Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-01

dHluldlS now III quarantine Will De
| shot. The horses are in the mounted
section of the engineers. corps and
! have been in corral with a hundred
other animals. They have not been
of the reservation for months and the
veterinary surgeons are unable to ac-
count for the symptoms of the. d.
| sease. A thorough examination will
be made before the animals are killed.
There are over 1000 government
horses and mules at Fort Leaven-
worth, and contagion of CHAMBERS
would be disastrous.
Ties Floated Away.-At the time of
the last flood the Frisco had about
| 1,200 railroad ties piled near the sta
ton at Winfield. They were intended
! for use in repairing the many bad
places made by the June flood, but
were all washed away. They have
been recovered a few at a time until
about half have been returned. The
ties were found lodged along the river
| for several miles. Many of them no
doubt floated down the Arkansas.
New Water Plant.-Hays City is
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| Des Moines Iron and Bridge Works
have commenced the installation of
$4,000 waterworks plant, with five
miles of street mains and a large
| steel tank 125 feet up. Work has COM
menced and is expected to be COM
| pleted within three months, and they
want so laborers to dig trenches
( eight hours day-paying $1.75 day
and work last six weeks.
Post Contracts Awarded.-Major D.
E. Mccarthy, constructing quartermas-
! ter at Fort Leavenworth, has received
/ bids for the new addition to the post
hospital. John Coldron of Leaven-
worth was the lowest on construc-
ton of the building at $29,569. w. ].
! Squires of Kansas City, was the lowest
on electric wiring, at $445, and James
/ Foley of Leavenworth the lowest on
heating and plumbing, at $5,9S7.
Foreign Missionary.-W. A. Revis,
a graduate of the Southwest Kansas
College, of Winfield, has accepted an
appointment as missionary to In
dia by the missionary board of the
Methodist Episcopal church and will
leave at once for his new field of la
! Dor. He will be under the direction
, of Rev. L. N. Hockey, of the North
west India conference He has been
preaching at Maple city since leaving
| school.
Violated Liquor Law.-The arrest
of w. H. Lighthouse, a druggist of
Arkansas City, on a charge of selling
| liquor without requiring an affidav-
it from the buyer, was the first arrest
for violating the liquor law made in
/ Cowley county in over year. Light
house is charged in six counts of vio-
lation of the liquor law, and one of
maintaining a place for the sale of
liquor and selling to club members.
Report Not True.-The report that
Grant Gillette has settled with cred
itors in full and gone to Ohio to live
is news to his Dickinson county at
torneys. They say that no such hap
pening has occurred to their knowl-
edge and they would be informed for
they have been working on the set
Element matter for months. The fact
seems to be that the settlement is a
long ways off yet.
New Tree Pest.-A new pest has
attacked the trees of Atchison-the
forest catepillars. They are less
than an inch in length and not
much thicker than a piece of cotton
string. They weave a sort of web
or tent over the elaves, which immed-
lately die. Many trees are destitute
of leaves as a result. They also at
tack vines and bushes
Big Wheat Shipment.-In the last
fifteen days three mills at Wellington
have paid to the farmers of Sumner
wheat, nearly all of which has been
shipped, out of town over the Atchison,
county in aggregate 100000 for
Topeka & Santa Fee railroad.
Oil Near La cygne-An oil well with
an estimated daily yield of so barrels,
was drilled on the Marias des Cygnes
bottom on the A. F. Meservey land.
Fell Down Shaft,-At Wichita JOS
esph S. Wilson died as a result of a
fall down a shaft at Dold's packing
house, March 26. Wilson at that time
was employed to operate the elevator
He brought suit against the company
recently for $4,000 damages, alleg
ing permanent injuries.
Injured by Horse.-As the result OF
injuries received by the plunging OF
an excited horse which he was riding
George Ruter, aged 81 years, an old
settler of Sedgwick county and resi-
dent of Salem township, died at his
home near Derby.
Phone Exchange.-The Woodston
Mutual Telephone company has been
formed, for the purpose of building
two lines into Stockton. One is com
mercial and the other is a party line
Arrangements are being made to coop
crate with the Stockton and Webster
exchanges and rural lines.
Hopes Auditorium-The citizens
of Hope are greatly pleased with their
new auditorium. 1t is seldom that
town of 500 people can lay claim
to so pretentious building. 1t was
opened on August IL with a Harvest
Home ball. !
For Bootlegglng-At Haddam, Kan
sas, John Andrews, an old soldier
was arrested by Sheriff Correll
charged with selling liquor contrary
to the prohibitory law. Andrews gave
bond for 5000 for his appearance al
the November term of the district
court.
Collected From Railroad.-Sherifl
| Nathan Watson made neat little
sum for Osborne county, by collect
ing tax warrant of S11O from the
Missouri Pacific railroad. The state
fixed the levy for 1908 at GA mills, and
the county raised it to seven mills
90 Cent Wheat.-The elevators al