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

has has los members, claims to have
the finest lodge room in the west.
The new railroad bill before the leg
islature provides for a commission of
three appointed by the governor.
Ten machines worked all the season
threshing the wheat crop about Glasco,
averaging about 1000 bushels each.
A rural mail carrier has q route out
of Lyndon, which, he figures, will
make 1864 miles travel for him in a
year.
There is a report of suffering of the
growing wheat crop in parts of Paw
nee and Stafford counties. for want of
moisture.
Judge Skidmore dissolved the injunc-
ton brought against Cherryvale to
prevent the building of city water
works plant.
Cement beds were discovered at Bala
and the Rock Island is developing them,
employing 90 men at first. Land was
was purchased.
A reward is offered for the arrest of
parties who destroy the posters of the
recruiting station in Wichita. 1t is
penitentiary offense.
The A. o. U. w. started the year
1899 with 81, 734 members in Kansas
and at the end o the year had 33,444,
an incresae of 4, 71O.
A Beloit man recently invested S., 900
in Missouri Pacific stock at "a and is
now figuring how much he is ahead
with the stock quoted at s411.
The school at Corbin, Sumner county,
has been closed on account of small
! pox. Another school near Corbin has
been closed because of the itch.
The Whitman house at Salina was
quarantined and the victims first en-
joyed the novelty of Imprisonment, but
soon got weary of being cooped up.
From Jan. to Jan. IS there were 81
men accepted at the recruiting
station in Wichita. The men are sent
| forward to San Francisco in squads.
A Highland man lost five horses from
eating corn containing worm dust.
The animals had every symptom of
hydrophobia and died in great agony
The surveyors for the Orient en-
camped near Emporia had their Sleep
ing tent burned recently Bedding
and clothing worth about ss5 were
burned.
Peter Anderson proposes to use
part of his Klondike pile in securing
the new Mennonite college for Abilene.
Probably other towns may as well drop
out of the race.
Lyon county has two probate courts.
The old judge contests the election of
the newly-elected judge and refuses to
give possession. The board of commits
sioners procured a room for the new
| Judge and ordered a seal for him.
The alfalfa proves a success in the
Solomon valley. A cargo of alfalfa
seed was shipped from Glasco which
Melted the producers over $4,000. Some
of the alfalfa land in that vicinity
brought an income of $40 an acre.
George w. Hoskins, of Reno county,
besides having large farming interests.
is interested in stock raising and or
chard products. He has 1900 bearing
apple trees which, in 1900, produced
| 81 500 worth of fruit, with reserve
| stock left.
A robber caught the cashier of the
bank at Severy at work on his books
late at night, bound and gagged him
and tried to drill about the time lock
of the safe. Failing in this he took
the contents of the cashiers pockets
and skipped.
The annual communication of the
grand lodge of Masons of Kansas will
convene in Wichita on February 90.
The Grand Royal Arch chapter will
meet in Wichita, also. two days earlier,
on February Is.
Colonel j. II. Richards, general at
torney of the Missouri Pacific, is in To-
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the legislature.
Harry Weaver, of Sedgwicl1 county,
sold grocer during 1900, 1911 dozen
eggs for Sl5s.2O; also 1850 pounds of
butter for s219.92.
The German Catholics of Wichita hav-
ing $1,000 already raised, are perfecting
arrangements to build new church.
Mr. Seaton pressed a resolution in
the house to prohibit the employment
of women clerks. 1t received two
votes, his own and Mr.. Lulings of
Wichita.
The railroad bill is likely to be
passed, which has the approval of the
cattlemen's associations. This is the
bill introduced in the senate by Sena-
tor Miller and in the house by Mr..
Rees.
A freight wreck near Coffeyvil1e, on
the Missouri Pacific demolished two
engines, smashed eight cars and dam
aged others. Engineer Parish was
badly bruised.
Lincoln Hall and his mother, of Del
phos, were convicted of selling liquor,
one Lawrence giving the convicting
evidence. Later band of wtitecap-
pers took Lawrence out of bed and
horsewhipped him. Now two of the
whiteeappers, whom Lawrence recog-
nized, are serving a sentence of one
year in Jail.
The Kansas penitentiary is still
quarantined against visitors and con-
victs are not permitted to be taken
there without vaccination certificate.
Kansas Agricultural college is crowd