Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-06-11

his sheep.
n. c. wilson has gone to Iowa on
weeks visit
The commissioners met as board OF
equalization this week.
Sheriff R. c. Bohn, of Cove City,
mas in town last Wednesday evening.
w. e. Saum went to Sharon Springs
last Tuesday to organize lodge OF l. y.
OF.
e. A. Lewis was initiated into the
mysteries of Odd fellowship last Wednes-
day evening.
Fred Conger, of Topeka, came up
Tuesday evening to spend few days
with old friends.
Over one hundred original homestead
entries we're made at the Wa-Keeney land
Office last month
IT. J. R. Perry, banker, and J. NJ
Sanders, attorney, from Wallace, were IN
town the first of the week.
The Decoration Day orator at Salina
said something offensive to the old SOL
diers and one of them slapped him.
ID. w. Matthews has for sale one
Plano mower, one farm wagon, one
breaker, one corn planter and other tools.
Thomas Martin, of Topeka. who
owns considerable real estate in this
county, is looking after his interests here
this week.
William Hoobler, of Wilcox, was in
town Tuesday. He is feeling particular
" proud of fifty acre field of rye which
he thinks is very hard to beat.
%. B. Jones, district clerk of Cove
county and editor of the Cove County
Gazette, one of our best exchanges, made
MS brief call Thursday morning.
Post Commander Fischer circulated
petition the first of the week asking the
Commissioners to buy a flag for our
court house. This was the proper thing
to do.
We are requested to announce that
Children's Day will be appropriately
observed next Sunday, June 18th at
Ogallah. All are cordially invited to
attend.
Bob Ford the slayer of Jesse James,
was shot dead at Creole, Colorado, last
Wednesday. A monument should be
erected to the memory of the man who
killed him.
From the Sentinel We learn that the
recent term of district court in Sheridan
county "was opened, completed, ad-
journed and the Judge gone in one day.
And it wasn't very big days work
either
Mrs. A. B. Jones entertained quite
number of ladies Tuesday evening at D
O'Clock tea, in honor of Mrs. James
Bradbury. of Marshalltown, Iowa, and
Mrs. Henry Whitehill, of State Center.
Iowa, who are her guests for brief time.
Cyrus Monroe, H. NJ Russ, w. J.
Shelton, Geo. Baker, G. Cross, B.
Sellers and Geo. Mckinley have taken
advantage of our offer, this week, and
arranged for the New York Tribune.
This offer will be kept open only few
days longer.
Rev. Alex. G. Wilson D. D., of
Hopkinton, Iowa, occupied the Presby-
terrain pulpit last Sunday morning and
evening to the intense satisfaction of all
who heard him. Rev. Wilson is brother
of r. G. Wilson and father of Rev. E. M.
Wilson of this city.
1t is curious circumstance that S. IL.
holland is marshall of the state supreme
court and that upon him will devolve the
painful duty of committing his brother, the
defaulting ex-state treasurer, to the peni-
Tertiary, and another brother has been
Tor long time one of the most trusted
guards of the prison.
-Wa-Keeney has had a run on swell
weddings of late and Editor Cowick, OF
the WORLD has "riz to the occasion"
wonderfully. His descriptions OF the
costumes display an amount OF knowl-
edge on such matters, that, in the event
OF his abandoning the newspaper line,
would secure for him situation as head
manager at Worth's.-Hoyie Senfinel.
Our exchanges in the eastern part OF
che state are saying that Charles E. Shin
Quin, OF Trego county, was one OF the
ak hundred who made the charge OF the
slight Brigade" at Balsklava. We did
not SO state. We said he participated IN
the battle of Balaklava which has been
made famous on account of the "Charge
OF the Light Brigade, and hence it was
easy to make the mistake.