Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-24
KILLED BY A BULL
Aged Johnson County Pioneer
Gored and TrampIed to
Death by Animal.
ATTACKED WHILE IN PASTURE
man, Was Partially Deaf and
Failed to Hear Brute.

Thomas H. MOODY. who lived near
Lenexa, nine miles northeast of Olathe
is dead after having been gored and
trampled by a bull Mr. Moody. who
was as years of age. partially deaf
and with failing eyesight, was driving
a hog in pasture and did not see or
hear the bull. which was a powerful
animal weighing 1900 pounds.
The bull knocked Mr.. Moody down
and rolled him over. The man lay
still and the animal left. He then
started to arise and called for help.
The bull came back and trampled him
again. Again he lay still. and the ami
NAL repeated his performance. This
occurred a half dozen times. Finally
the bull left and Moody's cries attract
ed neighbors, who found him, just as
the family had missed him at the close
of their dinner hour Many of Moody's
bones were broken and he was in
jured internally.
The Moodys settled in this county
in July, 1857, after Moody had made
twenty-five trips as a freighter from
Westport to Albuquerque. He was
well-to-do farmer and stockman.
Sunday Schools PopuIar.-July 4
was go to Sunday School day" in
Johnson county. In Olathe, with
population of 1888, there were 2,012
in Sunday School. At the Christian
church there was an attendance of 731,
the enrolment being 437. An over
flow attendance being expected, seats
were erected in the rear of the church.
These cared for 200 of the extras"
while on a lawn across the street the
young mems class, known as the Tim
othy Club, with eighty-six members,
held it's session. Sheriff E. G. Carroll
taught a class of thirteen prisoners in
the county jail.
Pastor Dies of Burns.-Rev. A. H.
Sears, IS years old, a. retired Methc-
dist minister, is dead at Cheney from
the effects of burns received when
he tried to carry burning gasoline
stove out of the house occupied by
newly married couple. The bride, 16
years old, tried to fill the stove while
it was lighted and the flames spread
to the house. She summoned Rev.
Mr.. Sears, who owned the house.
Hodges Appointee Resigns.-Mrs. E.
K. Burnes has sent in her resignation
as superintendent of the state orphans
home at Atchison. The resignation
was mailed recently and will take eff
feet September l. 1t was upon the
advice of her attorney. B. P. Wag
gener. that Mrs. Burnes decided to re-
sign.
Prize Herefords SeIected.-Three
registered Hereford cows. belonging
to Dr. T. E WEIGH of Emporia, will
represent that breed from Kansas at
the Panama exposition at San Fran
CISCO
Peabody Herald SoId.-The Peabody
Herald, owned by r. G. Wolfe, has
been sold to Oscar S. Stauffer of The
Kansas City Star. Mr.. Stauffer expects
to assume the active management at
once.
15-Year-OId Boy Drowns.-Joe Me-
nard, the 15-year-old son of Fred Me-
nard, was drowned the other day in
an old channel of the Republican river
while wading with another boy His
body was not recovered.
Threshing Community PIan.-Antic-
ipating a big wheat yield, five com
munity threshing outfits were shipped
into Sabetha recently. In each case
half dozen farmers "chipped in
and bought a threshing machine and
engine to be used by themselves first
and then run for others on a commits
sion basis. The outfits cost from
$500 to $4,000 The farmers have
tired of waiting for the usual thresh-
ing crews. The wheat crop in that
vicinity will be threshed promptly
with the addition of the five new out
fits.
Rock Island Agent Dies.-W. R.
Carr, rs years old. Rock Island agent
at Rushville. died there recently. He
formerly was editor of the Warsaw,
Ill. Gazette and the Delaware, o..
Gazette.
Captured a Hobo Rooster.-A Plym-
outh Rock rooster was discovered at
Manhattan riding the bumpers of an
eastbound Union Pacific freight train.
The feathered hobo was discovered
by policeman while chasing the
regular kind from the train
Ran Over Harvest Hand-Greer
Hainsworth. 25 years old. of Lexing-
ton, Mo-. at Hoisington for the har-
vest, fell beneath an eastbound Mis-
souri, Pacific freight train as he was