Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-22
To-day is Wash1ngton's birthday

R. E. Steele is visiting his family
in Hutchinson this week.
Ed Bloxom is up from the Cimar-
ron visiting his brother, R. P. Smith.
Mr.. Steffa and family are visiting
Mr.. Samples, their brother-in-law.
DR.. Fee reports Mrs. Worman i'm
proving from the recent operation.
For novelties, lace, etc., Mrs.
Wehrle can show you complete
line.
Friday night was the coldest of
the season, the mercury being
degrees below zero.
Harve Hustled was freighting to
Beaver last week and was in town
over night Monday.
We welcome the new Bell Meade
CO1lCSPOuOCul, 'Dul WOulo 1lhC W
know the color of her hair.
In another column we publish
some interesting information regard
ing the first Meade county paper.
]. E. Roberts returned Friday ev-
lining from the east where he had
been purchasing stock of grocer
les.
German & Johnston have moved
their cattle from Artesian to Mr..
Johnston's place. IN the south side
of Meade. q
Mrs. Wehrle has received her
spring stock of millinery, where you
can find a complete line of ladies'
and children's hats, etc.
A club of the young people of
Meade has been organized for social
and literary entertainment. Ernest
Emerson is president.
H. o. Wilkey and Robt. Byrns
were initiated into the Woodman
camp Monday night. They are
both good riders.
The Executive committee of the
Live Stock Association failed to
meet last Saturday, as some of the
members did not come to to town.
o. H. Bentley, an attorney from
Wichita, is in town to-day looking
up some county and township bonds.
He represents some of the holders.
Will Shelley and Judge Bodle
have gone to housekeeping at the
home of the Judge. 1t is striking
combination of youth and old age.
The measles seem to be very pre-
valent in the cities around US, but
Meade has had very few cases.
Probably our turn will come next.
A. J. Blankenchip and Denny
Coon say that they saw some real
live grasshoppers last week. 1t
sounds ''hshy" to speak of these
pests this time of the year, but the
kind of weather we have been having
is very favorable to their livelihood.
| J. R. Colgan informed US this
week that VIM. Jobling, Andy Ella
son and himself were the oldest resi-
dents of Meade county who are here
to-day; that Will Jobling and him
self herded sheep on Spring creek
in the spring and summer of 1870
FL years ago.
A. w. Calender desires to call
the attention of the News readers
to the fact that he can be found at
the old Baxter blacksmith shop
fully prepared to do blacksmithing,
horseshoeing, painting and wood
work on short notice. He has had
40 years experience and can do you
first class work while you wait
Monday night two of the boys,
| Jay and Ned, fixed up fake hstic
encounter for the purpose of having
some fun and perchance to catch a
"suckor." We don't know who it
was intended for, but at the time it
was at its height we appeared on the
scene and ssbit". AS we supposed,
it was in esdead earnest" We stood
and watched the ''savage swings, "
''rights and lefts", ''side steps" and
"clinches" until we thought it our
duty to advance and mediate, and
consequently stood between them
until the crow" was over. Now,
fellows, when you want. us to
ssreferee" anV more of your fake