Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-01-17
Local News.

~-AS AOAAAS 40 DOo6O
Mr.. Cannon is gradually recover
ing from an attack of grip.
A girl baby was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Riley this week.
Birch Dreese left for his home in
Harrington Saturday morning.
Geo. Theis, of Ashland, was in
Meade Saturday on busidess.
This office has been overrun with
job wook for the past ten days.
John Jones is now at the Crooked
L south of Meade, having left the
west camp.
J. B. Buck and wife have moved
into the residence formerly occupied
by Mrs. Marshall.
The first few days of this week
were very spring-like, and we saw
evidences of spring fever.
Mrs. Osgood, accompanied by
Hope and Pauline, returned from
Wichita last Friday night.
Co. Treas. M. Black is down in
Beaver county this week surveying,
and Mr.. Cones is assisting in the
office.
Frank Martin, of Mertilla, was a
pleasant caller at this office Saturday
and will receive THE News for an
other year.
w. P. Bunyan and John Sims
were down from Fowler Saturday on
business. John has just returned
from Indiana.
H. J. Hammond, a cousin of Mr..
Bergman, spent a few days in
Meade last week. He is also con-
nected with the bank.
Rev. Booth, pastor of the M. E.
church, began revival meetings here
last Monday night. The meetings
will continue indefinitely.
The city and township offices have
moved next door to Bruce's confec-
tionery. This will make them a
more commodious location.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Casteen left
Monday morning for Kansas City
where they will attend the meeting
of the Implement dealers, which
meets in that city this week.
Representative Adams came in
Friday night from Topeka, and re-
turned Monday morning. The
House had adjourned until Monday
to give the Speaker time to name
name his committees.
Jeff Lewis appeared before Justice
Shamhart Wednesday and gave bond
in the sum of $3.50 for appearance at
preliminary hearing which was set
for next Monday. This is one of
the larceny cases in which warrants
were issued last summer and the of
ficers failed to get service on Mr..
Lewis.
.Messrs. Shamhart and Roberts
dissolved partnership last week and
now we have two barber shops. Mr..
Roberts remains at the old stand,
while Mr.. Shamhart moves a few
doors east. Both have ads in THE
News this week. They are both
good BARRIERS and our people will
get good service at either place.
We have received copy of the
Sawyer "Sparks', new paper pub
lished by Maurice Mcdonald al
Sawyer, Pratt county. 1t is well
filled with home advertisements for
which the Pratt county merchants
are to be commended. We wish the
Sparks success and hope it may hold
out against the storms and raging
pillows of the first year.
Mr.. w. E. CASTOR, of Hutchin-
son, Kansas, representing the Union
Central Life Insurance Co., of Gin.
cinnati. Ohio, is in the city in the
interest of that company. He is al
so visiting his friend, Prof. Dawson.
Mr.. CASTOR is very pleasant gen
tleman and thoroughly reliable, and
anyone having any business with
him can rely on what he tells you.
1t seems to US that the young peo
pie would stay for preaching ser,
vices after the Christian Endeavol
meetings on Sunday evenings, anc
not scatter as though they were es
Gaping from a Kansas cyclone
Now, 1t is not very gratifying to ;
preacher to talk to empty seats
You would not enjoy going into al
empty building and talking to your
self for an hour or SO, neither doe
a minister enjoy talking to a dozel
people and about twelve dozen emp
tv chairs: it is NOT insDirinp TO him