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

ture will be asked to make regarding
the duties of sheriffs- They will work
| for a law allowing them fees from the
counties when papers are served on
poverty affiiavits. AS the law now is
the sheriffs must serve papers in pow
erty cases without receiving compensa-
ton. The officers would have the
counties pay the fees in such cases
SAVED $50, 900 FoB GOVERNMENT
Martin Addison, paymaster in the
United States navy. is visiting his pa
rents at Salina. Addison has the dis
tinction of being the only paymaster in
the navy who has ever succeeded in
saving coin on board his vessel when
it went down. He was on the Yosem-
lite when it sank at Guam, and saved
the stronghold of the paymaster which
contained $4,000
MORE Work AT RILEY.-Last fall
when the plans were made for putting
in individual heating plants at Fort
Riley in the various barracks and quar-
tiers it was announced that the old CEN
trail heating plant would be converted
into an electric plant and this will now
probably be done
AMBITIOUS HERINGToN That city is
actively engaged in a movement to be
incorporated as a city of the second
class. 1t is taking a census and has
over 1000 names already listed, with a
probability of reaching 1900 or more.
ONE WISE FARMER Bailey
offered 500 job to an old friend the
other day-W. w. Wise, of Leaven-
worth county. Mr.. Wise told the gov
ernor that he did not want it; said he
intended to remain on his farm.
PAPERS FOR FUEI.-At the meeting
of Kansas postmasters in Topeka sew
eral postmasters said that they receive
such quantities of papers sent to fake
subscribers that their offices are sup
piled half the time with fuel
PRESIDENT OF PosTMAsTERs.-Geo
c. Wetzel, postmaster of Linwood, was
elected president of the Kansas POST
masters association for the coming
year. The meeting next year will be
held at Kansas City, Kas
The YOUNGEST SOLDIER Another
has been found. E. T. Jellison, of
Belleville enlisted August 10, 1862, at
the age of IA years. : months and 16
days, and served three years in the 18th
Kansas.
HIDDEN MONEY BURNED.-A woman
of Lawrence hid S265 in her wrapper
and threw it over the foot of her bed
near gasoline stove. The stove ex-
ploded and the money was burned.
ELEVENTH CHILD AT 33.-An Atchi-
son mother has eleven children all
alive, healthy and hearty. The point
connected with this item is that the
mother is only 80 years old
Never SAW CORD WooD-A nine
teen year old boy born and raised in
Western Kansas while in Topeka saw
for the first time in his life a wagon
load of cord wood.
CAN'T REPRESENT BELoIT.-Thc
count of the vote which is being taken
by the Beloit Call on the saloon ques-
ton has reached 37O in favor of saloons;
1913 against them.
DOUBLED IN PRICE.-There is a farm
land boom on in Franklin county. 1t
is claimed that lands are selling for
double the amount they did three
years ago.
GLOOM AT IoLA.-The Register states
that ISIS, ZOO of lola money went ghm-
inering" in the last corn corner in Chi
cago on December corn.
ALL IN Two YEARs.-There are ESQ
oil and 40 gas wells at Chanute. They
have been put down in the past two
years.
HAD 500 LEFT. The Wichita Poul-
try association had S1CO left after pay
ing all prizes, premiums and expenses.
MINISTERS TIE KNOTS BEsT-Judge
Simons, of Fort Scott, in delivering a
! divorce judgment, said that the divorce
of couples united by ministers is seldom
and, in his opinion, those who are mar
ried by n probate judge or magistrate
never appreciate the sublimity of the
marriage vows. He preferred home
wedding where ministers officiate.
OIL AT CoFFEYvILLE-It was struck
at depth of 600 feet, within half a
mile of the business center. The we'll
will produce six to ten barrels day.
Other wells are being drilled.
PREHISTORIC CAMP-While excara-
ting for abutments of a bridge in Geary
county, ]. A. johnson found camp at
the depth of eight feet. There was 4
stone fireplace, charcoal, buffalo bones,
and arrow heads. Trees that are esti-
mated to be hundreds of years old are
now growing close to where the exca-
walton was made.
Both BY APoPLExY.-Chris Nelson.
agent of the Santa Fe at Oneonta, first
station west of Concordia, died sudden
ly of apoplexy six weeks after his wife's
sudden death from the same cause.
New lola BANK. j. b. Case, of the
Abilene National bank, and A. Z. Rob-
erts of the Hood bank at Emporia will
establish a third bank in lola within
60 days They will each invest $40, 900
aud the other $40, 600 of stock is being
subscribed for by lola men. Mr.. Rob-
erts will be cashier.
A TRAIN CoILIsIoN.-AU MON Pacific
passenger train collided with freight
train at junction City. The freight
engine was almost completely demol-
ished but its crew jumped before the
collision. No one was seriously hurt