Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-27

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brought to market.
Injured by Frisco Train. = At Ar
kansas City Mrs. Thomas Neale, aged
So years, was fatally injured by a
Frisco train. She is very deaf. and
| did not hear or see the train when she
started across the track
Gas Belt Fight Off-The Gas Pro-
tective League at independence has
reached an agreement with the Kan
sas Natural Gas Company whereby
there will be no further obstacles
placed in the way of piping out gas.
PeasIey Hearing Up.-At Atchison
the preliminary hearing of Albert
Peasley, the magnetic healer charg-
ed with poisoning his wife, has been
set for July &C. Peasley denies that
he was in Leavenworth when the po-
lice assert the poison was purchas-
ed.
Married Many Couples. : At Troy
w. H. H. Curtis, probate judge, has
married 107 couples during the two
years of his incumbency, which is
more than twice the number married
by any of his predecessors during
their entire terms of Office. Troy is
the "Gretna Green" of st. Joseph and
many of the couples came from that
place.
Body is Identified. = The military
authorities at Fort Leavenworth. af-
ter thorough investigation, have de-
termined that the body of soldier
found on the Leavenworth Kansas &
Western tracks five miles from the
fort is that of Private Charles F. VOL
ford, company F, Eighteenth infantry,
and not John o. Duncan, as was at
first supposed.
Claim to be Harvesters.-Two men
were captured near Gypsum by a
posse sent out to apprehend thieves
who broke into six stores in Gypsum.
A large quantity of the stolen goods
was found hidden near where the men
were captured. The men claim to be
harvest hands, and disclaim all knowl-
edge of the thefts. They have been
lodged in Jail at Salina.
Well Abandoned.-There will be no
more gas well digging done at South
Haven for the present The Morton
lowering syndicate, of Chicago, has
| just abandoned its well at LOO feet.
The indications are good, but the well
was worthless. An effort will be
made to interest others in the opera
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wells in the near future
Civic League to Help. - The Civil
League of Winfield held a meeting
and decided to assist the county and
city authorities in the work of closing
the six joints. Four men, including
the mayor, subscribed $25 each to-
wards a fund, and $40 was taken by
smaller subscriptions, to aid in put
| ting out extra policemen who will
see to it that the joints are closed.
Estimate on Wheat crop.-The esti-
mate of the Southwestern Crop Bulle-
tin issued in Wichita estimates the
Kansas winter wheat crop at $1,000
600 bushels, Texas more than 9,000,-
900, Oklahoma 100000, and Mis-
souri, 100000. The quality of the
wheat is far better than last year.
Oats generally are of good quality.
The yield is only fair. Corn promises
well
Brother Went to Rescue. - George
| Gibbons, brothers, were drowned in
the Major Daley lake, just north
of Olathe, and young Miller, their
cousin, came very near losing his life
in trying to rescue them When bath
ing in the lake George Gibbons was
seized with cramps. His brother went
in to save him and was pulled down.
Miller tried to save the two. Miller
was the companion of young Lewis
when the latter was killed by a ST.
Louis & San Francisco train in Kan
sas City few weeks ago.
Engine Struck Team. = A Kansas
City & Northwestern freight train,
north-bound, struck a wagon and a
team of mules at a blind" crossing
near Axtell. G. Lackey, the driver,
who was thrown about 20 feet, was
injured on the head and body and re-
ceived possible internal injuries. The
engine, one of the largest used by the
road, and the tender were thrown en-
tirely from the rails. The mules
driven to the wagon were killed
Harvey Swsher Alive. = The par
ents of Harvey Swisher, the Brown
county farmer who disappeared mys-
teriously two months ago, have learn
ed that he is alive and is working on
a farm at Luray, Russell county.
Swishers disappearance caused quite
a sensation among his neighbors in
Brown county, as it was believed that
he had been murdered by the Kicka-
poo Indians, his neighbors, who had a
grudge against him. One widely pub
lished story told of finding the body
in grave near Netawaka, where it
had been buried alive. At one time
300 men were hunting the brush and
the streams near Netawaka looking
for Swisher's body.
Material For Refinery.-The Stand
ard Oil Company has shipped seven
ty-five carloads of tank material from
the east for the Humboldt refinery.
The material is tanking that was torn
down in Ohio on account of the great
decrease in the production of oil in
that state. Some of the material has
already arrived here, and before ten
days have elapsed $50 men will be
constructing tanks on the tank farm.
Two carloads of two-inch pipe have
been shipped for use in connecting
up the leases whose lines were torn
out some time ago.
Ice Famine Reported. = After four
days of 1OO-degree weather. the juno,