Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-25

The digging Of the well at the new 10
cation in contemplation for the creamery
proceeds.
| -C.L. Cain is down from Denver. de
found at his house q daughter whom he
never had seen before.
Carl Henkel has established his car
penter shop in the first room to the west
of Mcknight 4 Bowles's Office.
&C. L. Cain informs us that Geo. Bar
rett is one of real estate firm In Denver,
and is doing prosperous business.
Somewhere in the neighborhood OF
two dozen candidates are said to be up and
coming for the county Offices this fall.
The passenger train due here yester-
day forenoon was detained east of Brook
vile the night before by washout 1t
was abandoned.
s.. B. Barnes, once of Wa-Keeney,
the treasurer of company which has been
organized to start a mammoth sugar plant
at Garden City. Kansas.
The suit between DR.. Farmer and
Chas. q. Gibbs has been compromised,
and will, therefore, not be taken into the
court. We are glad to note this.
F. C. Olmstead died early in the week
at his residence, in the south Fart Graham
county. Our readers will recall refer
ence to him in these columns last week.
The rain which everybody was wanting
to see fell Thursday night. The ground
was well soaked down to the reservoirs OF
moisture which had been created by ear
lier rains.
AT the sherifrs sale, the other day,
the T. K. Phillips residence building was
knocked down to Judge Harlan for
$6666ss. The lumber in it must have cost
several times this amount.
Rev. M. s. Mccoy attended the meet
ing of the ministerial association at Ellis
on Wednesday and Thursday. This asso-
citation is composed Of the ministers Of the
M. f. church in the Ellsworth district.
Our aged friend, James Lawson, ST.,
of the south part of Graham county, was
in town yesterday, for the first time in a
good many months. He is upwards OF
ninety years old, but gets along the side
walk with apparent ease.
M. Howarth expects to start to Okla
bona on Monday next to investigate the
demand for well-drilling. n. Harlan will
be associated with him in this endeavor.
Mrs. Howarth will move on Monday next
to Leonardville, Riley county, in this state.
w. A. Liscom, travelling agent of the
Kansas Newspaper Union, Topeka, wasin
town yesterday. He stopped at Hill City
the night before. He said that while the
storm was raging at that place, nearly
every person hunted cyclone cellar. A
married couple over there sleep in their
cyclone cellar every night.
Lee Monroe started southwest on a
business trip last Monday, and returned
Thursday evening. He reports crops in
splendid condition in Lane county and
everywhere else down that way. He says
they are the same way from the south
west part of this county to Wa-Keeney.
People are in excellent spirits.
Strawberry and Ice Cream Festival
The ladies of the M. E. church will
give strawberry and ice cream festival
at the residence of Judge Osborn next
Tuesday evening. May %. Every one is
cordially invited to attend.
Not That Kind.
The Wa-Keeney creamery is hunting
for water. We should think the patrons
would furnish all of that article they
wanted. -Stockton Record.
The patrons of the Wa-Keeney cream
cry are not that kind!
Shot a Stormy Petrol.
Our friend, A. j. McCollum, OF the Sd
line valley, winged" a stormy petrol with