Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-06-08

in the walls of the city Jail at any
one time was reported on the daily
report blank this week. There were
confined for terms ranging from 10
to 200 days twenty-five men and wo-
men, and in addition there were five
casual imprisonments yesterday af-
ternoon alone
Sale of $4,000 Ranch.-In Reno
county the big Slocum ranch in Bell
township. 5000 acres, has been sold
for $4,000 to J. s. Nunemaker, of
Kingman county. Last year 5000
bushels of wheat and 5000 bushels
of corn were raised on the place and
sold for little more than $4,000.
There is big crop of both wheat and
corn on the place this year.
Jointists Moving Out. = Arkansas
City jointists moved their fixtures and
stock out of their places Some are
storing them in the city, while 9th
ers are removing the property from
the city. 1t is understood the county
attorney has refused to allow the
jointsts to run, and the movement
is the result of vigorous temper
ance crusade that was started.
Oil Beneath the Sofia. H. Burtis,
government land inspector at Garden
| City, and A. H. Warner, real estate
dealer of the same place, are author
ty for the story that Western Kan
sans believe they have oil beneath
| their FARMS Mr.. Burtis and Mr.. War
ner were in Topeka discussing the oil
business with Topeka men who are in
terested in southeastern Kansas
fields.
Druggists Next at Emporia. = The
State Pharmaceutical Association's
twenty-sixth annual meeting closed
at Junction City. Emporia was
chosen for next years meeting. The
installation of the newly elected Off
GERS took place Thursday. At this
meeting Ill druggists were elected
to membership in the association.
Fifty-nine young men took the exam
nation for state certificates.
Found Dead Near Depot. = Robert
Young, painter 80 years old, whose
home was at Gardner, was found dead
near Santa Fe depot at Olathe. Indi-
cations were that he had been struck
at crossing a block south by a
freight train during the night and
dragged to the place where he was
| found. His body was badly mutilat-
. ed. He had been working in this city
for the last few weeks.
Abused the Judge. = The chances
are that Mrs. Myra McHenry the
temperance agitator and follower of
Carrie Nation, will stay in the Arkan-
sas City Jail for a time. When she
was in police court for trial she be-
! gan abusing the judge, who fined her
| SIS for contempt. She continued,
and he assessed successive fines I'M
til the amount reached 500. She is
! in Jail and no one is making any eff
| fort to secure her release.
Begged to be Hanged.-Elmer Stew
ems, AZ years old, was adjudged in
sane in the probate court of Paola
His home is in Louisburg, Kan. For
some time he has been begging the
people of that place to hang him.
He thinks he has committed an Of
Tense that can be atoned for only
by his being hanged for three hours.
When asked why he did not hang
himself, he replied that it must be
done by someone else in the pres
ence of large crowd.
Kansas Cadets Manufacturer the
Dick bill, each state is authorized to
send two cadets each year to some
regular army school to be gradual
ed into commissioned officers in the
army. Governor Hoch made these ap-
pointments: Jerry G. Springstead, of
Topeka, lieutenant in Company A,
First regiment, to go to the Fort
Crook school in Nebraska; James E.
Finfrock, of Winfield, lieutenant in
company D, second regiment, to go
to the Fort Leavenworth school.
Gas Well at Eudora.-The Douglas
County Gas, Oil and Coal Company,
backed largely by R. M. Ridgeway
| d ISSlu6uI VI INOIlu hdWISHCt, anu Ill
which other citizens of that part OF
the county are stockholders, has
struck a good flow of gas at it's first
well, near Eudora, ten miles south
east of Lawrence. The gas was
struck today at depth of $50 feet
and the flow is estimated at from
100000 to 100000 cubic feet every
twenty-four hours. The force of the
escape is so great that the noise can
be heard for a quarter of mile
away.
Independent Refinery.-The oil re.
finery now building by the Sunflower
State refinery at Niotaze, is almost
completed. Oil will be refined within
thirty days. The company is now ne
gotiating with a manufacturer for the
building of forty tank cars to trans.
port it's oil to it's different stations
The officers of the company are
George Richardson of Leavenworth
president; E. w. Davis of Saginaw
Mich, vice-president; Samuel Mott
Jr., of Rochester, N. Y, secretary and
treasurer.
White Man Marries Neqress.-At
Emporia Henry A. Scott, aged SO
years, a white man, today was mar.
ried to Sarah Ann Emery, aged S.
negress, by Bishop Groves, of the
Church OF God. Both Mr.. and Mrs
Scott are members of the Church of
God.
Struck by Lightning.-Mrs.C Charles
Jones was struck and probably ia
tally injured by lightning. She was
in the street near her home when
struck and fell into the gutter. She
would have drowned had not assist.
ance been rendered Immediately.