Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-08-22
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COLLYER CARVINGS.
COLLIER, August 19.

A man teacher voted for 7vrntey term OF
school
The Collyer W. r. G. fourishing. A
full attendance on Saturday.
Wa-Keeney has been visited the past
week by many of our people.
The surrounding country was well rep
resented in town last Saturday.
J. A. Cavanaugh, of Nevada, Ill, was in
town on Friday, looking for land.
Carpenter work of school fence finished,
lodging posts taking the place of gate.
Promised rains of Thursday and
Friday passed around, giving us but a
few sprinkles.
Woollen wraps were not uncomfortable
when that cold change came Wednesday
morning.
Messrs. Converse and Mcmahon, of
this division of the railroad, passed
west on the little dummy, "Daisy,"
Wednesday morning.
No need of further convincing that the
wind has not forgotten how to blow.
Howbeit, as it continues to be cool, even
on these parching days, complaints would
be ingratitude.
Last Sabbath was the appointed day
for Catholic services, but the priest failed
to come. Many turned from the church
and improved the opportunity to call
upon their friends.
The onward march of improvements is
being joined in by the Banner school dis
trict, who have posted notices that they
desire bids for erecting frame school
house. Banner has ever lead in religious
matters, and in such a community educa-
tional questions are not discounted.
AS the time drew near for the Morris
homestead contest, the contestants SEEM
ed not so sure of gaining the case, and let
it pass without appearing. The senti-
ment of our people was favorable to Mr.
Morris, as many people knew of his and
his wife's inability to fulfill the law more
closely on account of sickness.
So far hearsay has erected most of the
new buildings and rumor has supplied
the new firms. The latest is that one of
our old settlers is soon to open livery
stable and another to supply the demand
ioi q bChOlys IHO
ableness of the livery business is assured,
and for bakery manufactures there is
even now some local call.
Invitations were issued on Monday 70
a picnic at L. LeBron's homestead on Big
creek, to occur on Wednesday, the same
to be closed by dance in the evening. It
has been the one social topic of converse
lion ever since, and many are now enjoy
ing the pleasures which Mrs. LeBron is
so capable of bestowing. Teams arrived
from all directions, and the occasion will
be long rendered as the first picnic Of the
season.
A "streak of luck" rather undesirable,
came to the well borers recently. That
part of their anger which had been newly
welded slipped off, letting the worm fall
TO the bottom of the we'll they were sink
ing for T. X. Phillips. All efforts to
draw it up proved unsuccessful, so they
are now digging down to it, and have
about twenty feet of the probable sixty
already excavated.
An accident occurred Tuesday evening
to one of G.. McFarland's two-year-old
wild horses which will necessitate it's
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be caught, and ran with such speed that
when it reached the length of the picket
rope it was suddenly jerked back with
such force that it fell, breaking one of its
front legs just above the knee J. w.
Kyle undertook to set the broken limb,
but found the bone was too greatly
shattered.
This column has often mentioned the
desire of the G.. A. r. Post to erect hall
at this place for their own and public
uses. The recent action of the school
in prohibiting the use of the school house
for dancing purposes makes the demand
for such building very pressing. It will
soon be too late to secure stone at a small
figure from adjacent quarries, as such
places are being rapidly sold to parties
in local improvements; there
lore action at an early date should be
taken.
There has been considerable more in
terest felt in the results of the annual
there was In the published call. But few
ladies exercised their right of suffrage and
many of the gentlemen of the district are
luulucTeuG 10 SuuCdtlOudl SuDJScCS,CO Judge
by their absence. Director r. G. Kessler
was chairman and James Siebert clerk.
The minutes of the last annual and spe-
cial meetings were read and approved.
The treasurer's annual report showed that
The district began the school year with an
empty treasury;that the receipts had been,
from taxes, $972,52 from district school
fund, S30.50-a total of $1,003,02. Ex-
penses were, for teacher, S3261S; fuel,
repairs, etc. $13S. 20; school apparatus and
library, $57.15; building, furniture and
building sites, S2S6.74; paid to district
aumber No.M and other purposes, S104.5O;
;otal expended, S912.77, leaving balance
n treasury of $9O.25. From the clerks
annual report we learn that $3.50 was
he average monthly wages paid for a
eacher. and that the school was in session
q weeks during the year. The business
If the meeting resulted in the election of
[. K. Phillips as school clerk for the next
rear; tax of 6 mills for teachers wages,
md mills for Incidental fund, on $685.
'16,5 worth of taxable property; that the
selection of books be left to the district
board; that male teacher be employed
or the winter term; that the school
,e held 9 months of the year, the first
erm commencing the first Monday of