Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-01-08


California, and was for years very
prominent in national affairs During
the administrations of Lincoln and
Grant he was United States consul at
Mexico. In addition to this honor he
had held minor Offices of trust and
honor in Kansas during its earlier
years.
A DAYS SHIPMENTs.-The ]. P.
Baden Produce company, of Winfield,
sent out in one day seven carloads, the
total value amounting to $50, 900. Two
cars of poultry went to Philadelphia;
one carload of eggs to Butte. Mont;
another carload Of eggs to New York;
carload of butter to McGregor, Iowa;
carload of eggs to Denver, and car
load of butter to New Orleans.
WANTS CAsH-CAN'T FIND IT.-Mrs.
Jennie f. Springer, of Doniphan coun-
ty, and her husband had trouble and
he sold the farm and she threatened
divorce. To protect himself from ali
mony he placed the money for the farm
and other property out of reach.
Springer was accidentally killed and
the widow wants the property but
cannot find it.
SUBSCRIBED BY FARMERs.-Follow-
ing an announcement of the action OF
the stockholders of local bank in
raising the capital stock from $50, 900
to $50, 900, the Cottonwood Falls Lead
err makes this significant statement:
The new stock has been subscribed
for almost entirely by some of the
wealthy and influential farmers of
Chase county"
STEBLING's New LIBRARY.-The club
rooms in the new city building for the
public library. There are 400 volumes
now on hand and library fund is be-
ing raised. Mrs. Kilbourn, a former
resident of the city, has given $1,000.
1t is proposed to purchase about a
thousand books and subscribe for mag
azines.
MORE TROLLEY LI.IEs.-A Boston
man is looking over the country with
the idea of building trolley lines to
connect number of towns in the
northern part of Oklahoma with Ar
kansas City. He examined the water
power at Arkansas City as to its fur
nishing power for the electric lines.
FIRE AT A WEDDING.-Justa as Prof.
E. NJ. Scott and Miss Lillian Randall,
teachers in business college at Hutch
inson, had joined hands to be wed, an
alarm of fire interrupted the ceremony.
The house was filed with smoke but
the fire was soon put out. ''
JUDGE Is YEARs.-Chief Justice
Johnston, of the supreme court, has
been judge since 1884 and before that
was attorney general and state sena-
tor. From 1897 to 1899 he was the only
Republican office-holder in the State
house.
SHoRTHoRN SALE.-At the sale of the
Va hChh Vi ollOA az -LhC hlCnl
stoclSyards, consigned by B. and Il. 4.
Groom, of Texas, the herd brought
S. 500, making an average of less than
500 a head
LOAD OF SHOT IN HIS FooT-Chester
Smith, while hunting near Florence,
received the charge of his shot gun in
his foot. He is a member of the senior
class in engineering at Kansas Uni
versity.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS NJ. Alex
ander, the carrier on Rural Route No.
:, out of Winfield, gives list requir-
ing three inches of type TO set it up,
of presents received from the farm
houses which he serves with mail.
FLOUR FOR THE NEEDY.-The Tyler
mills of Junction City distributed a
ton of -four among the residents of the
city who had been recommended as
worthy recipients of charity by the
various church organizations.
YOUNGEST OLD SOLDIERS Concordia
beasts of the youngest old soldier in
that part of the state; ]. NJ. Harrison,
who enlisted in Company C, Fifty-frst
Indiana, October "a, 1864, at the age of
Is years, four months and "a days.
David Addison, of Salina, was also one
of the young veterans having en-
listed in August, 1862, at the age of Is
years and IL months.
DIPHTHERIA CLOSES A ScHooL.-At
Monitor, Mcpherson county, school
has been stopped on account of the
prevalence of that disease
GBocERs' LUNCH COUNTERS. There
is plan on foot among some of the
grocers of Wichita to establish lunch
counters in connection with their
stores. That is, those merchants who
have agencies for certain classes OF
goods. This movement, it is under
Stood, is backed by the companies man.
ufacturing these goods, and the gro
GERS are to serve them On their lunch
counters. . -,
ASSESSORS misunderstanding to
the returns of the assessors, the popu.
lation of Topeka is now SO, 500.
DEvLIN's LIFE INsUEANcE.-C. J.
Devfin, of Topeka, has taken out new
life insurance policies until the amount
he carries now reaches 81, 400, 900.
This amount is exceeded in only one
instance, that of John Wanamal<er,
who carries 81. 100000
A KANSAS SINGER.-Miss Belle
Daily, the Kansas singer who recently
returned from Berlin where she had
been taking vocal instruction, after a
short visit in Salina, her old home, left
for Califoi MIA where she will give a
series of concerts this winter.
EMPoRIA WANTS GAs.-The Business
ha,,.e Of .,