Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-01

The citizens of Severy have decided
to raise 81 900 to prospect for gas and
OIL
While Eastern Kansas has been dry
Western Kansas claims to have plenty
of rain.
Rev. Nathaniel Thomas says he will
not accept the appointment of bishop
of Salina.
There are $50 men and Is teams still
| at work at the new Dold packing house
in Wichita
Thos. j. Price, an old settler of Lyon
county, dropped dead on the street at
Emporia.
G. w. Watson, of Kinsley, kills prai-
rie dogs With steam from his traction
engine; which is forced into the dogs
holes.
State Fish Commissioner Huey has
instructed his deputies to seize and
burn every fish seine, net or trap they
find.
The old Concordia Blade has changed
hands and George Burroughs, the new
owner, has started an evening Repub-
lican daily.
The Kansas Historical society is to
publish Life of Noble L. Prentis''
in booklet form. Secretary Martin is
compiling it.
The blacksmith shop of the Topeka
car works of the Santa Fe is provided
with 90 900 gallon oil tank, the oil to
be used for fuel.
Miss Dora Jordan attended soldier
ball at Fort Leavenworth and fell
down a cellar stairway, breaking both
of her legs and several ribs.
C. S. Jobes, the man of many banks,
has plan to capitalize a company to
absorb all of the telephone toll lines
of Kansas. He says it will take $780,
900 to do it.
Miss Norah Churchman, who lived at
Solomon and also at Topeka, mis-
sionary to India, is coming home in
May for her second visit to her native
land in nine years.
The pharmacy students at Kansas
| university have made their annual visit
to the drug stores of Kansas City.
They were banqueted by the wholesale
druggists of that city.
Soaking rains fell on April "a in Har-
vey, Usage Cowley, Dickinson, Shaw
nee, Franklin, Montgomery, Crawford,
Reno and Ellis counties, with light
showers at other places
DIR. S. w. Williston, head of the
school of medicine at the University of
Kansas, has been notified of his ap-
pointment as correspondent for the
London Geographical society.
Bishop Millspaugh will continue in
charge of the diocese of Salina until
the board of bishops selects another
man for the place; as Rev. Nathaniel
Thomas has declined the place.
Harry j. Bone, candidate for attor-
ney general, was taken sick with gas
trio fever at the Copeland hotel in To-
pelza and was taken to Christ hospital,
being threatened with pneumonia.
| The Annual Reunion of the Bourbon
county prisoners of war held a court
martial. Colonel Dick Blue was presi-
dent and Colonel Weldy was member
of the court. 1t was great success
Fred L. VANDERBILT was hurt at Nor
ton. He went through a trap door to
inspect waterworlls, and when down
the ladder a few steps the wind blew
the heavy trap over so as to strike his
head.
Sheriff Shaver, of Sumner county.
and his deputies tracked a gang of
counterfeiters for several days and
finally caught them at Caldwell. There
was quite crowd of them with fam
lilies and they were living in wagons.
Robert Beatie, aged 81 years, fell out
of his bed at his home in Atchison,
while asleep, struck on his head and
died from the hurt received.
The Rev. Jacob P Bixler, of the
| Augusta Free Baptist church. died from
blood poisoning, the result of car
buncle. He was in his Goth year, and
left a living family of a wife and
twelve children. With five brothers
he served in the war for the union.
He has lived in Augusta for 10 years.
His last words We're, Il am coming,
hallelujah!''
While making a flying switch at
Galena the brakes refused to work and
the cars ran off the track and crushed
a hole in the wall of wholesale gro.
Gerry store and one car went entirely
into the building. The loss is 81, 800.
John Cummins, of Sumner county,
confesses to the killing of Anna Dish.
man, a thirteen-year-old girl who
worked in his family. The girl by
some act had enraged him and he strucl,
her with a broom stick. CUMMING
buried the body in straw stack. This
all occurred in August, 1892
Only eleven counties have failed To
instruct their delegates to the re,
publican state convention.
Geo. Crowley, started from Emporia
on March 81 to drive to Council Grove
with George Dumprope with him, and
disappeared; but the next day Dunn.
prope left the team at Council Grove
and disappeared. Crowley had $50
His body was found on April IS in the
Neosho river with a stone tied TO il