Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-09-17
KANSAS COMMENT.

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w. A. Harris has returned to Kansas
from Washington and will hereafter
make his home in Lawrence.
KANSAS RACERS. Edith w. COM
pletes the trio OF Kansas racers which
have broken reeors. Edith, rs well
rs Patchen and Gentry, were foaled
ami raised in Sedg wick county.
GAS AT New ALBANY.-A gas we'll
mas been brought in at that place
which is declared TO be one of the best
in southeastern Kansas. New Albany
is on the Frisco near the west line of
Wilson county.
TEACHER DIsAPPEARs.-War
Reuter-, son of farmer near Circle
vile, Jackson county, IA teacher in the
grammar school at Netavalia, started
for that place and is lost. 1t is learned
that he bought Il ticket TO Atcliison.
lie had $40 with him.
BUILDING AT Downs. -Much of it IS
going on, including So, 900 Congrega-
tional church; buildings and enclosure
OF new lumber yard; Il bricl; building
for new bank, q So, 900 building for Il
wagon. carriage and machine shop,
and number of new residences.
K. o. STUDENTS. SAMUEL Adams
and Fl. I. Martha. of the University OF
Kansas, have started for Patagonia
where they will gather natural history
specimens for the university. They
will be gone year and expect to make
Investigations along unknown lines
OLD CHEF Dies. Ike wah-ko-ulS the
aged chief of the Kiclxapoo Indians,
whose reservation is in Brown county,
died last week at his home on the res
ervation. His body was inferred in
the ground, but above it was built
frame monument, after the Indian
fashion, which will ever be kept in
good repair. Little Simon, much
younger man and "a very progressive
Indian, has been chosen as the new
chief of the Kicl1apoos.
C1ECUs SwRPr BY WIND,-During n
severe windstorm the tent in which
John Robinson's circus was exhibiting
at Anthony was blown down. An i'm
mense crowd of people was in the
menagerie, and when the poles and
canvas came down hundred or more
people were hurt. Price Joiner, Il
farmer, was probably fatally hurt.
Cages containing the wild animals
were overturned, some of the cages
falling on people. None of the ami
mails escaped.
CONSOLIDATED SCHooLs.-The second
year of the first consolidated school in
Dickinson county began with an in
increased attendance. The school
serves what was before comprised in
four school districts and the building
has four rooms and Il hall. Two wag-
onettes were purchased last year to
take the pupils to school; this year an
other was added. The teachers say
tardiness is almost unknown as the
pupils are eager to ride in the wagons
und are always ready to go.
RAIN ON SET. 9.-At Lawrence three
inches fell; at Perry rain fell quietly
for "a hours, about two inches in all;
Emporia reports a heavy rain; Flor
ence had damaging hail with the rain;
over three inches fell at Leavenworth;
Concordia tells OF long steady rain,
over an inch fell; Ell Dorado had from
trical storm; Sterling had an electrical
and hail storm with the rain; an inch
of rain fell at Abilene: Manhattan had
its first rain for three weeks and it
was heavy storm.
GRANDMA CuRTIs.-She is dead at
the age of 90 years and five months.
She was never sick but once before her
last illness. She had lived 40 years in
what is now North Topeka. She
leaves 4 brothers, IL children, 90 grand
children, ofwhom Congressman Charles
is one. 40 great grandchildren and Ave
of a still later generation. She also
brought up s grandchildren. She had
always been strong and hard worker.
Since her s5th birthday she has made
trips to California, Utah, Indiana and
Oklahoma
COUNTY Buys TAX TITLES The Sum-
county commissioners directed the
treasurer to bid in all property sold
for taxes, for the county. 1t means
that the county will hereafter receive
the SIS, 900 or S4 900 annual interest on
the tax sale certificates which has for
merly gone into the pockets of wealthy
men.
FIVE THOUSAND THERE The at
tendance at the Southwestern Veter-
ans reunion at Dodge City was 5000
or more, with fully two-thirds of the
state represented.
FOURTEEN THOUSAND NAMEs-The
new Wichita city directory, which will
be ready for distribution in about ten
days, contains over IA, 900 names, which
would indicate that Wichita has pop
uiation now of more than $4,000 peo-
pie, and increase of more than 1900
within the last year
MARRIED 6s YEAEs.-At Indepcnd-
ence Mr.. and Mrs. Il. II. Foreman have
celebrated the sixty-eighth auniver-
sary Of their wedding. The pair arc
of the same age, 81 years, and both are
hearty and well preserved.
CHANCELLOR STRONG AccErrs.-
Chancellor Frank Strong of the State
university, was appointed director of
the Kansas educational exhibit at st.
Louis by the Kansas commission and
accepted the place. He will organize
the bureau at once and endeavor to
get up prize-winning exhibit.
FIRST RUSSIAN CONVICT. j ohm Knoll,