Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-05
Local News.

last Tuesday.
The Ashland Clipper is booming
F. c Price for Congress to ucceed
Chester 1. Long.
VIM. Robert, of the XI ranch,
was in Meade the first of the week
transacting business.
The Royal Neighbor Entertain
ment will be held at the City Hall
next Saturday night.
Will Shelley has been on the sick
list for the past few days, but is bet
ter at the present writing.
George B. Cones left last Thurs
day morning for the eastern part of
the state on a business trip.
DR.. and Mrs. Sterrett arrived in
Meade Tuesday and the DR.. is busy
at the Meade Hotel doing dental
work.
The State Editorial Association
meets at Topeka on Feb. 9 and 10,
An excellent program has been pre-
pared.
Tuesday night was about the
coldest of the winter, the thermome-
ter regis tering about ten degrees
above zero.
We have noticed the name of R.
B. Campbell mentioned In connect
ion with the 9TH District Congress
sional nomination.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. S. D.
Adams, on Tuesday morning, a girl
baby. Doug now wears a smile
about a yard in length.
| A girl baby arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Thonhoff,
last Sunday morning. There is also
great rejoicing in this household.
The Cimarron Jacksonian got out
an extra edition last week telling
about the new railroad which is 60
ing through that part of the country.
| Will Presley has purchased car
of corn from Geo. De Cow and will
engage in the feed business. We
are pleased to have Mr.. Presley
numbered among onr business men.
| Judge Price, of Ashland, was in
the city this week representing Frank
Wehrle in his contest case before the
Probate Court. He left Wednesday
evening for his home in Ashland.
| Attorney S. S. Ashbaugh, of
Wichita, Kansas, was in the city
this week representing Mr.. Wysong
in the contest case. returned to
his home Wednesday evening.
| Harry Coon left last night for
Topeka where he has job in the
Legislature. We are not advised as
to the character of the position but
presume it is a clerkship of some
description.
| Mr.. J. c. Ragland has began the
erection of four room cottage in
the north part of the city. We are
pleased to see Mr.. Ragland make
this move, as all these improvements
are beneficial to our city.
/. The weather became very much
like winter last Monday night and
Tuesday morning, but towards noon
it moderated and resumed its spring
like appearance. We hope it will
continne that way until spring-time
comes for certainty.
Miss Eta Henline, Co. Supt. o.
Seward County, died at her home al
Arkalon, last Saturday morning, oi
, pneumonia. She had been i'll TO
the past month. Miss Henline ha6
: number of friends in Meade Coun
!. ty who deeply regret her untimely
\ death.
Mr.. and Mrs. E.. A. Twist lef
last Saturday night for Illinois in re
sponse to telegram announcing tn
serious illness of Mr.. Twist father
1t is hoped by all Mr.. Twists friend
that his father will shortly regai
I his usual health, but as he is quit
4 old and feeble it is hardly expecte
4 that he can recover.
8 The Golden State Limited ha
y another wreck last Wednesday morn
n ing, between Liberal and Arkalor
3 The rails spread and the coache
y ran along the ties for several hundre
feet No particular damage va
: one except the breaking of a COUP
of the. trucks and delaying No. 3
. about 10 hours.
, E. NJ. Williams. of Salisbury. M
has purchased the old Davis Arte
ian farm from Chas. Glascoe, ,
Olivet, Kansas. Mr.. Williams wi