Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-30

probably adjourn June Sth.
Mrs. burlington, of Salina, is visit
ing her son at Banner this week.
Miss Mary Robinson spent last Sun
day on her claim, south of town.
c. A. Hoar is night agent at Salina.
You can't keep good man down.
A spotted or circus colt was born at
the McAtee barn early Friday morn
ing.
The Topeka authorities have COM
menced closing the joints in that city
again.
A large number of country people
attended memorial day services at the
courthouse last Sunday.
The Sixth Kansas congressional dis
trict, this year, will have good crops
and Republican victory
Senator Lucien Baker will deliver
an address to-day at Fort Scott at the
Decoration day services there.
w. III. Hatton, of Wichita, prom
inent republican of the big Seventh,
was in Wa-Keeney last Saturday.
Joshua Musgrave. of Ogallah, was
in town last Tuesday. and called to
Gov. Morrill, has appointed Frank
LOckard, of Norton county, a member
of the state board of charities to sue
One by one the ranks of the G.. \. r.
are lessening, and it will not be many
more years until the Sons of Neter-
ans will have to take their places.
Great floods are reported in both
Northern Minnesota and Central Mis-
souri, from the late rains, doing i'm
mense damage, especially to the wheat
crop.
While we have been enjoying al
most summer weather for some time,
snow has been falling in Montana for
the past three weeks. Verify, this is
a big country we live in.
Scott Jackson, the murderer of
Pearl Bryan, the Greencastle Ind
girl, has been found guilty and SEN
fenced to be hung at Newport, Ky.
H. T. Ratcliff, of Great Bend, re-
ceived So, 800 as a present from an
unknown friend on his 21st birthday.
| Wish we had a few such unknown
| friends in these parts.
Jinks-Do you suppose a man with
/
be a christian?
Blinks-Of course He can't afford
to be anything else.
Solomon Knarr. a farmer of Plum
| Creek township, Mitchell county. was
found dead in his corn field last week.
Death was caused by apopleXy. He
carried insurance on his life for 81, 500.
We have received Demorest's mag
aZine for June. 1t contains two fine
steel likeneSSeS of two of the coun-
try's most prominent mention. VIM.
Mckinley. the next President, and
Speaker Reed.
DIR. A. L. Johnson. of Leavenworth.
was arrested at Kansas City last week
charged with performing q criminal
medical operation on Miss Farlow, of
Minneapolis. Kas. Her father went
nome as soon as possible. Declining
to prosecute the doctor, he has been
released for the present.
Mrs. Bennish, living about 20 miles
south of here. was brought to town
Tuesday to be treated for snake bite
She had been bitten on the finger by a
snake while working in a potato
patch. and her entire arm was fearful,y
swollen from the shoulder down. Dr.
| Morgan. who was attending to Dr.
Jones practice during the latter'S abb
Sence in Hays City attending court
this week. dressed the wound. and it is
thought she will soon be all right
again. She does not know what kind
of snake it was, only that it was not
a RATHER.
The twenty-fifth anniversary edition
of the Topeka Mail and Breeze is one
of the most elaborate issues of a news
paper ever publised in this state. and
a marvel of excellence in tyDograph-
ical work. the cost of getting ont the
32-page edition being over $1,000. 1t
contains pictures of many of the ba-
bieS of Topeka. old pioneers and lead
| ing citizens of that CITY. with short
sketches of them. and illustrations of
some of the old pioneer BUILDINGS and
modern residences. q view of Kansas
avenue. together with much valuable
and interesting historical reading
matter. 1t reflects great credit upon
Mr.. Gamer, its enterDriSing and ener-
getic editor and proprietor. as well as
his employees from composing to press
room.
A couple of women tramping east
from Cripple Creek and claiming To-
peka as their home-one young, the
other old and neither one good look
ing-struck town Tuesday, arriving
on the morning train from the west.
ahd applied to the county for further
transportation. County Clerk Uffard
| furnished them with tickets as far as
Ellis. and they took the 10 o'clock D.
m. train for that place. During their
stay in town they disguised every one
/ by their conduct. uIlarrPliItp Will each