Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-08-25

| through Inelr county clerks to the
state board of Agriculture, Kansas
has a population of 1888, O49, the
: largest in the states history. This
is net gain in the year of -SS,21S
Seventy-seven counties report increas
es aggregating 45,430; twenty-eight
decreased 1912. Montgomery county
gained by far the most, 1884. fol
lowed, although remotely, by Allen
Neosho, Crawford, Wilson, Labette
| Wyandotte and Chautauqua in the
order named. The larger gains are
noticeably in the oil and gas bearing
territory. Wyandotte has more inhab.
itants than any other county; Shaw.
nee is second and Sedgwfck third
each retaining the same relative rank
! as in 1903. Instead of seventh. how
ever, Montgomery this year is fourth
displacing Crawford which now ranks
fifth.
Life as Nuns.-At the convent in
Concordia, with most impressive cere.
| monies, a class of eight young wo.
men from Kansas. Illinois and Mich.
gan, made profession of their desire
to enter the sisterhood of st. Joseph
and thirteen others pronounced the
perpetual VOWS. The latter included
six from Germany, one from Ireland
and the remainder from points in
this country. About 100 guests, par
ents and relatives of the young wo-
men were present
Think Her kidnapped.-At Atchi-
son, Drew B. Harvey, a Missouri Pa
chic fireman, disappeared from his
home and there is every reason to be-
lieve that he ran off with Augusta
Goldt, daughter of Adolph Goldt, an
old soldier. Harvey was separated
from his wife, who lives in Horton.
He has a 4-year-old child, whom he
took with him. AS Augusta is under
Is years of age, this is a penitentiary
offense
Distributing Fish.-Fish Car No.
3 of the government fish commission
in charge of Captain Pearce, is now
making distribution of fish in Cen
trail Kansas. All of the public lakes
and private ponds along the Union
Pacific and Rock Island from Kan
sas City to the Colorado line are be-
ing stocked up. Later on a distribu-
ton will be made along the Santa
Fe.
Powder Mill Blows Up.-At Pitts
burg the wheel mill at the powder
works of the Pennsylvania and Kan
sas Powder Company was blown up
during a fire which broke out in the
mill. Nobody was in or near the
building at the time and fortunately
nobody was injured. 1t is probable
that the loss will not exceed $1,000
The mill will at once be rebuilt.
New Railway Bridge.-At Newton
piles have been driven for the fine
bridge that is to be built across Sand
Creek west of the stock yards. This
bridge will be double track affair, 21O
feet long. Across it will run the two
tracks that will lead into the new
yards, which will make it a very
much used structure
Big Wheat shipment.-In the last
fifteen days three mills at Wellington
have paid to the farmers of Sumner
county in aggregate 100000 for
wheat, nearly all of which has been
shipped out of town over the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad.
Cattle to EngIand.-A train load of
cattle was shipped from Eureka direct
to Liverpool, England. AS far as
Greenwood county is concerned, the
strikers and packers can settle their
differences whenever they get ready.6
Pension Examiners.-Dr. ]. F.
Pickerell has been appointed pension
examining surgeon at Lincoln; DIR.
Herbert Whiteworth at Dodge City;
and DR.. w. R. Wycoff at Council
Grove. ~
Early Kansas Settler-Simon Stein,
one of Dickinson county's early set
tiers, died in Pennsylvania. His body
will be taken to his old home in Sol
onion for burial.
For Selling Liquor.-Frank Keith,
Topeka druggist, was fined $1,000
and sentenced to one year in Jail by
the police judge for selling liquor.
There were six counts against him.
Keith will appeal to the district
court.
Strike Leader JaiIed.-Thomas Will
son, in charge of the strike of the In
ternational Association of Machinists
on the Santa Fe railroad, is in Jail.
He was arrested on state warrant
peace.
Postoffice Changes.-Fred L. Ray
mond is appointed postmaster at Cos
tello, Montgomery county; vice VIM.
Thar. resigned.
Cold Storage Burned-The NAM
moth cold storage plant of the Marys-
vile Bottling Works is destroyed by
fire. The plant contained 100 tons of
ice stored for summer use and half
of it was melted by the extreme heat.
The building is a total loss, estimat-
ed at $4,000
About Grain Rates.-There were
number of Choctaw officials in An
thony consulting the grain men about
freight rates. They left over the
Southwestern en- route for Caldwell
where they will be in consultation
with other grain men.
Old Settlers Reunion-The Old Set
tiers of Leavenworth county, will hold
a picnic and reunion at Springdale,
Kans., August Is. Congressman Curtis
was billed to speak but word has been
received from him that it will be i'm
possible for him to get back from
in time to attend.
Girl to Carry MaiI.-Miss Katie
Waters, of Junction City, has just
been notified that she has been ap-
pointed as carrier on one of the rural
mail routes. She will commence de-
livering mail daily over twenty-five
mile route on September 1.
New Wheat Moving.-The new
wheat crop is moving to market rap