy in Fort
Scott, attacked his grandmother, Mrs.
w. J. Wickersham, with a Ratchet,
penetrating her skull in fifteen places.
He was seventeen years old. The boy
was supposed to be harmless, and his
mind was first affected when he served
as subject to a hypnotist.
The Reno county commissioners are
to defend the county against a suit
brought to enjoin them from deciding
lands sold to the county for taxes dur
ing the past three years. The plain
tiffs attack the constitutionality of the
law.
It is estimated that the total wheat
yield in Ellis county is 1000, 900 bush
els and it averages sixty or more
pounds to the bushel. This means
234 bushels to every man, woman and
child within the county. 1t means
1888 bushels for each voter.
The last gas well struck at Chanute
proves to be gusher. 1t is said to
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