Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-22
overdose Of Aconite.-Cha,Ies

ONcFoOoc OF ACo0iLc.- OHdllc n
Vinton is dead at his home near
Maize, from an overdose of aeon
ite, taken by mistake Mr. Vinton's
physician had given him two kinds
of medicine with instructions to take
three drops of one and a teaspoonful
of the other. By mistake he took a
teaspoonful of the one of which he.
should have taken three drops.
Though he discovered his mistake
almost Immediately, he was SO far
from the Doctors office that he was
beyond relief by the time he was TAX
en- there. He was 62 years old and
had been a rural mail carrier for two
years.
Beats X. C. Firm-A verdict for $s4
was given L. M. Newberry, of Nor
way, Kas., who was sued in the dis
trict court by Elmore & Cooper,
Of Kansas City, on a note for 81 800,
given by Newbury some years ago for
the purchase of feeders. The firm
afterward sold the cattle for Newbury
and he came out in debt to them on
the deal. He refused to pay the note,
claiming that his interests had not
been properly cared for.
Kidnapped His son.-Edgar Sipes,
of Nashville, Ind, kidnapped his own
2-year-old-boy from it's mother. Mrs.
Sipes left her husband about five
months ago and came to Topeka to
live with her parents, bringing the
boy along, Sipes followed her and
while the mother was chatting with
a neighbor across the back fence, he
made away with the child. The au-
thorities have been unable to locate
him
Military sehooI.-St Johns mill
tary school opened at Salina with the
best attendance it ever had. There
were nearly 100 cadets present. The
new dormitory is being occupied for
the first time. st. Johns cadets won
the competitive drill at the worlds
fair June II in competition with
schools all over the country.
Miami County oil.-Two good wells
were brought in about two miles
north of Miami. The Hoisington Oil
and Gas people shot one on the Elan
agan lease, and the Osawatomie Oil
and Gas company shot one on the
Beebe lease. The oil raised fifty feet
in the latter well within ten minutes
of the time it was shot
English Blue Grass.-W. E. Russell,
Butler county farmer, raised some
English blue grass which he retailed
at slips per bushel. He had in ten
acres and threshed out $50 bushels
The English blue grass grows rapid
ly and rank and as a forage crop is
considered by some second only to
alfalfa.
Emporia's New church.-The cor
nerstone of the new $4,000 Christian
church was laid Sept. IL. The Rev.
Mr.. Sharpe, member of the faculty.
of the Missouri state university, made
the dedicatory address. This is the
fourth new church for Emporia in the
past year.
Indian School crowded.-The en-
rollment at Haskell Indian Industrial
institute is now $50, the largest in
the history of the school, and many
applications for admission have been
denied, because the school is crowd
ed to the limit
Pyramids Meet.-The Ancient Or
der of Pyramids closed the work of
the biennial national meeting at
Wichita on Sept. Is. Several changes
in rules and manner of levying assess
ments were made
Good Wages.-School teachers are
getting better wages in Harvey coun-
ty this year than usual. The men
get s5S and the women s44, an in
crease of about $40 per month for
each class.
To Presidential class.-The postof.
fees at Bucklin, bingham and Nor
tonville will be advanced to the pres
idential class on October 1. They
will each receive salary of s1,1OO.
Appointed cIerk.-Miss Ray w.
Mooredhead, of Kingman, Kansas, has
been appointed clerk in the agricul.
tural department.
EmbezzIer Caught-Albert R.Graves
who was charged with embezzling 49,.
227 of Ramus Ditricksons estate
pleaded guilty and was sentenced by
Judge Stuart to the penitentiary for
one year. Graves was appointed guar.
dian for Ditrickson several years ago
and has never accounted for the
money.
Has Misrepresentation Gilbert, a
life prisoner in the Kansas peniten.
tiary, mysteriously disappeared and
no trace of his escape can be found
He was sentenced at Salina for the
murder of his wife and four children
Said to be Defauter.-E. A. Fish
| baugh, a leading merchant of Bel
mont, has been found a defaulter by
United States postof1ce inspector
to the amount of $780, No report has
been made of the postoffice work fol-
the last quarter, and this caused inves
tigation, which resulted in this find
| ing.
Nothing Wrorg.-Bread pills cured
a Leavenworth woman who thought
she was i'll and was going to die. The
woman paid So dozen for these pills
and the doctor returned the money to
! her husband.
Rails in kansas.--The rain fol
which Sedgwick county farmers have
been praying for a week or more ar
rived. 1t soaked the ground thor
oughly and left a lot of water in
ponds and bitches. 1t means that the
farmers will be able to continue theil
fall blowing and that much wheat
will be sowed this week. In Butler
county, farmers had quit blowing
but this rain will set them to worl
again.