Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-05-09
cOlIYER CARVINGS.

COLLIER, May 6.
New arrivals -mosquitoes.
Thunder storm Saturday evening.
Many strangers in town last Friday.
Drummers visit town oftener of late.
j. F. Condor was in town Saturday
greeting old friends.
School-ground trees planted on Arbol
day are putting forth leaves.
Sunday was such a beautiful day, and
the air so fresh after the Saturday evening
rain, that it wooed many persons out fol
walk or ride.
After spending four weeks with Edward
O'Toole, his brother-in-law, Edward
Kicker took the train Sunday evening fol
Denver, Colo.
John Linde reached home on Saturday,
from Chicago, Ill, where he had been
employed This time he hopes to find it
financially profitable to remain here.
Burton G. Webster, of Chicago, Ill,
arrived in town on Wednesday, and after
making secure his right on a quarter
section of land, took the fast train Sum-
day morning for home.
It was only one line left out, but it
made the moonlight item of last week
ask your readers to imagine "sky-blue"
moon, whereas it should have read a
bright silver moon with a sky-blue
background.
Beauty and good taste we're recently
well illustrated by cake of butter, nicely
worked with butter print, which held in
the center stem of apple blossoms and
leaves, gathered from a young orchard in
this locality.
The Grand Army boys attended their
monthly meeting in full numbers on Sat
urday. Col]yer Post is composed of the
most enterprising veterans of this section
of Trego, and their united efforts are
making the society one of great interest.
Isaac Derr. who recently had the mis-
fortune to have the roof to his new house
fall in, not only has that repairing done,
but is busy putting in wind pump.
Mr.. Derr finds it too hard to pull water
from sixty-foot well for his cattle, SO is
adding this improvement.
Chas. Bamberg sold the turtle he
caught to our postmaster, j. w.
Kyle. It was indeed large one to be
caught in small creek. From the end of
its nose to the tip of its tail measured 36
inches; its shell was Is inches long by 16
inches wide, and the width of head five
inches.
James Siebert is daily expecting a
windmill, which he ordered some weeks
ago, and which he will attach to his force
pump on its arrival Such mills are
necessities with those who would success
fully keep cattle upon the high lands, and
at the same time supply the animals with
much purer water than can be had from
creeks and streams.
Miss E. Megler babe her friends good
bye on Saturday, and began her home
ward trip to Chicago, ILL.,, going by the
way of st. Joseph, Mo-, where she will
pay short visit to friends. During the
few months Miss Megler has spent at her
aunt's, Mrs. Gubbins, many have learned
to estimate her friendship highly, and
with many regrets saw her depart.
This item will compare favorably with
the WORLDS egg stories; and it's truth is
vouched for by an eye witness. There
was an interval of rest in the rush of Sat-
urday business, when young clerk saw
Daisy in wheelbarrow belonging to
his firm, and concluded to roll the barrow
across the street and back The size of
the blossom was not given, but the weight
can be judged from the fact that the
clerk returned to his counter considerably
exhausted.
G. F. Mcfarland aud d. Webster are
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dition of porches. Mr.. Webster has had
thought for pleasure as well as beauty,
and his porch will be so constructed as to
permit of tripping the light fantastic.
Mr.. Mcfarland will also add a bay win
dow to the southern side of his house,
and when these improvements, as we'll as
plastering, are completed, will have one
of the most tasty and comfortable houses
in this vicinity.
On Tuesday morning came the x. p.
painters train, and soon the painters,
busting around the depo, had arranged
for the plying of brushes. At present
writing all the railroad buildings and
belongings are externally changing to
red-brown color, much to the disgust of
all who have heretofore admired the
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with the shades of the green foliage. The
trimmings yet to be added will improve
matters, it is hoped. Inside the depo, a
more satisfactory improvement is being
made; the wainscoting has received new
coat of paint OF lead color, and many
autographs the boy who has no better
use for his pencil-are being buried
under fresh kalsominiug.
There was not as large an attendance
as was expected at the special school
meeting on Tuesday. School Director r.
G. Kessler called the meeting to order,
and in neat and well-chosen speech
stated its object, at the same time making
an earnest plea for such improvements to
the school property as would add to the
comfort of the scholars, and thereby
facilitate more rapid advancement in
study. The meeting resulted in empower
ing the school board to purchase the
lot 50-foot front, for school
ground purposes, at cost of $3.50
less than retail price; to erect fence
around the entire property, similar to the
one surrounding the depo parks, and to
have a well dug five feet in diameter,
stoned to the top, covered with strong
platform. through which should be In
serted good pump. 1t was the wish of
the voters that work upon these improve
ments should commence at once.
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