Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-31

An Aged Mule. - Harry Bemis, OF
Osborne county, owns mule that is
80 years old
Stubs Buys Bank Stock. = W. R.
Stubs purchased the stock of c. w.
Spar and part of that owned by j.
d. Bowersock inS the Lawrence Ma
tional Bank. ]. d. Bowersock will
continue as president of the bank.
Governor to Denver. = Governor
Hoch has accepted an invitation to &C
company the department officers of
the Kansas G. A. R. to the Denver en-
campment. Captain Coney estimates
that 10000 Kansans will be there.
Quit Union or Road.-According to
]. D. Buckalew, fourth vice-president
of the International Order of Mach
inists, on September 1 the Santa Fe
blacksmiths must quit the Santa Fe
shops or the Federation of Labor.
An Aged Pensioner. = The post
master of Moline delivered a pen
sion voucher last week to Mrs. Mary
Ann Bolcourt, a pensioner in her
102nd year. 1t would be interesting
to know If there is an older pension.
er in Kansas.
12-Year-OId Boy Missing.-Although
a 12-year-old boy of Formosa has been
missing for week and ponds and
swimming holes have been dragged
in hopes of finding his body. 1t ap-
pears that no one has ever thought
of looking in the corn fields for
him..
Report Good corn.-There has been
no rain in this section of the coun-
try since July 5, yet farmer near
Independence finds corn stalks in his
field twelve feet tall with the first ear
six and one-half feet from the ground
That might be designated as success
full s'dry farming"
X. of G. at Florence Goth
was a gala day for Council No. 946,
Knights of Columbus, special trains
bringing visitors from Topeka, Kansas
City, Wichita, Newton and Hutchin-
son. About fifty candidates were mi
tiated into the order. A banquet of
500 plates was spread at the opera
house. Monsignor Then, of Wichita,
acted as postmaster.
To Raise Mango Quarantine. = Live
Stock Commissioner Baker is negotia-
ting with the government officials for
the purpose of having the quarantine
established against the state of Kan
sas last May for mango raised on the
eastern half of the state at least.
Baker says there is no mango in the
eastern half of Kansas and the quar-
antine should be raised.
Bridegroom's Suicide. = Just after
being married against his will to Mat
tie Dennis, 17-year-old Jorn. H. Nc
PANEL, 95 years old, railroad en-
pioyes, committed suicide by drinking
laudanum. The girls father had in
sisted upon the marriage. Mcdaniel
came to lola only few days ago
from Fort Scott, where he worked in
a round house.
Case Is Settled. = The litigation
growing out of the Dewey-Berry
tragedy, which occurred in Cheyenne
county about two years ago, was ter
minated last week in court at Good
land, by compromise judgments for
$4,000 each in favor of the widows of
Daniels and Alpheus Berry, and for
jaw broken. 1t is estimated that
this noted fight between the Deweys
and Berrys has cost the Deweys
100000.
Died at Age of so.-Christian Har,
rander, one of the best known and
wealthiest farmers of this vicinity,
died at Arkansas City, aged 80 years.
He came here from Missouri twenty.
three years ago and operated the Dun
kard mills for many years, later con-
fining his operations to farming and
stock raising. At this he was very
successful, owning nearly 1000 acres
of fine farming land in the Walnut
valley. Among other requests he left
$4,000 to the Missionary society o.
the Dunkard church.
Under Freight Train. - A young
man about 25 years old was run over
by Santa Fe freight train last even.
ing at Hampston station, five miles
south of Florence. When found the
body was literally ground to pieces
and almost beyond recognition, but
it is thought to be that of John Stur-
kes, of Violet Springs, o. T. He had
been working with the graders south
of town.
Melons for Convicts. = Six wagon
loads of water melons, 700 in all, has
been taken to the Kansas peniten-
tiary for the prisoners Sunday din.
ner. Each prisoner will be given half
of a large melon and if this is INSULT.
Gent another quarter of a melon will
be given him. The melons were ship
ped from the south and cost nine
cents each.
Increase in Value. = Land values
continue to jump in western Kansas
There is an increase in price every
where. In some counties values have
doubled in eighteen months. Good
crops and the activity of real estate
agents in advertising the crop stats
tics to the world are RESPONSE
BILE.
She Had Faith.-An Atchison little
girl whose mother is a Christian
Scientist was making preparations to
attend picnic when the sky became
overcast with threatening clouds The
little girl thought moment and then
cried: Treat it, mother, treat it,
Sermons in Three Languages.-The
Seventh Day Adventists opened theiI
ten-day state camp meeting at Hutch
inson. Three meetings will be held