Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-07-04
Local News.

Twist and family this week.
D. P. Wysong and Jas. Wysong
are working on McMeel's addition
to his residence.
| The County Commissioners are in
session this week, in their regular
quarterly meeting.
DR.. Fee was called Monday night
to Fowler to see Mrs. Barnett, moth
er of w. T. Miles, who is sick.
Mrs. w. E. Davis returned from
Missouri last Thursday, where she
has been visiting for the past six
weeks.
Mrs. F. S. Drummond and chill
dren came up from Beaver last Fri
day and will remain permanently in
Meade.
F. S. Drummond has purchased |
the house at the old Winslow lum-
Der yard and moved his family into
it this week.
Profs. Dawson and Baugher, of
Hutchinson, arrived in Meade Sat
urday night and began the Normal
work Monday.
A shower of rain fell Monday
night which was quite refreshing
and settled the dust. About half an
inch of water fell.
We print THE News day earlier
this week that we may take whole |
day on the Fourth pulling the tail
feathers of the eagle.
The Beaver base ball nine will
play the Meade boys on the Fourth.
The game in all probability will be
played in the forenoon.
| IL. VI. hdioHall ID iiiOfliiS lHC Old
vault brick from the National hotel
to the lots which will be occupied |
as lumber yard, north of the bank.
Two coaches loaded with hoboes
went down to Dalhart last Monday
evening. In few weeks they will |
all be working their way back east.
w. J. Woodard received two cars
of lumber this week. He has the
contracts for building couple of
houses and expects to use large
per cent. of this lumber.
The smallpox patients are all
getting we'll and will be out in few
days. There are no new new cases
and probably will not be any, as
DR.. Fee is taking all the necessary
precautions.
a letter from w. H. Siebenthaler,
Murphysboro, ILL.,, orders THE News
sent to him at that place, where he
is located for the present. We ex-
pect to see him back in Meade coun-
ty before long.
E. D. Smith left Monday morn
ing for Hutchinson where he goes
for medical treatment. He has
been in poor health for some time.
His friends hope that the medical
assistance he receives will be bene-
fetal to him.
Johnston & Siegel, the popular
north side furniture dealers, are
putting in counters and shelving
this week preparatory to putting in
large line of furniture novelties,
chinaware, lamps, and all sorts of
shelf goods in this line.
S. D. Harper and daughter of
San Antonio, Texas, are here visit
ing R. A. Harper and wife. Mr..
Harper is a brother of R. A. Harp |
er. He will return in few days to
his home in Texas. Miss Harper
will spend the summer in Meade.
Hodge Marshall has secured the
lots north of the Meade State Bank
where his new lumber yard will be
located. Several cars of coal and
lumber have already been ordered
and are expected to arrive in few
days. They expect to carry large
stock of lumber and all kinds of
building material.
]. H. Barnes, our photographer,
talks of leaving Meade soon after
the Fourth and returning to his
home at Richmond, Kansas. We
would be pleased to have had him
remain here permantly, but business
is not very flush in any line at pres
ent and these dry, hot winds are
enough to discourage the oldest in
habitant.
The annual Sunday School Con-
vention of Meade county will be
held in Meade August 2-5. Every