Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-21
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

there is a change of one county com
missioner OF Smith county in party
membership.
James Simpson, the third white man
to settle in Doniphan county, died on
his presumption claim recently at the
age of 99 years.
The supreme court did not decide the
Topeka mayoralty contest last week as
expected. Neither did it reach the
eight-hour case
Fredonia has gas well; calls it one
of the very best in that gas belt. The
company has already seven miles of
main line pipe laid.
1t is quite general belief at Win
field that William johnson, who is held
for the murder of Detective Geo. Mont
gomery, is not guilty.
F. D. Mead, of Dexter, cattleman,
has been indicted for putting to his
own use money sent him by Kansas
City commission man for expenses.
A street falcir worked a Beloit crowd
for S25, but was forced to return the
money together with more cash in the
way of court costs. A good example
for other towns
Farmers about Downs are having
telephone connection with the town
constructed. This also gives them
connection with the entire system in
that part of the state.
The Kansas cotton mill at Indepen-
dence has been leased to a new COM
pany and will begin operations in a
few days. 1t will employ about 100
men during the winter
Two Wellington men who went to
Lamar, Colorado, have secured offices.
L. F. Blodgett is elected county judge
and Frank Rosecrans gets the Office of
county assessor out there.
Postmaster P. w. Ransom, of Chero-
kee, drew a claim near Lawton and a
prospecting company put down well
on his claim, getting over the line by
mistake, and discovered oil.
The free employment agency in To-
peka has made up quite list of parties
who have offered brides to be put in
good places. No one ON this list will
ever be helped by the agency.
G. w. Proctor, a juryman at Fort
Scott, in a criminal case, was arrested
for taking newspaper into the jury
room and insisting upon reading an ac-
count of the trial to the jury.
E. P. Hanna, the attorney who made
the opening argument in the Schley-
Sampson investigation, is Kansas boy
from Salina. He has been connected
with the navy department good long
time.
Anon Youngblood, an aged negro, of
Wichita, was killed by his Jersey bull
when he went to move his picket pin in
patch of wheat. The bull had always
been kind and gentle before this at
tack.
The federal prison at Leavenworth
contains SIG prisoners; ninety-three of
these are military prisoners. There
are 722 civil prisoners, 433 white, us
Indian, 100 negroes, four Mexican and
one Chinaman.
Judge Thompson, of the district court
of Usage county, instructed a jury that
any express agent who delivers whisky
to any person to whom it may be sent,
through his Office, and receives pay for
it or any portion of it, is guilty of sell
ing whisky. This case will probably
be made test case, in the supreme
court.
Judge Charles Lobden and j. S. Sim
mons, superintendent of the Hutchinson
reformatory, are the principal stock
holders of new bank at Jetmore.
The county commissioners of Mitch
ell county are up against suit to hold
them personally responsible for the
costs in the suit against jointist which
they had RENTED.
A colony of nearly so old soldiers are
taking claims in Greer county. They
are members eff the colony formed at
Kansas City to take claims in the new
counties and failed to draw them.
The Wells-Fargo company has COM
menced building pressed brick struc-
ture in Hutchinson, for their own use.
1t is to be % by 100 feet and two stories
b;rl TI,a1, will ,aad ~ oil aSnaoio1Iy
during the fruit season.
Mayor Messall, of Concordia, favors
high license. The council are the same
way. However, petition came in to
have the law executed which the coun.
ell could not well refuse. A resolution
for closing the saloons was passed and
the mayor has commenced the work
with determination.
Fire destroyed at Hutchinson, the
Blue Front livery barn, the Grand
Central hotel, laundry, printing
Office and restaurant.
The only No. 1 wheat sold on the
Chicago market this season comes from
Kansas. No. l wheat must weigh &C
pounds or over. Much wheat from
Kansas on that market weighs from &C
to 65 pounds. Kansas is full of buyers
of No. wheat which is shipped to Min
nesota mills; that state being still in
the habit of stealing its reputation
from Kansas.
The supreme court decides that school
district warrants are not affected by
the statute of limitation, and must be
paid The Importance of this decision
is great as there are thousands of dollars
of unpaid scrip and warrants which
were issued in boom days.
The sheep upon which grew the fleece
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