Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-04-25

challenge competition in hosiery.
G. n. Gibson.
County politics will soon be the or
der of the day.
A big line of pants and overalls at
j. L. Altman, of Riverside, was on
our streets last Saturday.
G. n. Gibson has just received an
elegant line of ladies' waists.
Judge Sutton, of Russell, was in
Wa-Keeney Tuesday evening.
Just received at G. N. Gibson's the
nobbiest line of hats in town.
G. J. Ferris is having storm cellar
walled this week. Al Hinshaw is the
boss mason.
Hon. Simon Motz, OF Hays, candi-
date for state senator, was in town
last Saturday.
The opera walls, which have been
an eye sore for over a year, were re-
moved this week.
The Cove City Leader runs a base
ball column, and its edited by the
''devil'' of the office.
The city of Anthony, Harper coun-
ty, bonded indebtness is $4,000, and
has population of less than 1000.
The State Board of Irrigation will
locate irrigation plants in Sheridan,
HOdgeman and Seward counties this
spring.
Wanted to herd at Il cents
per month. Plenty of water and good
range. Apply to A. j. Gullett, Will
COX ranch.
The Democratic Judicial Appellate
convention will be held at HoXie,
May p, 1896. Trego county has two
delegates.
Rev. S. B. Hayes, of Gibbon, Neb.,
was the guest of Rev. Hendricks last
Wednesday. Rev. Hayes owns a sec
tiOn of land near Grinnell.
The people of Hill City are making
grand preparations to entertain the
boys on May 18th, the date of the Re
publican Congressional convention.
Strayed- From my ranch 6 miles
east Of Ellis, April %, bay mare, 3
years old, white forehead Reward
will be paid for recovery. Frank
SchIachter, Ellis, Kansas.
H. D. Hille, a former resident of
Wa-Keeney, has our thanks for copy
of the Seattle Times, which gives
full account of the Alsop hanging.
Mr.. Hille is engaged in the drug bust
ness at Castle Rock, Wash.
The Common School Commence
ment exercises to be held in the court
house, May 4, will be the first eXer-
cises of the kind ever held in the
county. Do not fail to attend. No
admission fee to be charged.
miss Florence Headley in Gaylord
Herald: For the benefit of people who
may get wrong impression in their
heads by the fact that the ladies
ticket at the city election was called
the A. p. A., we will say that it
stands for the ''anti pants admins
tration."
Brother Cook, of the Cove County
Gazette, planted twenty-five bushels
of potatoes last week. If the rains
continue Brother Cook will not be
called upon this fall to write that old
SUereotyped item: Potatoes taken on
subscription at this office"
The directors visited our public
schools one day last week by special
request. A quantity of Iodoform had
been SDrinkled over one of the rooms,
presumably by one Of the pupils, and
the odor made several of the pupils
very. sick. An investigation was had
but we are not informed as to what
was decided upon.
At the republican convention held
at Hays City last Saturday the follow
ing delegates were elected to the sew
eral conventions: Congressional con-
yention at Hill City, J. H. Ward. J.
n. Page and Dave Sites, and were in
structed for A. H. Ellis and James
Reeder; senatorial convention at
Stockton, E. F. Modden, George Leis-
ering and VIM. Shrinkler, and were
instructed for Simon MotZ for state
senator; appellate judicial convention
at Oakley, James Behan, George Grass
and G. Schwather, and were instruct
ed for A. j. Bryant for appellate
judge. The convention endorsed the
state administration, and Mckinley
for president.
MARRIED-A very quiet wedding
was conSummated at the home of
Rev. Thompson last Wednesday,
April p, 1896, at o'clock p. M, the
contracting parties were Mr.. Charles
Marquand, of Ogallah, and Miss
Marion Hunt, of this city. Only
few of their relatives and friends
were present. As soon as they were
pronounced one they departed for
their new quarters which were all
fitted up and ready for the bride.
The groom is well known in Trego
county having resided here for the
past seventeen years and is one of
+oxvpcl,in.c most nromiSiop