Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-12-03

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the diocese of Western Kansas will
have fine cathedral and bishops resi-
dence, the gift of unnamed persons in
New York. The money for the cathe-
dral is to be furnished by New York
woman; the parsonage to DC financed
by New York acquaintance of the
bishop.
OLDEST Resident. -Benjamin T.
Harding, of Wathena, the oldest con-
tinuous residen: in Doniphan county
or in the state, has just celebrated his
his s7th birthday. He had enjoyed
good health until two years ago when
he was stricken with paralysis Since
that time his speech has been affected
and he has required considerable care.
FEE Book MUTII.ALED.-InC Cherokee
county the commissioners are checking
up The books of some of the county
officers who are out of Office In one
instance they found where "a pages of
the fee book had been removed cover
ing more than 500 not included in the
settlement.
BIG BARR FIRE.-A big barn on the
farm of ]. d. Hamachcr, cast of Hia-
watha, burned, with nine head of
horses, Il large quantity of hay and
oats, wagons, implements, etc. Nearly
all the farmers property was in the
barn and the loss will probably be over
81, 800.
LARGE IcE HoUsE.-The Union Pa
cific is building another large ice house
at Junction City. The house will have
capacity of ninety carloads of ice.
During the cold weather this winter
the company will haul its supply of ice
there from Wyoming.
TURKEY DINNER.-Oficers of the
Leavenworth Soldiers home provided
$500 pounds of dressed turkeys for the
veterans Thanksgiving dinner, togctll-
err with 200 gallons of oysters, 20 BUSH
els of cranberries and other condiments
to match.
HAD KANSAS BRoTHERs.-L. L.
BuclSner, who was crushed to death in
Chicago by an elevated railway car,
was brother of the Rev. ]. D. NJ.
Buclsner, of Hiawatha, and of the Rev.
A. B. Buckner, of Holton.
KILLED WHILE HUNTING Fay Lord,
of Ell Dorado, aged II years, while out
hunting with other boys, had part of
his head taken off by charge from 4
gun, which was accidentally dis
charged.
Two Potato CRoPs.-Edward Roth
rock, of Sumner county, has just dug
his second potato crop from the same
ground. The crop is much better than
the first, though that was u good aver
age crop.
THREE CHURCHES U;;ITE.-The First
Presbyterian, the Congregational and
the United Presbyterian churches of
Ottawa are talking about uniting.
Ottawa has twenty-five churches
DIVORCE CAsEs.-At the present
term of the district court in Leaven-
worth there are 63 divorce cases.
Judge GilpatriclS gave the applicants
rough house.
ODD FELLOWS HALL.-The new Odd
Fellows hall at Agra was dedicated on
the 25th. Grand Master Conner 7.
Davies presided and had charge of the
ceremonies.
HILL CITY FIRE.-The greater part
of the south side of the town is de-
stroyed. The damages will exceed
$780, 900, with probably $780, 900 insur-
ance.
COSTS COUNTY $50, 0oO-Thc four
trials of Coffclt, OH charge of murder
of Detective Montgomery, have cost
Cowley county about $4,000
POULTRY TO ALusKA.-A Win field
packing house ships orders of chickens
and turkeys to Nome and Dawson.
RACING TRACK SoLD.-The kite
shaped track at Holton has been sold
at public auction.
Foul PLAY FEARED.-Foster Bee
son, timelieepcr at the lola Portland
Cement Company, has been missing
since Tuesday night and all efforts to
find trace of him prove futile. Colored
men at the works are said to have
threatened his life. There was no
known cause for his leaving.
Jos. CAMPBELL IN TROUBLE. Joseph
Campbell, of Wichita, Il son of ''Tiger
Bill" is in Jail at Caloocan, Manila,
charged with numbering colored.
man. Campoeil's side of the story is
self defense
HALF THE CROP KILLED. Large
wheat raisers in Clay county say that
wheat is very badly damaged by some
thing, supposedly Hessian flies. One
of the largest threshers in the county
says he has examined wheat all over
the county and that some fields are en-
tirely killed while all wheat is greatly
damaged
THE WHOLE COUNTY.
county has IL rural mail delivery
routes and there are to be five more
routes established on Jan l. This will
cover the entire county.
SAFE BLOWN UP.-At Hoyt, robbers
blew open the safe in general store.
A portion of the safe door went through
the side of the building. The money
of the firm vas in the bank and the
thieves got nothing. They left on
hand car.
CHANUTE PAYS ONE-FIFTH.-Thc
total taxes due Neosho county on this
years assessment are $3.50, 1884 Of
this sum the city of Chanute pays $780,
geo. rs, or more than one-fifth of the
entire amount. the railroads pavinr