Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-06-06
Local Happenings.

Mrs. Hudson Harlan was indisposed
Thursday.
Miss Bessie Ferris visited in Hays
last week
A. c. Lord spent Decoration Day
at Collyer.
Miss Lizzie Mccormick visited in
Ellis last Thursday.
Wall paper at Cortright's at sc,
44c, &c and 74c per roll.
Miss Artie Hobbs, of Cove county,
is visiting in the city.
Wall paper at Cortright's at &c,
49c, SC and TIC per roll.
Mr. and Mrs A. III. Blair are enjoy
ing visit from MIR. Blair'S mother.
The pop editors of this district met
at Clay Center yesterday and to-day.
Mrs. w. S. Harrison returned home
from Fitzgerald, GA, Monday morn
ing.
Stenographer Rea attended court
at Sharon Springs the first of the
week.
Attorney Danford. of Hays City,
spent Monday and Tuesday with his
family.
Two former citizens of Leavenworth
were among the victims of the st.
Louis tornado.
W. T. Brabb and two sons. of Ogal-
lah, transacted business at the county
seat Monday.
Collyer will organize a lodge of
WOrkmen with membership of
twenty-five soon.
The Ness County Normal is in ses-
sion. The attendance for the first
week is 102 pupils.
DR.. Jones attended a meeting of
the Northwest Kansas Medical asSo-
citation at Ellis Tuesday.
All those knowing themselves in
debted to G. n. Gibson will please call
and settle at the drug store. s. .a
The County Commissioners met as
a board of equalization last Monday
and were in session all week.
G. S. Davis and sister, Miss Nellie,
of Collyer. were in Wa-Keeney Tues
day. c. S. made us a friendly call.
Judge Osborn, of Salina, stopped
in Wa-Keeney Sunday night en-route
Our carpenters and stone masons
were kept very busy repairing the
damage done by the storm last Satur-
day.
Mrs. c. n. Gibson departed Friday
morning for Narna, ILL.,, to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown, former
ly of this place.
Kinds Swiggett, Collyers popular
school teacher, was in town Tuesday.
He left Wednesday morning for Iowa
to revisit old scenes.
Old Sol Miller's paper-The Troy
Chief was forty years old last week.
1t is one of the best weekly papers
published in the state
grown on Owen ScanlOn's farm north
west OF town. They are as large as
walnuts. Who can beat this?
When Appellate Judge GiIkerson,
of Hays City, visits Catherine, the
band turns out and serenades him.
He must have stand in with the
Russians.
Mark Hanna, some relation to Hon.
Dave Hanna, representative from
Graham county, will manage Mckin-
ley's campaign. Wonder. if Dave
won't get a sit.
Base ball has not struck Wa-Keeney
this year. The favorite amusement
here seems to be seven come eleven
and fishing, and the interest seems to
continue unabated-
At the semi-annual election of Wa
keeney lodge /. o. O. F.. the follow
ing officers were elected: o. A. Cort-
right, y. G.: w. r. Holmes. v g.:
g. NJ. Ufford, secretary; G. G. Bestor,
treasurer; @. w. Cross, representa-
tive.
At the Democratic convention at
HoXie last week the chairman an
nounced that grip containing a
whisky bottle had been found. and
every delegate arose and claimed the
grip--Winona Clipper.
If outraged nature sometimes sends
plaques and other ''yiSitations" by
way of retaliation it is not difficult to
see the intent of the terrific wind
storm which followed the Independ-
ent's column of machine-made poetry
last week-but of the two give us the
storm.
Mothers will find Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy especially valuable for
Group and whooping cough. 1t will
give prompt relief and is safe
and pleasant. We have sold it
for several years and it has never
failed to give the most perfect salts
faction. G.. w. Richards. Duquesne.
Pa. Sold by Jones & Gibson.