Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-26
Local News.

R. E Steele went to Hutchinson
Sunday night.
Tom Martin was in town Tuesday
and Wednesday.
The green grass has been growinf
very rapidly the past ten days.
Salvation Army Captain Niles ha.
discontinued the evening street ser.
vices.
We notice that the Golden State
Limited will be discontinued aftel
March, 2o.
John Dickerson, of Nye, Okla.
homa, was visiting his cousin Dora
Saturday and Sunday.
A car load of potatoes lies at the
depot. We can eat all we want in
the murphy line now.
Judge and Mrs. Madison and
children left Friday evening for
their home at Dodge City.
Fowler, Meade Center and Crook
ed Creek twp have combined in the
purchase of a street grader and
ditcher.
Doc Fee has added a soda water
fountain to his drug store. He will
have same in running order ere the
hot weather arrives.
We are buying our hats ready
trimmed; new and complete line of
ready trimmed dress hats Just re-
at Boyer's, trimmed by the
best milliners in St. Joseph, Mo.
According to the reports of the
operations of the Salvation Aamy at
Meade, there is quite an awakening
in the old berg. If CAPTAIN Niles
with his corps of singers, the drums
and the tambourine cannot make
stir there is no hope for the place.
Liberal News.
Charlie Martin, Householder and
Contractor, from Minneola, is here
with full crew at work on the
residence of Claud Ragland, who is
ust dying to get back to Meade.
Court adjourned last Friday af-
ernoon. The jury in the case of
Burford VS.. The railroad company,
.ailed to agree and were discharged.
VIM. Kobs has moved his family
rom Concordia. Mo-, to this city.
They occupy the Rieman property
which has been purchased by Mr..
Kobs.
We attended the Salvation Army
meeting last Sunday night and were
disappointed at the
seeming lack of enthusiasm. The
meeting was more in the nature of
general love feast and hand shaking.
Several went to the altar.
DR.. Fee has been a very busy
nan this week, in fact, he has had
more than two mems work. He
vas at Plains Monday to visit the
little girl of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Orner, who is i'll with diphtheria,
% Ben Whites in Crooked Greek
wp, and to Jerry Dowell's in Gray
;ounty-all within twentyfour hours.
Sam Samples is real happy now.
Some days ago he ordered fine bed
rom Chicago and when he heard
hat it had arrived, he pictured in
lis mind how comfortably he would
-est as soon as he got it set up.
But alas! when he came to put the
bed together he found that there
we're no rails. Now however the
rails have arrived and Sam
will lose no time in adjusting them
% their proper place. We trust that
he will not want to lay in bed too
ong in the morning.
Last Wednesday, March, 18th,
the arrival of E. H. Ray
nond, known all the world over as
Rough and Ready, with his wagon,
TWO jennets and a burro. Rough
comes to this city after a fourteen
months stay at Santa Rosa, N. NJ.
where he has had charge of a very
arge stock of material belonging to
one of the grading outfits that work
ed on the railroad last year. He
has come to Kansas to look for a
place to settle and is now ready to
accept steady job from any man
who wants good hand. He has
letters of recommendation from his
last employers and other parties in
Santa Rosa giving the very highest
references. 'fRough" has seen a
great deal of life in his day and has
been over many states. Everywhere
he goes his nickname sticks to him.
Get him to tell you about his exper-
fences as Deputy U. S. Marshal;