Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-29
Local Happenings.

windy Nebraska days.
Two solid months of winter and not
one single wintry day!
There are 24O children enrolled in
the Hays City public schools.
The Free Press is booming Dave
Rathbone for attorney general.
Next Sunday is the first day of
spring according to the almanac.
The case of State VS.. Philetus III.
Smith was continued until next term.
We regret to learn that S. T. IT.
Baird is seriously i'll with lung
trouble.
George McMichael came down from
Cheyenne Wells, Colo, the first of the
week to attend court.
Simon MotZ, of Hays City, is a
candidate for state senator to succeed
X. e. Willcockson.
George Mckinley left Monday
morning for Leavenworth to attend a
meeting of the grand lodge A. O. q.
W.
Rev. Hendricks will preach next
Sunday at IL a. m. at the First Bap-
fist church and at $3.50 p. N. at Ogal-
lah.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Street came in
on last SATURDAY. evenings train.
Fred was wanted as witness in the
COuntryman case.
! Al Hinshaw says he's tired of rum
ing for coroner and would prefer to
go as a delegate to the national con
yentiOn at st. Louis next June.
D. c. BLACKWELL, of this place, has
been awarded the contract for put
/ ting down the state irrigation well at
Observation-Disclosures Republican.
Mrs. Escher left last Saturday even
ing for CaWker City, Kansas. She
was called there on account Of the
serious illness Of her son Edward.
John Sims attended the meeting of
the members of the Sixth Congress-
iOnal committee, at Colby, last Tues
day. as the proxy of George Baker.
Speaking of prohibition we find the
| following snake item in last weeks
Hays Republican: Crank Straley
one day last week killed forty snakes
/ (blue racers.
No, Charley: Because the dog died
and windy lived does not disprove
the law of the survival of the fit
test" although the casual reader
might thing SO.
Miss May Rhoades' school will give
an entertainment at the school house
| ~ II vi
March 4, 1896. All are cordially in
Yited. Admittance free.
II. G. Laing, of Russell, interviewed
some of our citizens last Monday Mr..
Laing is candidate for judge Of the
appellate court in this division and is
an able lawyer and an honorable gen
tleman.
AS usual our term of court was very
| light. 1t was supposed that we would
have several days of court this week
but only few eXparte cases were dis
posed of and court adjourned Tuesday
evening.
Thomas Moore, treasurer of Trego
county, is in town to-day to secure
some fence posts that had been stolen
off his premises, in TregO county, and
\
our toWnspeOple.
A man who wears number eleven
boots and a number six skull cap may
! be a humOrist or dude but never can
be statesman because statesmen are
not built after that pattern. 1t is a
| physiological impossibility.
The fire guard tax law is declared
! I1n Mt
The Union Pacific refused to pay this
| tax in our county and if the above de-
ciSion is sustained by the supreme
court there will be no more fire guard
tax levied.
A prairie fire ragged on the south
side of the railroad. six miles west of
town, Tuesday night. Considerable
damage is reported among which was
the consuming several hundred BUSH
els of corn the property OF Mrs. Shep-
herd. -Review-He
School report for the month ending
February 21- Number Of days taught
20; number of pupils enrolled Ia;
average daily attendance IL: those
neither absent or tardy: Lulu Griffith,
Cora Connolly and Burt Howe. Num-
Der of visitors 3. May Griffith,
IeaCner.
Seymour Coffey and estimable fami-
ly left Tuesday evening for their new
home in Illinois. We are sorry to see
these good people leave Trego county
where they have been well and favor
ably known for several years but hope
/ that our loss may be their gain.
, Should it not prove so their return
will be gladly welcomed.
/ The case of the State VS.. Daniel
:, Countryman was called last Monday
and motion was filed by defendant
asking for change Of venue on the
ground of prejudice. Affidavits were
/ filed in support of this motion and
the state also filed affidayitS in rebuff
tai. A change of venue was granted
by the court and the case sent to Ellis
county where it will be tried at the
next May term.