Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-23

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cradle professional work these days.
! Judge Osborn is to open specla
term of the district court in this city OF
Monday next.
Sheriff Hogan was at 7. I. Arm
strongs, on the Smoky, yesterday, on
official business.
e. Wickham, of the south part Of
Sheridan county, was q pleasant Thurs
day morning caller.
Miss Attic Beattie started yesterday
to Colorado. She expects to remain there
until fall. if not longer.
w. B. Kritchfeld reached home Sun
day evening from trip Of some duration
in central and eastern Kansas.
Geo. Barrett has moved bis carpen-
ter shop from the court house square to
the west end of his residence lot.
When G. F. Mcknight finds land
sales dull, he turns his attention to COWS.
He sold three to Bohemian last Tues.
day.
The band stand was moved last Sat
urday to location just across the avenue
north from the northeast corner Of the
public square.
-Duck-hunting is favorite pastime
with our sportsmen. The valley of Big
creek is the principal scouting ground.
Ducks are pretty plentiful.
Rev. II. Morrill,. of Salina, will hold
Episcopal services morning and evening
Easter Sunday, April q, in the court
room of the new court house. Public
cordially invited.
-Wa-Keeney was well represented on
the train which passed here for the east
Wednesday evening. Route Agent Lewis
and Pullman Car Conductor Taylor were
both aboard, filling their stations.
Master Fred Olson has been pros
trated for something more than week
with malarial fever. His condition has
at times been serious, but the fever is
broken, and the best is hoped for.
Geo. W. Kessler, of Collyer township,
gave us pleasant call Wednesday fore
noon. He, in company with Henry Gut
Ter and J. P. Marquand, had been view
of
Forestry Commissioner Robb reach
ed home last Saturday forenoon. He
had been at Emporia to attend the G. A..
r. encampment, and at Dodge City to
look after the affairs at the forestry sta
ton down there.
VIM. Davis, brother OF "Hank,'
stopped over in Wa-Keeney through
Wednesday,. He resumed his journey to
Denver Wednesday evening. He had
spent the winter in Dickinson county,
with his parents.
"A large flock of wild geese flew over
the city Monday evening, on the way
north. They impaired to us the conscla-
ton of knowing that the backbone of the
cold weather had been broken beyond
the possibility of substantial recupera-
ton.
"A mortgage sale OF horses is to take
place at Olson's stable this afternoon, at
2 o'clock. Sheriff Hogan will be the
auctioneer. The batch to be sold COM
prises three horses and eight colts. The
amount of the mortgage to be satisfied
is $500.
j. W. Kerns had good cause to feel
hilarious and set 'em up to the boys last
evening. He had lost a roll of money
and valuable papers in the room where
Squire Camp was holding court, and the
finder returned it to the owner Oakley
Opinion, rs.
The delivery of trees to applicants at
State Forestry Station No. l is in prog
ress. Each applicant is entitled to LOCO
trees. 1t requires no great amount of
figuring to see that the planting of these
large numbers of trees will be an impor-
tant factor in the development Ct the
plains.
w. E. Saum moved his Office on
Tuesday to the room in Opera Block,
which was recently occupied by the
county clerk. A walk-way is about to be
4 L
ed from the south side of the building.
He will have one Of the most desirable
Offices in Wa-Keeney.
From G. w. F. Street We learn that
Mrs. Allen, wife of ]. F. Allen, formerly
Sheriff of Trego county, has sued in the
court of Cook county, ILL.,, for divorce
The grounds of the petition are desertiop,
adultery and it is hard to tell what all.