Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-09-24
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local News.
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The telephone line is now COM
pleted between here and Plains.
Fred Gray went to Kansas City
last Sunday evening on business.
A. Hemple is threshing alfalfa at
Howard's place east of the city.
G. H. Gernigan, of Liberal, is
the new Rock Island operator at
this place.
Uncle Dick Skinner and wife
have moved to the McMeel place
southwest of the city.
Miss Nellie Sourbeer went to
Arkalon Sunday to teach in one of
Seward county's districts.
Miss Marjorie Bodle left Thurs
day for Wichita, where she will at
tend Mt. Carmel Academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Buck arrived
Sunday from Ohio, where they have
been visiting for several weeks.
Bob Molyneaux left last Saturday
evening for Kansas City where he
expects to remain for several months.
A letter from Linn Givler says he
has moved to Jorden, Montana,
where he is caring for a large herd
of sheep.
Frank Hamilton has been moved
from Good and, Kansas, to Her
rington, where he has better
position.
Work was commenced last Satur-
day morning on J. M. Eaton's new
building. Chas Roberts is the con-
tractor.
Prof. H. F. Long who was princi-
wal of the Meade Schools last
winter has charge of the schools at
Sharon Springs, Wallace county,
this year.
No beat no cheat just treat to
see Mrs. Henry's book of samples
and prices, in the east parlor of the
Meade Hotel.
Mr.. H. E. Blanchard, of Beaver,
Editor of the Beaver Journal, was
in Meade the first of the week.
The Journal is the new paper at that
place and is fastcoming to the front.
Fred Gray has just finished paint
ing the residence of w. C. Osgood
in the Wichita addition. 1t i'm
proves it's appearance, as it is one
of the best built houses in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Baughman,
of Cheney Kansas, are visiting their
son John w. Baughman and wife OF
Plains. They are on their way
home from California where they
have been spending short vacation
w. w. Pressly left Friday evening
for his old home at Erie, Pa, in re-
spense to a telegram that his sistel
died at that place on Thursday
evening. Mr.. Pressly has tn,
sympathy of his many friends here
Mr.. w. L. Van Doren and wife
of Laomi, Illinois, were in Meade
few days last week visiting with S
C. Sumpter and wife. Mr.. Val
Doren is a brother-in-law of Mr.
Sumpter. They left Sunday TO
their home.
Chas. Talley returned last wee
from Kansas City, Mo. While alb
sent he visited Uncle Ben Cox, a
Barry, Missouri, and says that Be
is very busy ''grubbing," also tina
he had succeeded in chopping
piece out of his shoe during tn
performance. He also says Be
will return to Meade in few weeks
All the members of the Masoni
fraternity are requested to be {
Meade early Tuesday morning
September, 2o to go to Plains to a:
sist in dedicatory services of th
first church of Plains. Likewis
the members of the Meade Lode
1. o. o. F. are requested to /
| present at the same time and plac
for the same purpose.
R. W. Griggs and Shelley Pri.
returned last Thursday from Woo
ward and Dewey counties whe
they had been in scarce of Flee
wood and Cooper, the escape
prisoners. They chased them as f
as Woodward and there Cooper W
seen by Frank Healey on Il
Wednesday morning after their e
cape from here. 1t is thought tn
Fleetwood was there also and tn
from there they both went on in
Dewey county where they ha
friends. There is a nest of thiev
down there and it is thought th
they are secrefed some where in th