Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-05-30
TREeO COUNTY TRAcINes.
Served up by the "World's Rushing
Reporters.

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Wild roses in bud.
Toads are hopping.
Corn six inches high.
Land in good demand
Gooseberry bushes loaded with fruit.
Garden crops in splendid condition.
Draws and wallows full of water.
Hail battered loudly on the shingles
Saturday night.
Business houses in town will be closed
Saturday afternoon.
Big creek raised foot in eight hours
after Tuesdays storm.
F. O. Ellsworth passed through town
Monday. As usual, he was in hurry.
Robt. Greenwood, st. Mary's Mission,
Cable, ILL.,, was with Mr.. Ocho's land
party.
Geo. I. Verbeck, one of Wa-Keeney's
leading merchants, paid Collyer short
visit Tuesday.
J. C. Martin has been engaged for
more than week doing carpenter work
for Mr.. Webster.
Don't forget to honor the sellers, but
come and bring your families to the
school house at o'clock Saturday after
noon.
Not very dry country where frogs
sing, and we have their music almost
constantly.
l.. A. Fisher has returned from
pleasant business trip to Kansas City and
Leavenworth.
VIM. Hastings started, Monday, down
the trail to meet MI. Patterson with 1000
head of horses.
School children had half holiday
Tuesday afternoon, because of the sick
ness of the teacher.
The friends of Mrs. Peterson will be
glad to hear that she is improving in
health after week of severe suffering.
One case reported of little ducks that
sailed away with the food, Tuesday night,
and failed to return.
could not be found few years ago.
Farmers think them forerunner of good
crops.
Owing to the unexpected absence of
Commander VIM. Hastings, Past Com
mander S. G. Robb will be acting COM
mander on Decoration Day.
A dainty dish of strawberries was what
some friends reveled in last week. They
were taken from vines transplanted last
spring from Mr.. Chamberlain homestead.
The attendance at the w. r. G. party,
Friday evening, was all that could be
accommodated, and the event scored one
more success for the ladies of the
w. r. G.
Chas. Peterson is expected home this
evening, on account of his wife's illness.
He writes that the land seekers are
Kansas bound, and very scarce In
Nebraska.
Zayodsky & Zeman is the name of a
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
The new church organ has arrived, and
will be used at service next Sunday, Mr..
Hanchett acting as organist. Let those
who have remained at home so many
Sundays make an extra effort and attend
church at II o'clock A. NJ, STANDARD time)
at Collyer school house next Sunday.
Joseph Ocho, of Davenport. Iowa, ar
rived last Thursday night, with party of
ten men, from Cable, Mercer CO., Ill.
They purchased 968 acres of land, besides
some town lots, and expect to locate here
permanently before long. Learning that
the w. r. G. party would occur the next
evening, they all remained over and
attended, and jolly party they were.
For long time Big creek has had
great attraction for certain old resident
of this vicinity, and ere this reaches the
readers of the WORLD the interests of a
Big creek young lady and Saline young
man will be united, and new home
circle located on the Saline. The mar
rage of Miss Rosa Brown and Douglas
Webster will occur tomorrow, CThursday)
at her parents home, on Big creek, Rev.
Weller officiating. Their many friends
wish them successful and happy life.
So far this season the rainfall has in
creased with each storm. The amount
of water which fell in liquid and frozen
state, Saturday night, was considered
large, but it could be called but half a
rain when compared with the storm OF
Tuesday night, though the latter was free
from hail. This morning the water was
standing to such depth all around the
railroad park, at the west of the depo,
that the rain gauge could not be reached
to ascertain the exact amount of rain
which fell last night, but the draws show
that the water reached a line on the banks
eight feet distant from the center of |
stream bed. No serious damage is re-
ported
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