Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-06-12
Local News.

weather.
A new sidewalk is being put down
on the west side of the square.
Len Follick is repainting his resi-
dence, in the Wichita addition.
Alf Siegel went to Kansas City
last Friday and returned Wednes-
day.
T. F. Stewart and family left last
week for the eastern part of the
state.
Please observe the new ad of The
Meade Lumber & Supply Co., in
this issue.
Fred Gray is in the artesian dis
trict this week painting the residence
of Geo. Edwards.
| Johnston & Slegel have added
line of cofins and will hereafter
take charge of funerals.
A new through telegraph wire is
being put in to accommodate the in
creasing railroad business.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Harper, re-
turned Wednesday from Hutchin-
son where they have been visiting
for the past ten days.
The Band Concert given at the
City Hall last Saturday night was
quite largely attended, The pro-
ceeds were about Sac.
Rev. J. A. Lenehen, of Dodge
City, will be in Meade next Sunday
and hold services at the Catholic
church, at the usual hour.
Mr.. R. T. Babb has just finished
repainting and papering his resi-
dence in the western part of the
city. Fred Gray was the artist,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Price, and lit
tie son of Ell Paso, Texas, are visit
ing with Mr.. w. S. Bergman.
Mrs. Price is sister of Mr.. Berry
man.
Mrs. Amanda Smith, mother of
Mrs. J. M. Camp, has been serious
ly i'll at her home southwest of the
city. Drs. Fee and Leslie have
both been in attendance.
Harry Hayden and J. H. Ellis
have contracted to pasture 1000
head of cattle during the summer at
at 80 cents per head. The cattle
were shipped in this week from New
Mexico.
Mr.. J. w. Bergman, of Ashland,
Kansas, was in the city last week to
meet his sister, Miss Emily Berry
man, who arrived here from Ell Paso
Texas last Thursday morning. They
left for Ashland Saturday morning.
There were several additions to
the Baptist church last Sunday. M.
E. Read and wife and Misses Naomi
Read and Nora ,McCampbell by let
ter, and Rich Boyer presented him
self and was approved for baptism.
Thus the good work goes on.
James T. Walter returned last
Sunday from Columbia, Mo-, where
he has been attending the Universe
ty at that place. He graduated this
year from the Law Department of
that college and is now full-fedg
ed atty-at-law. Jim has not decid
ed where he will hang out his shin
gle.
Arthur Maiheu Informed US this
week that two of his children, Har-
tense, aged IA and Arthur. aged IL,
had killed a monstrous bull snake
last week. The reptile measured 9
feet, 10 inches in length and its body
was several inches in diameter.
This was the largest snake We ever
heard of in this country.
| E. w. Williams returned last week
from his trip out west. He-went to
Ell Paso, Texas, and around to Fort
Worth through Texas. He says that
Ell Paso is the best town he visited.
While there he visited our old friend
and townsman, L. c. Bonham. He
says Clyde is running barber shop
and doing we'll, that he has settled
down to quite married life.
Mr.. Tom Roberts, of the Soldiers
home at Ft. Dodge, was in Meade
a few days last week visiting friends.
Mr.. Roberts is an old friend of the
Allen family, being intimately &C
quainted with c. G. Allen, deceas-
ed, in eastern Kansas, before the
war. He left Monday for Beaver
county TO spend several days on his
claim.
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