Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-05
KANSAS COMMENT.


legesM the state.
PosfsiAsTER. AT FI.oRENcE.-James
s. Alexander has.>'beene appointed to
succeed C. D. Battey as postmaster at
Florence.
WICHITA RELIEVED coal deal
ers there have secured sufficient coal to
supply all, although some grades of
coal are still sold in limited quantities
to individuals.
ORIENT IN WICHITA FEB. 5.-That
is the date on which Orient trains will
enter Wichita. If fair weather pre-
walls the officials feel no doubt but that
the trains will be running on that date.
3DIED WHILE DRUNK.-John Spehrl
was found dead in the road near his
place about four miles northwest of
Wamego. 1t is supposed that he fell
out of his wagon while drunk. He
was about 30 years old, single and
lived alone.
CANCER on LIP.-Captain John Schil-
ling, of Hiawatha, went to Colorado
Springs and two hours after arriving
there had cancer on his lip operated
upon. He was in very weak condi-
ton but the doctors hope for his re-
covery.
GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS
ernor Bailey has appointed R. J. Brock,
of Manhattan, to succeed T. D. Coburn
as regent of the Kansas agricultural
school Coburn resigned recently. He
has also appointed S. II. Kelsey, of
Atchison, to succeed Sim Fox as adju-
tant general of the Kansas national
guard.
CORN PRoDUcTs.-Work is in pro-
eress on a corn mill at Atchison which
will turn out fifteen different varieties
of corn products. Kansas raises the
corn, sells it at from 20 to so cents
bushel, it is hauled away to other
states, worked up into food stuffs,
shipped back to Kansas and sold to the
same people who raised it at a large
profit which might be retained in the
state.
BRICK AND PoULTRY.-Contracts
have been closed at La Harpe for new
brick plant and a poultry plant. The
first is to have a capacity of not less
than 80, COO brick per day. The poultry
plant is planned upon an immense
scale and will lie the largest in the
United States From $40, 600 to SIS. 900
will la ipractad In b,,ildioo apI ao,,;,1
ment. The two enterprises will add
SO families to La Harpe.
EXTRA FREIGHT TRAIN-Rocll Island
officials have announced that an extra
freight would be put on the schedule
to carry grain and livestock and woull
run between Herington and Caldwell.
1t will gather up grain and live stock
at all points between Lexington and
Caldwell and will make delivery at or
before noon in Wichita doing away
with part of the late delivery at the
stock yards
A TRUE MAN WENT WRoNG-After
having been freed by a technicality in
the law from trial on the charge of the
murder of 1s-year-old Arthur Smith,
w. /. Coombs has annouced his inten-
tion of going into court and asking
sentence for his crime. To the wild
owed mother of the boy he shot last
June he has made over his house and
lot in town and has promised her that
if he is not made to pay the penalty of
his crime he will turn over $40 of his
monthly earnings to her for her sup
port. Coombs is a section foreman on
the Rock Island AT Goodland
RIGHT OF WAY SECURED.-W W.
Spencer, who is securing the right of
way for the interurban line from Nc
Pherson to Geuda Springs, has almost
finished his work. Construction work
will begin early in the spring. A pri-
vate right of way has been secured
through Sumner and Cowley counties.
The southern terminal of the line will
be Arkansas City and Newlsirl1.
MORE HOUSES WANTED. -During the
past two years 16o houses have been
built at Harrington and so more could
be speedily rented.
For OIL AT DExrEB.-Work has
commenced of boring for oil near Dex-
ter, Cowley county The drilling will
be done by William Geiser, of Peru,
who has three-eighths interest in the
company The rest of the stock is
mostly held by business men of Win
field.
DEATHS From OLD AGE.-The death
items appearing in Kansas newspapers
seem to show a larger percentage of
deaths from old age than those from
any other state, in proportion to popu-
lation.
GET 63H PER CENT.-Receiver p. II.
Hallecls, of the Thomas Kirby bank at
Abilene, closed three years ago, has
made final dividend of ! lilo per
cent The depositors have altogether
received 635l per cent of their claims
which amounted to $3.50, 900.
POWDER IN PoCKET.-At Linwood
Enos Thompson, blacksmith, put his
lighted pipe into a pocket of his coat
which contained a quantity of gun
powder. There was an explosion and
Mr.. Thompson was SO badly burned
that he died soon after.
BARKER GETS PosToFFIcE.-George
J. Barker is to be appointed postmaster
at Lawrence. Mr.. Caldwell's term ex-
pired last June and Congressman
Bowersock has not recommended his
successor He now announces that Mr.
Barker will get the place.
COMMERCIAL CLUB.-The business
men of La Cygne have organized-a
commercial club. An effort will be