Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-08
Local News.

| Mrs. b. Buck this week.
Miss Eva Walter will teach at
Plains the coming school term.
w. ]. Woodland was building coal |
bins for the new lumber yard this
week.
Revs. Robinson and Springston
went to Englewood Monday to hold
services.
Jim Wood had a new coal bin
built this week. Joe James was the
boss carpenter.
The Rieman family left Tuesday
for Nickerson where the children
will attend school.
Services will be held at the Bap-
tist church next Sunday morning
and evening at the usual hours.
Court Stenographer Boehler has
been in Dodge City for the past ten
days where District Court Is in ses-
sion.
Mr.. Geo. Gray, of May, Okla,
was in Meade several days last week
visiting friends and transactiug bust
ness.
We are informed that Anson Ran
dolph is going to Bucklin in a few
days to begin work in the railroad |
office.
]. B. Burford, of this county, was
also one of the lucky ones in the
Oklahoma lottery. We failed to
learn his number.
Will Griggs was in Meade for a
few days this week on his way to
Colorado. He had been to Okla
homa at the registration.
E. D. Smith returned from Hutch
inson Friday afternoon. His eye
sight is greatly improved and he
thinks will ultimately be restored.
Miss Mabel MuMullen is visiting
friends in this county for the pres
ent. She has been teaching school |
in Woodward county, Oklahoma.
Will Shelley is out in the country
this week with his photograph outfit
to make views of farms, ranches, |
cattle, and most anything you want.
There was a moonlight picnic at
the big springs southwest OF the city
one night last week. We have no
further particulars and have not
heard of any of the participants be-
ing moonstruck,
Geo. T. Gore, of Columbia, Mo-,
is visiting with James Walter. Mr..
Gore went to the Columbia Univers-
ity last year with Jim. He has Sc
cured the Artesian schoal and will |
remain in Meade county.
Everyone seems greatly excited |
over the new Oklahoma country.
In our opinion if some of these peo-
pie would come out into western
Kansas and adapt themselves to the
conditions of this country they |
would be far better off than going
to Oklahoma and trying to get
something out of nothing.
Messrs. Edward Donnelly and
Gus Baker, of Alton, Ills, who have
been visiting Mr.. Barragree and
family, of Odee, for the past ten |
days left last Friday for their home
in Illinois. Mr.. Donnelly still has
some land in Odee twp. which he
proved up oyer IS years ago. We
acknowledge a pleasant call from
Mr.. D. last Friday.
We learn that Miss Olive M.
Bowen and Mr.. Oak d. Nevitt
were married at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
D. Bowen. at Arkansas City, Kas.,
Aug. 4. Miss Bowen formerly lived |
in Meade and has many friends who
extend to her their congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nevitt will reside at |
Oxford, Kansas, the home of the
groom.
Some party or parties broke open
the back window of Henry Tag
CARTS confectionery last Tuesday |
night and carried off two butts of
chewing tobacco, some smoking to-
bacco, lot of cigars and candies,
and stripped two shelves of canned
goods. There is no clue to the par
ties as we have heard. 1t is thought |
that the barglary was committed
some time after midnight.
Among the lucky ones who drew
claims in the Indian country are
Rube Orr and Roscoe Smith of this
place. Rube drew No. 275o and
Roscoe No. 1851 both in the El Reno
district. Roscoe Smith remained at
Chickasha after registering and Mr..
Orr returned home. Last Thursday
Rube got telegram that he had
been one of the lucky ones. He
left Immediately for Ell Reno to To-
cate claim. We hope they will
both get good farms.
Quite peculiar incident occurr-
ed at the depot last Saturday, with
freight car. Jim Wood was hav-
ing the car of lumber unloaded and
for convenience wanted it moved
down the track a short distance.
A team was hitched onto it and it
was moved but soon got under such
headway that it could not be stop
ped and started down the track at a