Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-26

DIAuSSs VI e'c bureau VI Cor pOTdItou
statistics OF New York, has written to
the officials at Topeka to learn some.
thing about the Estate of Kansas Cen
trail and Southwestern Railway conn
pany." He says that it issued a lot OF
thirty year 6 per cent bonds in 1882
and that they will fall due in 1911.
There is no such road in existence.
The records in the secretary of states
office do not show that any such road
was ever chartered in Kansas
WICHITA THRoSGEp.-There werc
three large gatherings there during
the week. The SOILS OF Herman grand
lodge had :, large attendance. The
state conference of charities and corr
rcctions held its annual conference.
The Tiirty-second scmi-annu;u consis'
tory was attended by hundreds of Scot
fish Rite Masons from all over Kansas,
from Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
Missouri, Utah ana Mexico. There
wis class of candidates registered of
nearly one hundred.
SUGAt: BEET CRoP.--The sugar beet
crop of Kcarncy county has been
shipped 10 the Rocky Ford factory.
The season has been very unfavorable
in the entire sugar beet belt. : Last
year the crop amounted to more than
two hundred carloads, but this year
will not exceed twenty-five cars. The
per cent Of sugar is fully as good as
good rs las: year, but the unusual
freeze and cold wcrthcr of last spring
has shortened the crop
WEIIsvILIE RATs.-The family of
Ed Smith, of Wellsville, rae awakened
by the crying of baby i'll another
room. They found that the child had
fifteen rat bites on its hands and arms.
The flesh had been eaten from its in
gers and all the flesh to tine first joint
had been stripped off.
WHERE ARE HIS RELATIVES %. II.
Jones, a saloonlseeper of Shawnee, o.
T., was in Hutchinson and said he had
81, 500 in money, two diamonds and Il
gold watch given him by John Il. Mari,
who was killed four years ago in the
Philippines. He is unable to find any
of Marr's relatives.
CLEANING REvoI.vEH.-W. H Rich,
of Parsons, a baggage and express
messenger OH the NJ. X. & T., running
between Kansas City and Parsons, was
cleaning his revolver while on his run
when it was accidentally discharged,
the bullet passing through the scrotum
and the left thigh.
SEVENTY YEARS MARRIED Janc
Porter Cook, of Mount Hope, just died
at the age of 80 years. She and her
husband had lived together 20 years,
having been married in 1883.
FIRE IN HoTEI.-Fire ut Junction
City did considerable damage to the
Central hotel. Smoke and water al
most ruined the hotel furniture, owned
by ]. Fl. Davis, proprietor.
SHALLOW OIL WEILs.-Currcnt re-
ports of new oil wells seem to establish
the fact that oil is nearer the surface
at Coffeyville than in other Kansas oil
fields.
OIATHE BARS NEGROES AT Ii
censed bowling alley at Olathc a negro
desired to take part in a game and was
told that no negroes could bowl there.
REsURNEYING COUNTY LI:Es-In
southwestern Kansas the surveys made
in 1881, under contract, are faulty, and
are now being resurveycd.
FRANCHISE VETOED. Mayor Sinnott
has vetoed the internrban franchise
passed Oy the council of Arkansas City.
He gives several reasons.
PIONEER WHEAT RAIsER-George
w. Ogden, one of the pioneer big wheat
raisers of Dickinson county, died at
Abilene Nov. 13.
For CITY HALL.-The city connect
of Coffeyville decided upon an election
to vote bonds to build Il city hall, cost
ing 5000
WEALTHY KANsAS DEAD.-A. L.
Forsha died, aged II years, ut Excel
sior Strings, Mo. He owned 1000
acre ranch i'll Reno county. He was
one of the first men to talse up the rails
ing of alfalfa in Kansas and he devoted
1000 acres of his land to the growing
of this crop. He had lived in Kansas
for thirty years.
MUsr HAVE THE BEsr.-Minneapo-
lis. the greatest milling city on the
continent, recently placed an order for
200 barrels of Kansas -four with Man
haitian mill.
MONEY FROM AsHEs.-A. Kissler
lost his hotel ut Meade by fire and
with it his purse, which he recovered,
and sent, full of ashes, to the treasury
department. Two weeks later he re-
ceivcd IL new SIS bills, just the amount
that was in the purse.
Oh. AND GAS LEAsEs.-The new or
ganization among business men OF
Olathe to prospect for oil and gas has
closed leases on more than 1,0OG acres
of land northwest of town. The land
is all low and is ut the foot of L long
range of sand hills.
AS GOOD AS SIsAL--John Stewart
has on his farm near Saltwater VOL
unteer crop of 20 acres of an unnamed
plant which is believed TO be equal in
value to sisal or hemp for making
Irvine. lie has sent samples of the
plant to the secretary of agriculture a.
Washington.
TALL CoRN.-There is on exhibition
at the Western Spirit office at Paola 4
corn stalk with an car twelve feet from
the bottom of the stalk. 1t was grown
on the farm of w. M. Bennett near