Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-12-07

Cnanute Dy- taxing carDOlic acid. She
died within forty minutes after TAX
ing the dose. She formerly lived at
Rothville, Mo. Her father lives in
Oklahoma. Dependency caused her
act.
Fast Mail Movement.--A movement
has been started at lola for an early
morning fast mail train on the Santa
Fe out of Kansas City to run as far
as Bartlesville, l. T. Nearly every
business man in lola has signed pc
tition to the Santa Fe. Ottawa has
taken up the matter also and will lend
its influence for increased mail faci-
lities.
Murdered in Box Car. - On arrival
at Cherryvale of the Santa Fe No. 264
recently the body of c. W. Pur-
key. farmer. was found in car con-
tanning his household goods, which
were being shipped from Peru, Kan,
to Mountain View, Mo. His skull was
crushed in several places, and from
the position he was in when found
it is believed that he had been MUIR
dered.
Held up Hackman.-W. R. Gray,
hackman of Caney, while on his way
to visit a girl who lives in the south
east part of town, was held up by two
footpads and robbed of $50 and his
watch and chain. The robbers then
went to the northeast part of town,
where they attempted to hold up four
drillers, who were coming in buggy,
but the driver whipped his team into
run.
A Hunters Defeat.-Frank Kinsley,
coon hunter of Humboldt, freed
coon the other day. He climbed the
tree to shake it off a limb, so that the
dogs could kill it. The coon prefer
red to fight Kingsley rather than the
dogs, and desperate struggle took
place in the tree top. In the fight
Kingsley lost his hold and fell to the
ground, breaking his leg. The coon
remained in the tree top until night
and then retreated.
Open Wrong letter.-Grayson Roy
er, proprietor of the Chambers hotel,
was arrested at Leavenworth on
warrant charging him with opening
letter addressed to Mrs. Sallie B.
Moyse. Mrs. Moyse was employed by
Roger and wrote a letter to Governor
Hoch asking him to appoint her hus-
band to position. An acknowledge
ment of the letter was returned in an
envelope bearing the card of the gov
ernor's Office. 1t is alleged that Roy
er opened the letter, under the be-
lief that Mrs. Moyse had made COM
plant to the governor as to the char
acter of his hotel
Kind to the Soldiers. - The Sixth
battery, making an overland trip from
Fort Riley to Texas, marched the first
1876 miles to Caldwell without a horse
or man being sick. Writing of the
treatment which they received from
Kansas people along the route one of
the soldiers says: THE people are
mighty good to us, and many cigars.
apples, etc., are handed to the boys
by visitors. At noon stop between
Peabody and Furley, Kan, farmers
wife had a large number of cherry
pies which she distributed, saying she
heard we were coming and was going
to give us treat. She also had stacks
of fresh bread and good country but
ter with milk, all as free as air. At
other points farmers stood in the road
with baskets of large red apples and
handed them out as we passed When
coming through Hayesville, Kan, one
patriotic old lady stood at her gate,
on which she had fastened a small
flag, and called for cheers from the
boys as they passed. The cheers were
given with will, but no one had the
heart to call her attention to the fact
that she had the flag upside down.
Sugar Beet Test Successful. - Be-
tween eleven and twelve tons of sugar
beets were raised on less than half an
acre of ground near Arkansas City
this summer. The test has been un.
der the direction of the Commercial
Club, which has the promise of beet
sugar factory if the tests prove sue
cessful
Presbyterian Pies. - G. w. Shoop-
man, farmer in Montgomery coun-
ty, this year raised a pumpkin which
weighed LOG pounds. He gave it to
the Presbyterian women of Cherry
vale and they divided it up and manu-
featured it into pies, some good and
some bad. 1t made sixty pies, which
the women sold for SIS.
A Radium Exhibit.-Fort Scott may
in few weeks witness the marvels
OF radium, the discovery of which so
startled the reading and scientific
world. Prof. w. B. Patty, an expert
exhibitor is contemplating an appear.
ance here, bringing a supply of the
substance and demonstrating it's re-
markable qualities. Radium, it will
be remembered, is the newly discov-
SiCu AAihCi al IHdI gives COuSIduC neat
and light.
Garfield Safe Blown Open. - The
safe in Moffet Bros. bank was blown
open by burglars and the building
wrecked, but no money was secured
by the burglars. No clew to the iden.
tity of the robbers has been found.
Topeka Preparing for Teachers. -
The preliminary program for the state
I teachers meeting to be held in To,
peka during holiday week has just
been issued. The officers expect the
largest attendance in the history OF
the association. Topeka is making ar.
rangements already to entertain the
visitors.
To Have Hospital. Wellington is