Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-12-17

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arth. Call for estimates and prices.
7erbeck & Lucas.
William Kenneth, Of Danvers, Ills,
ends us So on subscription; John Ham,
rsly, of Vermont, Ills, also renews; A.
pays for another year, and 80 the
york goes on and the WORLD rotates as
Isual.
&C. W. F. Street has q very large
took of holiday goods, too numerous to
pecify, which he will sell at cost. This
8 the best opportunity you will ever
ave to purchase good goods at very
Ow price.
While you are trying to think OF
omething that would make suitable
present for the holidays remember that
}. w. F. Street has what you want.
useful as well as handsome
md will sell it to you for cost.
From the eighth biennial report OF
he board of regents of the state normal
chool at Emporia, Kansas, We learn that
he total attendance for the year ending
[une, 1892 was 1896. OF that number
80 were the children of farmers.
Edwin Gould has ordered from a
,ress-clipping bureau "all tie comments
md accounts" about his father which
lave appeared or will appear, in ''all the
he newspapers of the world" He will
lave @ mass of cheerful reading for the
amily.
Secretary Rusk in his late report says
hat experimenting to produce rain by
explosives has not been crowned with
uccess. That it has not been such to
Justify the anticipations formed by the
believers in this method of artificial rain
making.
One of our exchanges is the Noun
ain Democrat published at Placerville,
Jal., town of about 1000 inhabitants.
N the last issue of that paper we counted
eleven saloon advertisements and, pre-
there are number who do not
ldvertise.
1T may not be generally known, out
ide of the old settlers, that the Wa-Kee-
ley land office when first established here
vas opened up in the depot building.
Such is the fact and business was done
here for several weeks. This was in the
month of October, 1879.
Some of the pupils in the high school
department. have been transferred to the
grammar department for the purpose of
study only, reciting as usual to Prof.
Laverty. This change was made neces-
,ary on account of the crowded condition
If the principals room.
AT recent meeting of Collyer Post.
g. A. R., the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: J. W. Hick-
man, P. c.; John Briggs, 8. V. c.; T. G..
5chwanbeck, J. V. c.; Hugh Tidball,
,uartermaster; I. T. Riley, officer of the
day; G. w. BLACKWELL, chaplain.
-Apropos Of our remarks about tree
culture in last weeks issue we copy the
item from the WESTERN KAN
sAs WORLD of date of November 20, 1879:
so Escher rather than to let his Farm
er's Home freeze up, sent to the Saline
Oh yesterday for load of wood"
Just to keep in practice, Judge Os-
born went oyer to Edna, Mo-. last week
and tried a case for A. G. FIick. The
vas the outgrowth of a trade
which Mr.. Prick made with some Mis-
souri, parties while he resided in Wa
Keeney. Mr. Frlck was successful.
Report of Glencoe school for the
month ending December 2, 1892: Num-
Der enrolled Z. Per cent of attendance 95;
Those present every day and not tardy
were Herman Hillman, Earl Furbeck
and Maud Furbeck. Number of cases
of hardness 8. J. F. Barclay, teacher.
IS. T. 81. Baird, of Adair, was taken
seriously i'll the latter part of last week
with something like pneumonia. Fol
several days his case was considered crit.
ical. DR.. Jones was finally called in and
we are pleased to be able to announce
that he is now in fair way to recover.
From December 14th I will take
cabinet photos for So per dozen, your
picture on silk handkerchief or twenty.
five postage stamp size free with each
dozen. Standing photos 50. so per dozen
without stamp size. Gallery back Of
Griffan & Holman's drug store. Mrs. L.
G. Ross & Co., Ellis, Kansas.
"A fellow came along a few weeks age
who wanted to get up a class in some
new process arithmetic. Prof. Groen.
dyke sat down on him and he made
some uncomplimentary remarks about
the professor but didn't get up the class
He had better luck at Wilson. He Rot
up class. collected about seventy dol.
lare and skipped.-RMsseNR esord.