Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-01-02

Jail.
In December. 1881, corn was bought
in Cowley county for stock feed at 81
bushel.
strong flow of gas has been struck
near Pleasanton at a depth of about
200 feet.
Four tranps were arrested for camp
ing in the school house at Sylvia, Reno
county.
Jos. T. Hammers, who has lived in
Clearwater since 1874, is dead at the
age of So years.
Frank Kurt has bought the Thomp-
son ranch on the Chicasl1ia in Kingmap
county for $4,000.
Albert B. Reeves, of Dodge City, has
been admitted to practice before the
interior department.
horse thief dressed in woman's
clothes, stole fine rig at Emporia but
was overhauled at Burlingame.
J. NJ. Younlin, of Clay Center, is
pasturing them in dry corn fields.
The First Presbyterian church of To-
peba, reports 1O4 new members to have
United with the church since June
Eight hundred chickens were pro-
vided for the Christmas dinner at the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth.
The State journal is responsible for
the statement that the school marms
came to Topeka in droves on Christmas.
VIM. Fay, who was an English sol
der in the Crimean war, died on De-
cember % at Usage City, aged over 100
years.
OF the 500 children who went to Mrs
Thorpe, police matron at Topeka, for
Christmas presents, there were but 81
negroes.
Fred Dodge, of Leavenworth, who
was a member of the Twentieth Kan
sas, is now chief of the. Manila fire de-
partment.
1t is said that the owner of the Syca-
more Springs near Sabetha, has been
offered 500. 900 for the springs by
Denver doctor.
]. H. Hill, of the state normal, was
selected president and J. w. Wilson, of
Atchison, vice president of the teachers
association for the ensuing year,
General Metcalf, the new pension
agent, says he will retain his residence
and his business of mortgage and loan
agency at Lawrence, which is very
large.
In school district No. 81, in McPher-
son county, where II. G. Wertz taught
the last three months of school there
was not single tardy mark on the
school register.
Chase Broadus, st. Joseph Missouri,
negro, was shot in Leavenworth while
under arrest and attempting to escape
He was arrested for assaulting a child
whose mothers screams brought the
officers.
Forty wagon loads of wheat came to
an elevator in Wichita and 20 cents
was offered for it. 1t was good No. 2
wheat. The town was full of farmers
and party of them bid ~ cents and
got the wheat for feed
Henry ]. Baker was killed by the
accidental discharge of his gun while
hunting rabbits on his large ranch in
Elk county. He was an Englishman
and single. He leaves an aged mother
in England. Mr.. Baker purchased the
ranch not long ago.
S. L. Conine has sold his $40 acre
farm in Sedgwick county for S25, 900
cash. 1t is well supplied with build
ings and fruit trees. The purchaser,
Wilkinson, is an Illinois stocl1man and
farmer, and he will bring to his new
home large number of fine cattle and
horses.
Two masked men held up the cashier
of the Alternately Furniture factory at
Leavenworth just before the pay hour,
and got away with between $500 and
5000. 1t was just as the men were to
come into the office for their tri-weelzly
pay.
All the ''smasher" cases, including
those against Mrs. Nation in the dis
trict court of Sedgwiclz county have
been dismissed, the court holding it
useless to proceed with them as all i'm
portant points at issue have been de-
cided by the supreme court
The new Presbyterian church at Min
neapolis at the dedication occasion,
was cleared of SIS, 900 debt IN 20 min
utes, and is now free of debt
Several years ago business man of
Lincoln county became a drunkard.
His wife procured divorce and raised
their son, who became a teacher. Moth
ing was heard from the father until his
death in Oklahoma the other day. 1t
was then found that he had kept in
good standing with his insurance lodge
and left his 1000 of insurance to the
wife of his youth.
The people of Russell are raising a
fund of $4,000 to bore for gas and oil.
Willie Sells, the circus man who was
adopted by Allan Sells and his wife
when an infant, both of whom are
dead, has just learned that he is not
their son, and has brought suit to break
Mrs Sells will, alleging that his own
parents gave Sells cash for his educa-
ton which he used in his circus bust
ness, and that the thousands of dollars
worth of diamonds that Mrs. Sells left