Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-25

the first sheep to be fed in Ellis county
since 1882. In early days several ranch
men tried raising sheep here, but did
not make success of it and dropped
the industry. Other wheat growers
will watch his experiment with in
terest-Special from Hays City.
LOCATED IN KANSAS George H.
Holiday, former county clerk of Ma
coupin county, who disappeared IS
years ago, has been located in a town
in Kansas. The board of supervisors
will discuss the question of attempt
ing to bring Holiday back to Carlin-
vile. Since Holidays disappearance
80 years ago he has never been hearl
of until now. His wife has mourned
him as dead.
ANOTHER FROM KANsAs.-Charles n.
Fowler, a New Jersey congressman,
who is coming to the front fast in con-
gressional politics. formerly lived at
Beloit, Kas He practiced law there,
lost what he had in creamery venture
and went to Kansas City, and from
there to New York and made money.
A few years ago he moved to New Jer-
sey and soon was elected to congress.
ROOTED THE WALL DowN.-A Cloud
county farmer lost 80 head of hogs, all
of them killed by the falling of stone
wall. They had rooted away much of
the earth at the base, and rainy wealth
err caused it to give way.
LARGEST EVER GIVEN. -Bailey's ma
jority was the biggest ever given gov
ernor of Kansas. In 1888 Lyman U.
Humphrey had $4,000 plurality, but
only 3l,0so majority. This year Bal
ley's majority was 1916.
GAS SCHEME FOR BUFFALo.-A num-
Der of men from Keolluk, Iowa, have
organized a company for the purpose of
manufacturing brick and tile and sink
ing oil and gas wells at Buffalo, in
Wilson county.
RAISES MULEs.-Thomas 6. HUT, of
Highland, has recently built a big harm
in which to take care of his mules,
hC COSI UJ.OOO anu Will -OO
head of mules Mr.. HUT raises mules
for the market.
BIG TELESCOPE INJURED.-A window
in the dome of the Washburn obsGfya-
tory was left open and it is feared the
new telescope has been damaged some
what by frost and moisture.
To HIGHEST B1DDER-The interior
department has set aside it's former or
der for the sale of Potta watome Indian
lands and ordered that the lands be
sold to the highest bidder.
NEW KANSAS BIsHoP.-Rev Dr. Girls
void, the new Episcopal bishop of the
western district of Kansas will be con-
secrated in All Saints cathedral at AL
bany, N. Y, January 8.
A TRAMP's PARADIsE.-Steam pipes
run through the Santa Fe sand house
at Newton, to heat and dry the sand.
This makes warm hotel for the
hobo.
HIS MOTHER SIcK-Frank Nelson,
state superintendent of schools, went to
Iowa on December 10, where he was
called by the illness of his mother.
Two BRIGHT BoYs.-Fred Petit and
Kenneth Norton, of Peabody, have
made gas machine and melt up glass
and do many curious things with it.
FIVE INCHES OF SNow.-Snow fell at
Dodge City to that depth on December
IA. This is more than has been seen
there for several years.
FOR AGRICULTURAL CoLLEeE.-Sec-
rotary Hitchcock has submitted rec
ommendation to congress for an appro-
priation of sa5, 900 toward the support
of the Kansas state agricultural col
lege at Manhattan, for the benefit of
agriculture and mechanical arts.
CUBAN HEIR IN KANsAs.-Beniami
Devega, Cuban, now resident of
Hutchinson, has received cablegram,
informing him of the death of his faith
err, in Havana. The elder Devega left
a s., 900, 900 estate, which the son will
share with five sisters and brother.
PosThAsTERs APPOINTED. -Buhler,
Reno county, Cornelius P. Froese, vice
j. r. McMullen, resigned; Gridley, COT
fey county, w. T. Hester, vice E. Wise
man, resigned; Saffordville, Chase
county, Marquis D. Lyles, vice B. NJ.
Garth, resigned.
CELLULosE FACToRY.-Christoph
Sturgis, a civil engineer of Circleville,
Iowa, is making estimates on a corn
stalk cellulose factory, to be started at
Hiawatha, and it is thought there that
a cellulose factory will make land more
valuable.
LONGEST MILEAGE.-W. w. Martin,
representative from Morton and Stew
ems county, will receive more mileage
than any other member of the house
during the coming session. He-Iives
nearly 400 miles from Topeka, and his
mileage will amount to S120, within
$50 as much as he will get as his salary.
ANOTHER WOMAN REGIsTER-Miss
Olive Kackley, of Graham county, is
not the only woman register of deeds.
Miss Winnie Bonham was elected in
November to a second term in that of
fec in Meade county.
FIRST WOMAN REeIsrER.-The only
woman register of deeds elected this
year in Kansas and it is believed the
first ever TO be elected is Miss Olive
May Kackley, young musician, elocu-
ZIONIST and teacher of Hill City, Ora
ham county. She will take her Office
next January