Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-12

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COLLIER, Dec. 10.
Stormy.
Snow and ice.
An eventful week.
o! for dugout.- Fridays wall.
The new mill arrived on Monday.
The steel gang arrived Monday, ani
are distributing the new rails in this vi
cinity.
Go to Siebert's for all kinds of fresh
salt and smoked meats.
The attendance upon church services
both Sabbath morning and evening wa.
quite limited, owing to the day being
rainy and cold.
Special religious services closed with
those on Sunday. Quite number oil
young persons became interested, and
arose for prayers.
Our people are reaping the blessings
of our competitor in the lumber business,
Sales have been made this week at from
SIS to $40 per 1000 feet.
A special meeting of the Woman's Re
lief Corps, No. At, is called for next Sat-
urday to take action in regard to the
erection of post and corps hall.
81. D. Chase returned home Monday
evening from his eastern trip. He esti-
mates Kansas City second only to Chi
cago among the cities of the West.
Mr.. Mains endures his loss very cheer
fully, consoling himself that the storms
work made but little difference, as he was
intending to move his blacksmith shop
before spring.
The Collyer depot receipts sum up as
follows for the month of November:
Freight, $1,3S5.A; passenger, $23.64;
Western Union Telegraph, 1914; miscel-
laneous, $500; total, $1,42l.O2.
Anything in the meat line can be had
at Siebert's market. I.
Had fire broken out last Friday du-
ring the storm, it would have been i'm
possible to save the town, as the princi-
pal well was broken, and the wind was
too severe to draw water from the rail-
road tank.
Blackwell Bros windmill and grist
mill arrived the first of the week, but the
wind has SO far prevented the setting up
of the former. They are now adding to
the rear of their building small stable
for private use.
Many of those entitled to pensions were
on hand Saturday with the necessary pa
pers to draw from Uncle Sans agents in
different states their quarterly allowance.
The pension agencies of Boston, Detroit,
Chicago, Milwaukee and Topeka are
few of those who find their pensioners
here.
The Carvings wonder if certain couple
of Saline young folks, who are of medium
stature, have yet learned the road to Buf-
falo Park. It must have been very en-
PERTAINING conversation which could cause
one so we'll acquainted with the roads of
Trego and Cove to lose his way and be
obliged to cut wire fence to continue
his journey.
Miss Jessie York Is promised return from
Chicago in the near future to become per-
manent resident here is quite surprise
to all her friends, as she was not favora-
bly, impressed with prairie life when WIS.,
iting her mothers home, northeast of
town, last spring. But, somehow, West
ern freedom is fascinating, and Miss
Jessie's case has many precedents.
A goodly number of members attended
the regular meeting Of Collyer G. A. r.
Post last Saturday. The election of Off
GERS for the coming year resulted as fol-
lows: Commander, J. H. Siebert; 8. v.
II. Tidball; j. v. commander,
F. Schwanbeck; surgeon, A. c. Rice;
chaplain, G. F. Hawkes.; quartermaster,
G. w. Kessler; officer of the day, A.
Lord; officer of the guard, W. McAdams.
The adjutant has not been named yet.
A northwest wind has prevailed most
of the week. Sunday morning the Their
registered 19o above zero. On
Monday the sun shone out some, but the
cold wind made riding very unpleasant.
During no portion of Tuesday could wa
ter stand out of doors without freezing in
a very short time; and on Wednesday
the penetrating wind largely counteracted
both natural and artificial heat. The
prairie is now fecked with the light snow
which fell on Monday and Tuesday.
The Corps ladies have so far succeeded
in enthusing an interest in the erection
Of Post hall as to result in liberal
from individual members in
attendance upon the last Post meeting.
Should any patriotic person reading
these lines feel inclined to contribute to
The comfort and pleasure of our country's
by donating to the building
fund, such gifts will be duly acknowledge
I'D, and trustfully applied, if sent to Coll
yer, Kansas, addressed to either MI. 8. !
Q. Robb, chairman of the Post building
or Mrs. A. Martin, president