Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-02
Local News.

the grass Is getting green
We presume everyone knows that
it rained, so we pass on rain.
Will Davis and J. T. Garner went
to Hutchinson yesterday morning.
The wind gave US a few touches
of high life one or two nights last
week.
Rube Orr is erecting large barn
at his residence in the eastern part
of the city.
The farmers are all smiles over
the prospect for fine crops of wheat
and barley.
| Mrs. J. E. Roberts Sr. was quite
sick the first of the week but is i'm
proved at this writing.
w. N. Shamhart sports a brand
new Winchester Repeating shotgun.
He thinks it is peach.
| J. w. Bergman, President of our
Bank, was in the city last week. He
went east Friday morning.
Our Fowler and Plains cores
prndents failed to arrive this week.
We hope it will not occur again.
Miss Sadie Jenkins went to Lib
eral Friday evening to visit Mrs.
Reas. She returned Monday morn
ing.
Mr.. Paul S. Woods, Cashier of
The Liberal Bank, came up Mon
day morning and returned in the ev-
ening.
Mrs. Luther Braden and little son
are visiting at Mr.. John Braden's.
They have been residing at Kansas
City for the past two years.
Mrs. Reas came up from Liberal
last Monday and packed up her
household goods which she will re-
move to Liberal, where she will re-
main.
DIR. Leslie reports three cases of
scarlet fever at the home of John
Granger, IN Crooked Creek twp,
but that the children are improving
at present.
Mrs. Judd returned from Valen-
tine, Ind. Tuesday evening where
she had been to attend the funeral
of her mother, Mrs. Stivers, whose
death was mentioned in this paper
last week.
Mrs. A. Macdonald, of Baxter
Springs, Kansas, is in the city visit
ing friends. The Macdonald fam
lily will be remembered by many of
our citizens as former residents of
our city. Mrs. M. will remain for
few months.
Bob Byrns met with a very SER
ious accident last Saturday afternoon
at the home of Geo. DeCow. He
was going down the cellar steps
when the wind suddenly caught the
cellar door and slammed it shut
His head was only about six inches
above the level of the ground and
the closing door gave him a severe
jar on the head which rendered him
unconscious for several hours after
wards, but at present he is greatly
improved and will able to be about
in few days. Bob was just recov-
ering from severe attack of infam-
atory rheumatism and this shock al
most put him out entirely.
R. M. Wright, of Dodge City,
and one of the old timers of this
part of the state, was in the city
Thursday and Friday, looking after
some cattle he had purchased from
J. B. Buck. Mr.. Wright talked
some of old times in Western Kan
sas. He claims to be the first per-
son who received the information of
the salt well caving in. A resident
of Dodge City owned herd of cat
tie which ranged on the Cimarron
river, and there being danger of a
blizzard, had gone down to look af
ter them. Returning in a few days
he was driving team of mules
which suddenly became frightened
and turned out of the road. He
stopped them and returned to see
what had frightened them, and to
his surprise he found that the trail
had caved in which at that time ran
directly over the salt well. He
climbed down into it and with two
thirty-foot lariat ropes failed to
reach the bottom. He went to
Dodge and reported the discovery
to Mr.. Wright. This same gentle
man afterwards went down to the
the well and with line over 200
feet long failed to reach the bottom.
We had heard this story of the great
depth of the well several times but
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