Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-09-19
Local News.

E. A. Twist and family were up
from the Cimarron last week.
District court will convene in this
city Tuesday October IS.
Will Bruce and wife were in the
city few days this week.
Dave Mackey was up from his
ranch on the Cimarron last Monday. |
Liberal has a dancing school and |
they will have private dances every |
week ducing the winter.
c. F. Gardner went to Kansas
City Monday. He had two cars of
cattle on the stock train.
Chas. Talley got back from Kan
sas City last, Friday. He had been
on the market with load of cattle. |
There was light frost last Mon
day night. No damage is reported
to vegetables or any growing crops.
Mrs. Shaw has our thanks for a
basket of fine Seeding peaches that
are as good as any we have seen this
year.
Doc Anshutz was up from the riv-
er Sunday and Monday. He was
accompanied by his little son and
daughter.
DR.. Fee reports the birth of girl
baby at the home of Mr.. John Por-
terfeld, of Fowler twp, on last Sun
day morning.
DIR. Dickerson was in the city on
Monday. He says that there will
be an abundance of feed crops on
the Cimarron river.
Our Cricket correspondent from
Evergreen is with US again this week
after long absence. We wish he
might come regularly every week.
James Walter left Tuesday for
Columbia, Mo-, where he will at
tend the University. He expects to
graduate from the law department
of that school.
While digging the well at John
Elliott's last week, Marshal Camp
found buffalo grass roots at a depth
of 2z feet He also found the bone
of some animal at depth of 46f feet.
Chas. Ellis and wife, of Wood
ward, Ok, are visiting at the home
of ]. H. Ellis In Mertilla. Their
little child is also with them, having
been very sick for some time.
DR.. Sterrett arrived from Dodge |
Monday and has his dental office at
the Meade Hotel. The doctor is |
very popular with our people and
his work gives excellent satisfaction.
We made an error last week in the
amount of alfalfa seed at the Sour
beer farm. They had so4 bushels
from nbout 60 acres. They market
ed 100 bushels last week at about
81 per bushel.
Rube Orr got back from the new
country last Friday. He succeeded
in getting a good claim and says that
the country is all right. He brought
back a genuine case of chills and
was laid up for several days.
We received letter this week
from Wesley Edwards who is at
tending college at Baldwin, Kansas.
He informs US that he is taking the
normal course. We are glad to hear
that he is getting along so well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hamilton
and son, Jesse, left last Thursday
for Richmond, Kansas. where they
will visit Mrs. Hamilton's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Mclean. They
expect to be absent few weeks.
Alf. Siegel left last Friday for
Vineland. N. J. in response to a tel
egram that his sister, Clara, was not
expected to live. Miss Slegel will
be remembered by our people and
they hope thas she may recover her
health. Alf. will probably remain
several weeks.
E. T. Webb. of Webb City, Mo-,
was in the city last week looking af-
ter his interests in the Siegel-Sanders
ranch. Mr.. Webb holds a S42, 900
mortgage against this property and
was compelled to attach it as it had
been sold to Frank Rockefeller and
both claim to be in possession. The
case involves many technical points
and will come up at the next term
of court.
]. w. Kibby has recently brought
about 500 head of cattle to this
county. He shipped them from FL
dorado to Englew ood and they were
driven across from that place and