Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-09-17

ers vino must do without the labor of
children of their own families.
Ar BELoIT SCHooI.-The state board
of charities has established q depart
Dient of stenography ard typewriting
ct the Beloit school for girls. The in
mates will be allowed to take this
course after they have completed their
regular studies. 1.-The department of
domestic science, recently established,
has proven "a great success, said Henry
J. Allen, chairman OF the board. 1.-THE
girls take much interest in it, and after
this every girl who leaves that institu-
ton will be 4 good cook anyway"
GET TnE1E DESSERTS. Two weeks
ago i. c. Leming. young farmer of
Dickinson county, going home from a
party with a young woman, was at
tackled by nine Young men under the
leadership of IA rival for the girls af-
fiction. They threw mud on him
and smashed his buggy. He mad them
arrested and it cost them SIS and costs
each. Now he has sued them for So, 030
damages in the district court.
LARGE WHEAT YIELDs.-Lanc coun-
ty reports 63 pound wheat which av-
eraged 81 bushels per acre; another
field yielding 43 bushels; another of 40
acres which thrcshcd 1900 bushels;
another farm which produced wheat
which varied from 25 to As bushels;
still another which turned out 81 BUSH
els; another from which was threshed
5000 bushels of barley and a crop of
&c bushels to the acre.
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
White and Judge Trembly, of Kansas
City, Kas., met as judge and prisoner.
White was charged with vagrancy and
forgery. They were "bunlsies" in the
Philippines; they swan the Bag Bag
together. 1t was an affecting scene.
Judge Trembly could not pronounce
sentence upon his old comradc, bu.
held him until position could be Sc
cured for him.
GIRLS BURNED TO DEArH.-Sarah
and Gladys Hogan, daughters OF Sam.
mel Hogan, {. jefferson county farmer,
were burned to death. The elder girl
had the younger in her arms and was
lighting the lire with kerosene when
the can exploded scattering the flames
over the children and burning them
fatally.
HEAVIER RAILs-Thc Santa Fe COM
pany is now throwing out heavy rails
along the main line which will replace
the 75-pound rails that are now down.
The new rails are to be of the s5-pound
designation.
For BETTER RoAps-Tnc Concordia
city council has called a special election
for October TO vote on the question
of issuing 5000 bonds for the repair
and construction of roads leading into
the city.
RENO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL This
school opened at Niclterson with an
attendance of 135. It was created by
an act of the last legislature.
THIRTY 1'HHEsHERs- hill at
Pratt thirty threshing machines can
be counted grinding out the golden
grain.
VOTED DOWN. HIGH SoHcoI--The
rural districts of Meade county voted
down the county high school PROPOSE
ton.
VEToEs MISUNDERSTOOD ville's
mayor vetoed an ordinance granting /,
franchise to an intcrurban road
Foul: TEI.EPHoSE SYsTEMs.-Lberal
is well connected by telephone systems;
four of them run into that city.
The LARGEST BRIDGE. The largest
stone arch bridge in Kansas has just
been completed over the Walnut river,
seven miles northeastof Arkansas City.
The bridge has four arches with total
length of 253 feet. The farmers who
live in the vicinity of the bridge, who
have been trying to have bridge built
at that point for years, will give big
picnic this month.
For SCHOOL EXHIBIT. The state
Teachers association is asking for SIS,
900 for the school exhibit which is to
DC made at the ST. Louis exposition.
ToPEKA's GAS SuIT.-A special mas
ter appointed by Judge Hook in the
suit of the city OF Topeka against the
Topeka Gas company decided againsta
dollar gas ordinance. Tie gas com.
papy has been charging 81. 65 per !, 900
feet and an ordinance was passed cut
ting the rate to 81. The company took
the case to the federal court.
NOTED MERCHANT DIED-Edwin c.
Harwi, treasurer OF the Harwi Hard
ware company, and one of the most
prominent business men in Atchison is
dead. Bright's disease was the cause
FENCES TO COME Down = United
States District Attorney Dean has re-
ceived assurances from some of the
Leading cattlemcn in northwestern
Kansas that they would obey the order
and take down the fences from around
public land. Mr.. Dean had started
proceedings in the federal court to
compel the cattlemen to take some ae-
ton. These suits may now be dis
missed.
A TELEPHONE LooP.-The 1ndcpcnd-
ent Telephone company has built
loop from Belle Plaine into Cicero.
AT EXPERIMENT STATION. At the Fort
Hays experiment station there has
been grown this year 2ao varieties of
small grain, los being fall wheat, the