Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-07-25
The assessors found IL, SIS pianos in


built in the Santa Fe's Topeka shops.
On the Wellington market corn and
wheat sold at the same price on re-
cent day.
Jefferson county had an inch of rain
while there was not a cloud in sight in
Kansas City.
A new coal mine is to be opened in
the Pittsburg district which will EN-.
ploy 600 miners.
Wheat is going to market slowly, re-
ceipts being much less than at this
time last year.
The opening interfered with thresh-
ing, as the crews all wanted to go to Ell
Reno and register.
Miss Helen Gould has given a 81, 900
library and $500 music box to the
Y. M. C. A, of Ellis.
Contract has been let for the build
ing of a new $4,000 Presbyterian
church in Hiawatha.
Linn and Barber counties will elect
county printers this fall, who will do
the county work at prices fixed by law.
If Secretary of War Roots plans are
carried out Fort Riley will be made
the greatest military post in the coun-
| try.
The Topeka millers have commenced
their fight to compel the railroads to
establish the old milling in transit
rate.
The stables, sheds and three horses
burned, just out of town, near Lincoln.
The fire was probably started by
tramps.
The engine room of the Hutchinson
feed mill is burned. An elevator and
the Missouri Pacific depot were in
| danger.
Since Governor Stanley has been in
| Office he has made more speeches at
more places in the state than any other
three former governors.
Topeka did not get any of that big
rain most of the state was blessed
with the other night. The rain came
within 40 miles east and southwest.
Topeka had dry thunderstorm only.
Stealing liquors which are held by
officers of the law as evidence against
joints is common this summer. Some
of it is stolen for consumption, but
most of it is probably taken to remove
evidence.
A county convention has been called
in Montgomery county to choose a
| candidate for sheriff to hold office DUR
ing the year preceding the biennial
election. The governor will be asked
to appoint the man the convention
selects.
Three graduates of the Kansas nor
NAL school go to the Philippines under
three year contracts with the govern
ment to teach. They are D. c. Fisher,
Douglas county; A. b. Powell, Mar
shall county, and David Carson, Neo-
sho county.
Captain VIM. H. Floyd, of Topeka,
who was killed in wreck in Missouri,
express company. He entered the
service of the company at the close of
the civil war in which he served, and
had been with the company ever since
Current prices of corn, bran, shorts
and wheat should be adjusted to a
more consistent basis. At some points
the price of pound and a quarter of
wheat is required to pay for a pound
of corn, when wheat is worth more
han corn for any purpose. Again,
while wheat brings Sic ton bran is
sold at seq ton and the flour from
ton of wheat is worth more than S34 a
| ton.
A Wichita wholesale shoe house
shipped in one day 1882 pairs of shoes;
more than a car load There were SCI
cases.
The bonded Indebtedness of Shawnee
county, townships, cities and school
districts is 100000. The assess
ment of property for taxation in the
county is SIG, $780, 25.
Men and teams working on the
Orient railroad grading in Emporia
suffered from the heat. Several horses
gave out and one died Immediately.
One man was stricken by coup de solieL
John Warner, Riley county farmer,
was thrown from his moving machine
and had both feet badly cut by the
sickle. His right foot was amputated.
A Kansas contractor, J. A. McGoni-
gle, of Leavenworth, has the contract
for building twelve-story, fire-proof
brick building at Uniontown, Pa, for
$4,000
Barton county farmers lost another
10000 acres of wheat in second wide
fire. There were buildings burned
also. Many losers at this fire had
taken insurance after the first big fire.
w. c. johnson, president of the state
board of pharmacy, died from lock- jaw
at Manhattan. He ran a rusty nail
into his foot.
A passenger train was held at Marion
on account of the Peabody wreck, with
$50 passengers. The people of Marion
got out their carriages and took the
passengers to Central park and served
them ice cream and lemonade.
Chanute has voted bonds for S25, 900
for two new school houses and several
additions. This gives Chanute four
teen new school rooms
A Miami county man has been haul
ing water for his stock for years, or
driving the stock to water. He finally
concluded to dig and recently found a