Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-08-28

previous to lengthy visit to her old
home in Illinois.
Sorrow and sadness filed the home of
Mrs. Obinger, of eastern Cove county,
last week, though she, for the time, was
oblivious of it. While the mother was
wrapt in the power of Inconsistencies
caused by illness, death came and
claimed her babe, year old, and week
ago last Monday its spirit fed to the
presence of Him who commanded all to
suffer the little one to come.
Shortly after the passenger passed
westward Monday noon, fire was seen
burning the prairie about mile west Of
town. A southwest wind blew at first
and drove the blaze nearer town, but the
wind changed to south, and the great
black clouds of smoke rolled on toward
the north, as the blaze caught upon
bunch after bunch of tall grass. A loss
of range ana hay to many settlers is the
result, but the railway officials have
promised to pay all damages.
PICNIC POINTS.
Bright and early busy hands prepared
for days pleasure, and it was not far
from the appointed hour when, on last
Thursday, the friends of the Collyer
Union Sunday school began their ride to
the Saline. Fourteen teams, well laden
with animated humanity, formed pro-
cession, at the head of which hoated the
Stars and Stripes, kindly loaned by o. L.
Birkeland. A little before II A. NJ Mr.
Websters grove was reached, and the
school found their committee had made
abundant preparations for their enjoy
ment. The exercises opened by the
choir singing "God Made All Nature
Free" Superintendent Brown followed
with an appropriate prayer, after which,
Miss York read poem entitled "What
the Clock Said" Rev. Elliott being un-
able to be present, Supt. Brown said, as
he was no speaker, he would sing song
instead, and greatly pleased the audience
by giving "The Model Church. The
morning exercises closed by the school
singing Ring the Bells of Heaven"
Shady hooks were next sought, and
little groups gathered therein to satisfy
the good appetite created by long ride.
After lunch, an egg race opened the
afternoon amusements, l.. Toole and b.
Colby being the first, and T. Smith and
G. Bamberg the second contestants.
Mr.. Smith won the prize. In the spoon
race which followed, Misses L. Norton
and A. Condor alone proved steady
handed enough to retain the egg in the
spoon, all the gentlemen contestants
failing so to do. Finding and striking a
distant can by blindfolded young ladies
proved equally as laughable as the pre-
ceding games, and Miss A. Smith was
the first to strike it. Copenhagen and
base ball finished the games. About
five o'clock the people were called to-
gether and listened to ''The Sunday
School Teachers Encouragement" by
the choir, after which all joined in max
ing the woods re-echo "Sweet By-and-
By" Supt. Brown gave an urgent in
vitation to all to attend the Sunday
school; rendered vote of thanks, on
behalf of the school, for the grove, and
pronounced the picnic closed.
Only one cloud on the picnic sky-the
loss of T. Smiths watch.
Jas. Sloey and lady reached the
grounds too late to greet their friends.
MIR. Phillips's baby strayed, but was
soon found.
There are some people who invariably
have an eye to business, and couldn't
even attend picnic in plum grove
without foraging. Neither age, sex or
or streams deter them, for the first two
are overbalanced by western pluck, and
the last can be waded, even though
visions of snakes, bugs and bloodsuckers
making straight for the fleshy pedestals,
create worse chills than malari a. The
question "Are your shoes buttoned?" had
a mirthful tendency when put to few
matr only ladies at the picnic.
VIC.