Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-06-06
TREe0 COUNTY TRAcINGS.
Served up by the "WorId's Rustling
Reporters.
C0llYER CARVINGS.

! COLLIER, June 8.
Coal famine.
Good corn weather.
First of summer months.
Buffalo grass in blossom.
Two cases of sickness this week.
Two hail storms during the week.
Many strange faces in town Saturday.
Everybody pleased with the new organ.
Walter Elliot spent Decoration Day at
Collyer.
Twice the usual audience at service on
Sunday.
A full attendance upon Decoration
Day exercises.
More land men arrived on Wednesday
evenings train.
Prairies dotted with pink and yellow
flowers of ball cactii.
! The music of fife and drum on Saturday
recalled many war Incidents.
Mrs. Charles Adams, of the Smoky,
attended the exercises on Saturday.
Vegetation is growing rapidly, likewise
the weeds, and farmers will be kept busy
cleaning them out.
The W. R. C. ladies we're quite disap-
pointed that their badges did not arrive
for use on Decoration Day.
April showers, last Thursday, ended
with hail storm at P. NJ. The hail
stones were about the size of large peas.
There are some persons who seem to
have forgotten the sentence: Woe unto
him that giveth his neighbor strong drink.
The alfalfa in the railroad parks was
cut by the section hands on Monday. It
had grown considerably over two feet in
height.
Some farmers are cutting up loco weeds,
| while others are sprinkling pepper on the
leaves, and claim it will keep the cattle
from eating them.
VIM. Hastings returned Saturday eve
ming from his trip south. For some I'M
known cause Mr.. Patterson had not
arrived with his horses.
There was but little sunshine last week
| until Saturday, when it was 50 bright and
| the day was so pleasant in other respects,
that sunny smiles were seen in all faces.
Citizens of western Trego did not help
swell the crowd at Wa-Keeney on Sat-
urday; though the program was so
tempting; they preferred aiding home
enterprise.
Libbie Hallenbeck, little daughter of
Aaron Hallenbeck, of this place, has
been seriously sick with throat disease.
She was reported little better Tuesday
afternoon.
A lady in this vicinity shot and killed
two snakes on Saturday. One measured
four, and the other four and half, feet
in length, and belonged to the class
called water snakes.
Zavodsky & Zenan is the name of
new firm in Collyer which is ready to do
anything in the land business line. Pur-
chasers are invited to call on or address
them at Collyer, Trego CO., Kan. 1868
Mrs. Rufus Kessler was taken suddenly
i'll at the school house on Saturday, and
was removed to the home of J. W. Kyle,
where her husband and friends watched
over her with great anxiety during the
night. Monday morning she was able to
be moved home.
During the rainy weather Of last week
many families suffered great inconveni-
ence for want of coal for fuel Mr..
Fisher has decided it will not pay to keep
coal on hand during the summer. so
there was none to be purchased, and the
"prairie fuep' was too wet for use, even
when it could be gathered. Some per-
sons made one meal answer for two, for
lack of fire to cook both, and washing,
ironing, etc., had to wait for the sunshine.
On Thursday evening, June Is, the
ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps will
give literary and musical entertainment
at the Collyer school house. Program
and full details given next week. All the
parties and entertainments given by this
society are to raise funds to build G. A.
r. hall. The ladies have little slump"
on hand, and hope the people will largely
patronize their efforts on June Is, that
Collyer may be supplied with much
needed public hall.
The sultry weather since Saturday,
closed Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock,
with hail storm from the southeast. At
Collyer, two stones measured were
two and half inches each in circumfer-
ence, while in the Colby district they
were little larger and thicker than a
silver dollar, and broke all the window
glass they came in contact with. Mr..
Richards reported five panes of glass
broken at the hotel. Such was the force
with which the hail was driven that it
bounded over the prairie like rubber
ball.
The services last Sunday morning were
made more interesting by the addition of
organ music. While the congregation
was gathering, E. A. Hanchet presided at
the organ, and led the audience in num-
Der of hymns. Rev. Weller took for his
text: Joshua 24:15, "But as for me and
my house, we will serve the Lord" At
the close of the meeting it was announced
that the organ had been brought to
Collyer for the benefit of the people; that
it could be used in all entertainments
given by the church, Sunday school or
q. A. R, except dances, and for those it
could not and must not be used. The
instrument is $125 one, of Smiths
make, of Boston, and has been secured
for $40, on $40 monthly payments.
Messrs. Geo. w. Kessler and e. A.
Panchet were Amounted a committee f,