Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-04

parties.
Rush county is solid for ingalls, for
U. S. Senator.
The city dads will meet this Fri
day. evening
Rains are common thing in this
county at present.
Frank King, the jeweler, was in
| Wa-Keeney this week.
The annual school meetings win be
| held this year on July Both.
The Commissioners will meet in
regular session next Monday.
Yost's mill at Hays ships flour to
Chilli, Brazil, Bolivia and England.
DIR. Raffington. the dentist of Ellis,
was in town several days this week.
There doesn't seem to be any
scarcity of harvest hands this season.
Mrs. r. @. Wilson and childrent re
turned last Saturday from Il visit to
Hays.
Mr.. and Mrs E. F. Bryant attended
church services in Wa-keeney last
Sunday.
We attended the meeting of the
Republican state league at Topeka
Wednesday.
C. S. Davis, of Collyer, appeared
before the examining board last
Wednesday.
o. A. Cortright beautified the
house Agent bradshaw is domiciled
in, this week.
Mrs. John Sims gave tea party to
a number of her lady friends on last
Saturday evening.
Register Abe Frakes and perhaps
Others from this county will attend
the Chicago convention
A girl of tender years asked her ma
one day this week for nickel to buy
tornado" for the Fourth.
Mckinley, Protection, Reciprocity
and Honest Money-four OF d kind
that cannot be beaten.
If the rains continue Wa-Keeney
will have to put up corn cob pipe
factory to use the cob crop.
Keeney this week. Reason-They
are all in the harvest field.
VI oSdlldIl WIS III
Wa-keeney Monday and purchased a
Craver header of Z. w. +. Street.
A swell wedding occurred at Cove
City last week and the happy couple
received two dozen towels as presents.
We have it on good authority that
there will be plenty of fire works, ire
water and tonic in Ellis on the Fourth.
We know of at least half a dozen
old line democrats in Tr9go county
who will vote for Mckinley and pro-
lection
So far as reported neither Mckinley
nor Hanna nave any relatives in
Trego county but the prairies are full
of friends.
The Ness County News issued a
Normal supplement last week for the
benefit of the nice girls who were in
attendance.
A. S. Peacock, Superintendent of
IregO county, visited Normal Mon
day, and made a few pleasing remarks
to the students.-NeSS County News.
Business is picking up in the Herald
office at Gaylord since the Mckinley
boOmS. The editor is treating the
office to a coat of red paint and paper.
Damon and Pythias otherwise deS-
ignated as our tOnSOrial artiStS) went
fishing last week. We will keep this
item in type, for filling, until the fish
season is over.
The county officers to be elected
this fall are county attorney, clerk of
district court, county uperintendent.
probate judge and commissioners.
Who wants to make the race?
There doesn't seem to be much do
ing in local politics in Trego county
and the demand for candidates seems
to be in excess OF the supply. This is
rather "a peculiar condition of affairs
and the situation may change after
harvest.
The readjustment of postoffices and
salaries of poStmaSterS has been
made. We note that Russell post
office has been raised from S110O to
City, S110O to $1,000; Ellis, 81 900 to
Sl10O; Colby has been relocated from
third class to fourth class: Wa
Keeney remains the same
A portion of the trees in the court
house square have been mulched. We
believe this is the proper thing to do.
All experience teaches that to grow
trees successfully in western Kansas
liberal mulching must be applied.
Besides the court house square on
account of continuous cultivation for
about sixteen years is about worn out
and the strength of the soil must be
renewed. While upon this subject we
would also humbly suggest that a
little pruning would not be Injurious