Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-04-16
KANSAS COMMENT.


AEMoURs AT CLAY CENTER-They
will improve their poultry house there
by erecting large addition for dress
ing poultry, to cost $4,000.
DIsMAHTLINe BUILDINes.-The large
smelling plant in Argentine, Kansas,
is to be permanently abandoned and
the buildings razed. Men have begun
the work of dismantling the extensive
buildings
JAIL LOCK RUsTY.-In Lindsborg the
marshal arrested a tramp, but when he
tried to lock him up he found that the
lock on the Jail door was so rusty from
disuse that it could not be opened. He
kept the prisoner at the hotel over night.
In CoFFELT CAsE.-The Coffelt trial
for the murder of Detective Montgom-
cry is full OF incidents. One of the
witnesses for the defense, w. C. John
son, who was arrested for the murder
of Montgomery shortly after the muir
der, was arrested Immediately after
leaving the witness stand for per-
jury.
DID Nor TALK Politics Victor
. Murdoch, who, with his wife and
mother, went to Lindsborg to hear the
"Messlah." was introduced to the big
audience by DIR. Swensson, and made
q speech. He did not mention poiiti IS
but spoke of the wide scope and in
f1uence of music on the American and
Swedish people.
In CRIMFAN WAR.-Olaf Hawkinson,
Swedish farmer of Mcpherson coun-
ty, was in the Crimean war of 1854;
lish transport. He was at the scene of
the battle of Balalklava, where the
light brigade made history which has
been embalmed in poetry. He is over
20 but is still vigorous.
ANOTHER CEMENT PLANT.-1ndepend
ence is to have a second cement plant
town on Rock Creek. Negotiations
have been closed for quarter section
of land and the gas leases have been
secured. The rock in that neighbor-
hood has been tested and pronounced
excellent Portland cement rock. Work
will begin on the plant at once, which
is to he owned by an eastern syndicate
and will cost about one million dollars.
A THREE MONTHS SUPPLY.-The
Wichita postoffice has receive its reg
ular quarterly order of one million
cent stamps, $4,000 worth. Quite
often supplementary stock has to be
sent for before the ninety days have
passed. When the stamps arrive each
bundle is opened and counted before
they are receipted for. The name of
the person who packed the bundle is
written on the strips of paper that hold
the sheets of stamps together after the
shipping wrapper is removed and if Il
shortage is found the fault goes back
to the packer. With this last order
there came 200, 900 postal cards.
Two PIONEERS DEAD.-Two of the
pioneers of Kansas have died in Wa
William Mitchell, who had been a '40er
in California, and who came to Kansas
in 1856. He was captain of the famous
"Beecher Bible Company" which ar
rived that year. He was n member of
the Kansas legislature in 1867 and held
other offices at the hands of his people.
The other was S. A. Baldwin, who
came to Kansas with Captain Mitchell
as member of the Beecher company,
and who lived side by side with his
early day comrade for nearly fifty
years. Mr.. Baldwin was member of
the Kansas house in 1s74-5.
SEVENTH DISTRICT ELEcTIoN.-1t was
expected that session laws womld be
published in May, but it is practically
decided to delay the publication until
after the special election in'the Seventh
congressional district to avoid compli-
cations which would otherwise ensue;
SO the volumes will not be issued until
June 1.
ALL BUT SIX VoTLs.-William Jaco-
bia, u banker who used TO be an engi-
neer on the Central branch, was elected
mayor of Corning, receiving 200 of the
2O6 votes cast.
AFTER 25 YEARs.-For the first time
in twenty years the other day Judge
Kingman walked into the capitol build
ing and attended the supreme court.
He was accompanied by Judge D. NJ.
Valentine. Kingman moved the adj
mission to the bar of the supreme court
of R. E. Valentine, f. Dreaming and
and Otto E. Ireland. Valentine and
Dreaming are both old friends of King
mans as were their fathers. Judge
Kingman retired from the bench in
1878, 25 years ago, because he thought
he was too old.
The COUNTRY INTEREsTED.-All over
the country the papers are calling at
tention to the eleventh biennial con.
ference of the International Railroad
Y. NJ. C. A. at Topeka next month.
This is big event in itself; but when
a presidents visit is added TO it, il
promises to be one of the biggest
events.
USED TO LIVE AT BURR OAK. S.
Duss, the head of the New York Met
ropolitan orchestra, is remembered al
Burr Oal, Jewell county, as an organ
and sewing machine agent.
FEWER FARM RENTERS. THE mum.
Der of farm renters in Miami county is
rapidly decreasing. Good crops have
made it possible for the farmers to &C.
cumulate money enough to buy the
farms which they formerly rented.
The usual activity that prevails in the