Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-10-02
Kansas Events
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court for injury done by runaway
team handled by his hired man. Jones
drove up lane east of Enterprise and
left the team near the fence while he
went to help some wood choppers pull
down tree. The tree fell and the
team ran away into buggy driven by
the plaintiff, smashing it and injuring
her severely. She was under doctors
care for weeks and brought suit.
SHOT WHILE HUNTING.-Thomas
Law, of the milling firm of Alexander
& Law Bros, of Brandon, and Miss
Sherwin a social favorite, shot two
prairie chickens on the farm of L.
Rowe. This so enraged Rowe that he
fired twice at the hunters, shooting
Miss Sherwin in the stomach and Law
in the knee. Rowe ran home and
swallowed the contents of bottle of
poison, dying in few minutes. Miss
Sherwin is not likely to recover.
FRosTs ALONG THE KAw.-Sweet
potato growers about Wamego have
been made very anxious by the recent
frosts. Cool weather in August held
the crop back and all were hoping for
warmer weather. The frosts made it
necessary to begin digging at once.
Other late crops are in like condition.
Only the very earliest planted Kaffir
corn has fully matured and the fourth
crop of alfalfa is barely beginning to
bloom.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.-The Wells
vile Globe says: sit was only a few
days ago that three separate buyers
were endeavoring to purchase piece
of land near Wellsville. Any ore of
them was ready to sign papers. Last
year and last spring this same piece of
land was offered for sale but there
but there were no bidders. Big crops
have made land in demand even at the
increased prices
ALL observation-disclosures is pros
perous,' said T. B. Gerow, director of
the Kansas Free employment bureau.
This is abundantly shown by the
fact that not an agency of this depart
ment in the state has an application
for work, while there are numerous
applications for help. If there could
be any better evidence OF the condition
of the people generally 1 do not know
what it could be-"
HoRToN's REGULAR CELEBRATIONS
1t was on September 20, 1886, when
the first town lot in Horton was sold.
That marked the beginning of the
town and that is the date which has
ever since been celebrated as the towns
birthday. Horton is primarily a Rock
Island town. 1t was founded as the
junction of the Rock Islands western
and southwestern lines and here its
principal shops west of the Missouri
river were located.
New SANTA FE DEPoT.-The Santa
Fe has all of it's plans prepared for
new depot at Olathe, but the work is
delayed because the city council is I'M
willing to vacate an alley which sep
arates the present depot from the bag
gage room. The company owns all of
the ground on both sides of the alley
and wants to carry its buildings on
across it.
A New COURT HoUsE.-The commits
sioners of Saline county decided to
place before the voters at the next gen.
eral election proposition to levy
tax for the building of a new court
house not to cost over ST., 900.
NJ. f. KNAPPENBERGER DEAD.-He
was pioneer of Jewell county, repre-
senting that county in the legislature
of 's3 and "a and was chairman of the
railroad committee that framed the
railroad commission law He was
president of the board of regents for
the state normal school for four years
He was also prominent in at least three
fraternal orders.
ALL FROM PHILLIPs.-All three of
the nominees for congress in the Sixth
district-Republican, Democratic and
Socialist-are from Phillips county.
$50 PER CAPITA.-The three national
banks of Lawrence have on deposit $50
for every man, woman and child in
Douglas county; good per capita
showing which could be made much
better if the deposits of the three state
banks could be figured in.
favored with good rain on September
81 and %. 1t came at an opportune
time for the ground in many places was
too dry for ploughing and seeding.
This will enable the farmers to sow
a large acreage of wheat
TEXAS FLYER IN MIAML-Texas fever
prevails among cattle in Miami county
and the state sanitary board has been
notified. The disease was spread by
Texas steer that escaped from a train
from Gardner. The diseased cattle
have been quarantined.
SALINE COUNTY MADE GLAD.-A
heavy rain fell in SalIna on September
20 and il could not have come at a bet
ter time Notwithstanding that thresh-
ing will be considerably delayed. The
crop in the vicinity is good and the
yield will be large.
HUMBOLDT on FIELDs.-The Hum
boldt oil field is attracting good many
strangers. The town is filling up and
new wells of from 100 to 200 barrels
are being brought in every week.
Northup Bros, of lola, have bought
considerable land and the Beatty