Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01

Miss Myrtle Addie is visiting with
Mrs. Bunch this week.
Our cred Bird" from Fowler
seems to have flown away.
Mems and ladies shoes in all the
latest styles at E. w. Williams.
The celebrated Bond Shoe Co.'S
shoes are sold by E. w. Williams.
There were 10 applicants for
teachers certificates, at the examina-
ton.
Roscoe Gerow has a B6 cornet
for sale. Call and see him if you
want one.
J. R. Griggs informs US that he
saw Alb. Stewart at El Reno, also
Chas. Mclean.
Young & Campbell have new, up
to-date Meade County maps for
sale at IS cents each. If
Joe Conrad, of Crooked Creek,
was down at Ell Reno last week tax
ing in the registering.
Rube Orr was down to Ell Reno
last week to register for a claim.
He returned Monday.
R. T. Norman and Art Schmoker
were added to the force at work on
Wells building this week.
When you want shoes call at the
corner grocery store and E. w will
show you the finest line of mems and
ladies' shoes.
M. w. Free was up from the Cim-
arron Tuesday and Wednesday. He
says the ground is wet down about 8
inchesin that part of the country.
John Stalder got the Wells build
ing to its new location Saturday
evening. 1t was a very large build
ing to move but it was accomplish
ed successfully.
Alex Mahieu brought the first load
of roasting ears to town Tuesday.
They are first class and will make
considerable corn. Mr.. Mahieu has
50 acres in corn.
R. L. Sawyer, of Artesian, had
some very fine peaches in town
Tuesday. We hear that there is an
abundance of peaches in the Arte-
sian valley this year.
We regret to report that Mr.. T.
B. Petefsh is not improving very
rapidly. His many friends hoped
to see him able to be up and around
long before this time.
We call attention to the card of
Bodle & Bodle, attorneys-at-law, in
another column of this issue This
is reliable firm and will attend
strictly to any business entrusted to
them.
We understand that the lightning
struck Henry Danks' house in Odee
twp. last Sunday and that Martin
Gruemken and Claus Cordes receiv-
ed a severe shock. There was quite
crowd gathered there to spend the
day.
We note from the Dodge City
Democrat that our friend A. B.
Reeves, contemplates leaving that
city for the new Oklahoma country
to engage in the practice of law.
Mr.. Reeves is an excellent attorney
and a gentleman as well and we
wish him success in his new location.
We call attention to the card of
]. R. Keith, stone mason and plas-
terer, which appears in another col
umn. Mr.. Keith has had many
years experience in this work and
he always gives the best of satisfac-
ton. We would advise any one de-
string this kind of work done to call
and see him.
J. R. Griggs informs US that Jess
Lanam was arrested at El Reno last
week for the shooting of Jim Gillick
here last July. 1t seems that the
Lewis and Beatty boys were there
also and informed the sheriff that
there was a warrant out for Lanam.
He was taken into custody but we
presume was released later. We
learned nothing further than the
| above.
w. w. Ward, of Mertilla twp. !,
was in the city Tuesday transacting
business. Mr.. Ward says they had
regular deluge Sunday night and
all low places are full of water. He
says a prairie fire was raging all day
Sunday and that the large party who
who were out fighting it got soaking
wet. He says it burned stacks
of wheat and stack of rye for R.
G. Newly & Son, they being the
heaviest losers, it also burning near
ly all their range.
One of the greatest needs of the
city at present is good well, wind
mill and tank on the square. True,
we have one good well, but this is
only sufficient to water the stock Of
the city. Should there be an ur-
gent demand for water in case oi
fire, the tank would probably be
empty. A good six-inch we'll with
a Windmill and tank would furnish
an abundance of water for all pur-
poses. AT present the well on the
corner of the square is the only pub