Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-08

Install Free DeIivery.-F. &c deliv-
cry was instituted at Great Bend
March l. Two carriers form the force
now and make three daily trips in
the business section and two in the
residence district.
Hunt Wolves in Douglas.-Farmers
| in the southern part of Douglas coun-
ty have been considerably annoyed re-
Gently by the boldness of wolves, and
have organized a wolf hunt to take
place In the Washington Creek school
district
Fire Swept Reservation.-A prairie
fire swept over all of the Fit. Riley
| reservation south of the Kaw river
| and for many hours threatened many
| farm places east An area of several
thousand acres was burned over about
midnight.
Henry Stuckey, a wealthy farmer
living four miles southeast of Wich-
tia, is perhaps MORALLY injured by
| being thrown headlong from a lum-
Der wagon at the crossing opposite
the Rock Island passenger station
After Mail Contracts. = The Mis-
souri, Pacific has completed arrange
ments to run through train from
Denver to Little Rock, via Geneseo,
Wichita and Coffeyville, making con-
nections for New Orleans. 1t will be
a fast train and will try for mail con-
tracts from Denver to the south
east.
| Y. M. c. A. Almost Done. = The
dedication services of the new home
of the lola Y. M. C. A. will begin on
the afternoon of Friday, March %,
continue until Sunday evening, March
%. Practically all the building will
be completed by March %, including
the furnishings and fixtures and ap-
paratus for the Gymnasium.
Horse Cars at Hutchinson. - The
management of the street railway
line which is now being operated state
that for the ninety days just closed
| the line has paid a profit of 1925
above all of the running expenses.
This at the rate of $1,000 profit in
/ year, which is 16 IA per cent interest
on the $4,000 which the present COM
pany paid L. A. Bigger for the line.
Skull Crushed by Kick. Leroy
Stratton, the 7-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Stratton, Of Glasco,
was kicked by horse sustaining in
| juries that may terminate fatally. He
was leading horse to water when
the animal whirled and kicked, one
of his hoofs striking the child at the
base of the skull, fracturing the bone
and necessitating the removal of sew
eral pieces of the skull.
Mother at Age of Eleven. - Pearl
Weeks, a colored girl of Pittsburg,
| who is IL years and two months of
age, has given birth to a daughter.
To be mother at the early age of
IL is something never before heard Of
in this climate The mother is in a
serious condition but the baby, a
| daughter, is said to be as bright as
if its mother was as many more years
older as her age at this time.
! Missouri Pacific Extends. - The
/ Missouri Pacific railway will extend
from Iuka to Dodge City the line of
the Denver, Memphis G Atlanta run
ming from Conway Springs to Iuka.
This will open up to the Missouri Pa
cffic the wheat lands of Pratt and
Kiowa counties in Kansas. Officials
of the company are now going over
the route to secure right of way and
construction will begin as soon as
they have completed their work.
Brought Lover to Time. - Maude,
the 17-year-old daughter of John De-
pew, who lives three miles north of
Altoona, took an ounce of carbolic acid
with suicidal intent because her
sweetheart, John Doty, a neighbor
boy, had broken off their engagement.
The girl is now out of danger. Doty
was present during the girls suffer
ing. After she recovered the couple
again plighted their troth in the pres
ence of and with the approval of the
girls parents.
Will Have it Patented. Ludwig
Larson, young Doniphan county
man who lost his foot in a runaway
not long ago, could not get an arti
fetal foot to suit him and together
with Gabriel Gerady, Bendena ma
chinist, set to work to make a foot
after his own ideas. 1t Is complete
success, being arranged with bands
and springs. Being unlike anything
| oil hn
patented.
Buys Two Big Farms.-Charles SUIT
ton, of Russell county, has just in
vested $4,000 in Douglas county land
The purchase includes the Poehler
homestead in the Wakarusa bottom
just south of Lawrence. and the De-
VAUDEVILLE farm, few miles northeast
of town. Mr.. Sutton raises fine stock,
! and will continue his Russell county
ranch as breeding place, and bring
the horses. cattle and hogs to Law
renee to prepare for the market.
Gets First Few. H MECHANISM,
assistant attorney general in Wyan-
dotte county. has received his first
fee of 800 in the injunction proceed
ings brought by him to stop the sale
| of liquor in Kansas City, Kansas.
Horses Bring Big Priees.-Avery &
Sons public sale of Percheron horses
at the state agricultural college is
conceded to have been the biggest
sale ever held in Kansas. The aggre-
gate amount received for forty-one
head was s24.265.
SaIina Pair Welded so Years. - At
their home. west of the Wesleyan col
lege, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Haskit cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary. A large number of friends were