Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-22
JOHN d. wEHRLE, Pub.
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
KANSAS.

The only John Seaton recently gave
his five children 81 900 each in cash
1t is claimed that the drouth has
killed off the loco weed in Western Kan
sas.
1t is becoming frequent in Kansas
banks to discover bills of national
banks of Honolulu.
Ida Mcclure, aged 10, farmers
daughter of Cherokee county, took
strychnine and died.
Railroad men whose runs are in both
states say that Nebraska corn is not as
good as Kansas corn.
Mr.. Dold says that it will take eight
months to fully complete the new pack
ing plant in Wichita
Howard Black passed forged checks
at Newton and when arrested he plead
guilty. He is a youth.
Attorney General GODDARD decides that
the railroad commissioners have power
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The crop of dwarf broom corn in the
vicinity of Sterling is reported by farm
ers to be damaged so per cent.
Kansas now has 333 rural free deliv-
cry mail routes and there are 1903 ap-
plications for new routes pending.
1t is believed that Sam Kimble of
Manhattan, will be appointed Judge of
the Twenty-first judicial district
A Wallace county, Kansas, baby took
the prize offered by the Elks of Cripple
Creek, Colorado, for the handsomest
baby.
A movers horse died in Independence
and in Is minutes enough money was
raised to supply its place in front of
the prairie schooner.
Coffey county claims ten bushels aver
age yield of it's corn crop which will
make million bushels. Farmers are
looking for stock to feed.
Along the Neosho and Verdigris
rivers there are corn fields that will
yield rs bushels to the acre. Few will
yield under 20 bushels.
Dynamite exploded in a barn at
Edna. 1t was kept there for use in
blasting a well. 1t is believed that
rats gnawed it. The barn was COM
pletsly demolished.
Sergeant Barnes, of Junction City,
drew a claim in Oklahoma and proposed
to sell out and go to the claim. Mrs.
Barnes. failing to change his purpose
attempted suicide, but her life was
saved
The mayor of Parsons has at last
turned over that $4,000 received for
bonds, to the Katy company. The rail
road buildings which were concerned in
the transaction are to be completed
within six months.
o. V. Gringrass, of Harvey county,
discharged farm hand Later there
were five of his fine steers missing. 1t
was found that the farm hand had sold
them in Newton and Immediately taken
the fast mail train east.
Tom Leftwich, of Larned. is charged
with sending the associated press wild
story about lightning striking the coffin
in which a child was being taken for
burial, tearing off the top of the coffin
and bringing the child to life.
Since the Missouri Pacific has made a
through line between Topeka and Jop-
lin it only requires line from Topeka
north to the Missouri Pacific lines west
from the Missouri river to complete a
through line extending from north
western Kansas to New Orleans.
John Domain, of Edwards county.
bought quarter section for $500, with
Al acres of growing wheat. He has
threshed 5000 worth of wheat from the
AZ acres and has pastured the rest OF
the quarter.
William Kern of Baldwin was driving
four horses to disc harrow and was
killed by lightning, with three of the
horses. There was no rain.
The new elevator being erected in Sa-
lima to replace the one recently burned
will be one of the largestt in the state;
with capacity of 20, 200 bushels.
Mrs. John Springer, of Brown comfy
has won a fight she has been making
for two years and has secured a pardon
for her husband who was serving a
term for statutory rape and bastardy.
She never believed her husband guilty.
Work is going on for the erection of
the addition to the Ottawa university.
John d. Rockefeller and the citizens
of Ottawa and the Baptists of Kansas
together contributed $50. 900 for this
work. The new building is to be of
stone, IS by 100 feet and modern in
every way.
Some farmers of Miami county are
buying back the cattle they sold when
they were scared and are paying 81
cents hundred advance over the price
they received for them.
w. c. Edwards ex-secretary of state,
has wintered cattle in Western Kansas
many years. He says wheat straw is
worth 81 ton; that he builds stacks
with alternate layers of straw and
kafir corn. He says that the saccharine
matter is absorbed from the corn by
the straw and the cattle eat the straw
first.
A Medicine Lodge man whose corn
crop was failure has three tons OF
grapes for sale.
The Kansas Knights Templar will &c
in body to the Louisville encampment
August 81. Marshall's band of Topeka
has been selected to accompany them.
Reports of fine rains come from the