Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-05-26
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COLLYER CARVINGS,
COLLIER. May %, 1883.

COLLIER. May %, 1888
Ball tonight.
Departures and arrivals.
These are lovely moonlight nights.
Oats and rye look well in this section
The wild geraniums are in blossom.
Ida Ashcroft visited her homestead or
Sunday.
B. F. Bartlett is considerably worse
| this morning.
TO. Smith has been on the Solomon
since Sunday.
Tom Fike got quite tumble from a
caboose the other day.
Mac Marshall, of Wa-Keeney, intends
to be in these parts soon.
Tx. Phillips and w. Bruner were in
Wa-Keeney last Friday.
Henry Jacobs, west to Quinter, was
trading in town yesterday.
Several persons spent Sunday after
noon at G. W. Kessler's.
tt. Fike, the hotel proprietor, ex-
poets to 60 out the first of June.
MP. Goodwin has washed his win
dows. He thinks they look nice.
Walter Bruner brought load of feed
up from the county seat on Tuesday.
Chape Cartwright paid his best girl, at
Wa-Keeney, a farewell visit Thursday
night.
Mrs. L. A. Goodwin and Mrs. G. E.
Adams visited Banner friends on Monday
and Tuesday.
Rev. Father Fitzpatrick will be in Coll
yer on Thursday, May 81, to hold Catho-
lie mass meeting.
F. G. Bower, of Hill City, Graham
county, stopped off Saturday to visit his
brother Will. He intends. to go on west.
Mrs. L. F. Jones, nee Miss Minnie
Birkeland, of Cove City, came down last
evening, and is the guest of Miss Millie
Brown.
Mrs. E. J. Cartwright and son Chape
left Saturday morning for Denver, their
future home. We regret to have SO many
leave our little "city."
Mrs. King and daughter, of Upton,
Mo-, mother and sister of Mrs. j. A. Hick-
man, arrived Thursday, and are paying
their relatives visit.
The Leap Year ball comes off tonight
in the G. A. r. Hall, instead of the hotel.
A large crowd is expected, and the par
ticulars will be in our next.
The black cloud which arose in the
west Monday evening proved to be only
a dust storm at this place, but heavy rains
fel! at Buffalo Park and on the Saline.
A. B. Baker, wife and sister, of Banner,
came to Collyer Monday, from which
place Mr.. Baker took the morning train
for Manhattan, to be gone few days.
Rev. E. Richards fulfilled his regular
at Collyer Sunday morning.
He preached at the Cass school house, on
the Saline, Sunday afternoon.
We have heard of considerable corn
that has been taken up by the gophers,
one man having fifty acres to replant. 1t
would be a good thing if these pests
were exterminated.
Several of the business men of Wa
Keeney passed through Collyer yesterday,
going west. They stopped off to shake
hands with their friends, but refused to
tell where they were going.
J. H. Smith and wife went down to
Ellis on Friday, and paid their daughter,
Mrs. Bias, and her husband visit. They
Tuesday, evidently greatly
pleased with the trip.
Mr.. Hit and father-in-law, of Thayer
county, Nebraska, came down last week
to break the required number of acres on
his timber claim, two miles northeast of
town. Mr.. Hit expects to move his fam
lily here next spring.
A yong man tied his horse in the livery
stable during the storm, Monday evening,
and on failing to get the animal out after
the storm, called for help. Both tried for
some time, but to no avail; and on going
TO the horses head, it was found that the
young man had not united the horse.
This young man must have been excited
Dr. ga little off"
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