Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06

d. E. Pendergrass, G. n. Gibson,
Ed. Rea, A. H. Cox. w. L. Olson, DR..
Jones, G.. /. Verbeck and others cele-
brated at Collyer on the Fourth.
The horse race last Monday attract
ed quite a crowd. To use a common
expression Wa-keeney wasn't in it
little bit," the Lincoln county horse
winning the race and coming out
about 80 feet ahead
The stars and stripes floating from
the business houses of several of our
merchants and few fire cracker eX-
ploSiOnS was about all we had to re-
mind Us Of Fourth of July this year.
We want to say right now that Wa
in 1896.
Human nature is about the same
whether it is circus or horse race.
We noticed that several who would
scOrn to patroniZe a horse race with
their presence brought in their chill
dren to see it and then was impelled
and see that they were not run over.
County Commissioners were in reg
ular session this week with full
board. E. S. Coffey, the new commits
sioner from the 1st district was pres
ent for the first time since his recent
appointment and from certain signs
Xxrli ol,
that he will perform his duties with
credit to himself and his district and
to the best interests of the county
generally.
While at Wa-keeney, recently, we
were shown beautiful sight which
beggars description. We refer to the
beautiful home of @. J. Ferris, the
county surveyor of Trego county.
Here can be seen what can be done in
the way Of identifying ones home
even in western Kansas. Beautiful
shade trees, fruit trees and flowers,
all of which can be seen to be appre-
ciated- Quinter Republican.
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gress will be held at Albuquerque. n.
NJ, in September and it is expected to
be one of the largest gatherings of
representative irrigators that has
ever assembled in the west. Kansas
will be ably represented by the follow
ing delegates, who were appointed by
Governor Morrill, yesterday afternoon:
Judge w. E. Hutchinson, Ulysses;
Judge J. S. Emery, Lawrence: J. II.
Churchill, Dodge City; DR.. A. B.
Jones, Wa-Keeney: Hon. Ira Lloyd,
of th.-[Capital.
Our neighbor of the Gazette should
either get a dictionary, hire proof
reader or a shorthand Speller. 1t is a
public calamity to have the bacteria
of bad spelling scattered prOmiscu
ously over the town as it was last
week and the Normal in session also.
The Conductor Of the Normal should
enjOin him. -[Goye County Leader.
People who live in glass houses
shouldn't throw stones and the Leader,
before assuming the role of censor,
should be able to write at least eight
and a half lines of BREWER without
misspelling word although the above
indicates that it can't do it. While
we are at it we viii call attention to
few other locals found in last weeks
issue of the Leader. THAT is daisy
crossing our roadoyerseer put in where
the bridge washed out" ''While we
! I,oo II
page of our paper it is porting down
rain" If it don't ~ rain pretty soon
we will be compelled to fire in another
article or two advocating free range"
For the last ten days the sun has
shined further down perpendicular
stove pipe than it will again for a
year" "a few weeks ago it cost a
nickel to get a smell at a small onion
and dime for a look at raddish. .
THE irrigated gardens in this vicini-
ty are proving success" III. NJ.
Ellis, our road boss, has been repair
ing our reads this week" ''JuStice
Spiher discharged him yesterday ia
the afternoon, no witnesses appear
ing against him.
We give the above in a kindly
! spirit. There is not an editor who
has not been mortified, nigh unto
death, at some time in his pro-
fesSional life, on account of errors
that have eluded the most careful
vigilance of the proof reader and
1erept into the forms.
Mrs. Weekley received draft last
week for $1,000 in full payment of
beneficiary certificate in the Modern
Woodmen of America, held by Joseph
Weekley, her husband, at the time Of
his death. In all this insurance had
cost deceased about 500 At the time
he joined the organization he was not
nnrmiftn6 on acenunt of his aUp fo