Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-08
local News.
Court convenes October 20.

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this week.
French fannl and canvas shirt
waists at Wehrle's.
E. w. White returned from Kan.
sas City last week.
Mrs Henry pays the freight on al
orders purchased from her.
Geo. B. Cones has added a new
safe to his real estate Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Buck left
Saturday for Englewood on bust
ness.
Fred Gray has position in the
St. George Hotel at Kansas City,
Missouri.
J. E. McNair and family have
moved into Mrs. Griggs residence
north of the court house.
H. G. Marshall returned Satur-
day from Wichita where he had
been on business.
Mr.. Kessler and family have
moved into Mrs. Henry's house for
the present.
Mrs. ]. ]. Hickney, of Pueblo
Colo., arrived Sunday to attend the
funeral of her mother, Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. Col. Guinr, of Kewana, Ill.
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Funk
and brother, Charles Funk of this
city.
Gilbert Bird was in town Monday
on business. He has an ad for the
sale of horses in another column of
this issue.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church will give chicken pie
social at the City Hall, October 81.
Everyone is cordially invited.
Mr.. Ira Scott and wife have
moved back to Meade County from
Eldorado. Ira will live on his claim
in Sand Creek and work on the
Webb ranch.
Miss May Bowers, niece of the
Bird boys left Monday night for her
home in Carmen, Okla. Miss Bow
ers has been visiting relatives in
Gray county for the past several
weeks.
Mrs. Henry and children all went
up to their claims in Mertilla twp.
last week. They each have claim,
four in all and have quite a colony
up in that part of the county.
The engine to be contributed by
Mr.. Steele to the city is to be IL
horse power and will be sufficient
for all practical purposes.
The rooms of Miss Ruth Bennett
and Mrs. McCrellis will have pub
lie exercises at the school house
next Friday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
in honor of Eugene Field.
Franz Drummond and family left
Tuesday evening for Centralia,
Washington. where they will visit
for few months. They may con-
clude to return to Meade county.
We hope that they may, and be
citizens of Meadea gain.
The Arena club will give an en-
tertainment at the city hall Friday
Oct. I6, consisting of music, reci-
tations and a laughable comedy,
"The Parliament of Servants. Ad.
mission, adults 25cts; children under
IL, Iocts.
Jake Myre. of Odee twp. brought
US several stalks of white and rec
kafr corn this week. The head:
were about 10 inches in length anc
the seed was of excellent quality
The sample is the finest we ever saw
in this country. Mr.. Myre says he
has about l25 bushels of this forage
crop.
Tuesday of last week was mem
orable day for Plains. 1t was tht
laying of the corner stone of the frs
church building ever erected in tina
city. The ceremonies were conduct
ed by the Meade Lodges A. F. ant
/ A. M. and 1. o. o. F. and every
thing went on in good shape. Th'
good citizens of Plains had prepar
ed an excellent feast at the schoo
house and spared no effort to Sc
that every one had an abundance
The structure will cost about SI5o
when completed and will be credi
to that little city.
Last week we forgot to mention
social gathering of theyoung peopl
at the home of E. D. Smith, south
west of the city on Friday evening
The crowd consisted of Messr: