Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
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Mrs. Belle Smith and daughter
Pauline, returned to Guymon Mon
day.
Geo. Wiley, Roscoe and Dick
Griggs got back from El Reno last
Monday.
Rev. J. A. Lenehan held services
at the Catholic church last Tuesday
morning.
The band is making preparations
to go to Dodge City to the soldiers
reunion this month.
w. w. Cockins, of Lawrence, is
here this week looking after his
Crooked L cattle interests.
Rev. Robinson will preach as usu-
al at the Baptist church next Sun
day morning and evening.
1t is thought that with the late
rains there will still be a large
amount of feed in the county.
John Brannan, brother of J. M.
Brannan, is paying this family a
visit at their home east of the city.
Mrs. Hale has purchased the
Stutsman house in the Wichita ad-
dition and will move it to the lots
south of the old Sawyer store build
ing.
Doc. Anshutz returned Monday
from St. Louis where he had been
to attend the funeral of his brother
who died at Beaumont, Texas, last
week.
The teachers examination was
held Monday and Tuesday of this
week. We will give list of the
successful teachers as soon as the
papers are graded.
Normal closed last Friday and in
the afternoon Profs. Dawson and
Baugher left for Hutchinson. They
were escorted to the depot by a
whole score of the school marms.
H. H. Poston, of Jackson county,
is in the county, this week looking
for pasture for cattle. Mr.. Posten
is cousin of Chas. Talley. He
says it is very dry up in his country.
Louis Boehler and family return
ed Monday from their visit to the
Buffalo Exposition. They found
the weather extremely hot and sultry
in the east and were glad to get
back to Kansas.
Heavy rains have been falling all
around Meade during the past ten
days. Last Sunday in the Artesian
country and in Fowler about three
inches of water fell, also in the west
and south parts of the county there
were heavy rains. In town only
light shower fell.
At the annual school meeting last
Thursday, DR.. w. F. Fee was elect
ed director for the three-year term.
Mr.. Fuhr was nominated also, but
declined the nomination, thus elect
ing Fee by acclamation. 1t was
voted to have an eight-months'
school and to employ four teachers.
A 2o-mill tax-levy was voted for
school purposes.
Quite a number of prairie fires
were raging last Sunday east and
west of Meade. There was large
fire over about the Seward county
line which swept north to the Ar
kansas river. The fire east of town
was only few miles east of E. w.
Fletcher's place. The fires Satur-
day night and Sunday were started
by Lightning striking the prairie.
We are pleased to note that the
school board is taking steps toward
repairing the cupola of the school
building. 1t certainly has needed
it long enough and if let go will
eventually ruin the building. A
SIS, 900 school house should not be
allowed to go to rack and ruin for
the sake of few dollars expendi-
ture. Let the good work go on.
Capt. Sweeney was down from
Dodge City last Thursday afternoon
making arrangements for the reunion
which is to beld there August 21-24.
Arrangements are being made by
our people to attend this gathering
and a program is being prepared.
There will be appropriate songs,
recitations, drills, and band music.
Meade expects to take prominent
part in the exercises. 1t is estimat-
ed that at least SO or IS will go from
Meade and vicinity.
A report reached this city last
Monday that E. Kirby, proprietor
of the Park Hotel at Dodge City,
had shot and killed his wife and af-
ter committing this murder had kill
ed himself. The tragedy occurred
on Sunday. 1t seems from what
we can hear that Mrs. Kirby's death
was instant, but Kirby lived until
Monday noon. The exact cause fol
the deed is not known, but it ap-
pears to have been family quarrel
Mr.. Kirby had decided all his prop
erty to his wife and she had begun,
or threatened to begin, proceeding:
for divorce. The Kirby family liv.
ed in this county near Wilburn,
until last winter when they LEASED
their place to J. T. Bosley, moved
to Dodge City and purchased the