Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-27
Local News.

Our Fowler correspondent is on
deck this week.
Open air band concert on the ev-
ening of July 4.
Geo. DeCow moved his family
to his place south of Meade, Tues
day.
The smallpox patients are get
ting along nicely under the care of
DR.. Fee.
Mrs. Fee and children returned
from eastern Kansas last Thursday
evening.
B. S. McMeel has begun a groom
addition to his residence in the west
part of the city.
Louis Boehler returned Monday
morning from Coldwater where he
had been attending court.
Ben Buck has been purchasing a
number of cattle in the south part
of this county and Oklahoma.
H. G. Marshall and family have
moved to the city and. are living in
house in the southwest part of the
city.
The farmers are harvesting this
week. The wheat is turning out
some better than was expected ten
days ago.
Harvesting is in progress all
around Meade. Some of the grain
fields ripened much sooner than
other fields.
Will Totheroh has been unable to
blacksmith for the past few days on
account of a felon on the middle
finger of his left hand.
]. A. Schmoker left on Monday
morning for his home in Iowa. Mr..
S. was out west and stopped here to
visit the Schmoker family on his
home.
w. N. Shamhart has just had
well finished on the lots west of
the Taggart house, where he will
shortly begin the erection of resi-
dence.
w. J. Woodard and A. J. Byrns
have finished a foundation for a
residence for DR.. Leslie. Mr.. Wood
ard is waiting for lumber, to begin
the work.
Fred Gray is soon to open store
on the north side. His stock will
be on the racket order, handling all
kinds of notions, etc. We wish him
success.
T. H. Cady, of Madison county,
New York, was in Meade this week
this week looking after some real
estate interests which he holds in
this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Boehler and
children left yesterday morning for
Illinois where they will visit for sew
eral weeks. Mr.. Boehler will re-
turn in about three weeks.
Thos. Johnston received the sad
news of the death of his mother at
Cleveland, Ohio, on the 18th inst.
She was about 90 years of age.
Toms many friends sympathize
with him.
The weather continues dry and
very windy. We do not know how
much longer this will continue but,
for our part, little less hot air aud
a little more moisture would be
gladly received.
Tom Cannon and family moved
to Woodward county, Okla, Tues
day, where they will remain for the
present. Tom has good claim and
intends to go into raising cattle.
We wish him success.
Mrs. Frank Stivers, of Great Bend,
Kas., is visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Jenkins. Miss
Annie jenkins, who has been going
to school at Great Bend, is also at
home for her summer vacation.
We are frequently asked why we
!, do not have it rain. Now, the fact
is we are not responsible for the dry
! weather, neither can we make any
4 intercessions which would produce
rain. This matter is entirely out OF
I our hands. Some one who has con-
fidence that the Lord will hear his
petition had better get on his knees
and save the country.
DR.. Crumbine, of Dodge City,
J was in Meade Friday night and re-
! turned to his home Saturday morn.
J ing. He was summoned here by
DR.. Fee to investigate the smallpox,