Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
Nineteen teachers took the exami
nation last Saturday.


Mrs. Saum departed Saturday even
ing for Topeka to visit her children
Attend the commencement exer-
cises at the court house next Monday
evening
Mrs. Lou Gibson, of New York City,
is visiting relatives in Wa-Keeney
this week.
G. NJ. Bell, of Franklin, was in Wa
Keeney last Monday and made US a
pleasant call.
Mrs. Bevard, of Cheyenne Wells.
Colo, was the guest of Mrs. A. B.
Jones Thursday.
Leonard Schmitt and family moved
onto the Harrison farm west of town
the first of the week
Commencement exercises at the
court house next Monday evening to
which all are invited.
Chief Clerk Cox, of the land office,
done the mechanical and heavy work
on the Independent this week.
There will be Episcopal services at
the Baptist church next Sunday, May
10th, by Rev Lee, of Manhattan.
Misses Wade s. Smith, the milliners
of Ellis, were in our city Thursday
and Friday with line spring hats.
DIR. A. B. Jones, John Sims, Ed.
Rea and Len. Johnson attended the
Republican Appellate Judicial con-
vention at Oakley this week.
\ special invitation is extended to
the people of our city and vicinity to
be present at the commencement eX-
ercises next Monday evening. No adj
mission fee.
Mrs. Best and daughter, Miss Ger
trude, entertained very pleasantly
about twenty-five of their young
friends last Friday evening. At 10
o'clock an elegant lunch was served.
The Jim Reeder boom for national
delegate is not as big as it was. He
has neglected to grab a few tow lines
that were offered to him, and Ike
Purcell of Cove county, who Joined
the Hons. eight years ago, seems to
be pushing to the front.-Star.
Miss Bertha Morgan closed a very
successful term of eight months
at the Valley school No. 10, on Friday
of last week. Friends and patrons
provided bountiful dinner which
waf followed by recitations and songs
by the school after which all enjoyed
a rare treat of ice cream.
For every quarter in a mans pocket
there are dozen uses; and to use
each one in such way as to derive
the greatest benefit is question
every one must solve for himself. We
believe. however. that no better use
could be made of one of these quar-
tiers than to exchange it for bottle
of Chamberlain'S Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. a medicine that
every family should be provided with.
For sale by Jones & Gibson.
n. J. McCollum, who lives on the
Saline, left at this office last Satur-
day sample of his peach buds. The
twig was four inches long and has six
teen double peach buds on it. He
said that all the buds on the tree are
double. Mr.. McCollum has spent more
or less time in horticulture and this
is the first tree he has seen that the
buds are all double.
Last Monday night Jones & Glib
sons drug store was burglariZed. The
theft entered the basement by break
ing several large window glass. y
large quantity of wet goods and Sc
CARS were stolen. This is the fifth
time within the past two years that
burglars have raided this store and
stole what the inner man can do with
out.
A gentlemen who recently returned
from a Sojourn in Arkansas says Pop
ulists in that wild and woody state.
call themselves Populites. On con-
shifting Webster we find pop means
noise, and lights, lungs, therefore
Populite is noise from the lungs.
Our fellows up here of course are the
same breed as the Arkansawyers.-
Lacrosse Clarion.
Report or Valley school for month
ending April "a, 1896: Number of days
taught, 10; Number of pupils enrolled,
ID: Average daily attendance, 10 9-19;
There were no cases of tardinesS.
Names of those neither absent nor
tardy. Fannie Webb and Susie Chalk
Ella Bryant, Susie Wonner and John
Peacock We're absent one day. Wis