Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-04-09

routes Every morning the merchants
on the routes The rural carriers call
at the stores and get the goods, deliver
them, and if desired by the merchants
collect for them. For this service they
receive five per cent of the amount de-
| livered. There is one firm in Jewell
City that does $3.50 worth of this sort
of business every month, and all the
others get their share.
| NOTED PHYSICIAN DIEs.-Dr. III. s.
Roberts, a physician at Manhattan for
forty years is dead from pleuro-pneu-
monia. He served three years in the
civil war as hospital steward. He came
to Manhattan in 1866; was president of
the State Medical Society, and a mem
Der of the state board of health. He
was surgeon of the K. n. G. under
Governor Humphrey and a member of
the county board of pension examiners;
also grand medical examiner of the
A. D. U. w. of Kansas.
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stone arch bridge in the state is near
ing completion across the Walnut river,
south of Winfield. 1t is a three span
| fifty foot arch. The business men of
Arkansas City are making arrange
ments to dedicate it and the business
men of Winfield will probably be on
hand with crowd. There is an inn
mense farmer trade on the east side of
the river, which both towns are after.
A PLUCKY WoMAN.-Mrs. Robert
Stewart, of Neodesha, says the Sun,
whose husband has been confined in
the county Jail since last fall for selling
liquor, is supporting herself by hang
ing wall paper. Her husband was a
paper hanger before he began to sell
booze, and his wife helped him. Now
she does the work alone, and has all
she can do.
EMPIRE CITY FIRE.-The better class
of business buildings and practically
| all their contents are burned. The
Galena fire company checked the fire
and prevented its reaching across the
street. A large grocery store, drug
| store, restaurant, two-story dwell
ing and a furniture store were de-
stroyed.
ARKANSAS CITY STRIKES GAs.-Gas,
but not in paying quantity, was struck
at 26O feet A water witch predicted
this and also says that at less than 600
feet flow of gas will be found that
will furnish between 100000 and s.
900, 600 cubic feet per day.
A WIDE SToRM-The blizzard snow
storm which passed through Kansas
last week extended from Detroit to the
Rocky Mountains and covered the CEN
trail trans Mississippi states from Man
itoba to Oklahoma and the northern
part of Texas.
New DEPOT AT EUREKA.-Plans and
specifications for new $4,000 Mis-
souri, Pacific depot have been drawn up
and the building will be erected this
spring. It will be brick building
and will be one of the best in southern
Kansas.
WIDOW LOSES HER HoME.-Fire COM
pletely destroyed the residence of Mrs.
Isabella Hope in Lalin. The contents
of the house were saved. 1t is COM
plete loss to Mrs. Hope, who is a widow
about 80 years old. No insurance.
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the smelter fumes play havoc with the
vegetation, and the heavy blasting that
goes on continually in the cement quar-
ries keeps the people aware that they
have nerves.
NEoDEsHA PRoGREssIvE.-The citi-
zens of that gas center are preparing
to erect city hall which is to cost
st, 200.
CARLOAD A DAY.-The paper factory
| of independence is to make a carload
day of egg cases.
A $1,000 BUILDING.-H. 81. Walt, of
Newton, few months ago bought
the Winnie building in Wichita for S75,-
| 900. He has Just sold half interest
to Ira Cook and his son John, of New
ton, for $50, 900. Mr.. Cook made his
money in farming Harvey county lands
which he is now selling John Cook
will take charge of the building with
salary of 81, 900 a year.
FIRST ORIENT TEAIN.-It arrived at
Wichita on April 1 in time to connect
with the regular Missouri Pacific train
for Kansas City.
TRoUTMAN TO LIVE THERE.-Former
Lieutenant Governor James A. Trout
man, who recently came into possession
of the De Boissaire estate in Franklin
county through decree of the court
announces thai he will probably make
his home on the estate.
BUMPER WHEAT CRop-One of Sa-
lina's largest implement houses has re-
ceived eleven cars of binders, mowers
and ralles and has fifteen more cars in
transit. Implement men look forward
to bumper wheat crop in Kansas
3his year.
BROWN COUNTY FAIR--Last fall the
Brown County Fair association decided
to give up the annual fair, which had
not been missed for thirty years and
more. The grounds were offered for
sale but some business men and farmers
bought the grounds and buildings and
will hold fair as usual this year.
FRANCES WILLARD MEMoRIAL-This
building will be ready for dedication
at the opening of, the Chautauqua as
sembly at Forest Park, Ottawa, Kan
sas, next July. The W. C. T. U. has
! raised 81, 900 for its construction.