Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-26

] public schools 70 Mrs. PrenIlS, WIDOW
| of the late Noble Prentis- Mr.. Prentis
wrote Kansas history four years ago
and it has been used in some of the
schools of the state. Dougherty, of
Harvey got bill through this session
req uiring that a Kansas history be
placed in the course of study in the
common schools This means that the
Prentis history VII be used. Mrs.
Prentis felt SO elated over the matter
that she asked the governor for the pen
with which he signed the bill, and he
gave it to her. She will make it an.
| heirloom.
| TIRED OF FREE BoARDERs.-Abort
eight or nine months ago a man, his
wife and child fastened themselves
on to Woodworking relative in an
eastern Kansas town and refused to be
pried loose. In order to get away from
them the man quit good job and with
his wife slipped out of town without
telling where he intended to go. He
had prepared for this move by selling
|
while before pulling up stakes
LONG ZINC ORE CoNTRAcTs.-The
| ing district are considering PROPOSE
ton made by the smelters to take the
zinc output for year at S35 per ton
for 60 per cent ore. At a private meet
ing of several of the largest producers
a weekly shipment of $4,000 tons was
| pledged in case the deal was made. 1t
is likely the deal will go through.
| MORE PAY AND OYSTERS. con-
ductors and motormen of the Topeka
city railway were asked to report at
| the car barn after work at midnight,
where they were informed that their
wages would be raised from S1.s0 to
So day. The men were surprised and
then surprised again by being invited
to all go to a restaurant and partake
of an oyster supper.
LIVED ON ANTIETAM-Mrs. Susan r.
Barr is dead at Fort Scott at the age of
80. During the civil war Mrs. Barr
owned and lived on the farm on which
was fought the fierce battle of Ante
tam. She opened her house to wound
| ed soldiers. Later this house was de-
stroyed by raiders from the South be-
cause she had been friendly to the
Union cause.
ABILENE BILL SIGNED.-The Abilene
sewer bill was signed by Governor
Bailey and is now law. Governor
Bailey was at first of the opinion that
the bill was unconstitutional because
it permitted the city to vote bonds to
build sewer outside of the city limits,
but after investigation he decided to
sign it.
| STATE PRINTER AMENDNIENr.-Unde
the provisions of the resolution the
| question of electing the state printer
by direct vote of the people will be
submitted at the regular election in
1904. If it is adopted the Legislature
in 1905 will provide for the election of
the state printer the following year.
SAMPLE OF LossEs.-A Council Grove
paper says that the turf investment
concerns" caught residents of that
place for somewhere between ST., 200
and SIC, 600, divided among about 100
victims, quite percentage of them be-
ing women. One man is known to
have put in 81, 900.
P AT SOLDIERS HoME.-Congress-
man Curtis has secured the appoint
ment of David Keller to be postmaster
at the Soldiers Home at Leavenworth.
CITY Is Observation-Disclosures City is
elated owe" the proposed new Office
building which it is expected the Santa
Fe will erect there this summer.
LULINe's AssIsTANT.-C. II. Luling
state insurance commissioner, has APP
pointed John H. Upton. of Wichita, to
be state insurance examiner.
New BIsHoP.-Bishop Griswold, of
Hudson, New York, the new bishop of
the diocese of the Episcopal church of
western Kansas, has arrived in Salina.
Several big receptions have been
planned in honor of the bishop and his
wife, one by the commercial club of
that city.
| KILLED BY HUNTERs.-In the past
two years two valuable horses, a cow
and an Angora goat belonging to a
farmer named Keats, who lives near
Horton, have been killed by town
hunters.
COLLEGE OUT OF CoAL.-The heating
and power plant at the Kansas agri-
cultural college was shut down on
February IS because of lack of coal
supply. The college practically sus-
pended class work awaiting the arrival
of fuel. 1t requires from IS to 20 tons
day to supply the institution.
For HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT.-Wil-
liam H. Barnes, secretary of the State
Horticultural society, is making fight
for special appropriation of $4,000
for horticultural exhibit at the st.
Louis Worlds Fair in 1904.
RED MEMS CARNIvAL.-TheE mporia
lodge of Red Men have decided to have
a carnival there the first week in May
that will eclipse anything Emporia has
had in the shape of acarnival for years.
Already the lodge has signed con-
tract with one of the biggest travelling
carnival performances in the coun-
try.
VoTE For SCHOOL HoUsE.-At an
election at Eudora to vote s7,245 in
bonds for new school house the tally
shows e76 votes in favor with one vote
against it.
ANOTHER KANSAS RAITRoAD.-By