Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-11-13
KANSAS COMMENT.

CARRIED SEVEN COUNTIES. w. H.
Craddocl, candidate for governor, car
fled the counties of Decatur, Ellis,
Leavenworth, Lincoln, Rush, Stevens,
and Thomas; seven in all.
TOTAL VoTE WAS SMALL.-The total
vote cast in the state scarcely exceeds
29o, 900, which is $1,000 to $4,000 short
OF the expectations of those who were
supposed to be best able to make the
estimate.
CONGRESSIONAL NAJoRITIEs.-Mem-
bers of congress elected received ma
jorities as follows: Campbell, 1000;
Reeder, 1900; Miller, 5000; Calderhead,
5000; Curtis, 5000; Bowersock, 5000;
Long, about 1000.
A GOLDEN WEDDING.-Samuel Ben
der and his wife Angelina, of Kimball,
Neosho county, were married in East
Liverpool, Ohio, on October 90, 1852.
They celebrated their golden wedding
with relatives present, to wit: five
children, eighteen grand children and
one great grandchild. Other relatives
were present
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDNENTs.-The
state expended nearly $4,000 advertis-
ing the two constitutional amend
ments submitted to the people at the
election. For the past three months
these amendments have been printed
in from one to three newspapers in
each county in the state. Each paper
received $40 for printing the amend
ment
WAsHBURN STUDENTS. other
Halloween pranks played by Wash
burn students was the burning of an
old and unsightly frame building on
the campus. The loss is $500. The
faculty is trying to find out what stu
dents committed the crime. Expulsion
from college and criminal prosecutions
await the perpetrators if they are dis
covered.
UNIVERSITY FooT BALL.-The stand
taken by the university of Kansas for
the publication of athletics has borne
fruit this year In the remarkably clean
grade of foot ball being put up by the
University team. Not once in all the
games played SO far this year hrs there
been single complaint for uusports-
man like conduct upon the part of the
players.
FooT BALL INDIGNITIEs.-Nlem
of the Holton foot ball eleven complain
that they narrowly escaped being
mobbed in Sabetha, after defeating
the Sabetha team by a score of to 0.
At the conclusion of the game the Wis
itors had hard work to get to the rail-
road station and say that they were
obliged to submit to all kinds of in
suits and indignities.
AFTER "a YEARs.-Some Leaven-
worth parties have just received title
to tract of land which they purchased
in 1868. At the time of the purchase
deed was ordered given them but the
sheriff died and it was not done. Ever
since then the purchasers have been
reason for Withholding it, but it was
not made out until thirty-four years
after the date of the purchase.
! RooFING TILE FAcToRY.-The Cot
feyville Shale, Brick and Roofing Tile
Company is the title of new concern
which will begin operations in Coffey-
Vile within few weeks There are
already two vitrifed brick factories in
Coffeyville. The new plant will have
q capacity of 100, 900 brick and 10000
roofing tile every ten hours. This will
be the first roofing tile factory ever
established west of the Mississippi
river.
INSPECTING PACKING HoUsEs.-Col-
pnel S. r. Burch, chief clerk of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, holds one
Of the most responsible positions in
the agricultural department, and he is
making tour of the west for the pur-
pose of inspecting the work of the
packing houses.
FIVE Tons FOR BALLoTs.-It took
about that amount to print the Shaw
nee county ballots and about two tons
of that was used in reserve ballots that
will go into scratch pads after the cleo
ton.
SEIZED IN Box CAR.-Wellington city
officers made raid on a box car in the
yards and seized twenty-seven cases of
beer consigned to John Hoboe. 1t was
being unloaded when the officers made
their appearance. Litigation will fol-
low, but similar case few months
ago resulted in victory for the city,
the liquor being destroyed.
A PROUD CoUNTY.-Reno county is
in arrears for personal taxes only 5000
and the people about the court house
claim that no county in the state can
make as good a showing.
FARMERS AND HoUsEKEEPERs.-Dur
ing the two past years, the Osawatomie
asylum admitted $50 patients. OF this
number 139 were farmers, 1873 were
housekeepers, 6s were laborers, 10
were miners and one was a police
man.
GAVE OF THEIR CUTICLE.-At pic
mic at Brownlee's lake in Reno county,
recently, fifteen girls gave up part OF
their skins to be grated on the arm OF
Archie Brownlee's nephew. The arm
had beeu burned and would not
heal.
DIED FROM FRIGHT.-Albert Dixon, a
negro boy years old, died from fright
at Leavenworth hospital. He was
about to be operated on to remove a