Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05
Local Happenings.


Watermelons are drug on the
market.
Remember Voss will take you
good picture.
Mrs. Bradshaw is visiting in Den
yer this week.
John D. Cowick will teach in Adair
district this winter.
Judge Monroe came up from Hays
City Monday evening.
September came in like lion. Real
estate was dirt cheap.
A. T. Greenwood and family are
domiciled in the Cleveland.
John G.. Marcy. of Wilcox, was in
the county seat Wednesday,
Hon. I. b. Purcell, of Grainfield,
spent Monday in Wa-keeney-
Trego county was heavy purchaser
of delinquent land last Tuesday.
The majority of the Germans of
Trego county are for sound money.
Don't fail to call at Mr.. Browns
gallery just north of the Union house.
Rev. and Mrs. Hickman, Of Collyer,
were Wa-Keeney visitors on Wednes-
day.
A. T Holmes, of the south side,
transacted business in town Wednes-
day.
The school bell will ring next Mon
day morning after relapse of four
months.
1t is rumored that 7. O'Toole or the
tool of The Independent would like
to be representative.
A Lawson, Ed. Chalk and A. p.
Hinshaw beautified the interior of the
school house this week.
George Galloway. of the Saline,
marketed some very fine peaches
grown on his farm last Saturday
Oh where, oh where, is Mary Ellen
Lease? She has been found. She will
reply to Burke Cochoran's speech.
Gene Woodruff, travelling represent
ative for the Hall Lithographing Co.,
of Topeka. Sundayed in Wa-Keeney.
Joseph A. Escher. after years alb
sence in Colorado, returned Sunday
morning to his first love-sunny Kan
sas.
Postmaster Hallock, of Mendoza,
was in town ON Tuesday. He has our
thanks for a nice lot of home grown
peaches.
Mrs. Myerly and children of Collyer,
passed though Wa-Keeney Tuesday
afternoon enroute for Jewell county
to visit friends.
Have you heard the news from Yer
mont? Thirty-nine thousand Repub-
lican majority for governor, gain of
IL, 900 since 1892. As goes Vermont
so goes the Union this year.
ATTORNEYS S. J. Osborn, of Salina,
and A. J. Bryant, of Hays City, passed
through Wa-Keeney last Monday
evening enroute for Colby to attend
the session of the Appellate court.
Last Tuesday was the day advertis-
Only twenty-five descriptions of land
and several town lots were sold. Sew
eral years ago they sold like hot cakes.
Our picked nine of base ballists re-
turned from Cove City last Friday
evening foot sore and tired. The boys
speak with one accord of their gener-
Gus treatment received while at Cove
L. G. johnson showed us q carp
on Monday % inches long, 18 inches
in circumference and weighed 1O4 lbs.
1t was beauty and was caught in his
pond on Big creek. Who can beat
this?
A populist friend handed US the fol-
lowing slate and said it would be rail-
roaded through the populist conven-
ton: Representative, E. D Wheeler;
county attorney, Ben. c. Rich; clerk of
district court, Walter Olson; probate
judge, w. c. Olson; county superin-
tendent, Kinnie Rich. It's daisy.
At the Democratic Senatorial con-
vention which met at Colby last
Tuesday, c. A. Black, of Winona, was
nominated for state senator by accla-
nation. Mr.. Black is a gentleman
and all we have to say against him is
that he is training with the wrong
crowd.
Andrew and Orlander johnson, of
Riverside township, were in town on