Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-04-04
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Republican township caucus at the
court house this afternoon.
DIR. Raffington. the dentist, will be
in WaKeeney. April 9. 10 and H.
j. Word Carson, of Lane county re-
visited old scenes in Wa-keeney
Thursday.
Rev. johnson preached his farewell
sermon last Sunday evening to good
audience.
III. NJ. Hallock and daughter Bertha.
Of Mendoza. visited in Wa-heeney
last Saturday.
Charles Howe. of .Adair, was in the
county capital last Saturday and paid
WORLD visit.
Governor Morrill, has issued a proc
lamation designating April 18th as
Arbor day for Kansas.
Reys. Johnson and Thompson at
tended the Northwest Kansas confer
ence of the NJ E. church at Salina
this week.
An exchange is anxious to know
whether the leap year girl should get
upon her knees when she proposes
Why should she get upon her knees
when his are handy.
The loyalty of Kansas for Kansas
was never better eXemplified when
Wellington man commenced suit for
a divorce against his wife because she
''habitually ridicules Kansas"
LOST Ladies gold watch and chain
Snnyncn1 fn hot wv
Farmers Home and depot. The
finder will be literally rewarded by
returning the same to Atfie Cox.
The Gaylord Herald registers kick
against working for candidates who
do not pay their bills. 1t seems reas-
enable: and yet, if carried out a great
many candidates would be left with
out newspaper support. Russell Rec
ord.
An exchange says: The best looking
boy in town has no people" and the
ugliest girl has four ''steadies." The
Populists should fix up resolution in
the platform to change that, and give
equal rights to all, and special priyi
/ legeS to none.
L. S. Myerly was in town Monday.
Mr.. Myerly is figuring with William
Bower for stock of groceries and in
tends to open a drug and grocery
store in the Fouts' building as soon as
he receives his commission as post
master at C0llyer.
An Arkansas editor says of his state:
I'VE have mountains SO high that you
can tickle the feet of the free silver
angels in heaven, and gOrgeS so deep
that you can decend to their base and
hand down ice to the gOldbugs in the
internal regions"
While it is not just now apparent
there will be any need of irrigation
ponds this season, yet we believe they
will prove very valuable on that day
when the hot breeze blOWeth and the
heat is not quelched. Hence, the i'm
portance of constructing a reservoir
for the purpose Of irrigating a garden
spot.
Report of Valley School for month
ending March p, 1896: Number Of
pupils enrolled Is. Average daily
neither absent nor tardy during the
month"; David Chalk was tardy once
but not absent. Susie Wonner, Susie
Chalk. Tracy Reddig. Geneyira
Stephens and Maggie Reddig were
absent one day Number of cases Of
hardness. 2. Visitors 6.
BERTHA MORGAN, Teacher.
Report of school in District 40 for
the month ending March p. 1896:
Number enrolled Is. Neither absent
nor tardy, Louis Hearting. Roll of
honor. Maud Hearting. Anna, Katie.
Lena and John Mahlberg, Jesse, leila
and Mary Tunnel, Tilla and Anna
Tombaugh Visitors during the
month: Oliver w. Best, Wa-Keeney;
Mrs. John Altman, Dora Altman,
Elihu Altman, Dora Joseph, LYDIA
Joseph. Ray Joseph and Matte Page,
Riverside; Mrs Mary X. Tombaugh,
BrOWnell. Gertrude f. Best, teacher.
The following from an exchange
will interest many who have taken up
the study of electricity: 1T is claimed
that women will be the next to be
emancipated by electricity. She will
press the button and electricity will
do the rest. The happy family of the
future will gather round the switch
board in place of the fire and have all
their needs automatically supplied.
Dinner will be cooked without labor
on the electric range. an electric ma
chine will do the mending and sew on
the buttons, another electric device
will rock the cradle while the phono-
graph sings lullabies to the babies and
hears the older children say their
prayers. An electric spanker with an
adjustable scale of offenses will adj
minister the proper amount of pun
ishment where it will do the most
good"
Report of school district 81. for
months of February and March.
Number of pupils first month 10:
Average daily attendance 5. Neither
absent nor tardy Pauline and Dora
Schumann. Absent twice but not
tardy John Schumann and Alfred
Lofsted. Visitors 5. County Super
intendent visited us February % and
gave good advice Pupils were pleased