Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-01-18


VIM Bower. G. Deaterieh. L. S.
Myerly, Owen Scanlon and Hugh
Elliott represented Collyer township
at the county seat last Tuesday
The city council of Hill City has
concluded that its city bonds to the
amount of 80, 1000 were illegally issued
and will refuse payment of same or Of
interest accrued thereon.
At the annual meeting Of the share
holders of the Wa-keeney State bank,
A. H. Blair. Fl. j. Hille. D. Bannister.
Thomas Martin and R. G. Wilson
were elected directors for the ensuing
year.
The Almena Plaindealer states that
Jim Reeder is trying to corral the
Union Pacific country for congress to
swap for seat in the st. Louis con-
yention. The Farmer will add that
Jim Reeder cannot corral that section
of the country for anything Osborne
Farmer.
The bill, ceding the Fort Hays res
eryation to Kansas, has been fayora-
! bly, recommended by the committee
on public lands and congress will
doubtlessly enact the necessary legis-
lation When this is done, if the.
president gets time to sign the bill,
it will be red letter event for our
neighboring city of Hays.
If suffering with piles, it will inter
est you to know that De Wits Witch
Hazel Salye will cure them. This
medicine is specific for all COM
plants of this character, and if in
| structions (which are simple) are car
ried out. a cure will result. We have
tested this in numerous cases, and al
ways with like results. It never fails.
Jones & Gibson.
| Vague rumors are circulating in
this and adjoining counties concern
ing an alleged discovery of coal on
Page creek, in TregQ county, about
ten miles north Of Brownell, but thus
far we have been unable to get any
thing like definite information in re-
gard to the matter, and the papers of
ITregO and Ellis counties seem to be
in about the same predicament. 1t
| is said that a small amount of coal has
/ been discovered. and that company,
headed by II. II. Artz, adjutant-gen-
eral under dwellings administra-
ton, is sinking shaft, and that all
concerned are very reticent in giving
! out informatiOn.-Ne County News.
There will be a mountain of fun
| for the great free-for-all next fall. r..
! w. Turner will have a pretty fight
down in Jewell; the opposition is
getting in shape down in Mitchell:
| Webb McNal is booked for fight
with Topliff in Smith: Phillips cuts
! no figure as long as the Jew is counte-
nanced; Norton will be the scene of
much strife. as the enemies of Bill
Simpson willnot enter his camp and
plead with the delegations which
are instructed against him. as they
did two years ago when there was no
opposition, in the interest of harmony,
when the convention was instructed
away from him; Decatur is grooming
| a candidate or two; Jim Reeder is
trying to corral the Union Pacific
country to swap for a seat in the St.
Louis convention: Chambers is being
| hauled out of the closet and is liable
/ to make stink in the middle tier; and
e. j. Turner is feeling around for the
scalp he surrendered to Webb at Col
/ by. Col. Tilton seems to be the only
one without fight at home. Almena
Plaindealer.
Harry Kerfus. who was arrested at
Hays City, for assaulting Arthur
Williams, was brought to Wa-Keeney
last Tuesday evening and placed in
our county Jail for safe keeping. The
assault was most brutal one, the
victims skull being broken in several
places and his head and face badly
cut and for several days threats of
lynching had been freely made by the
citizens of HAYS City. 1t was thought
best as a precautionary measure, to
take Kerfus out of the county. We
are informed that Arthur Williams
recovered consciousness but was una
bic to talk and he was handed list
of names out of which to select his
assailant and designated the name of
Kerfus Kerfus was brought before
Williams and confessed but he after
ward claimed his confession was I'M
true. On account of the prejudice
existing in Ellis county the trial will
probably be held here. Kerfus mar
ried Willy Moe. of Wa-Keeney. and
his wife came with him from HayS