Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-12-12
Vivian Grove is to have a SIS, 900 ele-

Abilene expects to construct sewer
age system to cost S11 900.
A large Touring mill at Phillipsburg
is burned at loss of $4,000
The Topeka school board has decided
to build a manual training school
DIR. n. o. P Woods one hnndreth
birthday occurs on Februry 10, next.
The Strong City street railway has
changed hands and has been improved
The state school fund has purchased
some school district bonds of Oklahoma
Frank Culin, civil war veteran, died
at Harper on December 2, aged SIS
years.
Representative Miller has bill in the
house for 500, 900 federal building at
Emporia.
Eli Thayer, young farmer near
Wilsonton, Labette county, has disap-
peared.
| A militia company has been made up
at Lindsborg which is composed entirely
! of Swedes.
Hard cider and lemon essence forms
the substitute for Intoxicating drinks
at Osborne.
A justice of the peace near Ottawa
has sent in voucher for fees in case
of ''salt to mitt fellny."
The Kansas Historical society will
| give a reception on December II, 30
formally open its new rooms.
! ]. w. Amis, a prominent educator,
once assistant state superintendent,
died at Smith Center recently.
The state board of pharmacy at its
meeting in Leavenworth, made II new
drug dispensers out of 80 applicants.
j. A. Young, a colored Baptist
preacher of Fort Scott has been arrest
ed for using Cancelled postage stamps.
R. NJ. Wright, state forestry commits
sioner, reports the Russian thistle as
taking the country in Western Kansas.
The state fish commissioner has
stocked Cow Creek at Hutchinson with
1000 young bass and 1000 red-eyed
perch.
Paul E. Webb, of Stafford, has been
appointed an inspector of rural deliv-
cry in the Chicago division. Salary
81, 200 and So day.
And now their is question whether
the covicts who mutinied at the federal
prison at Leavenworth can be tried on
indictments for murder before their
| present sentences expire.
c. d. Sellers, of Horton, has been
employed to take diamond drills to the
Ashantee gold country on the west
coast of Africa and operate them there.
He will take 20 men with him.
The Missouri and Kansas Telephone
company has purchased a lot in Law
renee upon which to erect an exchange
bnilding. 1t is to be of pressed brick,
plate glass front, two stories and base
ment.
| Superintendent Nelson finds many
errors in the reports of county super
intendents, mostly in figuring. He has
sent back some of the reports several
times One report has POS errors in
addition.
Fort Scott proposes to tax lawyers
from SIS to $50 a year. The lawyers
are to be placed in four classes, each to
choose his class. Ministers who receive
81 900 year are to be taxed SO year.
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peka.
December was Topeka's 47th birth
day. At the old settlers meeting the
only survivor of the original town COM
pany was present. He is John Arm
strong who never wears his best suit
except at these annual old settlers
meetings.
Union Pacific passenger train ran
into a freight train at Collier, spelling
several cars and delaying traffic several
hours.
Judge o. P. Engenbright, of indie
pendence, became i'll while making an
argument before the Kansas supreme
court SO that he was compelled to stop
before his speech was finished.
Near Pittsburg James Boden, an en-
gineer of the Kansas City & Southern,
was fatally injured. His engine went
down the bank and Boden was crushed
under it, dying in a few hours.
J. B. S. Norton, formerly of Manhat-
tan, Kas., has accepted the professor
ship of botany in the Maryland Agri-
cultural college. Since leaving Kansas
three years ago, Professor Norton has
been connected with Shaw's Botanical
Gardens in st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Morgan, who
were married in England November pa,
1851, celebrated their golden wedding
at the home of their daughter, Mrs. L.
B. Decker, near Hollis, Cloud county,
Sunday last. They have been living in
Cloud county since 1872.
Some months ago a resident of Cliff
ton went to Sundance, Wyo., to take a
place in mill. His wife, accompanied
by her 14-year-old son, recently started
in one horse buggy to make the trip
of 700 miles overland to join him.
Geo. Stevenson, of Waterville, has
been elected a director of the National
Aberdeen-Angus association for Kan
sas.
There is proposition up to build a
viaduct over the three railroads which
parallel each other, block apart, in
Wichita.
The coursing meet at Marysville was
attended by 1900 people. Fourteen
races were RIM doors heinu tbere from