Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-14
Local News.

morning.
DR.. Fee reports that Mr.. Cranes
child is improving.
Louis Boehler left Monday to at
tend court at Coldwater.
Representative Adams came in
Saturday night and returned to To-
peka Monday morning.
The revival meetings continue at
the Baptist church, conducted by
Revs. Robinson and Essex.
A number of the Cimarron river
people were up Sunday attending
services at the Baptist church.
DR.. Fee went to Trober's Satur-
day night to see sick child, and
Sunday was at Plains all night.
The train did not arrive Friday on
account of the snow and Saturday
it was midnight before it arrived.
Chas. L. Keith was initiated into
the mysteries of Woodcraft last Sat-
urday night by the Meade Camp.
Miss Clara Siegel has been quite
sick at the Meade hotel for the past
few days but at atpresent is improving.
The smallpox scare seems to be
prevalent everywhere. The doctors
are having fine picking almost any
place.
George Bentley, representing the
w. A. L. Thompson Hardware Co.,
of Topeka, stayed over Sunday in
Meade.
Our Odee correspondent reports
two weddings last week. THE News
also extends congratulations to the
contracting parties.
DR.. Fee left Tuesday morning for
Wichita to attend the meeting of the
State Camp M. w. A. He will
probably return Friday.
The Woodman of Meade Camp
contemplate going to Fowler next
Saturday night to help show some
candidate over their journey to
Woodcraft.
Union services were held at the
Baptist church last Sunday evening,
the M. E. congregation joining the
Baptist brethren after the Young
Peoples meetings.
Mrs. Ellina Kelley, of Guilford,
Mo-, arrived in Meade Saturday
night to attend the funeral of her
father, Mr.. M. Cannon. She re-
turned to her home Tuesday.
Jeweler Beatte packed up his stock
Monday and will stop for time at
Greensburg, where he will repair
watches and sell jewelry. He will
visit for few days at his home in
Sterling before going to Greensburg.
Mr.. Beatte will return to Meade in
the early summer.
F. ]. Hoecker, who recently open
ed shoe shop at this place, inform
ed us that he will soon leave for his
home in St. Joseph, Mo. He says
there is not work enough to justify
him to continue the business. We
regret that Mr.. Hoecker gives up
the work and leaves US.
Section Foreman Conger went up
the road Saturday evening with all
section men along the line, to assist
in digging out the passenger train
which was snow-bound three miles
east of Bloom. They got to Buck
lin about S O'Clock a. m. and were
then ordered to Pratt where they ar
rived about 1890.
1t is reported currently in this
city that Liberal has Fl cases Of
scarlet fever and smallpox. Some
of our citizens are going back and
forth all the time and great care
should be exercised by these partie:
lest they become exposed and carry
the disease to this city. Our health
officers should look up this matter
w. F. Luker, organizer for the
Modern Tonties, has worked W
enough members to organize coun
Gil. He is making arrangements tc
organize in about ten days. Thi.
order takes both ladies and gentle
men into membership. 1t is a com
paratively young order and has had
opportunity to profit from the ex
perience of older orders.
The following are the names o
the Jurors drawn for theMarch tern
of the District Court:
T. c. Baxter, Meade Center twp
E. w. White, I"
| w. J. Woodard, !"
| John D. Wehrle, ="
Toseph Martin. Odce.