Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-02-18
BANNER BUGLINGs.
BANNER, TREGo Co., Feb. ID

lively interest, and there is generally
good attendance.
The farmers of this neighborhood vii
plant Kaffir corn, Milo maize. sorghum
rice corn, millet and early varieties OF In
dian corn.
Leonard Purinton, Geo. Arnold AM
VIM. Mccoy talk of going to Colorado
overland with team. They think it vii
be "picnic."
John Daily is digging his sixth well. Hs
has dug five, ranging from fifty to sixty
to sixty feet deep; shruck blue shaie, bu
no water. He will never say die.
Reports reach Banner from Wa-Kee'
ney that Geo. Fuller has gained his land
contest. Fuller and his friends rejoice
while Geo Richards grits his teeth.
We understand that Marion Miller, OF
Banner, has the sub-contract for carrying
the q. s. mail from Wa-Keeney to Glib,
son, via Bosnia and Banner, for the next
two years. Mr. Miller is reliable gen.
tleman, and he will put it through on
time.
The Banner literary still hourishes
The -and-sword question was ably
handled last Saturday evening. The
question for next Saturday evening is:
ssResolOed, That the use of modern ma
chinery is detrimental to the interests OF
the laboring classes"
A. W. Purinton has quite nice lot OF
young horses. When he and his wife
feel like visiting their neighbors, they
hitch up one gentle horse and one un-
broken one to an express and Ight-out.
In this way they have broken quite a
number of colts to drive.
j. G. Neel, from near Wa-Keeney, was
at Banner one day last week. He got
three or four bushels of peanuts from G.
F. Hawkes., for seed. I am glad to see
new corners start in for diversified crops,
and willing to profit by the experience of
old settlers. Mr.. Neel came up to-day,
and brought some calves for Mr.. Briggs.
We had dry, cold weather the latter
part of December and the first half of
January, and very little snow all winter.
Stock has done remarkably well, and
there is plenty of good beef in Trego
county. The coolest day we had this
winter T. H. Courtney hauled a load of
courthouse rock sixteen or eighteen
miles, and did not freeze,
A trial before J. G. Brown, Esq, to-day.
Mr.. Daniel Plants sued Mr. Jacob Tuch-
law for the value of hog that strayed
from Mr.. Plants and was put up and kept
by Mr.. Tuchlaw for six or seven months,
without proceeding according to law, and
refusing to give it up when Mr.. Plants
found where it was. The plaintiff got
judgment for SIS and costs, altogether
$500.
Those who have timber claims on
which timber has to be planted this
spring, are making preparations to fill
the requirements of the law. James
Tague, Daniel Mcknight, Samuel Nc
Knight, G. T. Hawkes., A. B. Baker, William
Hillbrand, Henry Sprenger and T. Fl.
Courtney are the parties who have timber
claims near Banner that have to have five
acres of amber planted on them this
spring.
Friday night two inches of snow fell
Saturday at noon it had all disappeared.
The weather since Jan. rs has been
springlike, and considerable blowing has
been done, preparatory to putting ont
spring crops. Notwithstanding we have
have had such pleasant weather, letters
are received here by every mail enquiring
about the safety of friends. The letters
come from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New
York, Pennsylvania and the New England
states and other places. Now. we would
like to know why such abominable lies
are published in the newspapers abroad.
What purpose do they serve? and who
are responsible for them?
Mrs. Goodwin, who used to live in this
neighborhood, and who proved up on her
homestead some two years ago, and then
went to York state, with the expectation
of spending the remainder of her life
there, is expected to return to the Ban
ner neighborhood soon. We learn that
her goods are now at Collyer, that she is
visiting friends in Nebraska. and is ex-
pected here in few days. Some of Mrs.
Goodwin's children live back in York
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@. F. and Mornie Goodwin and Mrs. G.
E. Adams. We all welcome Mrs. Good
win back, and hope she is coming to
stay. as she is held in the highest regard
by this entire community.
j. CANTREL B.
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