Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-03-22
Old Times in Wa-Keenev.

| Ola Times III Wd-h60Q0ys
A few days ago, while rummaging a.
mong the old shoes, broken galleys, emp
ty bottles, skeletons of men who called to
whip the editor and other br1c-a-brac,
which have been accommodating for the last
ten years in the museum rooms of the
| WORLD Office, we unearthed Vol. ], No.
| 20 of this paper, a few extracts from which
may be interesting especially to the old
settlers Of Trego County.
The paper bears date of Dec. 9th, 1879
and contains ''write-up" of the town to-
eether with list Of its inhabitants, where
they live, number in family and where
they came from. (By the way, this lat
ter part will be valuable, as the next man
that comes around with petition for an
Office and claiming to be from Indiana,
we will pull this document on HIM. En-
closed in the paper proper is view OF
the town from the north end of Franklin
street, looking south. The paper is z
column folio with half sheet supplement
and claims a circulation of over 1000,
which shows that our worthy predecessor
understood his business. Among the adj
vertisers we notice the following: Wren
& Garrison, general store; Schmitt Gal
loway, Wa-Keeney pillow works; q. W.
Griswold, real estate agent; James Kelly,
hardware; Joseph Lucas, furniture; Yer
beck & Blair, groceries &c; ]. A. Oliver Il
Co, hardware; Watson Bros, boots and
shoes; Warren, Keeney & Co, real estate;
E. L. Roberts, lumber; Werlich & Ker-
shaw, general store; F. W. Ohlinger, o.
born & Smith. Fuson & Nelson, Hand &
Mahin, Morse & Hayes, and d. NJ. Mitch
ell, attorneys; II. w. Morgan, J. W. Scott
and F. H. Conger, physicians; John j.
Anderson, shoemaker; Ellsworth Broth
ers, bankers; John Maginnis, John A De
Berge, j. d. Sucher, Geo. Barrett and E.
L. Riggs, contractors and builders; w. H.
Derby, George Read, n. Fuller and A. L.
Cook & Co, blacksmiths; G. L. Gavett and
II. J. Hille, drugs; H. Fetzer, general
store; A. S. Ellsworth & Co. grain and coal.
The hotels were the Farmers Home"
by Joseph Fischer, and the Commercial
by F. A Smith; T. P. Emerson & Co, jew
elers and stationers; DR.. W. ]. Moffet,
dentist; W. G. Olson, harness; A. T. Nc
Creary, organs; Griffin & Simpson, livery;
Lawrence & Hall, general store; T. P.
Vaille, meat market; W. t. Hunter, lum-
Der; VIM. Byfeld, Wa-Keeney lime works,
and Henry & Kyle, general store.
A goodly number of other business men
appeal to the public through the medium
of locals" from which we learn that buff
falo roasts, antelope and venison steaks
could be had at the meat markets.; that
six pounds of coffee could be bought for
a dollar and that one enterprising mer-
chant was in immediate need of 100 gals.
of skunk oil.
Christmas had just been celebrated by
a Christmas Tree and other exercises at
the depot; the thermometer was Is de-
grees below zero, and brass band was
being organized.
The "write up" of the city is complete,
giving the location of every building, its
size, name of the owner and of the occu-
pants, when built and great amount of
other information which would interest
many of our readers but which to under
take to give would make this article en-
tireIy too lODr