Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-07-11
TREe0 COUNTY TRAcINGS.

OACO A1OAO VIC nave GOAL.
Early millet reported poor.
Early corn has tassels well advanced.
Little sparrows are hopping over the
prairie.
Thursday and Friday mornings were
exceedingly misty.
A second crop OF alfalfa cut from the
railroad park last week.
Mr.. Patterson was in town Wednesday
with small herd of horses which he is
selling.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Fisher were the
quests of Rev. Weller, at Buffalo Park.
on Friday.
Little Cecil Kyle has been very sick the
past few days, but was slightly better at
last report.
Quite number of our citizens enjoyed
the pleasures at. Buffalo Park on the
Sd and 4th.
Misses Yorktand Martin participated
in the lengthy list of pleasures at Buffalo
Park last week.
A beautiful rainbow spanned the east
ern heavens late Monday afternoon,
during sunshiny shower.
Sunday was very quiet day in town.
There were no services, and the wind in
clined all who could to remain at home.
Farmers in the surrounding country
report late crops as looking fine The
earlier planted ones not looking so well.
The rain on the Fourth did not prevent
the base ball players from finishing their
practicing. Their ball-stopper board
shows prominently on the prairie.
Collyer district school board have adj
vertised for bids for the new school fence,
also separate bids for clearing away the
dirt on the school grounds. Bids to be
opened July II.
A carload of Rock Springs coal arrived
on Monday, much to the delight of many
housewives. It is selling at the regular
rate of 81 ton, $3.50 for half a ton, or
40 cents bushel.
The Buffalo Park people were fortunate
in selecting Friday for their celebration,
as the rain here on Saturday would no
doubt have prevented the attendance of
some from this vicinity.
Station Agent Kyle was deprived of
his 18th of July holiday by the accomoda-
ton train being five hours late, while the
rain, which began in the afternoon and
lasted all night, prevented any outing"
Robert Davidson spent a few days
here last week, visiting his old friends.
Mr.. Davidson will be remembered by the
colonists as one of the early settlers and
chief scribe of the colony. He is now bill
clerk for the Rio Grande railway.
Mrs. e. A. Hanchet arrived last week
at her new home, just west of town. Her
household goods came Monday morning.
It is said Mrs. Hanchet is an accomplished
singer, and the lovers of vocal music will
therefore extend to her double welcome.
Since the late rains, the grass, which
was beginning to ripen, has taken new
start, and is quite green, making the
grazing much better than during former
seasons. Another noticeable fact is that
the buffalo grass is not curling up as
usual.
Master Stewart Webster, son of Geo.
Webster, of Chicago, Ill, arrived Wednes-
day evening to spend the summer
with his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Webster, of the Saline. Stewards older
brother, George, is expected to join him
here before long.
Many families are enjoying the mush-
rooms which have of late sprung up on
the prairie, but as there is considerable
danger in gathering the poisonous toad
stools, great care should be taken. Will
some one furnish the WORLD readers
with an accurate description of the edible
fungi called mushroom.
Twice of late B. o. Richards hound
has started up rabbits near town, and
given them long chase. The first one
noticed was just at sunset, and the rabbit
ran from east of town to the northwest.
then back and to the south of town, the
hound gaining on it slightly as long as
they could be seen.
An old settler remarked recently that
our hot winds had come, but the state
ment was rather inaccurate, as all know
who have taken the trouble to notice
whether the heat came from the suns
rays or with the breeze. The former has
made it warm for everybody, while the
latter, though very forcible, has been
cool southwestern.
The numerous friends of Mrs. G. A
Sperry have heard with much sorrow of
her attack of paralysis, which occurred last
Oh woe - L