Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-03-21
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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pacity' at Clearwater will be ready for
use in short time
$. D. Wilmington, of Kincaid, was
recently killed by lightning. He left
$4,000 life insurance
An end was burned out of Touring
mill at Hope, which caught from hot
box in the machinery.
Judge Smart fined and committed a
Garnett witness in a liquor trial be-
cause he couldn't remember.
Dnring the coal famine which pre-
vailed a short time in Western Kansas
COW chips were at a premium.
The joints, schools and churches
at Weir City were ordered closed until
April l on account of smallpox.
President Still'vell, of the Orient
railway, is going to Europe to place
securities of his railway system.
Chicken farmers in Ness county get
u cents for capons in Denver, when
ordinary chickens sell for half as much.
Mrs. Carry Liscomb, of Flint. Mich,
is visiting towns in Kansas instituting
lodges of the Sisters of the Maccabees.
William Wyles, a prominent citizen
living near Caldwell, is dead He was
an Englishman but had lived in Kan
sas 30 years.
Ellsworth Kelly, county school SUI
perintendent of Woodson county
writes stories for the Youths Compan-
ion and McClure's.
A party of women have destroyed
one of the finest furnished saloons in
Armourdale. Guards were quickly in
front of the other saloons.
Twenty-Five men are employed in the
freight department of the Wichita San
ia Fe depot for the sole purpose of
loading and unloading cars.
At the oratorical contest at Ottawa
sity, won first place, and John c. Quinn,
of Ottawa University, second. The
Baker man was only one point ahead
A visitor to Nortonville one day was
surprised to see the people of the town
engaged in cleaning the park near the
Santa Fe depot. Everybody was work
ing with enthusiasm. This was the
result of newspaper work for unity of
effort to beautify the town.
Two men drove up to slaughter
house in Mcpherson county. There
were watchmen there as hogs had been
taken from the place. The guards
kept quiet until the men were killing
a hog, when the guards opened fire
One of the thieves was hit but both got
away.
General j. X. Hudson gave the in
dustrial institute a library of $50 vol
umes. 1t is an institution planned
and organized by William K. Carter, a
negro, for the benefit of his race.
General Hudson has felt kindly to col
ored people since his service as major
in colored regiment in the civil war.
Mrs. Lena Elliott, of Reno county, or
rather her hens, won a prize, high
priced incubator, offered by the Des
Moines, Iowa, Poultry journal. The
prize was offered for the best egg
record made by six hens or pullets in
a period of one month. Her half dozen
pullets produced 1T eggs in the month
of January, or an average of 2915 eggs
each in 81 days.
The trial of Miss Jessie Morrison is
continued until the June term of the
district court in FL Dorado upon re1
quest of the state, for the reason that
there would not be sufficient time for
the trial at this term, which is limited
to four weeks.
Among Mr.. Carnegie's latest is the
promise of So, 200 for library build
ing and a new library for Lawrence.
In all his library contributions there is
a provision for the receiving city to
provide well for the maintenance of
the library.
Farmers find that the written per-
mits they give strangers to hunt on
their premises are liable to turn up as
promissory notes in some bank.
The disappearance of Cashier John
was stocl<holder in the Farmers State
bank of Arkansas City, and whose notes
that bank held. caused excitement at
Arkansas City which eliminated in the
ors were met coolly, funds having been
provided for such an emergency, and
all of their demands were net.
Postmaster William Drumpiller, of
Logan, was killed in railroad wreck
between Washington and New York.
lie had been to the Inauguration and
also to VISIT his neighbor, Congressman
Reeder.
Two highwaymen held up six men
in one store at Olpe. Lyon county, and
robbed them. The six men were then
marched to another store and guar6 ed.
while two more men were robbed
there The eight men and four others
were then marched to a bridge at the
edge of the town and told to git"
A drilling outfit has commenced
sinking hole at Ottawa near the Syl-
van Springs. If gas is not found at
that place the Ottawa gas Prospecting
company will try a number of other
places encircling the town.
Petitions are being prepared in sew
eral western counties asking the ap-
pointment of brand inspectors. The
law requires two-fifths petition to
the county commissioners who are thus
authorized to appoint inspectors. These
officers are allowed three cents a head