Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-12-31
KANSAS COMMENT.

LIED KUN DURNs.-T ne WIG OF REV.
Anderson, pastor of the Methodist
church at Lindsborg, died from the eff
fects of burns received in gas explo-
sion.
SOLD CATTLE-Is MIssINe.-Michael
Guerin, of Wheaton, sold two cars OF
cattle in Kansas City and has not been
seen since. He is said to have had over
$4,000.
FENCE FAcToRY.-The contract has
been signed which brings fence MAX
ing company to Ottawa, where the
company is building on land leased
from the Santa Fe.
For STEALING CATTLE. F. Marsh
of Trego county, took car of cattle to
Kansas City and was followed by
neighbors who claim that some of the
cattle were stolen from them
WILL PROSPECT For OLE. D. Os-
born and j. P. Rogers, of Topeka, have
leased 1000 acres of mineral rights at
Valencia, and will prospect for oil and
ocal. They will sink a well at once.
ARTIFICIAL ARMs-Sherman Davis,
an armless Hiawatha man, has had a
pair of artificial arms made in New
York and is learning to use them. He
can already write well with his left
arm.
BRIDGE CoLLAPsED.-A span of the
new river bridge in course of construc-
tlon at st. Marys collapsed and Peter
Conway, of Lawrence, was Instantly
killed and A. NJ. Day. of st. Marys was
badly hurt.
MILITIA CHANGEs.-Concordia and
Ottawa each have lost their militia
companies. Clyde snd Council Grove
are the gamers. This action was de-
cided on at meeting of the state mill
tary board.
LACKED BRAss.-Millard White. an
Emporia cattleman who lost consider
able money an recent sales, has left
his home because he did not want to
face his creditors and has left his debts
for his partner, c. C. Sullivan, TO pay,
which Sullivan says he will do.
LEASES INvALID.-It developed in a
case tried before Judge, James Reeder
at Hays City in which the validity of
the school land lease law was attacked
that the lease to the land involved in
the controversy was incorrectly drawn.
The lease was signed only by the board
of county commissioners, whereas the
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only shall sign the lease but the county
treasurer and the county superintend-
ent as well.
Work OF FERRETs.-The expert who
has been adjusting the valuations in
Douglas county and ferreting out the
tax dodgers, has reported to the Leav-
enworth county board that he found
100000 worth of Leavenworth county
mortgages in Douglas county which
pay no taxes at all. He will be en-
ployed to work on the tax matter in
Leavenworth county as the farmers and
citizens are getting worked up over
the irregularities which are coming to
light.
THE IMBECILE AsYLUM.-John Stan
ton, state architect, has completed the
plans for a new building at the imbe-
cile asylum at Winfield which will be
used as bakery, kitchen and en-
ployes' quarters. The cost will be
about S1s,OOO A new barn also is to
be erected at 4 cost of $1,000. Ample
fire protection has at last been provided
the institution by the construction of
a standpipe twelve feet in diameter and
100 feet in height. Heretofore the asy-
lum had no fire protection.
EIGHTY ACRES MoRE.-Henry ].
Allen, chairman of the state board of
charities, has submitted to the attor-
ney general for his approval the alb
stracts of title to an eighty-acre tract
of land the board intends to purchase
for the purpose of charging the To-
peka insane asylum farm.
A MURDER MYsTERY.-Wm. Jones.
young farmer, was found in his buggy
along the road leading to his home
near Haverhill, Butler county, at an
eye told the manner of his death.
WAGGENER EMPLoYED.-Balie Wag-
gener will conduct the suit to secure
the De Boisseire property in Franklin
county for the state under the old alien
land law. He has been employed by
the Odd Fellows and his employment
has been affirmed by Governor Bailey.
THIRD DAM GOES OUr-Bluc Rapids
continues to have hard luck with its
dam across the river. The dam went
out during the flood. A temporary
dam went out again in August, and the
new permanent dam, almost completed,
was washed out last week
SOME CROP FIGUREs.-A compilation
of the returns to THE secretary of agri-
culture shows that the crops in Cove
county this year aggregated 5000, 1879.
or $500 per capita. Brown raised S3,-
$50, 900 worth of crops, or S157 per cap
tia Jewell's products were over ST.
DOC, 1000, or S2s1 per capita. Decatur
raised So, 100, 900 in crops or S322 per
capita.
In WATER TANK.-C. R. CASTOR, of
Morrill,, Brown county, was kicked
into water tank by horse and was
drowned.
COUNTY CLERKs.-At the annual |
meeting of the county clerks at Man
haitian officers were elected. They are:
John NJ. Chain, Sedgwick county, pres
ident; c. NJ. Breese, Riley county, vice
president; A. Newman, Shawnee coun-
ty, secretary; w. II. Jacobs; Dickinson
county, treasurer.
A DAYS BI-stNEss.-The treasurer |