Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-01-03

of Ottawa show deposits of $S77, 900.
Reports of horses being killed by
smutty corn stalks are quite frequent.
The treasurer of Cowley county re-
ceived S45, 653. so for taxes in one day.
Winfield has newly organized COM
pany to manufacture sash and doors
Inmates of all of the state institu-
tions were given big Christmas din
ner.
VIM. Byrnes, of Belle PLANE, puts
out $4,000 punches of celery every
year.
Kansas law fixes the limit at five
years Imprisonment for kidnappers.
Change it.
Frank Morrill,, a son of Ex-Governor
E n. Morrill,, will open law office in
Boston.
Statements of the three national and
one state banks of Lawrence show that
the total amount on deposit is 81, 215,-
646.6
Farms in Cherokee county are chang
ing hands rapidly, the purchasers be-
ing farmers from Michigan, Illinois
and Iowa
Eugene johnson, of Osawatomie, an
engineer in the Missouri Pacific yards
at Coffeyville, had his head and hand
cut off by the wheels of his engine.
The Kansas Agricultural college
bought COW in Lincoln county that
yielded S73. rs worth of milk, at cream
cry prices, during the last 10 months.
The highest percentage of school en-
rollment to population is in Kansas,
where it is 27.s7. In New York the
percentage is 1894, while in Pennsyl-
vania it is 1876.
Miss Sara Thrasher, graduate of
Kansas university in the class of 1898,
won the first prize from 1900 contest
ants in the amateur Photographic con-
test in st. Louis.
One OF the western counties was Or
ganized in 1872, but has no trace of its
county officers since 1891. A search in
the state historical society records
shows full roster of officers back to
1876.
The state oil inspector has turned
into the treasury during the past year
SO, 1892. Mr.. Spencer recommends
that in testing oil the gravity as well
as the flash test be used to determine
the grade of the oil.
The American Biscuit trust is to re-
re-establish the cracker factory in
Wichita, vacated by Loose Bros, when
they joined the cracker trust. The
necessary work upon the buildings
commenced last week.
At the golden wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. u. n. jackson. of Olathe, there
were among the guests five couples,
four of them living within a block of
the Jackson home, who had been mar
ried respectively So, 81, so, SO and 81
years.
The NJ. E. church at Ellsworth paid
off its entire debt; the result of the
work of the women. A jubilee was
had at which the men gave banquet,
doing all the work themselves. They
did it in recognition of the labors of
the women.
One Cloud county creamery patron
whose milk check for last month
amounted to S45 says that it was prac-
tically clear profit, as the cows were
pastured on neighbours wheat field
which was making a growth too rapid
for its good.
doc" johnson, who has had large
toy and notion store in Cawker City
for many years, went to visit his farm
in Florida, expecting to return before
the holidays. He has not been heard
from and there are fears concerning
his fate. He is an old man.
A company has been organized in
Franklin county who propose to make
the run for land when the Kiowa coun-
try is opened. They are accommodating
funds for the trip.
II. r. Irvine, general roadmaster of
the Rock Island, is selected to have
charge of the extension from Liberal
w. H. Davidson, a division engineer at
Des Moines, will become general road
master,
DIR. w. f. Middleton, one of the old
est settlers of Sumner county, died at
his home in Oxford a short time since.
The big stables at Bismark Grove,
Lawrence, have just filed an order for
500 horses for the English government.
Out in Western Kansas coyote hunt
ing gives return of from one to three
dollars day. The bounty is one dol
lar per scalp and the skin is worth 75c
to one dollar.
Paul ToErington, late of the city en-
gineers corps in Topeka, now has
charge of the building of railroad in
Siberia where, he says, the thermom-
eter registers from 60 to 80 degrees
below zero.
I. c. Johnson, aged 20 years, pio-
neer of Franklin county, was killed on
the station platform at Ottawa, being
struck by the beam on the engine and
thrown under the wheels.
The MANAGER of the TonelIa oDera