Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-04-01
KANSAS NOTES,
(star.
f. 81. MONROE.

The thistle pillow is raging at En-
poria.
There is new Easter color in Kansas
Baker freshman green.
All of the Junction City papers main
tain Fort Riley departments.
Cottonwood Falls and Emporia ex-
change dancing parties about once year.
Topeka makes pretty fair stagger at
funeral, but she is not in it alongside
of Emporia.
Independence is yearning for some
thing "fresh and meritorious" in the way
of theatrical talent.
The acreage of crops in Seward county
this season will be increased nearly half
over that of last year.
Diphtheria is proving fatal in St. Fran
CHS. The public schools are closed and
several deaths have occurred.
The women of Abilene take cheese
straw votes on the different candidates
for mayor at their high five parties.
A petrifed mound builder has arrived
at Topeka from Oklahoma. Father
Baker pronounces it a genuine specimen.
A Baptist preacher who has "served"
the congregation at Oxford for seven
years has struck out to find r1oister
country.
One plan which Cimarron employed to
secure the county seat was to accuse the
dealers at Ingalls, of giving light weights.
1t is the impression that the postmas-
ter at Belle Plaine is preparing for
change because he advertises load of
cobs for sale.
1t appears that the women of Yelling
ton have enough sense to leave the mer-
chant in the soup who laid in supply of
crinoline few weeks ago.
Any other paper in Kansas besides the
Lawrence World, which uses the term
"lady sales-woman," will make itself liza
BILE for infringement of patent.
The Kansas patronage question is be-
coming SO complicated that it may be-
come necessary to refer it to the Beh-
ring sea commission for arbitration.
The young women of Atchison are ad-
monished to keep their eye on the young
hardware merchant who slips off and
runs up to Leavenworth two or three
times week.
Paola has minister named Schnacke
The prominent Individual whom he is
fighting spelled his name differently
when he tempted Mother Eve in the gar
don.
There are six candidates for the Dodge
City postoffice. The time was, and not
so ALFRED long ago either, when there
were not that many democrats in the
whole of Ford county.
The base ball pitcher at Baker univer-
sity last year is now assistant postmaster
at Girard. The beauty about the educa-
tional system at Baldwin City is its per-
feet adaptation to the practical pursuits
Of life.
Mr.. Click told somebody at Washing |
ton that vocular pyrotechnics had ruined |
Dave Overmeyer. and the person to
whom he made the remark asked right |
away if he didn't live in the same town
that Senator Ingalls, came from.
Just think of it! The mayor gets 81 a
year in Winfield. The city treasurer gets
500 a year. Police judge gets few
paltry fees, and all the other strictly city
officers get nothing and no opportunity
for "rake eff either.
Straight republican tickets have been
put into the field this spring in more than
fifty OF the towns and cities OF Kansas.
A fusion sewer or fusion street pave
nent in any of the Sunfower municipali-
lies this year would just about finish the
:. O. p.
An innocent, unsuspecting boy is very
likely now growing up in Kansas who
will become the husband OF the little girl
Who is studying grammar and who keeps
n practice by picking out the flaws In
he exchanges which comes to her fathers
Office.
The secretary Of the faculty OF Lane
contradicts the statement that
he southwest conference Of the United
Brethren church voted 10 withdraw its
upport from Lane with the view OF max
ng Central college at Enterprise the