Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-12-17

dicr in Kansas is denied by J. Q. Beal,
of Wellington, Il veteran of the civil
war. Mr.. Beai's grandfather enlisted
at the beginning of the Revolutionary
war. The grandfather of e. P. Baker
of Topeka, and G. D Baker, of Wichita,
served in the Revolutionary war.
Their names were Reuben Baker and
Moses Baxter. A grcat-grandfather of
the Bakers served in the French and
Indian war.
SHERIFF's FEE BIT.s.-Tic attorney
general holds that sheriffs may not
first take ont their expenses from the
total of fees received before dividing
with the county treasury. The law
gives two thirds to the sheriff and one
third to the county. This will stop
the practice in some counties OF divid-
ing what was over the sheriff's expense
account.
KANSAS ELEVENTH. -Thirty-cight
gray -haired veterans of Companies C
and e OF the Eleventh Kansas as
senbled in Emporia to celebrate their
annual reunion OH the anniversary of
the battle OF Prairie Grove.
KANSAS BANKs.-In Kansas there
$50 national and $40 state and private
banks. Their combined capital is SIS
600, OoO The deposits in them aggre-
gate 500, 600, 900 and their resources
1r.e totalized Mt 81 AZ O0O ono
FROM STORE AND p. O.-Robbers Sc
cured SD in stamps, some money and a
wagon Load of goods from the post
Office and stores of E. e. Bates and
Charles Blanlsenship at Ros;llia.
INcESDIARY FIRE.-What is believed
to be an incendiary fire at Hays City
destroyed Yost's mill and elevator, the
postofficc and block of business build
ings. The loss is 5000, 600.
SUPREME ARK-Pursuant to the sug-
gestion of Charles Fl. Luling, Superin-
tendcnt of Insurance, the Supreme Ark
meeting of the X. P. A. will be held at
Topeka, January 25. 1904.
NEW CUTOFF PRoPosED.-It is now
proposed to build Missouri Pacific
cutoff from Ell Dorado to Iudepend-
ence that will shorten the route to the
south seventy-five miles.
WHEAT Observation-Disclosures 25 and
30 bushels of wheat were stolen from
the elevator at; Portland, Sumner
county, in the night and the elevator
door smashed in.
INGALLS, DAUGuTEE.-Miss Marion
Ingalls,, daughter of the late J. ]. In
gals. in Il runaway in Atchison, WAS
thrown from trap and cut and bruised
about the face.
MUTE KILLED.-Christopn Rennan,
mute, stepped from one track to an
other at Emporia, to avoid train,
and was RIM over by another train.
IN ATWOOD JAu~-Edward Kelley
was captured in Chicago and he will be
tried on the charge of robbing the
Rawlins county treasury of $4,000.
GASOLINE FIRE.-A woman of Ell
Dorado was washing ribbon i'll pan
of gasoline and the gas caught fire.
The house was Il total loss by fire.
CROP AVERAGES. -Atchison county's
soft wheat crop averages IL bushels
per acre, hard wheat IS bushels and
oats % bushels.
AN OIL BUsINEss.-In one recent
1-x Tho fo1c of
Independence, all of them there on oil
business.
TAKING HIS TIME.-Governor Bailey
is taking his time to appoint Il justice
of the supreme court 70 succeed Judge
Pollock.
|. IMPLEMENT ENTIoN.-Impleluen
dealers, at their convent ton in Wichita
made display parade of their ma.
chimes.
HUsKING REcoED.-Frcd Staplcton,
of Vermillion, huslied 12O bushels of
corn day for six consecutive days.
WAS INsURED.-The A. o. U. w.
lodge at Sedan will rebuild the burned
opera house at Sedan, which it owned,
and had upon it fire insurance The
lover story was owned and used by AM
implement firm. Two buildings on
the same ground have been DESTROYED
in the past; one of them 10y fire and
the other by wind.
FROM MARION CoUETY.-When Gov
ernor Peabody, of Colorado, lived in
Marion county, Kansas, he was known
as "Bob" Peabody He lived in that
county about twenty years.
TwINE PLANT FUND-Warden e. B.
Jewctt of the state pcnitentiary paid
in to the state treasury SO, 900 to be
credited to the twinc plant revolving
fund. Over two million pounds of
Irvine were manufactured and sold BY
the penitcn tiarv realizing fair profit
for the state.
For STATE HoME.-The board of tli-
rectors OF the Soldiers home at Dodge
City was in session for several days
receiving bids on supplying provisions.
clothing and four. merchants of Dodge
City receiving nearly all the contracts.
CAUSED BY DIPPING. from
the northwestern part of the state
show that a number of cattlemen there
lost stock during the recent cold
weather. They ascribe their losses to
the dipping order of the state livestock
sanitary commission.
OTTAwA's CHANcE.-By raising So, 900
Ottawa can secure the consolidation of
three smooth wire factories now at
Muncie, Ind. and Waverly and Mel
worm in Kansas, and unite them at OF
tawa. Soliciting committees arc likely
to raise the amount.