Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-13
local News.

TIC NEWS DIT
Clark Williams left last week for
his home at Temple, Texas.
The Meade County Normal Insti-
tute begins July 1st and closes on
the 10Th.
The Minneola base ball nine will
play the Meade nine at this place on
June 29.
1t has been trying mighty hard to
rain for the past two days, but so
far it has failed.
Some of our city young folks at
tended picnic at Lambert's grove
last Wednesday.
Ormond Hamilton shipped in
car load of ice from Hutchinson
last Friday evening.
Judge Bodle is in Peabody, Kan
sas, this week on business. He
will return about the 18th.
Louis Boehler left last Monday
for Coldwater to attend court which
IS in session at that place.
Meade will celebrate the Fourth
of July in grand style. Watch for
announcement in this paper.
Will Shelley returned from Stan
ton county last Saturday night where
he had been inspecting land for an
eastern company.
Last Sunday the thermometer
went up to about to about Io4 in the
shade. A genuine old time hot
wind was blowing.
U. G.. Collins, brother-in-law or
Hodge Marshall, has been named
as manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. at Liberal.
Mrs. F. S. Drummond and child
rem were up from Beaver last Sum
day to visit with Mr.. Drummond.
They returned to Beaver Monday.
DIR. and Mrs. Leslie arrived in
Meade Monday evening. The doc
tor will Immediately begin the erec-
ton of residence in the north part
of town.
Jacob Heape recently returned
from Montgomery county where he
had been to visit his mother who
died about 10 days ago. His many
friends sympathize with him.
Mrs. Sawyer, accompanied by
Miss Pearl Sawyer, arrived at Fow-
Ter last Saturday evening. Mrs.
Sawyer has been visiting in Iowa
and Pearl has been going to school
at Nickerson.
S. C. Sumpter has had his sched-
ule for the carrying of the Lakeland
mail changed and now starts from
Meade in the morning and returns
in the evening. He expects to move
to this city soon.
The Mulligan Klondike Company,
which was "robbed" at Seattle,
WASH, has reorganized under the
leadership of Lee Howard and DR..
Nichols and will continue the jour
ney to the goldfelds.
| John Randolph Jr. and Miss Pearl
Zortman were married in Woodward
some ten days ago and arrived at
Fowler last Saturday night. This
young couple has our congratula-
ions and best wishes in their journey
through life.
Some one fired a shot on the north
side last Saturday night-either in
fun or to scare somebody. We
don't think it ought to have been
done for either. There is law
against carrying concealed weapons
and it might be enforced some of
these days.
M. S. Gillidett, of Bethany, Mo-,
was in Meade last Friday morning
in company with B. F. Bisbee. He
is out in this country for the pur-
pose of locating. His son Charles
and Gideon also accompanied him
and who also expect to locate in
Meade county. Mr.. Gillidett filed
on some government land in West
Plains twp. recently and expects to
buy enough more to go into the cat
tie business.
1t will be remembered that some
time ago this paper announced that
w. H. Lewis Jr. was taken to Lips
comb county, Texas, for trial on Z
larceny charge. His trial was SCI
for May Fl, but was continued unit
fall by request of the state, the pros
ecuting witness not being present
We are not fully advised as to the
merits of this case, but have under