Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-05-02
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c0llYER CARVINGS.
COLLIER, April %.

Business brighter.
Some big snowfakes on Friday.
Ball cacti can now be found without
much difficulty.
Tree leaves are large enough for the
breezes to play with.
Since last Fridays rain. the creeks
have been much swollen.
A flock of blackbirds were seen in the
vicinity Of town on Tuesday.
Loco is in bloom. Now cut it down,
and thereby prevent its multiplying next
year.
The WORLDS publisher, W. S. Tilton,
and wife spent few hours in town last
week.
The cold, raw weather of last Thursday
made one almost forget that spring had
appeared.
Double dandelions are plenty, but Of
different species from those which cover
the hill sides of eastern states.
Rev. Dodge, of Lane county, has made
an appointment to preach at the town
school house, Sunday, May 10.
The wind had matters all its own way
last Sunday, and blew just as if it meant
every one should at least enjoy one 'day
of rest indoors.
Nessrs. Hastings, Martin and Hill
brand qualified as appraisers of school
land in Cove county, before Justice
Kyle last Monday.
"A small party OF our young people Wis
tied Buffalo Park last Sabbath. Was
there held an examination in the first
speller, Mr.. Elliott?
Mrs. LeBron's brother, Mr.. Mcdonald,
babe his friends farewell, after pleasant
visit, and took his departure last Satur-
day for his home in Idaho.
Collyer, as well as Wa-Keeney, will be
benefited by the excursion train soon to
be run from Kansas City to some point
west probably Grainfeld.
L. F. Jones, now of Grainfeld, has
been spending few days in town. It
was not at all surprising to those acquaint-
ed with the firm of Jones & L"
Charles Bamberg reports finding a
large turtle in Coyote creek. Neither the
dimensions of the animal, nor of the tub
which it was said to almost fill, were
given.
Word has been received by Chas. Pc
terson, land agent here, that one branch
of the proposed B. & M. railroad from
Bull City will enter Cove county very
near Collyer.
It would greatly accommodate tie
people of this vicinity if fresh meat could
be delivered here on Saturdays. The
first and third Saturdays of each month
find many people in town who would, no
doubt, be glad to purchase meat of
good quality.
Since B. o. Richards has opened up
the hotel, some of the trains are stopping
here for meals. At such times, passen-
gers have almost half an hour to view
this section of country, and, as another
has said, great deal of it can be seen in
one glance.
Early Friday morning little fine drops
of rain began to fall, increasing in number
as the sun rose higher. Before noon they
turned to large heavy snowhakes, which |
showed we'll in the air, but lost both !
color and shape as they met the warm
earth. It was no little shower, but q |
good all-day rain, very valuable to
farmers and real boom for land agents. |
The following is the report of the
Collyer school for the month ending |
April "a: Number of days school has
been taught, 10; whole number of scholars |
in attendance, "a; names of pupils |
neither absent nor tardy are John Walsh,
Nettie Kessler, Jessie Kessler, Fannie |
Hays, Bessie Siebert, Eddie Linde, Willie |
Linde and Matte Spicer.
A special school meeting of district No.
will be held at the CoIyer school house |
next Tuesday, May S, at o'clock in the
afternoon, to take action upon purchasing
an additional lot for the school grounds,
building fence and boring well. All
voters in the district are requested to be
present. The above decision was reached
by the school board at their last monthly
meeting as being preferable to the plan
by one Of the board as given in
the lest Carvings"
The beautiful scene presented by the
setting moon on Wednesday morning was
an exceedingly unusual one, and is thus
described by one who saw it: The moon
was about two hours high and of clear
sky-blue. Below the moon, and reaching
10 the horizon, was bank of heavy
clouds, whose uppermost ragged edges
we're slowly driven across the face Of the
moon like walking spectres as that orb
descended and the clouds gradually rose
toward the zenith, until finally the bright
body, like some grand, noble life, was
lost to sight, leaving only the dark clouds
Tor the gazer, yet losing none of it's
grandeur because invisible. VIC.