Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-04-09

to Chicago the other day by L. w.
Scott and $. S. Splitter, both of whom
reside near Maize, and those who have
seen them say that they will come near
being the top of the market when they
reach Chicago. There are 200 of them,
100 of which are Shorthorns and be-
long to Mr.. Scott. Many of these tip
the scales at 1000 pounds and Mr..
Scott expects to place them on the
market averaging between 1,7OO and
1880 pounds. Mr.. Spitler's cattle were
Herefords and not far behind the
others in quality.
ANOTHER MoNUMENT.-The Quivira
Historical society proposes to erect a
monument to commemorate the fact
that Friar Juan de Padilla, a member
of the great Coronado expedition, was
the first religious martyr in the United
States and the first white man muir
dered by Indians on Kansas soil. This
society is the same which erected a
monument near junction City in COM
memoration of the discovery of Kansas
by Coronado in 1871, and the re-discov-
cry of the Quivira by Hon. ]. V. Brow
er, in 1897.
BRowNFIELD IN JAIL. C. Brown
field, who was convicted at the June,
1902, term of court, for perjury in the
Morrison case and sentenced to seven
years and who was taken to the peni-
tertiary in December, where he has
been ever since, has been granted a
stay of execution by the supreme court
pending a hearing for a new trial at
the April term of court. He was
brought from the penitentiary and is
now in the FL Dorado Jail.
HEssIAN FLY.-Reports came in from
several sections where the wheat was
pestered by the fly last fall, and where
it was feared that so much of the crop
was killed as to Cause large tracts of
wheat to be plowed up. The reports,
especially from Harvey county, where
the fly was numerous, are to the effect
that but little, in patches, will be
plowed up, and that the wet weather
tof March has brought luxuriant
growth of the plant
SEVEN LITTLE GIRLs.-These Wichita
girls ranging in age from eight to fif-
teen years, members of the Associated
Charities, will raise flowers this sum-
mer to be made into bouquets for the
sick poor in the city. 1t is intended
that every person on the sick list of
the Associated Charities shall have at
least one bouquet week and if pos
sible they will be supplied daily.
DoCKED $3.50. The Minneapolis,
firm which built the stairways in the
Kansas state house, was doclIed $3.50
| by the executive council for failure to
have its contract completed on time
1t has asked for rehearing. 1t claims
that it got behind with its work be-
cause of a strike in the marble quar-
| ries of Tennessee, and that it was not
responsible for the delay.
MESSENGER Boy HURT Tommy For
tune, Western Union messenger boy,
walked in front of Topeka street car
at night, was knocked down and
dragged about twenty feet and badly
| injured. His skull was fractured and
he was badly bruised about the body.
The physicians think he will recover.
HIT THE RIGHT PARTY.-An Ottawa
young lady who has been compelled to
work as domestic to support herself,
and who has struggled with poor
health in addition to the burden of
poverty, has just received a bequest of
81, 600 through the death of relative
STRONG A SINeER.-Chancell Strong
of Kansas University, is scheduled for
n solo at n church entertainment to be
| given in Lawrence; the first intimation
Kansas has had that he is a singer.
ANoTHED VETERAN CONES. A.
Baldwin, of Wamego, died at Lawrence
where he was visiting, at the age of 76
years.
UNDER THE OLD LAw.-The munich
pal elections this month will be held
under the old law. The new law
changing the ballots so that no square
shall appear afte~ the words mo Nom
ination, will not go into effect until
the session laws are published.
| HOLD OFFICE Two YEARs.-An mu-
nicipal officials elected in third class
cities this year will hold their positions
for two years. In che past they have
only been elected for one year, but the
recent legislature passed law which
fixes the terms at two years.
! A CoINCIDENcE.-Danie Kubler, of
Chanute, and E. Foetisch, of carlton,
both died suddenly at anIadvanced age
and were buried at the same minute 20
feet apart. Both were old soldiers and
they took adjoining claims on the same
day in 1870.
| CHANUTE GAS WELLs.-The River
side Oil and Gas Company has brought
in big gas well estimated at 5000, 600
on its holdings south of town near the
Austin mill dam. The territory south
of Chanute has been developed very
little.
PEACHES IN BLooM.-Peaches about
Baxter Springs are coming into full
bloom and are comparatively unhurt.
| A few OF the latest varieties were killed
in the early winter, but the prospects
are now favorable for a good crop.
OTHER fruit and all berries are unin-
jured. Corn planting has commenced.
Wheat is in good condition
| RURAL CARRIERS. now has
10 rural delivery mail carriers. They
all receive their pay in checks drawn
by Postmaster John Guthrie, of To-
pelka: