Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-05-31
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ADAIR, May q.

ADAIR, May q.
c. S. Williams proved up on his timber
claim recently.
ST II. Baird Is going 20 build an adj
ditionto his house.
Adair Alliance is to have special
meeting Friday night next.
A number from here attended Memorial
services at Ellis last Sunday.
Miss Katie Howe was visiting friends
in district number four last week.
w. T. Brabb is breaking, or having
broke, seventy acres on section 9, for MIR.
Jeffers.
Miss Jessie Clark's school closes this
week. We hear there is to be big time
the last day.
A. S. Hughes got back from Colorado
yesterday morning, where he had been on
kind of trip.
Miss Lulu Hallock came out from Ellis
Sunday evening and is visiting at home
with her parents.
There is a woman within three miles of
the writer that has 500 young chickens
and 600 eggs now under hens.
We know of patent way to stir up
rain. Just get "Epp." to have a dance.
ISend "Epp." down this wayI-Comp.
INV. Griffith tried to demonlish Mr..
Thompson's fence the other night, and
Just about succeeded in accomplishing it.
= Miss Mollie Shriver, an erstwhile
school marin of district u, Ellis county,
was visiting in this vicinity all of last
week.
Miss Jessie Clark was considerably in
disposed on Thursday-sO much 80 that
her sister, Miss Mary, had to teach in her
place.
Application has been made for the dis
trict Is school. This teacher evidently
thinks that ''the early bird catches the.
worm"
Mr.. and Mrs Baird were summoned in
haste yesterday to go to Mrs. Bradley.
She was said to be seriously if not danger
ousIy i'll.
One of our young society ladies en-
ploys her time in making new dresses and
buying white kid gloves. We make no
comment.
One of the boys that has grounds for
the title of ladies man." was noticed at
Sunday school with several stray hairs On
his shoulder.
Mr.. Walse's third oldest girl, in taking
the milk to Ellis the other day, had some
kind of runaway and got her shoulder
blade broken. She is in a very precarious
condition.
Threshing machine owners, as well as
threshing hands, work for about half of
ordinary wages if you give them all the
watermelons they can eat So we hope
you have not failed to put in at least
twenty or thirty acres and thereby save
money.
The postponed dance of w. A. Eppler
came off Monday night and was attended
by falr-sized crowd. Walt says as near
as he can find out they all had a good
time or else a number of mighty respect
able people done some first class lying.
Luther came down from the ranch last
Sunday in more than ordinary style The
girls all looked at him longingly and the
wrath Of the boys found vent in the gnash-
ing of their teeth. 1t isn't many in this
country that can put on the dos" ION the
seat like him.
George Musgrave is going to take an
active part in fall politics. He wants
some one sent to Topeka that will secure
the enactment of a law changing his
name. When we asked him what he pre-
ferred to his present one, he answered.:
81 want to be 'Clark-son,' and then
tried to make us believe it was because it
was the name Of the Postmaster General.
LpSe dixt.
Quite lumber of the friends of War
rem Williams surprised him on the even
ing of the Goth, the occasion being the
fifteenth anniversary of his birthday. A
good time was had. About the time the
"wee sma" hours arrived everybody was
filled up with refreshments, after which
they wendell their way homeward to
dream Of running into barb wire fences,
picking cherries" kissing turkey fash
ion" etc.
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