Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-12-28

Rev. Mrs. Adair delivered Christ
mas sermon at the NJ. E. church.
Register Frakes blind friend. Loo
miller, from Dighton, spent Tuesday
in Wa-Keeney.
Principal Mrs. Lucy Best attended
the Teachers State association at To-
peka this week.
Christmas was a perfect day with
us. Clear and bright and just cold
enough to be bracing.
APPLES
AT
VERBECK'S.
Strayed-From my residence IN Wa
Keeney, Thursday, December II, 1895,
two dark bay mares; weight about
1000 pounds. Rev. J. F. johnson.
You can buy meats at my market
and get just swhat you want cheaper
than you can get it from any peddler.
George Baker.
The largest stock of overshoes in
the county and at prices that will defy
competition. Come and get my
prices. G. /. Verbeck.
NOTICE All accounts due A. B.
Cooper, not settled with the under
signed before January /. 1896, will be
put into the hands of an attorney for
collection. Margaret Cooper.
Mrs. J. C. Ebenstein, of Baxter
Springs, Kansas, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. A. S. Peacock. It was a COM
plete Christmas surprise to Mrs. Pea
cock.
APPLES
VERBECK'S.
Money is scarce but a sill
yer dollar goes farther at
Gibson's than any other place
in town.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the M. E. church will be held in Wa
Keeney, Saturday and Sunday, De-
cember % and 20, 1895. Presiding Ell
der Mcdowell, of Salina, will preach
Saturday evening at $50 and Sunday
at II a. m. All are cordially invited.
We claim for our tea and coffee de-
partment that it has no superior on
earth. This sounds big but it is not
overdrawn. The goods in this de-
partment are exclusively the impOrta
tions of Chase & SanbOrn, Boston,
Mass, md are as good as can be
grown. G. G. Bestor.
School report of District Is for the
month ending December 20. 1895:
Number of days taught, 10; number of
days taught, Is; average daily attend
ance, 124. Those tardy but once, Burt
Howe, Silvia Lombard, Herbert LOm-
bard and Herman Lombard. May
Griffith, teacher.
Volume /, No. l of the Independent
was launched on the sea Of journalism
last Saturday by w. G. Olson & Son.
The first number is very credita-
BILE one geographically and other
wise. AS the name and salutatOry in
dictate it is to be independent in poll
tics but strong advocate of free sill
yer. So far as it's efforts may be put
forth in advocating the right and for
the interests of our community, we
wish it success.
The South received a fine present
in it's Christmas stocking by the &C
tion of Congress in repeating the
Southern disability law. The time
was suspicious to perform this act
and we trust that it will have the
effect Of removing every vestige of
sectionalism and animOsity between
the North and South. It was glOri-
Gus Christmas gift and if accepted in
the proper spirit new era in the
United States will date from Christ
mas, 1895, the era of ''peace on earth,
good will to men,"
The story is told on Rev. Sam Jones
that recently before commencing his
sermon he proceeded to rebuke his
late corners: ''Now what makes you
women late? I'll tell you primpin'
All the late Corners who did not stay
at home primpin' stand up" No one
arose but very ugly woman. Sam
| looked a moment and remarked:
swell, God knows sister, you need
primpin' and it makes no difference
how much late you come hereafter,
I'll make no fuss.
The finest snow ever witnessed in
Logan county commenced falling last
Tuesday evening and continued all
night and next day. There was no
wind whatever and by actual meas
urement just fifteen inches snow
covers every foot of ground in this
vicinity including housetops and
obimpovc IF ia tho biOUnSt snow