Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-09
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

O"e' a Hi"ASy, hdudRcT lOr lliIH-
Der company in Arkansas City, has
killed himself.
The 47th annual session of the state
association of Congregational churches
is held in Wichita from May to May
6.
Mrs. Frank Kitchen, of Horton, gets
$40, 900 by the will of an uncle in Him
OILS who make his money in the Klon-
dixie.
The Paola Commercial club offers a
prize of $500 for the best culverts bnilt
during the year on roads leading to
town.
A Wellington paper reports joints
running there wide open under agree
ment to pay a monthly fine of 500
each.
The Southern Kansas Academy at
Eureka will devote the week COM
mencing June B. to its graduating ex-
ercises.
Atchison is getting to be better
town to live in: the saloon keepers can
not live and pay monthly assessments
both.
While George Head was resisting ar
rest in Topeka, he was struck on the
head by Policeman Hall. and died six
hours later.
The recent heavy rainfall at Wichita
was 1.67 inches in one hour. At An
thony. so miles south, three inches fell
within two hours.
A township of Wilson county pro-
poses to encourage rural mail route
by buying a rock crusher and macad-
amizing the roads.
Inspector Gilbert of the rural mail
service in Kansas, says that 200 routes
are now in operation and that applica-
tions are in for 300 more.
An Iowa man has purchased Is quar-
ter sections in Sherman county as an
investment. Prices paid were low,
some of it at 81 an acre.
Colonel John c. Carpenter of Chanute
is much talked about now because he
preferred to refuse two appointments
rendered him by the president.
A % inch coal vein has been found
near Seneca at the depth of 10 feet.
Several thinner veins were found be-
tween that depth and the surface.
The treasurer of the Cherry vale
brick company. went to Haddam, Wash
ington county, to inspect shale discov-
cred there and says it is of the finest
quality.
There is expected to be a very large
gathering of farmers at Salina on May
l6, to formulate plans for cooperative
elevators and shipping associations all
over the state.
James Dunn was fatally wounded by
Ben 10y near Lincoln, Lincoln county
Dunn went to see Logs daughter, 10y
forbid his entering the house and the
shooting followed.
II. COLLECT has been postmaster of
Elk, in Marion county. for % years
and has just had his office checked up
by postoffice inspector for the first
time. Everything was found straight.
Contractors for the work on the
cutoff at Wellsville, found difficulty in
securing laborers and imported force
of negroes. The white men employed
were dissatisfied and some of them
quit.
The Sells and Gray circus is to spend
next winter in Topeka Willie Sells,
of that firm. made this statement while
in Topeka at the funeral of his mother.
The bargain for the Bennett proper
ty for governors residence in Topeka
is complete and Governor Stanley ex-
poets to be occupying it some time in
May
Chris Foust and Merle Richards.
Sumner county boys. were hunting
plover and were accidentally shot re-
ceiving wounds which were considered
fatal.
a loan has been negotiated by the
Catholics for the completion of the con-
vent at Concordia. Work on their
cathedral there is to commence soon.
The Burlingame Chronicle says about
prices of last year and this, the fol-
lowing: 1--WE saw sullSy pillow offered
for s3s that brought s45 last year:
sl4 walking pillow is down to $3.50: s2s
listers are sold for S24; cultivators that
the farmers had to pay SIS for last
year can be had now for S25: S4s plant
ers are cut to S3s. In binders the
price of last year has been maintained.
Report says that at least 5000 visit
ors were in Arkansas City on April &c,
in attendance upon the Odd Fellows
gathering there, and drawn by the
usual attractions with such an occa-
Sion.
At the commencement OF the Spanish
war Jesse George. a Leavenworth law
yer, disappeared after leaving certain
of his effects on the river bank Until
now it has been supposed that he was
dead. 1t is learned that he is now
chief clerk in the department of educa-
ton in Manila.
The priest in charge at Concordia is
building an addition to his house. He
received letter accusing his workmen
of stealing material from another
house. The writer threatens to use
dynamite on the walls of the new con-
vent if the stuff is not returned.
Postmaster John VIM, of Manhat-
tan. has become insane. This is his
third attack, the last occurring over a
year ago. The probable cause this
time is believed to be the certainty of
the appointment of successor in the
postoffice.
A. P. Jetmore, the retiring county
nj tornev of Sha wnaa oountr hoe ,,oro