Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-04-09
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Local News.


The county board is in session
the week.
John w. Baughman was in Meade
Monday.
The passenger train has been com,
ing in on time lately.
c. P. Fullington was in town las,
Monday and Tuesday.
Geo. Theis and Geo. Dugan, OF
Ashland, were in town the first OF
last week.
Rev. Parks will preach at the
Presbyterian Church Easter Sunday,
April 18th.
Claud Ragland will soon move in
to his new house in the north part
of the city.
Will Griggs came In from Colo.
Wednesday. He will remain for a
couple of months.
DR.. Fee left Monday for St. Paul,
Minnesota, to see his brother, who
is reported very sick.
Jack Roberts has his residence
nearly built. Mr.. Ormond Hamil-
ton is the boss carpenter.
We printed horse bills this week
for R. T. Worman, who has purchas-
ed fine Percheron Stallion.
DR.. Dickerson is in the city at
tending the practice of DIR. Fee.
during the latter's absence.
DR.. Fee reports the birth of a
boy baby at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. B. Allen, last Saturday.
Flick Roberts Mer. Co. have their
ware house on West Carthage ave-,
and ready for occupancy.
Miss Etna Dalgarn left Monday
for Kansas City in response to a
message that her brother was serious
ly ill.
There was city electionin Meade
last Monday, judging from the ac-
tivity at the polls, 135 votes were
cast.
Mrs. Judd informs US that her
brother Bert and wife, of St. Paul,
Minnesota, are the parents of a TO-
pound boy.
Will Presley has moved his feed
and grain to Camps feed mill next
door to the News Office. where he
can be found with complete line of
flour. feed and grain.
The Arena will meet one week
from Friday with Mrs. Ella Hamil-
ton. Please prerare on the second
lesson of Paradise Lost
Come out Thursday evening,
April, 10th, and have a good time
with your friends, eat ice cream and
incidentally listen to the band play.
Admission 10 cents.
The republicans nominated Victor
Murdock, of the Wichita Eagle, for
Congress at Great Bend last week
on the first ballot. They say the
delegates from Meade did not land
in the band wagon.
Thursday evening, April, 10Th,
The Band Boys will give a concert
in the City Hall, accompanied by
refreshments in the shape of Ice
cream. cake, soft drinks etc. served
by some of the prettiest young ladies
in the town. Come up and enjoy
yourself, you don't have to sit still.
Admission 10 cents.
B. F. Bisbee was in town Wednes-
day and informed US that he was
having $500 acres of land broken
for Mr.. w. H. Wilson of Arcade,
New York, which will be sown in
wheat this fall. He has twenty
teams at work at present and is en-
ploying all the men who want work
breaking. Who says we will not
have large acreage of wheat next
year.
Sheriff NJ. E. Hibbs and deputies
are out this week helping the Wood
ward county sheriff to chase down
three men who are alleged to have
stolen team and buggy at Gage.
1t seems that one of the thieves tried
to hire a livery rig at Gage but the
liveryman refused to let the team go
without a driver so sent a Young
man out with him. After leaving
Gage a few miles they overlook two
half-breed Indians. The three mer
then got in the buggy and made the
driver walk ahead of the team unit
they had gotten we'll on their way
when they turned him loose and pro