Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-11-13
Kansas Events
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MORE Rock ISLAND CHANGEs.-C. L.
Nichols, formerly superintendent of
the Illinois division of the Rock Island,
has been made superintendent of the
Nebraska division of the road, with
headquarters at Fairbury. The ap-
pointment is already effective. e. o.
Melcher, of the Boston and Maine road,
will take Nichols place. Fl. .. Sworth-
wood has been made assistant superin-
tendent of telegraph of the Rock Island
in place of A. L. Lingafelt, resigned.
Two LEAvENwoRTH GIRLs.-Miss
Blanche McGonigle, daughter of James
McGonigle, the government contractor
and one of the wealthiest citizens of
Leavenworth, will be married on No
vember 20 to DIR. Powell Fauntelroy,
U. s. A, and early in December Miss
Matte Stone, daughter of ex-senator
James c. Stone, will be married TO
Lieutenant Sidney S. Burbank, of the
Sixth infantry.
A KANSAS BANK RoBBED.-The Tam
pa State bank of Tampa was dynamited
and robbed of So, 800. The robbers
escaped on a hand car to Ramona on
the Santa Fe, where it is believed they
got aboard passenger train. The
building was partially destroyed by
the explosion.
| MAKES MONEY AT IT.-Miss Nellie
Morrison, of Salina, is laying up large
sums of money which represents her
profits on the business of making dolls
from corn cobs and corn husl1s. She
sells thousands CT them in this country
and in Germany, France and England.
MOVING TO WIcmTA.-The material
in the Missouri Pacific shops at Ell
Dorado is being moved to Wichita
Ten families go with the shops. When
the shops are completed Is more fam.
lilies will be transferred to Wichita.
| LARGE COURT DocKET.-The dis
trict court of Labette county opened
at Oswego with 1O4 suits to dispose of,
II of them being criminal cases. There
is one case of alleged violation of the
quarantine law.
STOVE POLISH CAUSES FIRE.-Mrs.
Clark, of Emporia, was using a stove
polish in which there was considerable
gasoline. The stove was hot and the
gasoline took fire causing scare and
fire alarm.
FISH FOR LITTLE RIVERA thou
sand fish have been placed in Little
River in Harvey county by the state
fish commissioner. They are nearly
all black bass with few rock bass.
AFTER A PLACE.-Stephen Cave, of
Haskell coun ty, was early at Topeka
looking up his chance for sergeant-at-
arms of the house of representatives.
Cave is the prairie dog exterminator.
LADIES PARADE.-The Ladies Cornet
band of Smith Center paraded the
streets and dispensed music in honor
of the result of the election.
TEXAS HoGs-KANsAs CoRN.-H. K.
Eberly, of Sedgwicb county, received
three carloads of stock hogs from Texas
to be fed on Kansas corn.
IN ONE PLACE As YEARs.-One Coffey
county citizen boasts of having voted
As years consecutively in the same pre-
cinct.
CowLEY COUNTY TEACHERS
are $50 of them employed of which
Winfield and Arkansas City have 80
each.
COLONY OF WORCESTERSHIRE have
just paid s13, 600 cash for a 300 acre
ranch near Chetopa.
DEWEY AND HoBsoN.-A farm spring
wagon drove up to the curbing along
Main street in Ottawa. The driver
sprang out leaving his wife and two
babies in the vehicle. ''Mother," he
said, as he tied the team, "You lift
Dewey out and I'll take Hobson.''
BoTH INSTRUMENTATION first re-
turns it was belie7ed that both amend
ments to the constitution were adopted
one to increase the pay of members
of the legislature to $500 session, the
other to perfect the biennial election
law.
LARGE RANCH SoLD.-It is reported
that the Westcott ranch near Solomon
has been sold to Kansas City parties
for S175,0O0. This ranch comprises
over 1000 acres of fine land about IA
miles south and east of Salina. Mr..
Westcott, the owner of the ranch, lives
at Richmond, Ind, and he is the head
of the Richmond Grain Drill Company.
Two COOP CRoPs.-Farmer Clover. of
Labette county harvested wheat crop
in time to plant the same field in corn
on July 5. He has gathered 40 bushels
of corn to the acre from this field
VoTE WAS 1000 LEss.-In Wichita
the registration was 7,741 The total
vote cast was 5,744. The total
number of votes will be increased con-
siderably by the railroad men who
were not in the city but voted in other
cities and these will be received later.
SECTION FOREMAN KILLED.-Patriclz
Ford, section foreman, was struck by
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific pas
senger train near Wathena and in
stantly killed. He had been employed
as section foreman in that vicinity
sixteen years
IN THE REFORM SCHooL.-At this in
stitution seven boys are taught har-
ness making; there are IA boys in the
shoe shop, and IA are making clothing