Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-04-25
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
KANSAS

HOib ccotJ among the children.
A Chetopa man was jailed for refus-
ing to obey quarantine regulations.
The Wellington Committee of Fifty"
ffers reward for gamblers of fifty
dollars a head
The wife of F. A. Nickel, county at
torney of Chase county, hanged her
self in the cellar
Messiah week at Bethany college,
Lindsborg, Melted 81, 200. The gross
receipts were 49, 400.
The new fish law is interpreted to
mean that fishing with hook and line
is lawful at any time of the year.
The Rock Island gathered towards a
hundred men in Wichita to work at
their new ballast crusher in Marion
county.
w. c. Edwards. of the Orient, says
that in less than two weeks graders
will be at work out of Wichita both
both ways.
OF course some planted corn will rot
because of the cold rains, but that is
only common occurrence and fright
ems no one.
There has not been an acre of gov
eminent land worth dollar, in the
Topeka land district for more than
twenty years.
II. X. Eberly fed $50 cattle at Valley
Center last winter. He recently sold
them and has bought $50 half fed cat
tie at the Wichita stock yards.
E. W. Cunningham. associate justice
of the supreme court, has been super
intendent of the First NJ. f. church of
Emporia for 81 years continuously.
D. D. Bishop, father-in-law of the
late Governor Lewelling, died at Ar
kansas City April 13. He was a vet
eran of the Mexican and civil wars.
A hotel at Atwood was quarantined
and the inmates kept in by armed citi-
zens. The county health officer be-
came fearful of bloodshed and wired
the state secretary for help.
Mrs. Horn, who was deaf was killed
by train in Wellington. Her hus-
band was an old soldier who is we'll
known. Her daughter, Miss Horn,
was in Wichita and was Frustrated by
the news.
Buffalo Jones has been east to sell
several buffaloes and ell1s. Some of the
buffaloes were sold to the government
nj in hn
Washington. The elks went to circus
people.
Rural free delivery of mails is val
liable stimulant for the work of max
ing good roads. The postoffice de-
partment makes it a condition for the
continuance of service. Kansas COM
munities are awaking to the occasion.
President McKinley's stop at juno
ton city on June 8, was arranged for
visiting the Kansas G. A. R. encamp-
ment. His stay there will be As min
utes. The encampment dates have
been changed until that time from
May SO.
The tax committee met in Topeka
and elected John Francis chairman and
Cyrus Hurrell secretary. Sub commit
tees were appointed on special lines as
follows: On real estate, Representa-
tive c. F. Biddle and Treasurer Grimes.
On personal property, Senator F. D.
Smith and Representative Emil Gros-
ser. On railroad telegraph and ex-
press compay and Pullman company's
property, Senator Hurrell and Attor-
ney General GODDARD.
A. NJ. Thomas, colored lawyer Of
Topeka, is said to be active in gather
ing evidence against the Leavenworth
lynchers.
A constable, acting under orders of
court, destroyed the furniture of four
joints at Mineral, Cherokee county,
valued at $500. The property belonged
to Kansas City beer company.
A carload of matches in the Newton
yards caught fire. Next to it was a
car of oil. The situation had a bad
look. but the fire was put out with
only the loss of four cases of matches.
Madison seems to have periodical
safe blowing. The safe at the Santa
Fe depot is the latest. Two holes were
drilled in the safe, the robbers were
scared away, taking a shotgun and
grip with them.
There is a party visiting Kansas
towns soliciting advertising for card
directory, claiming to be at work in
the interest of labor unions. The Off
GERS of the Central Labor Union of
Wichita declare that the scheme does
not have their approval. Look out for
the sharp.
The city of Parsons will place its
stock in the NJ. K. & T. railroad on the
market if the railroad company re-
fuses to accept it as donation for the
erection of $780, 900 office building
The mayor and council are authorized
to sell it for 1000.
Major Macarthur, of Oxford, Kansas,
has been made guard and assistant
custodian of the government building
at the Pan-American exposition at Buff
falo. He was a line officer of the 18th
Iowa volunteers and a member of Gen
eral Belknap's staff
In 1887 Sam Newman built a fine
double brick block in Holton. The
same year it was burned. He rebuilt
it and last week the new block was
destroyed by fire together with his big
stone livery barn.
In a case before Judge Hook the
question of whether allotment, or cit
izen Indians, remain wards of the gov