Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-04-14

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ming through Wyandotte, johnson,
Douglas and Shawnee counties. Men
who are interested in the Topeka cleo
trio railway are interested, with others,
in the new line. The road will enter
Kansas City over the the line from
Rosedale, and will enter Topeka over
the Vinewood Park line 1t is expected
that the new line will be in operation
by fall.
SCALP Torn OFF.-Miss Maggie Hen
derson, employed as laundress in the
Cudahy packing house in Armourdale,
had her scalp torn off by belt from a
shaft. The scalp was torn from a
| point on the nape of the neck over the
| skull to the bridge of her nose, taking
away the eyebrows. At the hospital
the scalp was shaved and cleaned, then
cut into strips and replaced with 24O
stitches. The hair was 80 inches
long.
EDGAR F. LEE-The man who COM
mitted suicide by emitting his throat at
Uda1 is now known to be Edgar f.
Lee, of Parsons. He recently fell heir
to several hundred dollars and spent
the money in reckless living. Despond-
ency is supposed to have been the
cause of his suicide.
MOTIVE. POWER FoRcE.-The office
of Alfred Lowell, assistant superintend-
ent of motive power of the Santa Fe,
will be moved to Chicago at once. An
order to this effect has been received
at the Santa Fe offices in Topeka.
Thirty-one employees will accompany
Mr.. Lowell.
CENTENNARIAN DIEs.-William Par
sons, of Marysville, who celebrated his
Tooth birthday recently died after an
illness of several days, He came to
Marshall county in the sos and had
since lived there. He served in the
Mexican war and also in the civil
war.
A. H. T. A. BRANCHES OUT.-That
organization at Bentley has adopted
resolutions declaring that it shall be
the duty of each member of the order
to see that the game law, the fish law
and the Sunday closing law are strictly
observed.
To INSPECT For MANGE.-The state
livestock sanitary commission has in
corporated in its regulations the last
order of the government bureau of ami
NAL industry providing for inspection
for mango.
WINFIELD VOTES BoNDs.-At the
election the three proposition, to vote
$4,000 for waterworks, $40, 200 for
electric lights and SIS, 1000 for prospect
ing for gas, carried by rousing major
tiles.
OLD SOLDIERS TRoUBLED.-The in
mates of the Soldiers home at Leaven-
worth are fretting over the report that
there is a movement in congress to
abolish canteens in Homes.
TELEPHONE AssEssMENT.-The state
board of telephone assessors have de-
cided to assess only such telephone
companies as have property interests
in more than one county.
No USE FOR JURY.-At the April
term of the district court of Cloud
county there were no criminal cases
and the jury was discharged without
hearing a case.
CoENrENCrN,uNr ADD1rs. Ill.,
class of the college of Emporia has Sc
cured E. w. Hoch, of Marion, to de-
liver its commencement address the
first of next June.
FARM LABoRERs.-In Lyon county
the railroads are paying good wages
and the farmers are having trouble to
find enough laborers to do their spring
work.
ANOTHER EMPTY JAIL.-The Hal
stead jail has just been occupied for
the first time since the old settlers
picnic last fall
STRUCK RY A SToNE.-Sheriff Wycoff
of Garnett, was struck by a stone
IL Ol1C Cal h1uuOW Willie
the train was running through cut
His face was badly lacerated and
piece of glass which struck one eye
may cause the loss of its sight. Some
tramps who had been put off of an
other train are believed to have thrown
the stone.
AT AGE OF 11s.-A Kansas soldiers
widow, now in the Soldiers Widows
Home at Ellsworth, Mrs Mahala
Lewis, is lis years old.
TREATS GROUP OVER PHoNE.-A Wet
more doctor is unable to attend all the
cases of Group there, and has mothers
bring the babies to the telephone trans
mitter and let them cough. By the
cough heard over the wire he diagnoses
the case.>
REFUSED. TO PAY.-State Insurance
Superintendent Luling has refused to
issue new license to the Aetna Acct
dent Insurance company, of Hartford,
Conn, because the company refused to
pay claim which Luling believes is
just.
For FENCING PUBLIC LAND.-C. P.
Dewey gave bond for appearance at
the next term of the federal court in
Topeka. The Deweys were indicted at
Wichita for fencing government land.
They had been indicted for this offense
once before, but the first indictment
was annulled and another one found.
Four GENERATIoNs.-Jame Lewis,
living west of Drexel, although IS
years old and totally blind, is cutting
his third set of teeth. He has daugh-
ter, Mrs. Drake, who has % grand
children.
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