Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-01
civil War Veteran Dead.

Civil War; Veteran Dead. - W. D.
Lewis. aged 6S years, veteran of
the civil war. died at his home at Ar
kansas City. He was well known in
this part of the state.
Nebraska Defeated Baker. - The
University of Nebraska basketball five
defeated the Baker team at Baldwin
in fast game, which closely resem-
bled football, by a score of 80 to
81.
Reformatory Inmate Dies.-Felisia.
no MondeZ, II years old, died at the
state reformatory and will be buried
in the prison cemetery. Consumption
was the cause of his death. He was
a native of Old Mexico. and was sent
up from Summed county a year ago
for larceny from a railroad depot
Vote on. Municipal OWnership.-At
the April election, Galena will vote on
bond proposition for the purchase
of the Galena water works system.
This will necessitate the issuance of
$4,000 bonds and the assumption of
$4,000 outstanding bonds which will
mature in 1909.
Brick Plant for Seneca. - A gooo
shale brick plant is to be started in
Seneca at once. A strong organiza-
ton was affected, to be styled The
Seneca Shale Brick Company. The
quality of the shale has been tested
and found excellent and the quantity
is unlimited. The plant will be in &C.
tive operation May 1.
Another Holland Fortune.-Captain
De Rooy, ex-captain in the Boer
army, who has been in lola for sew
eral weeks, has received word from
the representative of the Holland
government at Kansas City that his
aunt in Holland had died, leaving a
small fortune to him. The estate
is a large one, but owing to the fact
that it is to be divided among sew
eral heirs. leaves about $4,000 for
each.
Astonishing Oil Figures. - For the
first fourteen days of February the
Prairie Oil and Gas Company reports
pipe line runs of 634 ,9SS.7O barrels, or
daily average of 45,356.33 barrels;
deliveries to refineries and shipments
to the Whiting trunk line, 2O5, 1907
barrels. daily average of 14,655.77
barrels; put in storage tanks, 1885,
S07.56 barrels. These figures are
practically the same as every day
since January /.
Get Auto Fever.-A number Of Be-
lott merchants, physicians and CAPT.
talfsts are becoming interested in the
more modern method of transporta-
tion, that of the automobile process
They have placed orders to the num-
Der of seventeen with two Beloit
agents for the same The local agents
have additional prospective purchas-
ers. Beloit has not until lately taken
a serious thought of the automobile.
The good roads" movement is doing
it.
May Oil Ottawa's Streets.-Oil on
the troubled streets instead of oil on
the troubled waters may be the ap-
plication in Ottawa if the suggestion
now under consideration in street ald
alley circles is carried out. Oil for
the side streets-crude, black oil that
would lay the dust and turn the water
is the treatment recommended by a
number of property owners along the
thoroughfares where the paving SEN
timent has not yet developed suffi-
ciently to justify action.
Prairie Fire in Saline County. - A
serious prairie fire is raging north
east of Brookville, Saline county, and
so far has done much damage in de-
stroying hay stacks and feed. The
fire started near Brookville. It is
supposed to have caught from a pass
ing engine on the Union Pacific. 1t
burned northeast with a good wind
to help it, and everything was swept
before it but buildings, which were
saved by back fires, the farmers hav-
ing been notified by telephone. No
buildings were reported burned. 1t
swept over the Catholic cemetery at
Brookville and burned everything
that was infiammable.
Hurt in Lawrence Yards.-Harvey
Campbell, of Ottawa, a brakeman on
the Southern Kansas division of the
Santa Fe, was struck by moving cars
in the Lawrence yards and severely
injured. One leg was broken and he
was injured internally. Campbell was
taken care of by local physicians and
then sent to the Santa Fee hospital.
Hutchinson Revives Boom Days. -
The Grand View addition to the city
of Hutchinson is to be put on the mar
ket in a short time This is the addi-
ton south of Fourth avenue and i'm
mediately west of the packing house
1t consists of about ten or
twelve blocks and Joseph Sears of
Chicago owns from 600 to 800 lots ip
the addition.
Prize Fight FaiIed.-The big prize
fight which was scheduled to have
been pulled off in Olmutz, Barton
county, failed to materialize. The
fellows promoting the fight advertis-
ed it heavily and there was apparent
ly no attention paid to 1t as far as
the county officials were concerned,
but at the last moment the promoters
weakened ard the deal was declared
of.
Electric Lights for HighIand.-The
town of Highland, which is shortly to
have railroad, a spur to be run from
the Grand Island road at Stout to that
place, has also granted franchise
to Chicago man to build and operate
an electric light plant there There
is also talk of water works system.
Child Into Boiling Water.-At Gar
nett Elizabeth Bradford. about
years of age, daughter of William
ond wife