The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-10-23
Van BUSKIRk d Breckenridge.
Wathena Items.

Wathena is feeling the effects of the general revi-
al of business Merchants are looking unusually
good There is doubt but that times are
good deal better Father Steele, Ia former merch-
ant of TroyJ has bought out Dave McCoy's stock of
groceries, and settled down to business He is hav-
ing his store-room enlarged and intends to add to
his stock. have no doubt, times are "bOomng-
now, he will do booming business.
Messrs. Straub and Collins have opened n new
butcher shop. We are likely to get meat for less
than it is worth. for time.
Politics quiet. Every body in this independ-
ent province, will have not hing to do with any but
| the straight ticket this "load of poles"
We would never have known anything about any
of our citizens being at the Greenback consult with
the people movement, If they hal not mentioned it.
They must have gone very early and came home IN
der cover of the darkness. guess they heartily
ashamed of the weakness, and will return to their
first love. Come back, brothers, and in the future,
consult with the people" of y0ur own faith
L. +. Dixon will carry his ticket through with an
here. No man could have been selected who Is bet
ter qualified to fill the office to which he has been
nominated, and to which he will be elected just
certain he lives to the day of election.
The public school has an average attendance of
fifty pupils to each department. They have succeed
ed in securing the service of competent teacher for
a colored man, formerly Of Washington, ID. C.
The Commissioning of Welton, at Troy, is cheering
news to his friends
Mr.. Walker, who was i'll with the mumps last
week, is able to pursue his work, at this writing.
Will, don't get the mumps any more, for it may go
hard with you.
A little child of Mr. Stuart's while playing with
buttons, put one up its The child taken
st. joe, to have the button extracted On examine
ton, it found that the button could not be taken
out the way it put in, hence was showed through
into the mouth. At last accounts the child get
ting along very well. Mothers, take warning, and
keep such things away from the babies.
Died-In Bellemont, near Wathena, little son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clawater, aged five years.
Some three or four of our teachers of Wathena
were attending the Teachers Association, held IN
Troy. ON Saturday, October 18th. They appeared to
be well pleased with the exercises, but did not like
the remark made by certain pedagogue at the
City Hotel. The remark something like this:
.'rhc Wathena teachers don't take much interest i'm
education. Thinking he overheard by a Wa
thena teacher he tried to turn it off somebody he
knew, to keep suspicion down. Mr.. Pedasogue, if
you doubt that the Wathena teachers take inter
est in education, come down and see, and learn a
lesson thereby.
Introduction Of the electric light would be of some
importance to this town, to put up along the side
walks, the walks are very dilapidated.
The sportsmen of this place are amusing them
selves shooting glass balls. They propose shooting
pigeons, on the I'D, If no preventing Providence.
Boys enjoy life while you may; catch pleasure
it flies, etc.
Query-who put glass eyes in Walkers grey.
hound GOssIP.