Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-12-17
Local News.

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week.
Boyer Sisters will make you
special price on shoes.
Pearl top lamp chimneys and IL
cents at Eaton's cash store.
Boys Duck Overcoats ST. 90. also
Wool Sweaters $3.50. At Eaton's
DR.. Fee reports the birth of a CIR
baby at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
John Crane last Saturday night.
A new supply of blankets just re-
ceived at Boyer's; prices and quality
to suit all.
DR.. Fee, director of School
district No. resigned last Saturday
and Thos Johnston was appointed
in his stead.
All persons knowing themselves
indebted to Boyer Sisters will con-
fer favor by settling their account
before the first of January.
Silk mufflers, ties and an endless
assortment to select from, all suitable
for Christmas presents.
McMEEL.
The adjouoned term of court con-
vened Wednesday. Judge Madison
arrived on No. 3. The Live Stock,
Cotton & Improvement Co. VS.. ].
Miller came up for trial.
The Modern Woodman and Royal
Neighbor Camps will give a Public
Installation and supper at the City
Hall some time in January. The
particulars will be given later.
The Band has partically fitted up
the City room for placeto practice.
The nights are getting too chilly
without fire and the boys had the
room petitioned off so as to save
coal.
Geo DeCow has recently erected
an 8-foot Curry wind mill at his
place south of Meade. The mill
is similar in construction to the
Sampson mill and runs like charm.
Geo would be pleased to sell few
at sa3 apiece loaded into your wag-
on.
At the regular meeting of the City
Council last Monday night the City
Marshal was ordered to inspect the
fiues of the business portion of the
city and if any were found defective
to order owners of the property to
have the same repaired Immediately.
John Fanchar, that sturdy farmer
and stock raiser, of Logan twp, was
Tuesday. Mr.. Fanchar
says that he is the busiest man in
Logan twp. and scarcely finds time
to come to town. He dropped in to
see US few minutes and left in a
hurry to attend other business.
Mr.. George F. Eckart, who was
in the United States Army for IS
years, and who was with General
Custer in his last fights with the
Sioux Indians on the Little Big
Horn riverin 1876. offers his ser
vices free of charge to the city of
Meade, for the purpose of organiz-
ing a fire brigade. He wants about
80 men who are to elect their own
officers and all he will do is to meet
and drill them.
We have learned from Sheriff
Givler, that Harry Fleetwood, who
escaped Jail here last summer has
been captured at Plainview, Texas,
and IS in Jail at that place. He is
being held for the theft of five mules
and six horses. The sheriff of that
county wrote Sheriff Givler that he
would like to turn him over to
Meade county, but that he would
have to be tried in that county.
Their term of court convenes in
March 1904. Plainview is in Hale
county, IS miles south of Clarendon.
the nearest railroad point. We hope
the sheriff of Hale county will be
able to hold Fleetwood, as he is a
very desperate character and will
take all kinds of chances to escape.
A Chinaman arrived in Meade
last Friday on very gruesome mis-
sion-that of disintering the remains
of b s.brother, and returning them to
China. The Chinaman referred to
is the one who committed suicide
here in 1887, by cutting his throat
with case knife. He was buried
in the eastern corner of Graceland
cemetery and no one thought any
thing more of the affair until the ar
rival of this Chino last Friday. 1,
appears that Sing Lee had reported
the facts to this brother who has