Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-15
Local News.

left Tuesday afternoon for Dodge
City.
We had a cool refreshing rain last
Sunday night. 1t just about laid
the dust.
Don Dyer, of Fowler, was in the
city last Friday visiting at Mrs.
Whites.
Alf Siegel and Brother Buis went
to Ashland Sunday and returned on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hill are enjoy
ing a visit from their son and his
family from Illinois.
The Meade Ball nine is arranging
for game with Hugoton about the
goth of this month.
Geo. B. Cones, our hustling real
estate agent, spent several days this
week in Hutchinson.
Watt Sleeth left Monday for his
home at Arkansas City where he
will visit for a short time.
Will Mott is up at Hutchinson
taking in the Reunion which is be-
ing held there this week.
The county commissioners were
in special session last Saturday COM
promising some taxes on real estate.
Mrs. Bert Walters and little son,
of Fowler, were visiting at the home
of Tom Riley last Friday and Sat
urday.
The family of Mr.. Finkle, our
blacksmith arrived last week and at
present are living in the west partof
the blacksmith shop.
George Pipkin, of Springfield, Mo.
is visiting at the home of Harry
Hayden in Mertilla. Mr.. Pipkin is
a brother of Mrs. Hayden.
There was a heavy hail in the
south part of the county last Sun
day also general rains. We are in
formed that the hail almost destroy
ed Herman Cordes' feed crops.
The Hugoton Hermes refers to
the Meade and Hugoton base ball
mines as ''the two best nlnes in the
southwest, which is no lie, either.
AT present Meade is the best, with
two out of three games.
The Meade Invincibles have re-
ceived a challenge from the St. JOS
eph, Mo. base ball club for a game
the latter part of the month. Our
boys are certainly getting wide
reputation as ball players.
Money has been contributed by
the citizens for building two large
wagon frames for taking the band
and drill girls to the Reunion at
Dodge. Ormond Hamilton and Geo.
Wiley built the band wagon and
Marion Rosenberg built the one
for the ladies.
The "Brownie" Cantata was Civ
en- at the city hall last Thursday
night to large audience. The en-
tire cast consisted of the children
ranging in ages from 3 to IA and
they all did exceedingly well. We
did not learn the amount realized.
Sam Block arrived in Meade Mon
day from eastern Kansas where he
has been working in the harvest
field. Sam was a member of the
44th Vol. Inf. and came from the
Islands with the other boys from
this place but stopped off at Great
Bend to work.
Mr.. F. c. Tracy accompanied by
his wife and her sister and Mr.. Will
Thomas and Miss Carrie Tracy, of
Beaver, Ok, came up from that
place Monday. Mrs. Tracy and
her sister took the Monday after
noon for Green Ridge, Mo-, where
Mrs. Tracy will visit. Miss Carrie
left on the same train for her home
at Dorchester, Nebraska.
There was a very heavy rain and
hail fell east of town last Sunday.
7. R. Keith informed US that the
hail stones were as large a goose
eggs and that window lights were
broken and that Mrs. Fletcher lost
about IS head of turkeys and Mrs.
Innis lost as many chickens. The
rain would have done considerable
but they can get along very well
without any more hail storms.
Mr.. John w. Kibby, of Augusta,
Kansas, was in this city this week
looking for feed and pasture for his
cattle which are at present In Butler
county. He purchased about 24o
tons of alfalfa from the Syndicate
farm owners and about 200 tons
from A. Kessler. The price paid
was-about ST per ton. We under
stand that he rented pasture of A.
Angel. Mr.. Kibby will ship his
cattle to this county in few weeks
and feed up the alfalfa he has pur-
chased. He will probably locate in
this county permanently if he can
find a suitable location.
Under the biennial election law
passed last winter and by an opin-
ion of the attorney general, the gov
ernor will appoint sheriffs in coun-
ties where the present officers are
serving their second terms. Already
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