Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Local News.

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Rev. Robinson will fill his regular
appointment at Meade next Sunday.
Geo: S. Selvidge was down on the
Cimarron this week returning Tues
day.
VIM. Bunyan was down from Fow-
ler Tuesday and made this office a
pleasant call.
J. D. Dalgarn and family have
moved into the old Davenport house
north of this city.
Miss Ruth Rieman returned from
an extended visit with relatives in
Missouri, last Friday.
c. L. Willard, who has been
working on the road all summer,
left Monday for Wichita.
Tom Hotz has finished two-inch
tubular well for B. F. Bisbee and is
now taking a vacation IN Meade.
The weather changed Tuesday
and for time looked as though we
were going to have a general rain.
Russell Berkau has been hauling
a good quality of prairie hay to the
Adams livery barn for the past few
days.
Judge Madison was in Meade last
Tuesday night interviewing the city
council in regard to the indebted
ness of the City of Meade.
Miss Dora Bogue came from
Beaver last Sunday and left Monday
for the eastern part of Kansas to
spend the winter wirh her sister.
Mr.. A. V. Angel and son Char
ley, leave this morning for a months
visit to their old home in North Car
olina. They will also visit in Mis-
souri, on their way.
A telephone line will shortly be
put in operation between Beaver and
Liberal. Meade might just as well
had a line had they got out and
worked and put up little money.
B. F. Deeds and wife recently
moved into our city. Mrs. Deeds
is milliner and dress maker and
contemplates opening millinery
store in this city in the near future.
We are glad to report that Mrs.
R. R. Wells is greatly improved
from her recent paralytic stroke
and is on a fair road to recovery.
Her many friends will be pleased to
learn this news.
John Blankenchip. the fireman on
the engine that went over trestle at
Rosedale last week, is a brother of
A. J. Blankenchip, of this city. He
and the engineer jumped as the en-
gine went over he being only slight
ly injured, the engineer was serious
huri and not expected to live.
Now comes the report that the
railroad will cut across direct from
Fowler to Jasper, leaving Meade off
the road some three or four miles.
1t is reported that the surveyors
have gone over the route north of
Meade which gives rise to the rumor
that such a move is contemplated.
E. A. Ball, F. T. Ball and H. NJ.
Trunle, of Centerville, Mo-, were in
Meade Monday in company with
Mr.. A. A. Ball, of Plains. These
gentlemen came out to look over
Meade county and may moYe out
here in the near future. We would
certainly welcome them to our coun-
ty.
The question for debate at our
next literary is, "Resolved, That
women yield to sickness more read
lily than do men," A gentleman of
our city got somewhat mixed on the
question and when asked by party
who was not present replied that we
would debate the question, "Resolv-
ed, That women yield to sickness
more readily than they do to men. "
In Justice Shamhart's court last
Friday the case of the State of Kan
sas for larceny was dismissed. This
charge was for 3 head of cattle that
Ell Beatty had sold to P. Y. Turner
and were claimed to be the property
of Eph Dunn who was the prosecut-
ing witness. There seemed to be a