Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-09-04
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Kansas has ia towns and cities of
over 1000 inhabitants; gain of three
over last years returns.
The Kansas Free Methodists held
their third annual conference at Ar
kansas City last week.
Wamego is to have new Touring
mill, to cost SIS, 900, with a capacity of
100 barrels a day or more.
Captain N NJ. Nelson of the X. n. G.'s
Lindsborg company has resigned to
enter theological school.
The Smoky rivers August food was
as big as the one that came in July.
The bottom lands were all under water.
DIR. H. c. Stuntz, an Epworth League
lecturer had his pocket picked of $50
on stepping off the train at McPher-
son.
The Winfield imbecile asylum con-
tains 2ss patients, thirty-two of whom
cannot feed themselves and five are
blind.
Frank Nelson advises the people not
to buy any school books until it is set
tied by the courts whom they may buy
from.
An attempt will be made in the next
legislature to place the state charitable
institutions practically in civil service
position.
Prof. Hugo Kahl, of Kansas univer-
sity, takes the chronological depart
ment of the Carnegie library at Pitts
burg, Pa.
Chanute brags because the Santa Fe
systems steel tank in that town holds
$4,000 gallons more than the new one
at Ottawa.
L. Palinslxi has bought the Alma
roller mills, one of the oldest roller
mills in the state, built in 1858. Ithas
good machinery.
W. Fl. Maxwell, the first white boy
born in Salina, came to visit his native
place from Greenwood, Indiana. He is
now As years old.
E. L. Glasgow, of Salina, passed his
examination and will be commissioned
as captain in the regular army. He
served at Manila for time.
The contractor who carries the mail
between Hartland and Hugoton will
hereafter use a big automobile and
carry passengers and freight also.
Texas itch which was quite prevalent
among cattle of western Kansas is now
under control, with only few cases
left. Dipping stopped the epidemic.
The burned mill at Gypsum City is
to be replaced by new mill of brick,
to be larger than the old mill. There
will also be large elevator erected in
connection with the mill.
Charles Hardy, Kingman county
politician, who recently held the posi-
ton of U. S. land inspector, with head
quarters at Springfield Mo-, is now
confined in the Topeka insane asylum
The Kansas state exposition in To-
peka during the week of September
s-13, is to have an automobile race for
large prizes, for which entries are made
by parties from several outside places.
Albert Lake, of Frederick, 81 years
old, killed himself with shot gun.
The act had several witnesses. He
would let no one come near him. He
pulled off one shoe and with his toe
discharged the gun into his forehead.
He was crazy drunk.
Tho Daol- 81 c-cfar,, ,oo;d o,,4
more money this month to it's employees
at Goodland than for several years.
The pay of the train service was espe-
cially heavy, as a number of the men
drew checks of more than 5000. The
local bank paid pay checks amounting
to $751; 900.
The contest between rival Wichita
telephone companies has reached the
courts.
Within three years five babies have
been born at the Franklin county poor
farm.
w. E. Thompson, a Riley county
farmer, brought to town an ear of corn
with % rows containing 1920 grains.
George Bliss heard of it and brought
in an ear with "a rows, bearing LASS
grains.
A corn contest at Winfield was won
by three stalks; Is feet inches; IL
feet 10 inches and 10 feet inches high
all from one one field.
The employees of the Western Wooden
mill of Topeka made up a purse of
S17.4O for the relief of a woman who
has been sick for 16 weeks.
Ripley W. Sparr, vice president of
the Lawrence National bank and a
resident of Lawrence since 1857, is
dead. He was 20 years old. For many
years he was successful railroad con-
tractor.
Robert B. White, a bachelor ner-
chant, the owner of the Chetopa cleo
trio light system, died of apoplexy in
his store at Chetopa on August 90.
Chas. Deplantz, of Coffeyville, went
hence by the carbolic acid special. He
had been on prolonged spree. He
was AZ years old and left family.
R. L. Varne1 will drill for gas on
his farm adjoining Ell Dorado.
Lindsborg, where there is more mu-
SIC to the square foot than in any other
town in the state, is figuring on secur-
ing special train for the purpose of
taking crowd of 600 to Wellington
during the carnival to hear the famous
Banda PoSSa