Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Epizootic is prevalent among the

hus been appointed a lieutenant in the
regular army.
The Y. NJ. c. A. library of Hays City,
| has received gift of books from Miss
! Helen Gould.
The Kansas state lodge of Sons of
| Herman is to meet in Topeka, Novem-
Der 10 and 20.
Indian Agent Honnell has paid s1o,-
800 to the handful of Indians still in
Franklin county.
Old 10Th Kansas veterans are trying
to get the survivors of that regiment
together in reunion.
George W. Dewey, a COUSIN of Adj
miral Dewey. is asking to be appointed
postmaster at Chanute.
Shawnee county voted against the
| proposed levy for fixing up the state
fair grounds at Topeka.
Chase county apple growers are be-
coming desperate. They cannot find
market for their apples.
Colonel A. o. Brodie. chosen for gov
| ernor of Arizona. lived several years on
farm in Greenwood county.
The Wichita Commercial club is ar
ranging for trade excursion to the
principal towns of Oklahoma.
C. j. Miller. of Oberlin, while cutting
out cattle was thrown from his horse
and dragged to dragged to death
The end report of the Kansas SUI
preme court will be ready for those who
want it, sometime in December.
Julia F. V. Harris, of Wellington. is
the only woman lawyer of Kansas who
practices before the supreme court.
Reports are ont that oil has been dis
covered near Blackstone, Sumner coun-
ty, between Caldwell and Anthony.
Only one arm was broken at foot
ball game at Emporia: the other in
| juries being Commissions and sprains.
The application for a new trial in
the Jessie Morrison case will be heard
! January term of the supreme court.
Some arrests have been made in
Atchison of damage doing hoodlums on
Halloween. There are more warrants
| for others.
combination of Baptists has pur-
chased Campbell university at Holton,
and have changed its name to Campbell
Collegiate institute.
| The Scottish Rite reunion in Topeka
will be November 26 to 20 inclusive.
The out of town Masons will be enter
| tanned on Thanksgiving.
| Galena is trying the United States
| courts to further the effort to force
down water rates 40 per cent. accord
ing to the city ordinance.
| The Catholics are building new
churches at Frontenac, Chicopee and
Greenbush. Work has commenced on
a hospital at Pittsburg and new school
building will be built there.
Superintendent Church proposes to
vigorously prosecute the Mercantile
Fire Insurance company, of Chicago,
and its agents in Kansas for doing bust
|
to settle losses.
The Lyon w. r. C. at Marysville has
an active membership of A., and has
paid out in the years work for relief
purposes S2O9.SO cash and SIS other
than money, besides making over 1000
| visits to the sick.
Otto Miller, chief of the Springfield,
Ill, fire service, visited in Topeka re-
Gently. Twenty-seven years ago he
was with Chief Wilmarth in the old
volunteer fire service in Topeka. Will
marth is there yet.
November was the Goth anniversary
of the pastorate of the Rev. w. y.
Page, of the First Presbyterian church
of Leavenworth. There were 163 men,
bers then of whom there are left only
Al. During his pastorate Mr.. Page
has received l 200 members. The pres
ent membership is 6s7.
All but two or three of the schoo!
district boards of Atchison county were
swindled into giving their notes for S33
each for Primary Language series.
NJ. r. Plat, of Kansas City, tells the
Kansas Agricultural college to send ex-
of Herefords which he will present to
the college.
A strong company has been formed
for the purpose of taking out coal or
oil. or both. in the recently discovered
producing district adjoining Topekas
south boundary.
j. b. Orr, principal of one of the pub
lie schools of Kansas City, Kansas, used
coal oil in kindling the kitchen fire at
home, and was burned so that he died.
Wellington is to vote on issuing bonds
to build and equip an electric light
plant. The bonds are to be for S15, 900
and are to be taken by the three local
banks.
The Standard Oil company is obtain
ing leases for oil lands in Neosho and
Allen counties. The consideration in
every case is percentage of the oil OBJ
| tanned.
Mrs. Stearns, 90 years old, who lived
at Willis, Brown county, was burned
to death last week She was smoking
pipe.
DIR. l.. E. Shaw. who went from Hia-
watha to Wyoming six months ago,
was found dead beside the Union Pa
cific tracks near Bryan, west of Green
| river.
The residence at the national GENE
terry at Fort Leavenworth is burned,
with nearly all the furniture belonging
to the superintendent of the cemetery.