Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-03-03

AT the M. E. quarterly conference or
Feb. 81, Mrs. s. J. Osborn and Mrs. W
s. Harrison were elected delegate and al
ternate, respectively, to attend the annua
confer ence at Salina on March 81.
w. T. Irwin, "The Tramp" of the
Abilene Daily Gazette, was in the city or
Tuesday and Wednesday. He is said te
be keeping up an augmented subscription
list out in this region for that plucky
journal.
In the course of three more Sundays
the first year of Rev. w. Fl. Mahaffie'f
services in this city will have closed. II
is said that the desire of the NJ. E. church
members to employ him for the coming
year is unanimous.
Larry LeBron and family, from Coll
yer township, moved last Tuesday into
the house in Wa-Keeney, which was oc.
cupied the past winter by Captain Welch's
family. Larry is splendid fellow, and
the World welcomes him to Wa-Keeney
e. D. Wheeler started east last Sun.
day evening, to attend the grand lodge OF
the A. o. U. w., which assembled at
Atchison, Kansas, on Monday. From
there Mr.. Wheeler intended to go into the
regions beyond the Mississippi, to see
how much immigration he could head
this way.
j. e. Brooks, in whose name the
store at the second door south of the
World Office is conducted, arrived in the
city last Saturday afternoon, and remain
ed here until Monday at noon. Having
friends, relatives and business interests
here, it was no trouble for him to pass the
time. Mr.. Brooks travels for Chicago
wholesale hat, cap and glove house, and
Nebraska is his territory.
Captain G. G. Fouts, of Collyer town
ship, has purchased the stock of goods in
the building where w. S. Kyle had been
holding forth until recently. The captain
will move these goods to Collyer, and
open store in the building which was
lately occupied by Mills & Son. He is
well known in the western part of the
county, and it is safe to predict that he
will enjoy good run of custom.
Wednesday night was decidedly
stormy. The sleet which had come dur
ing the day was supplemented by large
Quantity of sleet and wet snow, and the
voices of heavy thunder rolled over the
country at frequent intervals for several
hours, while vivid flashes of lightning
came along apace to lend yet deeper
thrill OF interest to the mighty panorama.
All in all, the storm fit very neatly into
the place of moderate rain.
Some time ago J. P. Wallace, through
his attorney, Captain Carson, of this city,
instituted an es farte contest on 100 acres
OF land adjoining the town site of Leoti
on the east. Intelligence has come from
Washington that the general land Office
has affirmed the decision of the local land
Office to the effect that the land was va
cant. Mr.. Wallace has, this week, made
timber culture entry on the land. He
says that he, during the past winter, was
offered twenty thousand dollars for this
piece of land.
e. D. Wheeler is out of the mercan-
tile business. His road out lay in the
direction of selling his stock of hardware
to Will Kelly, and his furniture to q. Z.
Dewey, who comes here from Nebraska
to engage in the furniture business. Mr..
Dewey has already moved this stock into
the large building to the east side of
Franklin street and to the south of the
railroad track, and his store is in running
order. The hardware will be merged with
the stock of the Kelly Hardware Com
pany.
w. F. Gaylord, of Ellis, has been in
town several days this week, canvassing
for orders for fruit and forest tress from
l. r Taylor & Co.'S Topeka Nurseries.
These nurseries are located on the first
cultivated grounds to the east of the
Santa Fe shops at Topeka. The stock
which they send out is, so far as we have
observed, in about the best condition Of
any which ever gets this far west. Last
spring Mr.. Gaylord delivered to us six
Austrian pines. Five of them ara vet
alive and healthy. We have taken good
care OF them, it is true. It is equally true
that Il the trees had not been delivered to
rs IN first-class condition, all the labor