Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-27
KANSAS COMMENT.

GETS AN OFFER-Winfield has had
an offer for her abandoned gas wells
Clio Sc AT 6:3o.-The clerks of Ster-
ling havesthcir evenings of off now.
All stores are closed at $40.
THE OhDEsr BIBLE.-James S. Shell
den of Lenvenwortli, has II bible which
was printed in the year 14o7.
ABUNDANT FgED.-Corn will make a
half crop in Marion county and there
will be abundance of cattle feed.
RoTs SHOCK WHEAT.-The heavy
rains have damaged much wheat that
was still in the shock. Marion county
reports much of this misfortune.
LARGEST Observation-Disclosures
Strong expects the enrolment OF the
state university this coming year to
exceed that o: any previous year.
In KAw VALLEY-About Perry, JEFF
ferson county, corn is maturing rapid
ly, with an outloolc for a heavy yield.
Potatoes planted since the flood look
we'll
FIFTY BUsHEL CoRN.-On Carl
Schnitzler's farm in Sedgwicls county
there is a crop of 200 acres of corn
which he estimates will yield so bush
els to the acre
LEADER IN JAII~-Mrs. Myra Nc,
Henry, leader of the women who
smashed the joint at Derby, is in the
county Jail at Wichita, having refused
TO give a bond.
For PERMITTING A RIor.-Joln
Trenkle has filed suit against the city
officers Of Derby for allowing a mob of
women TO tie formed in the town to
smash his joint
WANT MERcHANTs.-The thriving
town Of Thayer has two merchants
who are obout to retire. One has a
general store and the other is a grocer
with butcher shop attached. The
town wants their places filled by new
men.
INSANE JoINTIsT.-Henry Stevens,
EcCCubly a JOihbAoOf 10 AZ
the county Jail there raving maniac
and it has become necessary to place
him in straps. His condition is due to
the excessive use of liquor and cigar
cites.
TROUBLE CRAzED HIM-James Kay
was recently sent to prison from Shaw
nee county for thirty years for killing
his wife with a hatiron. Henry Z.
Kay, his father, brooded over the crime
30 much that he went crazy and will
be sent to an asylum.
NEW INsPEcroR.-Wesley N. Neill,
the new chief inspector at the packing
houses and the stock yards, has arrived
at Wichita from Waterloo, Iowa, and
Is on duty. He is said to be an expert
veterinarian and will doubtless give
good service.
TEXAS FEvER-Only ten head of
cattle have died in Kpnsas this year of
Texas fever. Six of them were in Cow
ley county and the other four at Car
bondale. In both cases the fever was
contracted from southern cattle in
transit over railroads.
BURTON AND TILLMAN DEBATE.-The
board of directors of the Southern
Kansas Fair association met at tine
Commercial clubrOoms in Wichita and
instructed Secretary Resting to close
the contract with Senators ]. r. Bur-
ton and Pitchforli Tillman, of South
Carolina for a debate on the negro
question at the fair grounds during
one day of the fair.
SPECIAL MILK TRAIN-The Rock Is
land company will put on a special
mills train between Belleville and
Goodlaud with the proviso that the
Continental Creamery company shall
guarantee to furnish business to the
amount of $3.50 daily. This is salts
factory to the creamery company.
Two-THIRDs CRoP.-This is the re-
port concerning the corn crop about
Reading. With late start the crop of
late corn will be large. Alfalfa, blue.
grass, fax and rye have made good
yields
RUN OVER By LOAD OF WHEAT
Frank Ruthlsowsl1i, of Dale township,
Kingman county, a young man aged
about "a years, was hauling wheat to
New Murdoch and fell under the
wheels and was run over diagonally
aci oss his body, chrushing his chest
and forcing some of the broken ribs
into his lungs. The chances for his re.
covery are said to be very slight.
To TEACH JoURNALIsM.-Chan
Strong, of the University of Kansas,
intends to add chair of journalism to
the University this fall.
MoNGoLIAN PHEAsANrs.-Sever
hunters of Coffeyville are at the head
of the movement to introduce Mongo.
liam pheasants into Kansas and have
already received about $500 in subscrip-
tions. The birds cost about So a pair
and it is intended to secure about 15C
pairs and liberate them in differen,
parts of the country adjacent to Coffey
vile.
A Coon CRoP.-About an inch of rain
fell over Decatur county August Is.
Corn is generally in excellent condi.
tion. The rain insures good crop.
For ARMY MANEUvERs-Over 1oC
square miles of land will be used by
Ehe army in the fall maneuvers at Fort
Riley. The farmers south of the res
ervation have entered into a contract
with the war department to rent a
large area of land at cents an acre
for the maneuvers.
In SOUTH CLouI.-About Clyde the
wheat has turned out about 90 bushels
to the acre, and cats 40 bushels. A