Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-12-12

money. This year several car loads
were shipped from this station and
horse buyers are becoming quite num-
erouS.
John Kobetich, former resident
of Trego, but now located in Clay
county, writes to an old friend that
his family is in good health and that
he raised an abundance of all kinds of
grain and that he has nice bunch of
cattle.
| Several of our boys were very anXi-
Gus to go to Denver by the snow fence
route, but when the train arrived in
| Wa-Keeney on Monday the gang was
/ too full, hence our boys will have to
content themselves by staying with
| Streetwalker & Co.
! Word was received here Monday
| that Mrs. Josie Zeman was lying dam
gerously i'll at the home OF her sOn-in-
law, Frank Spena. near Bosnia. DR..
Jones was dispatch for and did all in
| his power to relieve the suffering
woman. She rallied Wednesday and,
at present writing, she is somewhat
| better.
| MIS- w eokIct anu CUliuTeH ut pdICeu
Monday evening for Bolton, No.. their
future home. We regret, very much,
the departure of any one from Trego
county, but this is for the best as Mrs.
Weekley has nice home consisting
of 40 acres of good land with a large
house upon it and an abundance of all
kinds of fruit. We wish her success
in her new home. WORLD will keep
her posted on Trego affairs.
Oh, girls, have you thought of it,
This is the last month of leap year,
Time is flying, and as it flies the be-
witchment of beauty grows less, and
enchantment diminishes in magical
! faces that haunt hearts by their i'm
age Unless you get a move on you
the dreams of future felicity, which
your lively imagination has cherished,
will turn out to be just plain, every
night Kansas dreams.-EX.
The editor sat in his golden throne,
as editors generally do (?): his gold
watch licked and his diamond shown;
fountains perfumed the air with
colOgn and yet was the editor blue, so
blue. Oh, why was the editor blue?
Because his subscribers, just a few.
had forgotten to settle their bills
when due; and he pOnderS so deeply:
how awful their lot when they in
black hades would sizzle so hot, like
him in stew. stew; like him in a
terrible stew.-Dodge City Globe.
The Kansas newspaper boys without
respect to party, are now taking part
in a work that ''does themselves
proud" They are all engaged in
pounding the eastern papers for at
tacks upon Kansas and her populistic
notions. The newspaper men of Kan
SaS are like the wife whose husband
spends his time in beating her with
his first. Whenever a neighbor comes
along and astempts to interfere, the
wife Immediately Joins hands with
her husband in an attempt to lick the
meddlesome neighbor. - Beloit Ga
Zette.
Mrs. c. G. Bestor entertained in
formally at progressive high five
last Thursday evening in honor of
Mr.. Bestor's birthday. After an
elegant supper the guests repaired
to the parlors where card tables
were awaiting them, the gentlemen
chose their partners by matching caps
of various colors, the hostess request
ing each one to wear the cap CORES
ponding to their partners, the effect
of which caused much merriment.
Miss Kirby secured first ladies' prize
and Mr.. Bradshaw first gentlemen's
and Mrs. Bradshaw and Mr.. Wollner
carried off the BOBBY prizes. much to
the amusement of all. About II
o'clock the guests babe their charm
ing host and hostess good night
thanking them for an evening de-
lightfully spent.
In the event that the conservative
element of the populist party controls
the legislature, it is stated that sew
eral changes of beneficial character
will be made in the mortgage redemp-
ton law. 1t will be amended so that
capital will have a little chance. At
present, after the sale by foreclosure
proceedings. the mOrtgagor can hold
the property for eighteen months
without paying rent, taxes or anything
else. This will be changed so that
the mortgagor will have to pay the
taxes, interest on the judgment and
keep the property in repair prior to
the expiration of the redemption