Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-03-02

| or SZU,OUU once building III AIhdH-
| sas City to accommodate the officials
of the Oklahoma division. The COM
| pany will also reduce the grade be-
tween Arkansas City and Chicago. 1t
! is announced that the tracks leading
! to the railroad bridge across the Cana
dian river at Purcell are TO be raised
| five feet above the present grade and
| the bridge is to be raised like dis
| lance This is TO prevent the stop
| ping of traffic over the road as re-
| suited from the floods of last sum-
mer.
Satisfied Husbands Wish. = Mrs.
| Mollie Martin, widow of the late Sid
ney Martin, wealthy farmer who re-
| Gently died at his home near Whiting,
has reversed the usual order of break
| ing a will. Mr.. Martin frequently
spoke OF deciding so acres of his farm
to his sister. Mrs. Gil Keithline of
Atchison. He died however without
making the deed. Last week his
| widow presented the farm to Mrs.
| Keithline, carrying out his wish. The
| farm is worth $1,000.
Died From Exposure.-At Arkansas
| City a day-old male child was found
on the porch at the home of DR.. j. w.
Sparks in this city. There was moth
ing to establish its identity. The
| child had been exposed to the cold
and died from the effects. The Off
| GERS have secured several clews and
| are making an effort to locate the par
/ ents and if found an attempt will be
made to convict them on the charge
of murder.
Telephone Merger-The Bell Tele-
| phone company which sometime ago
secured a controlling interest in the
Mutual Telephone company of F Fort
| Scott, has arranged a settlement
with the minority stockholders of
that company and will consolidate
! the two plants. a new exchange
will be put in at cost of $4,000 and
connections will be arranged with
local rural lines.
Pipe Line Right-of-way.-The Otta-
wa Gas and Heating Company COM
| pleted leases on a right-of-way for
| pipe line from Rantoul to Ottawa, with
the intention of piping gas in from
the new fields. The organization of
company has been delayed by the cold
weather and the uncertainty as to the
action of the legislature in relation TO
pipe lines.
Scalded in Washtub.-Vera Marion,
the 7-year-old daughter of Arthur Ma
rion, of Morrill, while playing around
the house where her mother was
washing, fell backward into a tub of
scalding water. She was so badly
burned about the head and upper part
of her body that she lived only a few
hours.
Hill City Founder Dead. w. R.
Hill, founder of Hill City, died while
on a visit in Missouri. Mr.. Hill was
So years old. He leaves a family. w.
| W. Hill, editor of the Hill City Re-
publican, is his son. w. +. Hill is the
man who years ago established a
negro colony at Nicodemus.
Egg Jobbing House. 1t is noted
| with pleasure that some man is 60
| ing to start an egg jobbing house at
Salina. 1t is understood that he will
| incorporate under the laws of New
Jersey and capitalize at something
like S150,OO0,000.
Old Settler Dead. - Henry billing,
aged IA years. one of the oldest set
tiers in Brown county, died at his
home near Hamlin. He has suffered
several months from injuries received
in fall from loaded wagon.
Print Game Law. One thousand
copies of Mr.. Davison's game laws
have been ordered printed at once by
the house. There is a curiosity to
know whether or not they are an i'm
provement over Mr.. Hoyle's.
Wheat in Fine Shane. - At Jewell
snow is melting rapidly and the wheat
is in fine condition. The farmers all
think the yield will be abundant
Died From Heart Failure. - Will
liam Daugherty, an unmarried man
about 50 years old, living by himself
on a farm near Ottumwa, was found
| dead in his wagon at his home of
heart failure. His body was burned
and his hair and mustache singed off
by his clothing catching fire from his
pipe.
Accidentally Shoots Mother. - Roy
| Pruitt. II years old. accidentally
shot his mother. Mrs. ]. F. Pruitt, at
Winfield while fooling with shot
gun. The wound is in the abdomen
and may cause death.
Duke Sergius'' Stunt.-Guy May
field, an 11-year-old Fort Scott boy,
performed the Duke Sergius .
stunt on his 11-year-old playmate the
| other day with perfect success. 1t
was even a greater success than the
Russian incident. for he didn't know
the firearm he used was loaded.
Almost Coal Misunderstanding the
cold spell there would have been a
coal famine at Jewell were it not for
the local mine. The available supply
was soon exhausted. but the Jewell
mine filled without difficulty all the
demands made upon it.
Abandon Work on WeII.-Work on
the prospect well at Harrington has
been abandoned until spring. The
drill reached a depth of 600 feet when
the tool was broken off and lost AT
ter several weeks of unsuccessful
fishing the company has decided to
abandon the we'll and start fresh
one when the weather opens in the
spring.
Must Be Conceded.-lt will have to
be conceded by every one that Kan
sas 100000 for an oil refinery is put