Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-01-24
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

struck east of Chanute.
Neodesha Presbyterians are prepar-
ing to build a parsonage.
Burglars have been working at their
profession in Hutchison of late.
1t seems to be common practice in
Ell Dorado to fill cisterns with ice.
The town of Glasco has purchased
block for the purpose of a public park.
Fifty-three witnesses in the Jessie
Morrison case received an average fee
of s21.
Morton Albaugh has been appointed
and confirmed as state bank commits
sioner
There is likely to be a bill before the
legislature to let the state printing by
contract.
The four new justices will sit in the
supreme court for the first time at the
February term.
The report of the state grain in
spector for December shows profit to
the state of $500.
Mound City has a colored woman,
Mrs. Carrie Brooks, who is known to
be 113 years old.
The country people are becoming
convinced that the Belgian hare is like
Iy to become a pest.
Major A. B. Powell, postmaster at
Coffeyville, fell on the ice at Kansas
City and broke leg.
A quilt with President McKinley's
autograph is to be rallied off at Mont
gomery county church.
Rev. John Moorhead, chaplain of the
house of representatives, was chaplain
of the penitentiary in 1895.
Representative Il. L. Wise, of Reno
county, who died in Topeka, had life
insurance amounting $500.
Senator Noftzger has bill before
the legislature for the protection of
stockmen against cattle thieves.
There are not enough lawyers in the
Kansas house of representatives to fill
up the two Judiciary committees.
Cattlemen of Finney county are
holding their stock for advanced prices;
and so are the broom corn raisers
Geo. L. johnson has been appointed
place of Michael Sughrue, deceased.
The congressional committee on post
roads decided to retain the fast mail
service between Kansas City and New
ton.
Frank NJ. Rarig will represent the
Wesleyan university of Salina at the
State intercollegiate contest at Ottawa
March /.
The coroner's Jury in the case of the
burning of the negro, Alexander, re-
turned verdict of burned by party
OF parties unknown.
The demand for arms by both blacks
and whites, including women, soon
exhausted the supply in Leavenworth
after the burning tragedy.
Estate Printer W. Y. Morgan is elect
ed for second term by strict party
vote; Grant Harrington, of Hiawatha,
receiving the votes of the minority.
Waldo, on the Lincoln branch of the
Union Pacific, has seven cases of small
pox and is quarantined. No passen-
gers are left or taken at the station
There are many cases of smallpox in
southern Osborne and northern Russell
counties. Schools and all public gath
erings are closed and the country is
quarantined.
The number of real estate transfers
fled in Sumner county in 1896 was s91;
in 1897, 1883; in 1898, ABA; in 1899,
1897; in 1900, 1,7O1.
The several divisions of the appellate
court are just now employed in assort-
ing and packing up their papers and
records, to be turned over to the su-
preme court.
The is a demand on the legislature
for more pay to county and city officers.
Several special bills are already in,
which may be consolidated into gen.
eral bill.
Chief Justice Frank Doster will re-
tain his position until the end of the
term for which he was elected, when
Justice Johnston will become chief JUS
tice under the constitutional amend
ment.
Dennis Madden, new district judge
at Emporia, has ruled that no decree
of divorce will be granted until all the
costs of the case are paid.
Dell Valentine, clerk of the supreme
court, says that it will take three adj
ditional clerks to take care of the in
creased business in his office.
A bill to enable Wichita to issue
small bonds, $40 to 500, for sufficient
amount with which to purchase water
works, is likely to be presented to the
legislature. The franchise of the
waterworks company will expire next
spring.
Senator Tapp, of Wichita, told Sena-
tor Vincent. of Hutchinson. that he
got the money to buy his marriage Ii
cehse by selling load of buffalo bones
in Hutchinson: and after getting his
father-in-law full to get his consent to
the marriage he had $3.50 left.
Hutchinson has 1000 volumes in it's
free public library. The people have
voted for half mill tax to sustain the
library. This tax will bring about $3.50
year.
The probate Judge of Saline county
refused to allow charge against an
estate for medical service because the
claimant held no diploma.
Seven barns belonging to w T So