Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-05


The Limited was running 25 miles an
hour and when it struck the switch the
engine jumped to the side track leaving
the tender on the main line. The mail
car topped over and two mail clerks,
W. o. Rogers and r. o. MCGEE were
standing in the door ready to throw
out mail and were thrown out and
dragged along the ground. McGee had
Rogers escaped with only sprained
ankle.
MARRIED HER WARD.-Paul Grant,
aged Is, and Hattie NJ. Thompson,
aged 90, both of Atchison county, are
married. Behind the simple announce
ment hangs an interesting story. Four
years ago Miss Thompson, who had
been employed at the state soldiers or
phans' home, applied to the institution
to adopt boy, and Paul Grant was in
dentured to her. An attachment
sprung up between them which result
ed in the marriage
PosToFFJcE Recommendations en-
tered the postoffice AT Utopia, Green
wood county, and took $50 in money
and about s25 in stamps and postal
cards The safe was blown open and
the money drawers in Allen Bros. gen.
eral merchandise store, in which the
postof1ice was kept were looted for a
small amount. Sheriff Henderson
went to Utopia but there is no clue as
to who committed the deed. Fl. V. AL
len is postmaster.
RAN PENCIL IN His SIDE.-Clarence
Shear, 14-year-old son of Frank Shear,
of Highland, fell while running and a
slate pencil, which he carried in his
pocket, was forced into his side to the
depth of three inches, then breaking
off. The physician summoned con-
siders the injury much the same as a
bullet wound, but as none of the inter
nal organs were touched the boy will
probably recover.
DhOWN OO1NAA WAL. 4~OetSCo ia
coal have been found cropping out of
the ground in several places in Brown
county. 1t is thought there are big
coal veins running through several
parts of the county, but none of them
have been developed. One farmer gets
all the coal necessary for his own use
off his farm. The most of the coal
seems to be around Willis, Everest and
Horton.
OLD LAW STANDs.-The range cattle
men succeed in killing the White bill
against double inspection before the
house live stock committee. The old
law with state inspection fee of 2
cents per head will stand
POSTMASTER 80 YEARs.-Wm Grin
nell, who ceme to Doniphan county in
1862 and who has been postmaster at
Tanning for 80 years, is dead at the
age of 72 years. He was veteran of
the civil war
ANOTHER PosToFFIcE RoBBED.-Me-
dora, on the Rock Island north of
Hutchinson, is the latest place to have
visits by burglars to its postoffice,
which lost s12O in money and about
$50 in stamps
FIRE AT BURLINGAME.-It destroyed
the Shepard hotel, drug store, a
barber shop, restaurant and a gro
Gerry and at the date of the dispatch
there was danger of its spreading far
ther.
THROUGH WICHITA.-On account OF
the snow blockade on the Santa FEES
northern route the Golden State Linn
tied took the southern route through
Wichita and Oklahoma.
House EcoNoMzEs-The Kansas
house of representatives cut off all but
95 of it's sergeants-at-arms, doorleepers
and janitors, at the end of the fifty
days in session.
LAWRENCE COURT HoUsE-Its corner
stone will be laid on the Fourth of July.
HIRING OUT CoNvIcTs.-The house
killed the bill by Perkins of Leaven.
worth forhidding the hiring of con.
victs in the state penitentiary to
private parties or corporations. The
passage of the bill was desired by the
labor unions of the state.
COURT OF COMMANDMENTS court
of Cancellation bill which was backed
by the labor unions of the state, was
knocked out by a house committee
three times. 1t will not be revived.
1t created q court to adjust differences
between capital and labor.
PRINTING DEFICIT. ways and
means committee of the house favora
bly, reported deficiency bill appro
priating $4,000 to pay for state
printing to the end of the fiscal year
on June 80. For number of years
the state has had to meet deficiency
of about this size every two years.
TEACHERS CERTIFICATES. : Beving
toms bill providing that no contract
entered into by district school board
with teacher should be binding until
ratified by the county superintendent
was killed by the house.
REPORTS IN ONE VOLUME. = John
Francis bill, providing that the re
ports of the various state officers
regents and trustees shall be CONSOLE
dated and printed in one volume fol-
the purpose of reducing the cost Of
public printing was passed by the
house.
CALENDAR REVISION. calendar
revision committees reported on the
Goth, only such bills the committees
select as being of Importance will be
considered. Several hundred bills will
thus die on the calendar.
PROFITABLE Poor FARM.-The su