Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-05

While thus in the service, gun was
accidentally discharged, wounding
him in the leg. Immediately there
after the state legislature granted him
a pension. Convey still shows the eff
feet of the wound, now walking with
Il limp.
PRosEcUTEs SALOON MAS.-The case
of Emma Rogers against J. NJ. Drew
for IS, 600 damages has been fled in
the district clerks office. The defend
ant is Pittsburs; saloon man, and
James M. Rogers, the husband of the
plaintiff, has been turning all of his
dollars into the defendants till, ae-
cording to the petition, which also
says Rogers had been a hard drinller
but had broken away from the habit
and supported his family in comfort
for two years.
WICHITA HAs.-Scventy-two grocery
stores, 40 meat markets, 10 bakeries, IA
produce houses, 20 confectionery stores,
five ice dealers, A. restaurants and %
hotels. The town has "a barlleepers.
OF professional men there are 81 ply
sicians and 64 lawyers. OF manufac-
of Wholesale houses there are 70. There
are 81 dentists, six oculists and "a drug
stores
To MAKE A TEST CAs:s.-W. c. Iiette,
Santa Fc agent at Emporia. has been
arrested charged with discharging
Leigh Petit, member of the Kansas
national guard, because he left his
work to go to Fort Riley with his COM
pany. Ilette says he had decided to
discharge Petit before he had heard CT
the maneuvers. test ease is to be
made of the incident
BANK ROBBERS CAUGnT.-Governor
Bailey has issued a reqnsition for the
return from Texas of James Kelley,
bank robber, wanted at Grecnsburg,
Kan. Kelley and ]. S. Callihan, a
member of the old "Shorty Wayne
gang of bank looters, robbed the
March &c. They got SAG.
BABY PARALYzED.-At Lyons t. A.
Darlington came suddenly into room
where his baby girl was playing, made
a sudden noise and picked the child UP
quickly, which so frightened it that it
went into spasms, which resulted in
complete paralysis. For several days
she has been unable to move.
CAR SHORTAGE LIFTING. is the
case in the neigh borood of Great Bend.
Until a shcrt time ago it was almost
impossible to secure cars for the ship
ment of wheat in that section, but re-
Gently cars have become plentiful and
the immense wheat crop is being moved
as rapidly as possible.
CHAPMAN HAS ANorHEE.-A fire
started in DIR. O'Brien's Office and
burned two large stone buildings.
Only by hard work was the principal
second fire in Chapman in year.
A KANSAS BoY-Rev. Charles Mitch
ell, son of Rev. D. P. Mitchell, who
was pioneer presiding elder in Kan
sas, is the pastor of the largest Meth
odist church in America, i'll Cleveland,
Ohio.
Coon PAY FOR HUsKINe. corn
huslIing season is now on in north
western Kansas The corn is very
heavy and n good man can make close
on to three dollars day.
DIPHTuERIA TIE CAUsE.-Secretary
Lowry, of the stale board of health,
has ordered the public schools at Leb
anon closed on account of an epidemic
of diphtheria.
FIRMS III WIcHTrA.-There are in
thai city about 1, 400. There ;rre about
700 business houses and about the
same number of professional people.
BROOM Corn FACTS. -Thc price al
which the crop of dwarf broom corn Of
Rice COUNTY was all marketed has been
very fair, and the fluctuations have
not been great. A hundred dollars &
ton caught the most of it, the price
ranging from SIS to S13O, according tc
quality. The highest price heard Of
was S132 so
A WOMAN WORKER. P. L. Hat
der, of Halstcad, in addition to hel
regular household duties, has baked W
80 sacks of -four into bread, buns ant
cakes in six months.
COAL LEASES IN OsAGE.-A. e. Still
well and w. w. Sylvester, of the Orient
road have been securing coal leases il
Usage county on land north of Dragon
between Dragon and Scranton. Ont
lease specifies that depot and side
tracks are to be built. From Scranton
the Orient will go to Lawrence or To
pella or both.
PAID Down FOR SUGAR.-A Beattit
man sent to Chicago for Il sack of sugar
and paid Sc. % for it. On the day tina
he took it out of the depot he coult
have bought it in Beattic for So. rs.
SUGAR BEErs.-Farmers in Pawne,
county have made extensive expert
ments with sugar bcets this season
which have been very successful. Beet
weighing from five to seven pound
each are easily grown and are estina
ted to produce from 40 to fifty ton
per acre.
Masonic REUNION Rit
| Masons of Wichita and tho surround
ing country will gather ut their templ
in Wichita November 16, II, IS and /!
for the thirty scmi-annual re
union.
CHEroPA GAS WEILs.-The Chetop,
Gas and Oil company brought in an
other gas we'll on the Ferguson farm
which joins the city on the west. Thi
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