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


nounced some new regulations to take
effect on April l.
"a KANSAS CONSUL. B. Richard
son of Kansas, consul at Port Limon-
Costa Rica, has been transferred to
Utilla, Honduras.
DROPPED DEAD.-Dr. A. ]. Edwards,
of Marysville, dropped dead at Perry,
o. T., when about to board northern
trim, at 1890 a. N. of April l.
FIRE AT WALToN.-Thc mill and ele-
va.or belonging to the Walton Mill and
Elevator company are total loss by
fire. About SIS, 900 worth of grain and
-four was destroyed.
AGED COUPLE We'd. B. Parrot,
SO years old, and Mrs. P. G. Gilman,
IS years old, were married by the pro-
bate judge at Paola. They are prob
ably the Oldest couple ever married in
Kansas.
BEEN DUE 40 YEAHs.-Captain c. A.
Whitaker, of Lebanon, recently re-
balance due him since the time he was
a lieutenant during the civil war, AZ
years ago.
DONATE TO BETHANY.-The citizens
of Lindsborg have decided to raise S1o,-
900 as a donation to Bethany college,
provided the conference does not move
the college from that place to some
other point
THE MULvANR DRILL.-At 72O feet
after boring through rock 600 feet, the
drill struck water which rose to within
20 feet of the top of the well. Casing
was put in to make it possible to pump
out the water.
AUGUSTA WILL BoRE.-Contract has
been let and the machinery for drilling
has arrived at Augusta. Nine thou
sand acres have been leased. The plan
is to go down $500 feet unless gas or
oil is struck at a lesser depth.
CATTLE INFECTED herd of cat
tie on the farm of Mrs. Samuel Nc
Lean, of Cloud county, are afflicted
with foot and mouth disease. The
sheriff quarantined the herd and no
titled the state sanitary board.
DRANK LEMON ExTRACT.-C. Weber,
who has been around Wichita a num-
Der of years repairing sewing machines,
died last week at Mulvane, from drink
ing a bottle of lemon extract. He was
in the habit of taking that article.
COLLISION ON Santa FE.-A through
freight at Cottonwood Falls did not
get on the switch soon enough and a
fast passenger train dashed into it,
smashing the caboose, two cars and an
empty oil tank. The caboose was
burned. The passenger engine was a
total wreck. One passenger lost $500
and a gold watch, burned with the ca
boose. Four stocl1men were hurt, two
of them seriously. Twenty-one cattle
were killed.
A NEW LAWN GAME.-The Brist Chat
is the name of the game) Manufacture
ing company is made up of Topeka
men, and they are opening a factory
that will employ so or 60 men, to make
the articles which are used in the
game. 1t is a lawn gams and is diff
ferent from any before introduced,
and it is played with a racket and a
boomerang which are patented. About
S35, 900 is to be invested in the plant,
SIC, 900 of which will be for machinery
and rooms. Three or four dynamos
will be used. part of the lighter
machinery is already received. Sam
Bristow, the inventor, is Kansas boy.
BONDS FOR OR1ENT.-Arvonia and
Superior townships of Usage county
voted bonds in aid of the Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient railway. Bonds to
the amount of 81, 600 in Arvonia town
ship carried by 81 to SO. In Superior
township to the amount of $500 by
1874 to "a.
sALABoR ANNIvERsARY.-April 1, the
anniversary of the institution in Kan.
sas of the eight hour day, was cele.
brated at Frontenac by a crowd esti-
mated ut 10000 people Governor
Bailey was the speaker of the day.
AGRICULTURAL CoLLEeE.-The board
of regents of the agricultural college
organized by clectiug Captain j. s. Nc
Dowell president and C. E. Friend vice
president. President E. R. Nichols is
secretary ex-officio, r. ]. Brock was
elected loan commissioner. A commit.
tee consisting of President Nichols and
Regent Berry was appointed to con-
slider plans for new buildings and re.
ceive bids
REGISTRATION IN CITIEs.-The total
registration in Topeka was 16, 252; in
Kansas City it was 16,997.
RUSSELL COURT HOUSE FIRE.-The
new Russell county court house is dam.
aged $500 by fire. The fire was dis.
covered in one of the rooms in the
attic. The whole town turned out and
after two hours work succeeded in
putting out the blaze. Several boys
were in the attic the day before smo.
king and it is supposed the fire was
caused by a cigar stub.
KANsANs Go WEsT.-A party of 80
people left Coffeyville in special car
over the Santa Fe. They are going to
Washington and Oregon.
BANK RoBBED.-The state bank OF
Quincy, east of Eureka, was entered by
robbers who blew open the safe and Sc
cured about SIS, 900. The robbers stole
a hand car and went south toward To.
ronto, later taking the Missouri Pacific
west The bank had been in operation
less than a month.
SILENT SINCE 'T3.-Leavenworth s