Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-08
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Teachers meeting to-day.
Some wheat has been sown this
week.
Miss Gertrude Best is teaching
school in district No. 40.
February 18th, one year ago, the
opera house was destroyed by fire.
Louis Morrell, of Walker, Mo-. ar
rived in Wa-Keeney Thursday even
ing.
FOR SALE-Three barrels of sor-
ghum at % cents per gallon at Yer
beck's.
The Hill City Republican is boom
ing Dave Hanna for state senator on
the republican ticket.
Ellis county court convened this
week with only one criminal case on
the docket-that of KerfuS.
David Rathbone and Reeder &
Reeder have been employed to prose-
cute Kerfus for assault on Williams.
One fellow up in Hoxie traded four
speak of him as "a very shreWd
trader"
There are fewer people in the Kan
sas penitentiary, according to the
population, than in any state in the
Union.
The fire insurance adjusters refuse
to pay more than 81 800 for the Ellis
county court house. 1t was insured
for $4,000.
A great many farmers took advan-
tage of the lovely weather last Satur-
day and came to town. 1t seemed al
most like circus day.
There are fewer illiterate people
| people who can neither read nor write
in Kansas than in any other state,
according to population.
The Cove County Leader says that
at no time during the month of jan
uary, 1896, has the thermometer been
as low as ten degrees above zero.
The W. r. c., of Collyer, will give
their annual masquerade ball on the
evening of st. Valentines day, Feb
ruary IA, 1896. Supper will be served.
All are invited.
E. D. Wheeler made another bust
ness trip to Missouri last week. He
is having some trouble over trade
which he made year ago and a law
suit is the result.
A. J. Harwi, of Hill City, and Judge
| Osborn, Of Salina, attended an adj
| jOurned term of the Tfego county dis
trict court, last Saturday in Wa-Kee-
ney, before Lee Monroe
One Minute Dough Cure touches
the right spot. 1t also touches it at
the right time if you take it when you
have cough or cold. See the point?
Then don't cough. Jones & Gibson.
A few of our citizens have the Grip
pie Creek fever pretty badly. Some
have purchased mining stock and two
or three of them say they will go out
in the spring and buy few mines.
The Cove County Gazette says:
'"Three hours and twenty minutes is
too long to hold services at meeting
day or night" From which we infer
that Bro. Cook is falling off from
grace.
Quick in effect, heals and leaves no
scar. Burning, scaly skin eruptions
quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. Applied to burns, scalds.
! old scores, it is magical in effect AL
ways cures piles. Jones & Gibson.
Don't invite disappointment by ex-
perimenting. Depend upon One Min
ute Cough Cure and you have imme-
date relief, 1t cures Group. The
only harness remedy that produces
Immediate results. Jones s. Gibson.
Mrs. Boyce and another evangelist
or two are holding protracted meet
ings5 in Cove City, but neither J. L.
Cook. Tom Kirtley, ''NOSey" Jones
nor Ike Purcell have been brought
into the fold. We fear they are all
case hardened.
The Wa-Keeney public schools gave
their second entertainment at the
court house last Friday evening to
| large and appreciatiVe audience. The
recitations, essays, songs and music
were excellent and all present seemed
to be well pleased with the entertain
ment.
! We had not intended to say much
about the Leland-Johnson fight
| but we will say that since Johnson
wrote that letter to his friend we are
more than ever Leland's supporter.
Good politicians rarely write such let
tiers.
Our people are growing more and
more in the habit of looking to-*
-for the latest and best of
everything in the drug line. They
sell Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
! lannon's for IFS clIrpS of had colds
Group and whooping cough. When in
need of such a medicine give this
remedy trial and you will be more
than pleased with the result. For
sale by Jones s Gibson.