Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-17
Political Meetings.
Local Happenings.

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Attend the Tilton gloritication at
the court house this afternoon
j. p. Marquand. commissioner from
the first district. was in Wa-keeney
on Monday
Der 3, 1896, will be % inches wide and
81 inches long
DIR. Jones made professional visits
4 to Cheyenne Wells. Colo, Monday and
Hays City Tuesday
Vote for Cockrell and the straight
Republican ticket from Mckinley
down the last road overSeer.
Cal Basbomb and Dan Lewis, of Ell
lis. were prominent visitors in our
city last Saturday afternoon.
Rev Brown, of Ellis. will preach
Saturday, the 24th inst, at South
| Downer school house, at p. m.
Mrs. Gleason. of Denver, sister-in-
law of our townsman. III. L. Gleason,
is visiting friends in the city
Dan Dyer. the genial representative
of the Topeka Capital, Sundayed in
Wakeeney at the Ferris house.
County Treasurer Mitchell, of Cove
! City, was in Wa-keeney last Friday
and paid WORLD pleasant visit.
VIM. Dickey is working for the
county this week. removing the lower
board from the court house fence
Pap Murphy of Ellis, one of the
best passenger engineers on the u.
p. road. was in our city Thursday eve
ming consulting with DIR. Jones.
Col. Tilton, who is so well and favor
ably known in Trego county. should
draw large crowd at the court house
this afternoon. He is Il good speaker.
c.. c. Bestor and little daughter.
Norma, departed Monday evening for
Washington. ID. c.. to visit Mr.. Bes
tors many relatives in the capital city.
Our city presents the appearance of
a Republican city Mckinley and
Hobart pictures are galore in our
principal business houses. Let the
good work go on.
Lost-Saturday October 10, 1896,
pocket book containing valuable pa
pers. Finder will please leave same at
this Office and receive reward H. C.
Cox. Wyoming, Ill.
By request, Mrs. Mary Hyotte of
the Friends church will preach at the
NJ. e. church next Sunday, October
IS. at IL O'Clock a. M, and G.. NJ. G.
Thompson at night.
United States Senator Lucien Baker
will address the people of Trego
county at the court house next Thurs
day afternoon on the political issues
of the day. Senator Baker is a good
speaker, and everybody should go and
near ullH.
Hon. A. II. Ellis, candidate for Con-
gresham from this district, will adj
dress the people of Trego county on
the political issues of the day on next
Wednesday afternoon, October p,
Also. Hon. Harry PeStana, of Russell,
will address our citizens next Wednes-
day evening, at o'clock.
Alex Barnes, of Tregola, Kan. de-
parted last Saturday for Junction
i(jtV Kan where he has rented the
fair grounds for the purpose of train
ing his herd of Shetland ponies. He
informed US that he would engage IN
the pony and dog show business. We
wish him success.
A. J. Bryant, of Hays City, held
good meetings at the Young and Ban
ner school houses on last Monday and
Tuesday evenings. He was billed to
speak at the Bosnia school house on
"Wednesday evening, but legal bust
ness at Hays compelled the cancella-
ton of his engagement.
II. c. Cox, of Wyoming, ILL.,, was in
Wa-Keeney the latter part of last
week, looking after his and his faith
er's land interests in Trego county.
His father is the owner of the Gibbs
grove ranch, and he has $50 acres of
land just east of the grove. This is
Mr.. Cox's first visit to western Kansas
and he informs us that the reports
sent out about this country are very
unreliable, as he found the climate
delightful and the people prosperous
and hOspitable. Mr.. Cox is a tele-
grapher by profession and i pleasant
young man to meet.
A few Populists and Democrats met
in our city last Wednesday evening
and consummated a deal whereby J.
NJ. Rinker was pulled off the Popo-
cratic ticket for commissioner of the
second district. and F. p. Lucas was
put on as Popocratic preference This
| deal was made at the inStigation of
Olson. Henkel and Ufford. who were
of the opinion that Rinker was beat.
and that Lucas, being IA citizen of Wa
Keeney, would draw the town vote
But the Popocrat combination will
| find on November 3 that the Republic
cans of Wa-Keeney and Wilcox town
ships are not going to be sold body
and soul to a man who never in his
life supported the Republican ticket.
as he has always voted the Prohibi-
/ tion ticket. and scratched the names
of candidates whom he did not like
ever since he located in Wa-Keeney
| We would like to ask the Republicans
of these two townships. What do we
owe Lucas? He is a business man and
if we are correct, will only work for
Lucas and no one else. He is the can
didate of few who would like, if
they could. elect man who will be of
no benefit to the county except for
their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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