Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-09-10

the following law and 1t IS Still IN
force: Section ]. Any person who
shall sell, trade, give, loan or other
wise furnish any pistol, revolver or
toy pistol by which cartridges or caps
may be exploded, to any minor shall
be deemed guilty of a nisdemeanor
and shall, upon conviction, be fined
not less than S. and not more than
$780, Section 2. Any minor who shall
iiirve in his possession any pistol. re-
volvcr or toy pistol by which cartridges
may be exploded, shall be guilty of a
misdemeano- and upon conviction shall
be fined not less than 81 nor more than
SO
MONSTER ELBERTA.-Theo. Wise
brought from his farm near Wichita
and exhibited an liberia peach that
excels for size, coloring and shape any
peach ever seen in that city. The
peach IS 81 inches in circumference
one way and 1l7@ inches the other, and
weighs 1913 ounces. 1t will go into
the Kansas exhibit at St Louis, hav-
ing been given to superintendent Schell
for that purpose. Mr.. Schell said that
it is the largest peach he has yet pro-
cured
A GRAND OLD MAN Col. w. A.
Johnson died at his home in Garnett.
He has been prominent in Kansas pol
ifioc fr,,. fort,- ,-o,rS. l,,d hold eo-ar,l
state positions, and in 1883 was a dele
gate to the Republican national con-
vention. He was active in the border
warfare troubles rs a member of the
Free Slate Colony, and served through
the civil war, part of the time on the
staff of General James II. Lane.
JoINT SCHOOL DArEIcTs.- at.
torney general holds that in Il joint
district the teacher must be selected
from the county having the largest ter
ritory in the district, as under Tie
school law, the superintendent of the
county having the largest territory in
the district has charge of tine school.
LOOKING TOWARD KANsAs.-Thc gas
supply of Indiana and Ohio is almost
exhausted and the manufacturers of
that section are naturally looking to
Kansas, which is now the only section
in .he country that has gas that can
be depended upon.
GRAVEL CAvED IN on HIND. W.
Edwards was killed on the farm of NJ.
Rellis, three miles southwest of Sa-
betha, willie working in Il sand bank.
The gravel and sand caved in on him.
He leaves wife and three children.
LATE CORK MATUEED.-Reports re-
ceived by the Kansas division of the
government weather bureau indicate
that the growing corn is in good con-
dition and that much of the corn plant
ed after the May floods has matured.
TIE BIG REuNIoN.-The big reunion
of old soldiers of three states and ter
ritory at Baxter Springs had 5000 peo-
pie on the grounds on its first day. 1t
was then expected that so, 600 will be
in attendance on later days.
AN iNTERURBAN LI.E.-The CONNER
cial club of Hutchinson has taken up
the matter of an interurban electric or
other motive power road from Hutch
inson to Sterling through Niclserson.
For AN ALL ARoUND MAN.-For $50
a month Lawrence expects one man to
care for fifteen acres of trees and parks,
do the janitor work at the court house
and help around the fire station.
No BONDS OUT.-A government CEN
sus tal;er, who has visited 16 Kansas
counties, tells the people of Newton
that Harvey is the only one without
bonded Indebtedness.
BANKER AID FINANcIEE.-
Wulfclluhler, banker and financier of
Lcavenworth, is dead. He was the son
of State Senator Wulfekuhlcr.
HAS Much ALFALFA.-J. W. Robson,
of Butler county, has 1000 acres OF al
falfa and is planting 400 acres more.
Mrs. CAPPEH IS DEAD.-Mrs Belle
Capper, one of the early settlers of An
dcrson county, died after sickness of
ten days or two weeks. Mrs. Capper
was the widow OF Herbert Cappcr,
who died several years ago and mother
of Arthur Cappcr of the Topeka Capital
and Mail and Breeze.
II
pound steel rails for the Panhandle
branch have commenced to arrive at
Wellington. They will be used to re-
place the rails between Mulvane and
Woodward.
BEST GAS WEI.L.--Caney claims to
have it. 1t is on the Edwards farm ~
miles east of Caney. Gas was struck
at a depth of /, $50 feet. 1t has 4 pres
sure of 700 pounds to the square inch
and the well has a daily howage ca
pacity of between 100000 and co.
GOO, 900 cubic feet.
Towns OF OVER !, 900 PEoPLE.-Kan-
sas has lis cities and towns with /, 900
inhabitants or more, according to
compilation of the assessors and coun-
ty clerks official returns for 1903 This
is a gain of four during one year.
COLLISION AT GREAT BEND.-No. sc
Santa lie local freight from the west
ran into the Ness City branch engine
in the Santa Ie yards at Great Bend
killing Virgil Scott and seriously in
juring Nate Williams, the fireman.
William Carr, engineer on the branch,
had his leg broken and received pain
ful injuries abont the head and body.
WAcoNDA MINES. Those coal mines
in Jewell county are to be reopened
with new men in control The mines
were closed by the old company whose
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