Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-03-21

line OF laQleS wrappers.
A complete stock of everything ii
the dry goods line at Wehrle's.
The Lewis boys are in the city to
attend the term of district court.
Mrs. Williams is selling the finest
quality of goods at the lowest prices.
Call and see the new styles OF
dress goods and trimmings at
Wehrle's.
Dress patterns and silk waist pat
terms in the very latest styles at
Mrs. Williams.
For the latest line of spring mil
linery, call and inspect the stock at
Mrs. Wehrle's.
Geo. Stoffer is in the city this
week. He is now employed at the
Desmarrias ranch in Sand Creek
twp.
Always remember that this office
can furnish you any paper publish
ed in the United States iat reduced
rates.
J. R. Griggs and wife were over
from Plains the first of the week.
Dick went to Liberal Monday night
after some horses.
This office has a stock of the fin
est business cards you ever saw.
Call and we will print you some in
the neatest and most artistic man
ner.
Liberal has two city tickets for
the city voters to ponder over. We
do not know whether it is wet and
dry ticket or both dry, but presume
both dry.
Art Bowen did not go to Optima
as announced in this paper last
week. He has a contract to break
100 acres of sod for H. B. Phelps
of Crooked Creek.
In another column we publish the
program of the Southwestern Kan
sas Scripture Institute which meets
at the Baptist church in this city
from March 29th to April and.
Will Osgood is painting the in
side of their building on the north
side of the square and will begin
papering it the last of the week. 1t
will be one of the best store rooms
in the city.
Capt. Osgood recently purchased
new disc drill and the other day
when he started out to drill barley
he found that some vile sinner had
stolen the double-trees. The Capt.
says that he will give them just one
week in which to return them.
The Rock Island Railroad Co. is
putting down 3-inch well inside
the dug we'll at the pump house,
with view of getting more water.
1t is the intention to strike the ar
tesian strata and let it flow into the
big well. There are too many ex-
tras for the supply of water and it
was necessary to get more water.
Last Saturday while on his way
to the city, Jake Kolb had a runa-
way. He was going through gate
near the Marshal place when the
team started to run, throwing eggs,
butter etc. all over the prairie. For
tunately, Jake was not hurt, getting
off with a few bruises. He says he
will feed his team "post hay" here
after when he comes to town so that
they won't feel SO frisky.
Complaints are frequently made
to US by our subscribers that they
fail to get their paper on time and
in some instances fail to get it at
all. 1t you fail to receive an issue,
please call at this office and get a
copy. The city papers are always
mailed on Thursday afternoon and
for the other offices sometime dur
ing the evening SO that they should
all go out the next day. Complaint
has also reached us that the papers
fail to reach Fowler until Saturday.
This is the fault of the postofice
We wish our patrons would make
complaint to us in regard to all
these irregularities so that we may
investigate the causes.
Our neighboring town of Engle-
wood seems to be getting wild and
woolly. Last Friday night two men
were held up and relieved of about
$50. One of the gentlemen was
Hon. Claud Duval, who was the
fusion candidate for congress last
year, but who is now travelling for
the Springfield Hat Co., the other
being travelling salesman named