Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-12

4uS Ills lOpIl0W, II TANK w OFHof, Ol
Brown county, who arrived in this
city on last Saturday morning. Mr..
WOrner Travelled the greater part of
the way on his safety, a distance of
about 300 miles, taking the train near
the close of the journey on account of
the rain.
Report of Valley school for the
mouth ending October 4, 1895: Num-
Der of pupils enrolled IL. Average
daily attendance 8 7-20 Names of
those neither absent nor tardy, Hugh
Wonner, Minnie Bryant, Sarah Chalk,
| Susie Chalk and James Chalk. ViSi-
tors, Misses Blanche Cook, Nellie
Schmitt and Matte MapeS. Bertha
| K. Morgan, Teacher.
The [. P. Railway company has
| given notice that it will refuse to pay
its fire guard tax on the ground that
the law is unconstitutional. Road
overSeers are required to do the work
and failure on their part is a misde-
meanOr under the statute. Until the
/ supreme court passes upon the con-
stitutiOnality of the act there is liable
to be more or less trouble and uncer-
| tainty.
| The Democrats meet in county con-
ventiOn October 18th to nominate a
county ticket. We are not Informed
as to their probable action, but pre-
sumo they will nominate Ufford and
may leave the rest of the ticket va
cant. In any event it will mean
fusion practically and Republicans
might as well prepare TO chastise the
combined opposition which will not
| be very arduous task this fall.
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assist the county attorney in the
prosecution of the state cases at the
next term of district court. The cases
to be tried are State VS.. COuntryman
for shooting with intent to kill and
State VS.. Philetus Smith charged with
an assault with intent to MAIN. John
! HesSin, of Manhattan, defends in the
| COuntryman case. We are not in
formed who represents the defendant
Smith.
The principal offers prize copy of
| Whites Elements of Geometry to the
scholar who gives the best solution of
the following interesting problem:
A cOwby has three ponies and Next
can saddle which is worth 1920. Plac-
ing the saddle on the first pony makes
it worth the other two: placing the
saddle on the second pony makes it
worth twice the other two, and plac-
ing the saddle on the third pony
makes it worth three times the others.
| What is the value of each pOny?-Hill
City Democrat.
1t always pays to advertise. There
is story of a clothing man who cauS-
ed the following inscription to be
placed on his wife's tombstone: ''In
loving remembrance this stone is
erected to the memory of Rebecca
Sniff by her loving and heart-broken
husband, Isaac Sniff, who can still be
! found at SO Benstine avenue with a
! first class line of second hand cloth
| ing, furniture, etc. The Lord taketh
away; blessed be the name of the
! Lord. Highest market price paid for
bones, rags and feathers. Elk.
CHM & Co., publishers of the Kan
sas Teachers Reading Circle books,
offer $40 set of Shakespeare in ten
| fine volumes to the county that shall
enroll the largest percentage of it's
actual and intending teachers. The
percentage is found by dividing the
number of sets of books sold by the
number of teachers employed in all
the schools of the county. Any per-
son who wishes may buy the books
which cost but S1.85 per set of two
volumes. Supt. Peacock is quite con-
| tident that TregO county can win the
prize. Forty per cent. of our teachers
| have already bought the books. Let
| the others do their duty and Trego
will get to the front.
| It seems to be considered the cor
rect thing among a certain class of
people to never miss an opportunity
! 70 OIL hi 0rr Of pni
roads. This they do in season and out
of season until, in many instances, it
is done from mere force of habit. 1t
| is not our purpose to champion or de-
| fend railroads in this article, but only
to remark that there are times and
circumstances when even the railroad
companies are entitled to our graft
tude, and it is only right that a
proper appreciation is shown. Most
of us remember when during the time
of our distress, the railroads carried
provisions, coal and seed wheat free
of charge, and some will remember
when they furnished seed wheat to
our farmers and for which, in many
instances, they were never reimburs-
ed. But what we wished to call at
tentiOn to. more particularly, at this
time, is the very liberal rates offered
to eXcurSionists. A round trip rate
to Kansas City and return, good for
four days, was taken advantage of by
about twenty-five of our citizens. most
of whom would have been absolutely
unable to have paid full fare or even
half fare. An excursion is now adver-
tiSed to Denver good for two days for
the small sum of So for the round trip.
Nearly $50 miles for So! We ought to
appreciate this liberality and there is
no reason why the benefciarieS of this
generosity should not feel and express
their thanks.
The following is from the Kansas
City Star and will be of interest to
many of our readers who were &C
quainted with the deceased:
'sMr. Fred j. Harris, member of
the editorial staff of The Star. died at
o'clock Monday morning at st. Jo-
Senh.S hOSnital on Penn street of tv-