Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-03-17
Local News.

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after his real estate interests.
R. w. Griggs went to Fowler o.
legal business Saturday night.
George Cobb went east for a fe,
days visit. He returned Wednesday
Miss Annie Jenkins visited a
Bucklin last week, returning hom
Monday.
Attorney S. R. Peters arrived
from Newton Tuesday to attent
court.
A letter from Walter Smith, Ho
Springs, Ark, says he is in a serious
condition.
Meade contains more gossipers tc
the square foot than anyother tow
in Kansas.
E. w. Flynn was down from
Wilburn the first of the week visit
ing friends.
John Clary left last Monday might
for Oklahoma, where he will reside
for the present.
Mrs. w. C. Osgood Jr. came
down from Bucklin Monday to re-
main few days.
Liberal is going to have a town
hall. Good move for Liberal.
They are enterprising people.
We are advised that Albert Potter
is a candidate on the republican
side for register of deeds.
We are informed that some of the
Meade county contingent to the re-
publican convention had swelled
heads.
Allen Miller recently returned from
Monmouth, Illinois, where he met
with very successful sale of his
horses.
Mr.. E. H. Boyer recently sold IA
quarters of land to Chas. Miller OF
Cherokee county. Mr.. Miller will
move to Meade county and improve
the land.
We are informed that Miss.Win-
ME Bonham is candidate for reg
lister of deeds, also that Zada Black
is asking the republican nomination
for county treasurer.
W. C. Ellis, of Mertilla town
ship has announced that he desires
the republican nomination for county
treasurer. Will is an ex-Philippine
soldier and a good boy.
We would seggest that Mr.. Fuhr,
of the Globe and Mr.. Millman, OF
the Liberal News, get together and
settle their differences. Let Queens
bury rules govern if necessary.
The P. E. o. sisterhood gave an
anniversary supper last Saturday
night in commemoration of the or
ganization of their order at this
place. They invited their bubbles
and a few gentlemen friends. They
all report an elegant feast, and we
know that they know how to give &
supper. We acknowledge with
thanks several slices of fine cake.
Mrs. R. M. Judd can now bt
found in the drygoods department
of Lee & Reads big store, where
she is perfectly at home, having hae
several years experience in this busi
ness. The many patrons of thi
store are assured a most cordia
welcome when they come to this de
partment. Mrs. Judd certainl,
knows how to sell drygoods.
R. Buis has begun the erection o
a new barn on the site where the oil
one stood for so many years. /
will be great improvement to tina
part of the city. The old barn wa
among the first buildings erected i
Meade after the city was establishe,
in 1885, 1t was from this barn tina
Jack Rhodes and Jim Heron mad
their escape in 1898; after Hero
had been convicted ofgrand larceny
They were both in charge of Deput
sheriff Givler, and in some manne
they made excuses to go to this bar
where horses had been saddled b
/ some of their friends. Everythin
being in readiness they covered Civ
/ ler with six-shooters and started t
make their escape, After they ha
started, Givler opened fire on then
but they rode on. When on the hi
east of Meade, Heron was seen
dismount and help Rhodes from h
horse, who in few hours was deae
Heron took Rhodes horse, whic
was the better and rode on, and h;
never been recaptured. Rhodes
buried in Graceland Cemetery, ar
Heron is in New Mexico. Publ