Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

in Kansas this year. Many acres have
been planted.
Buyers are paying 60 cents per bush
Ell for wheat at many of the local
shipping points.
A Mcpherson county man celebrates
his birthday by running flag up on
his windmill.
Burns has reached that stage Of
physical decadence which necessitatea
the laying out of a cemetery.
George Waller, prominent business
man ana high up in Masonry, commit
red suicide at Olathe Saturday.
The Wichita freight rate case will
be opened by the commissioners in
that city on the 18th of this month.
Up to date Kansas has spent 50, 600
trying to find out what Warden Chase
was doing at the State Penitentiary.
A Lawrence girl who has just been
married. is going to live on Paradise
creek. but it is doubtful if that will
save her. a
The pupils of the Lyons schools had
field day recently. and one of the
girls got pink ribbon for the most
graceful skip.
The lat home" club is scheme the
ladies of Cherokee have ito get away
from the house few minutes" about
once a month.
An ice cream dealer at Ottawa il
! named Gresham, That Is the only
Il, H. = 1rVa& yya
impedes his progress.
A Mime apolis man has brood of
thirty incubator chickens, which are
getting to the size where people court
invitions to dinners.
The Lawrence street car track is
useful from the fact that it gives the
carriage makers work by tearing the
wheels of of buggies
Dodge City takes great pleasure in
welcoming new family, which in
cludes a pair of twins, land good
stock of children besides"
An lniterant fortune teller failed to
make success in Garden City because
his communion with spirits had been
so close as to show on his breath.
A. NJ. Russell of Valley Falls, is a
member in good standing Of thirty
five secret orders and has taken eigh-
ty-fve limitations.
A jury has granted John c. Menhert
| an old resident of Kansas a judgement
for ST., 900 against a. c. Clark, superin-
tcndent of the poor farm at FIT. Scott
S. S. King of Kansas City, Kas., who
made reputation with his little work
entitled ''Bondhoiders and Bread
winners is preparing another work
on silver.
Mrs. Dudley C. Haskell, the widow
of one of Kansas most popular con-
gressmen, had been elected secretary
| Of the Kansas Woman's Missionary
board of the Congregational church
1Prof. Charles G. Dunlnp holding the
chair of English Literature at the
Lawrance University, accompanied by
his wife, will sail for Europe on june
] Is. He has obtained leave of absence
for one year. A substitute will be
| furnished by Prof. Dunlap.
A farmer named Wilson near At
wood, Kans., has an irrigation plant
which is supplied from creek which
runs through his farm. The creek
does not always have water in it ous
he makes good uso of it when it has
| It is more reliable than the rainfall.
He car get out 800 gallons minute
Sam Pearson of Hoisington, brake
man on the Missouri Pacific, lost his
| life at Horace last week. He was en-
gagged in switching when his foot
caught in a frog the train passing
over the entire length Of his body. He
was unmarried but leaves a mother.
He was a member of the n. 0. U. w.
On May l Chief Justice Albert H.
Horton retired from the Supreme
| Court While it is announced that he
will become connected with the legal
department of the Missouri Pacific
Railway Company, with headquarters
at Topeka, it is known that he will be
an active candida tie for the seat Eeld
by William A. PETER in the United
States Senate. Judge Horton has long
coveted this honor and has accepted
denominations to the chief justiceship
with the hope that the Republican
party would some day reward him
with the senatorship.
The first debate between represent
atives of Kansas University and Ne
braska University took place at Law
renee last week, Kansas winning on
very small margin. The Kansas par
Elephants were Z. ]. Madden, J. g.
Little and T. NJ. Brady, while Nebras-
ka was represented by E. B. Sherman,
A. j. Weaver and E McNeal. Each
speaker on each side was given fifteen
minutes to express his views and then
q ten minutes rebuttal speech was
made by each side. For Kansas this
was made by T. J. Madden and for
Nebraska by A. j. Weaver. The
judges for the debate were President