Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-01-14
KANSAS COMMENT.

killed 324 rabbits.
GRAVEL ON STREETs.-Winfeld is re-
pairing its streets with gravel taken
from the earth near the town.
COOP CoTNTY RECoRD.-In 1903 there
202 marriage licenses issued in Harvey
county and only 81 divorces granted.
COTTON MILL.-A proposition has
been submitted to the commercial club
of Parsons to build $4,000 cotton
mill there.
ONE-rHIRD OF ALL.-Nearly one
third of the total amount raised by
taxation in Kansas is for the support
of public schools.
THE OH FIELDs.-There are 1880
producing wells in the Southern Kan
sas oil fields and in adjacent sections
of Indian Territory.
FIRE AT WAvERLY.-Bartlett res
taurant and Stafford's restaurant at
Waverly, Kans., are destroyed by the
same fire. Loss $1,000.
Gull. DUDLEY RETIREs.-Guilford
Dudley who has run a private bank in
Topeka for "a years, has sold it to the
First National bank and will retire
from business.
AN INCH OF SLEEr.-It fell at juno
ton City on Jan. l, followed by brisk
snow storm. At Newton rain fell in
small quantities, turning to sleet. At
Abilene sleet fell ending in snow.
On WAsHINGroN's STAFF.-Grandma
Little is dead at Eureka at the age of
SO years. Her mother lived to the age
of 81 years and her father was an Off
Ger on the staff of General Washington.
To SUPREME CoURr.-Whether Gov
ernor Bailey had authority to appoint
district judges to serve the vacant terms
of one year created by the biennial
election law will be decided next
month by the supreme court.
DIED OF PNEUMoNIA.-Thom n.
Hancock, formerly a representative in
the legislature and chairman of the
board of managers of the Dodge City
Soldiers home under Stanley, died at
his home in Olathe of pneumonia.
FIRST IN 10 YEARs.-A grocer of
Leavenworth and his wife are under
arrest for selling liquor continuously
sition. His wife had many times
served notice upon the grocer to stop
selling liquor to her husband, but he
persisted. This is the first arrest in
Leavenworth for ten years for selling
liquor.
OLDEST LIVING SETTLER.-Potter
claims the Oldest living settler in Kan
sas in the person of "Uncle" Tom
Daniels, of Kickapoo. Mr.. Daniels
settled on Kickapoo island, near the
mouth of Salt creek, in 1852. two years
before the actual settlement of Kansas,
and still owns the same tract of
land, including a fine farm near the
mouth of Salt Creek valley. Potter is
in the southeast corner of Atchison
county.
CHARGE BONDS PREFERRED.-'I can
not Understand why municipalities
issue bonds in small denominations, -
said Bond Clerk Cole, of the state au-
ditor's Office. Bond companies do
not like to handle bonds of small de-
nominations. An issue of $4,000 in
bonds is worth $1.5OO more if the
bonds are for 81, 900 than if they are
for 500. Then, too, the cost of print
ing batch of small denomination
bonds is more than for printing those
of large denominations"
UNION FoRMED.-Carpenters of Hia-
watha say the contractors, in making
estimates on work, figure the wages of
carpenters on a high union scale and
will stand. They have organized a
union to get the benefit of a standard
scale of wages.
WAS K. U. JANIToR.-James Merys,
for many years a janitor of Kansas
University and custodian of one build
ing, shot himself. He had lost his
position on account of i'll health, which
is thought to be the cause of his act.
BURNED MoRTGAGE.-At watch
meeting at the First Christian church
in Topeka, the old mortgage of $1,000
was paid off and burned in the pres
ence of the congregation. This so
elated the members that they increased
the salary of the pastor $500 a year and
gave him a purse of $50 for a New
Years present.
A. MASONIC HALL.-Colored citizens
of Pratt have formed company to
build a two-story brick business build
ing. The upper story will be hall
for the colored Masonic order.
LIGHTER MILK SUPPLY.-The Contra
Kansas creameries are reporting a
much lighter milk supply than year
ago. The late seeding of wheat prac-
tically has cut off the wheat pasture
SO generously used in preceding years
and has compelled the farmers to feed
their cows on hay and roughness with
the result that less milk is produced.
A FREIGHT WREcK.-A Santa Fe
freight train was wrecked a mile east
of Salina and twenty cars were thrown
off the track. The wreck was caused
by a large stone falling off fat car.
TNA1N OF CATTLE.-A special Rock
Island train of IA cars of cattle and
three of hogs, left Lebanon for Kansas
City. Eleven cars of these cattle are
fancy and show good care and feeding.
This special was joined at Esbon by
by seven cars more cattle and hogs,
making train of "a cars of stock from
the immediate vicinity, and still there
are many more to follow.