Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-01-17
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

There is in prospect a new Missouri
Pacific link between Marquette and
Mcpherson
Tails Lebarge, 10 years old, of Cloud
county, pulled his gun through hedge
and is dead.
Senator Henley, of Lawrence, is in
favor of using convict labor in improv-
ing country roads.
Assistant Secretary of State Hill P.
Wilson is about to publish book of
biography of Kansas men.
Ex-Chief Justice A. ii. Horton is
spending the winter in Florida to get
rid of the effects of pneumonia.
Hugh Cameron. the Lawrence her
init, having had his house burned four
times, has dug cave to live in.
The Shawnee county poor commits
sioner has among his regulars" George
Washington and William K. Wander
biz.
The town of Pratt is so completely
filled that a vacant room could not be
found in which to hold poultry ex-
hibit.
The state board of health reports 262
cases of smallpox in the state; less than
half the number in Topeka alone one
year ago.
The milling plant of Joseph Oliphant
& Co, in Cooper Hollow, near Galena,
is burned. The loss is $500, insurance
one-half
Five foreign countries are represent
ed in the Kansas egislature-England,
Ireland, Germany, Switzerland and
Sweden.
North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky,
and Maryland contribute of their ma
tives to the membership of the Kansas
legislature.
Furniture for the federal building in
Salina has been purchased, after the
building had stood idle and empty for
three years.
citation presented Miss Edith Barnett,
the county superintendent, a handsome
silver tea set.
Lyon county has finally awarded
contract for building a new court house.
Dan L. Thomas, of Emporia was the
successful bidder.
Attorneys will ask the legislature to
extend the term of the appellate court
another year, for the exclusive work of
closing the cases in hand.
Near jamestown Clarence Hartweu
fell on the ice while hunting and his
gun exploded tearing his foot SO that
amputation was necessary.
The proposed new election law to
prevent name to appear as a candi-
date on more than one ticket on the
blanket ballot, is already prepared.
The state auditor, in his report,
schedules necessary appropriations for
the two fiscal years ending June 80,
1908, showing total of 1907, 91s.s5.
The death of Judge NJ. S. Adams,
who was speaker of the house of the
Kansas legislature of 1862, brings up
"reminiscences of that session. Nearly
all the members of both house and
senate in 1862 have died. Among them
were John J. Ingalls,, p. B. Plumb, Sol
Miller, C. K. Holiday. Sam Lappin,
Thos. A. Osborn, G. W. Smith, c. V.
Eskridge, ?. b. Maxon and Geo. A.
Reynolds. OF the survivors are F. P.
Baker, D. NJ. Valentine. Alex Banks.
who was chief clerk, still lives. No
other survivor is just now recalled to
memory, if there be any.
The Nicholson plant at lola is to
have four more furnaces containing
1000 retorts. This will cause an in
crease of 100 men to the force required.
John Lindsey, a rural mail carrier of
Atchison, built postofice on light
spring wagon, with mail pouches and
equipments, glass windows and a
stove
The supreme court has decided that
the officials of penal institutions have
full authority for transferring convicts
TG1OrIQdUOrV
the Lansing prison:
John Mahan, of Abilene, Judge of
the court of appeals, proposes to re-
move to Seattle to resume law practice.
He has lived in Abilene 80 years.
Fl. c. Finch, of Usage county, re-
Gently died and in his wallet was found
000 in ro{ae .o-.o -
them thirty years old. For a great
many years Burlingame banks pub
lished statements contained an item:
Cashiers check outstanding" This
check was found in Finch's wallet along
with New York state bank bill dated
1852.
The jury in the district court of Al
len county rendered a Judgment for
$500 against doctor for malpractice,
the patient having sworn that his bro
ken leg was set ''cattawhopperd.'
The habeas corpus suit to get Mrs.
Carrie Nation out of the Sedgwick coun-
ty Jail was filed, tried, and habeas cor
pus denied by Judge Dale, being dis
posed of in few minutes. The petit
ton for writ was then taken to the
court of appeals but Judge Dennison
said it would be impossible for that
expiring court to take up the matter.
The commissioners of Butler county
paid the cost of the Jessie Morrison
trial, $500, and passed a resolution
favoring new trial and insisting that
Miss Morrison be vigorously prosecu-
ted.
The Fort Scott flax tow mill is run
ming on fy11 time epoD1oviDp On may,