The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-09-14
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last week. being unable to meet his liabilities lie
took his family, and went to Iowa. Charley need
not have left on account of debt. 1t has become
fashionable to break up. and compel ones creditor.
to take little nothing the dollar; aud we are
acquainted with persons who in the fashion, too
Miss Annie Eye has just returned to Atchison,
from weeks visit here with her old friends
The public schools commenced, Monday morning
Miss Fannie Mayou teaches the young idea how to
shoot, in the white school, and Miss Annie Dinke
! yields the rod in the eolored school.
j. p. johnson, our land king is disposing of some
Of his farms Week before last he sold four in this
County. and about M many last week. But his
twenty-five thousand acre farm in Missouri is not
for sale yet Instead of Offering this for sale he is
negotiating for thousand acre tract which lies
adjacent
Some loads of apples and peaches have been taken
west, lately, but did not produce satisfactory re-
suits, the prices hundred miles west being
ly the same as here.
The fall term at the University opened, on last
Wednesday, with pretty full school. The rooms
have been treated to new desks new paint and
paper. Prof. Brown made his inaugural address
before the students and citizens, Wednesday even
ing
If the aesthetic crank, Oscar Wilde, would only
his fine tastes, if sunHowers can crafty them
Enough of these flowers can he had in our meadow s
and lanes to make this celebrated esthetc n nice
little button-hoe bouqnet-say the size of Grays
Peak.
Will Shafer and Ella Miller went down to ST.
joe last week, and got tied up tightly that moth
ing less than lawyers fee can unite tho combined
knot.
The band will soon receive their brand new uni.
forms, which ordered some time ago The
color will be cadet gray, trimmed in gold braid.
BY choosing this color, the boys don't want i, un-
derstood that they allied TO or sympathze with
that crowd of unprincpled fellows that wore gray
while engaged in the late unples santness few
years since. The boys did not go to the State Fair
at Topeka. though in possession of free passes for
last year they badly treated by the inelem-
ent weather and unevil railroad men, that the trip
to the Capital was voted down.
Speaking of the Fair, reminds us,that our people
are going to be loyal to County Fair this year
liawatha though strictly Morrill,, is not moral
enough to keep citizens from giving to the Troy
Fair its share of patronage.
IToo late for last week.
Last week, We neglected to mention the concert
givenon Friday evening. 1t was made up Of solos.
Duets, quartettes. choruses, and piano. organ vo-
given. Being simply home talent, for a wonder it
was appreciated and at the suggestion of the editor
of the Hawatha World it WAS decided to repeat the
same programme in the Hiawatha opera house. on
the following Thursday evening. But after it had
been advertised. upon inquiry it found out that
Of the three persons who had the management of
the concert, Oscar Long had to leave "wednesday,
Miss Morton Thursday. and Bert Williams Friday.
Hence, the Hiawaths people had to be disappointed.
More carpenter work has been done about here,
during the past summer, than in any season for
some years; and the work will continue till cold
weather. too Joe Rankin is busy with a gang Of
vorkmen, Harrison Dillon with another, and John
Shields with a third.
Prof Donaldson. of wamego paid Prof MeCarty
= visit last week
Al. Bliss and family, of White Cloud. spent one
day Of this week in town visiting
Melons, peaches, and grapes, in great plenty, are
now added to the long list of fruits which our good
people enjoy.
Miss Matte Morton has gone to st. Charles, Mis-
-ouri, where she has accepted positonsas teacher
| in the Glendale Female Seminary. BY her depart
| ure, society here loses one of its most valuable
leaders.
As u consequence of the continued dry weather,
the chronic grumbers making their throats sore
predicting short corn crop, hard winter, ETC. II
might be good plan for some to wait until they are
hurt, before they squeal.
We learn that our od-tme friend, Prof Alex
Lehman, has good position in the State University
at Lawrence We glad of it, for if any fully
understands the art Of paving ivory the PROBES
does.
Hogs are selling at an unusually high price, at
present. Ii Ia hoped that the farmers will not be so
indiscreet as to sell off all their stock hogs.
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