Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-01-08
KANSAS COMMENT.


SALOON MEN SKrP-AH of that illl
at Harper packed their grips and fix
lures and left town just as the grand
jury was about to hold "a session.
An OcToGENARIAN.-A. A. Wood
ruff, of Republican City, has been Wis
iting in Watonga, Okla. He is s4 years
old. He got up to take walk when it
was not yet light and fell, severely in
juripg his head.
KANSAS HIe4I Acknowledgements
tendent Frank Nelson recently said
'Kansas stands alone in her splendid
system of county high schools. We
now have twelve high schools and each
one is doing good work. .
LITTLE GIRLS 'CIUB.-The Excelsior
Club of Arkansas City composed of
about twenty little girls, distributed
food and clothing to all the poor fam
lilies in the city. No fewer than 100
homes were visited and goods given
out. The members of the club range
from to 10 years of age.
New CHURCH PAID FoR.-A year ago
the NJ. E. church at Wellsville was
burned DIR. Murlin, president of
Baker University, has just dedicated
new church there. There w as raised
So, 600. 5000 more than was required
The church is of brick veneer, with
furnace heat, class and study rooms
and cost 81, 900.
DAIRYMENs MEETING State
Dairy association will meet at the
State Agricultural college March 3, 4,
and 6, during the week of judging
dairy cattle. Prominent dairymen
from outside the state will be in at
hibition and for final Judging. All
railroads will give reduced rates.
MICHAEL MAHNING's HEIRs.-Attor-
ney Arthur NJ. jackson, of Leaven-
worth is trying to locate one Michael
Manning, who worked for the Union
Pacific railroad there about 30 years
ago. He is sole heir to $1,000 in cash
now in the hands of an administrator.
If Manning is dead his widow and
children, if any of them are living, are
entitled to the money.
An UPSET LANAI the home of
Herbert Levett, an Emporia carpen-
ter. an upset lamp caused an explosion
which resulted almost fatally for Mrs.
Levett, i'll trying to prevent the flames
setting fire to the cradle which held
her six-nonths-old child. Mrs. Lev
ett's clothing caught fire and she was
perhaps fatally burned. She put out
the fire. however, and her child was
uninjured.
A GOLDEN WEDDING.-At Baldwin
City recently Captain and Mrs. n. c.
Cradit celebrated their golden we'd
ding. They were pioneers in Kansas
coming to Douglas county in 1857.
Captain Cradit commanded Company
E, Sixteenth Kansas cavalry, during
the civil war. In 1859 Mrs. Cradit en-
tertained over night at her home Hor-
ace Greeley, who was making a hur-
ried tour of eastern Kansas.
IN JESSIE MORRISON CAsE.-E. N
Smith, mayor of FL Dorado. must de-
iend suit brought by the county at
torney of Sedgwicl1 county. He is
charged with sending message from
Wichita to Pearl Beardsley, who was
working at Newton, telling him that
an officer from Ell Dorado was after
him and that he should dodge y
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pected to testify for Jessie Morrison.
POULTRY AND PETs-The third an
nual exhibition of the Coffeyville Poul-
try and Pet association will be held
January z, s, and 10, 1903. The pre-
MUM list is a large one and several
hundred dollars will be paid to com
petitors. Already large number of
entries are being made.
LOST PIGEONS IN FIRE.-A fire at
Horton destroyed DIR. Haviland's fine
stock buildings. DR.. Haviland raises
homing pigeons and fine poultry. Of
the 275 fine pigeons in the building
all except twenty were suffocated.
BRowNFIELD BEHIND BAks.-Dr. J.
C. Brownfield, who was convicted in
Ell Dorado of perjury in the Jessie
Morrison case and sentenced to seven
and half years in the penitentiary, is
now behind the bars at Lansing. He
is &c years old.
WAS BOUND OUT.-An orphan boy,
Willie Stivers, had his skull crushed in
Iay - e
Hutchinson. He was trying to make
his way back to the orphans home at
Halstead from which he was 'bound
OUT
GOVERNOR BAILEY's HOUSEKEEPING.
-Governor-elect w. ]. Bailey has ar
ranged how he will keep the executive
mansion open. Mr.. and Mrs. II. j.
Bone will occupy the residence and
Mrs Bone will do the social honors for
the administration. Governor-elect
Bailey will have apartments at the
place. Mr.. Bone is Governor-elect
Bailey's private secretary.
Nor ENoUeH PAY.-C w. Triclxett,
of Kansas City, has declined the place
of assistant attorney general. He says
there isn't enough pay in it.
SCARLET FEvER.-There have been
twenty cases reported in Hutchinson
in the last twenty days and the disease
is on the increase. The board of health
has ordered that there be no Sunday
school in any of the churches. The
schools are closed for the holidays and
will not be reopened until the disease
is on the decrease.
SERVED WITH McK1NLEY.-James
James, who served in Company X,