Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-07-25
TREG0 COUNTY TRAclNGS.

Reporters.
C0llYER CARVINGS,
COLLIER, July %.
Happy.
Thankful.
Glorious rain.
New potatoes S1.25 a bushel.
Almost hot wind on Sunday.
A showery Thursday last week.
incest of corn-growing weather.
Another heavy dew this morning.
Fears of hot winds have vanished.
More than breeze Monday night.
Now is the summer of our content.
Good demand for agricultural nipple
ments.
Drummers are on the alert for fall
orders.
d. J. Hille and W. L. Olson visited
Collyer on Sunday.
G. J. Greene, of Fremont, registered
at the Occidental on Sunday.
Latest.-Raining again, with the pros
pect of its continuing all night.
Corn leaves rolled little as the warm
breeze of Sunday breathed upon them.
The fall emigrant now wendeth his
way westward in his canopied prairie
schooner.
The many cool, bright moonlight even
ings of the past week have been universal
ly enjoyed
Buffalo Park was represented in town
on Monday by Rev. J. @. A. Weller and
James D. Sloey.
Both the g. A. r. and W. r. G. societies
held meetings Saturday afternoon which
were well attended.
Potato bugs have done stripping
business of late, and the vines in some
places are much wilted.
Merchants, hotel keepers and land
agents are hopefully looking forward to
a large fall immigration.
A brother-in-law of A. Brandenburg has
just arrived with a carload of farming
utensils and few cattle.
Mr.. Halthusen purchased Is, 0OG pounds
Of wool in this vicinity, mostly from
Messrs. Adams and Cope.
A notice has been publicly posted that
the Collyer base ball club will give a
dance the last of this month.
At the Catholic services last Sunday
large congregation was in attendance,
considering the heat of the day and the
distance which most of the worshipers
came.
0. W. Chapman and Charles Green
wood, of Silver City, lowe, spent day in
town this week, when L. Z. Jones sold to
the latter a township Of railroad land
southwest of town. Mr.. Chapman had
previously become an investor to the
eytent of ton sentiODc
Three settlers arrived on Tuesday
nights train. They were John Gray.
his brother and a friend, of Salina. The
frst-named gentleman was here a short
time ago, when he purchased Charles
Thiel's homestead and placed papers
upon an adjoining presumption.
Most of our carpenters put in bids for
building the school yard fence. The
contract was let to e. A. Hanchet, his bid
being the lowest by about so per cent. 1t
is the opinion of some that the 800 feet of
fencing cannot possibly be built at his
terms without loss.
Anyone wanting a job of black
smithing done should call on Charles
I. Milms, of Collyer, who is pre-
pared to perform all branches of
blacksmith work, including the repairing
of farm machinery. You will find Mr..
Milms ready for business at T. K.
Phillips old shop. 334- 3
Mrs. G. A. Sperry so far recovered from
her stroke of paralysis as to be able to
attend the W. r. G. meeting last Saturday,
in which society she holds the honorable
position of chaplain. Mrs. Sperry ex-
pressed much gratitude to the friends
who extended their sympathy to her in
her late sickness, and fully appreciates
their kindness.
L. LeBron is having a well bored on
his claim, a half mile south of town.
On Saturday work came to sudden stop
by the auger striking solid rock at a
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