Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-11

stores in Wilson county. has started
in on bootleggers and express com
panies. He has filed suits against
all the express company agents in the
county
100000 Corporation. = In order to
meet the growing demands of his
business. z. K. Rinehard, proprietor
OF the Ottawa Mills, has incorporated
the Ottawa Grain and Milling Ccr-
pany under the laws of the state. The
paid up capital of the corporation is
100000
Requisition Is Issued. = Gov. Hoch
has issued Il reQuisition on the gov
ernor of Missouri for the return of
Thos. Marriott, wanted in Cherokee
county for murder Marriott is under
arrest at Verona. Mo. He is very
sick, and will not be removed until
he RECEIVERS.
Lindsborg Messiah. = Phe Messiah
concerts at Bethany college this year
will be held April s, 8. II. 13 and 10
The large chorus under the leader
ship of Prof. Samuel Thorstenberg
will begin rehearsals within a few
weeks. The chorus this year will be
I larger and better trained than ever
before
Hanged Himself to a Rafter.-Thos.
Hicks. aged 81 years, a retired cat
tleman and farmer, committed sui
eide at Topeka by hanging himself to
rafter in his barn. Some months
ago he suffered a financial loss and
since then he has been melancholy
In one of the acute attaches he end
ed his life.
Combined PIoW and Harrow. - An
ingenious mechanic in Wellington
has invented a disc which is to be
attached to the riding or breaking
plow and which harrows the ground
as it is plowed and puts it in shape
for planting. The remarkable state
ment is made in connection with the
disc that it does not add to the draft
of the pillow. Z
Quit Prospecting for Oil.-Work OF
drilling wells at Junction City in pros
pecting for oil or gas is being aband-
oned and the casing is now being
pulled out of the last WELL which is
$50 feet deep. 1t was the deepest
well ever dug in that part of the state
and the only one that ever produced
any oil. The oil was in such a small
quantity, however. as to be very far
from paying proposition
Highland Gets Railroad.-The city
OF Highland, in Doniphan county
which has 500 people, a good college
and no railroad. is offered a branch
line from point on the Grand Island
near Severance, provided the right
of way of six miles and terminal IA
cilities are donated to that road The
proposition will be accepted and the
city, one of the oldest in the state,
will have railroad connection in the
early spring
jackson Succeeds West. = F. S.
Jackson, a prominent attorney of
Eureka, has been appointed as as
sistant attorney general by Mr.. Cole.
man to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Judge ]. S. West. who
quit that Job to become assistant
United States district attorney. Mr.
Jackson is one of the best known
lawyers in the Fourth district He
has served two terms as county at
torney of Greenwood county.
Hutchinson Elects Delegates. - At
the meeting of the Commercial club
the club voted that representatives
be sent to the State Freight Rate
Convention at Wichita on January
10. This is to be a meeting of great
Importance. Hutchin.o on will send a
man to respond to tie address of
welcome. This will probably be Mr.
w. Y. Morgan. A number of dele
gates will go. There are several club
members who will attend and they
| will be given credentials.
Useful Invention. A Lindsbore
man comes to the front with an in
vention that will clean stovepipes and
chimneys. If L will also do away
with the language which has here
tofore usually accompanied the job
OF cleaning stovepipes, says Clarence
Mats1n, the Lindsborg man will have
made the work of the recording an.
gel much lighter.
Manhattan College Prospers.-The
fall term of the State Agricultural Col
lege has just closed and it was one
of the most prosperous in the history
C the institution. The enrolment
was the largest of any previous term,
being 1875. The prospects for the
coming winter term. which opened
January ?. bid fair to show a large
increase in attendance
Rebates on Taxc5.-The per cent
rebate cn taxes WITCH are paid a
half year in advance will be abolish
ed at the next session of the state
l sislature if the county clerks of the
state can have their way. A COM
mittee was appointed at the state
meeting of the clerks at Wichita to
prepare Il bill to present to the leg
islature when it meets in 1907.
Wichita Chicken Show. = The fifth
annual exhibition of the Wichita
Poultry and Pet Stock Association is
open with the largest entry of birds
ever made. Over zoo entries have
already been made and more expect
ed.
New Odd Fellows i1ome.-The Odd
Fellows of Kansas have purchased the
Dewey hotel at Manhattan Beach,
Kan. and will convert it into an or
phans home, providing, of course, that
they do not get into another quarrel
among themselves end lose it, as they
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