Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-06-06


Register Frakes spent last Sunday
in Kansas City.
Frank Wollner made business trip
to Ellis Thursday
John Briggs, ST., was in the county
capital on Monday.
Ed Chalk harvested his first crop of
alfalfa the first of the week.
The Ellsworth Reporter runs a
sporting and cycling column.
Mrs. Bevard, of Cheyenne Wells,
was in Wa-Keeney Wednesday.
Miss Florence Reynolds, of Grain
field, Sundayed in Wa-keeney.
A L. Richardson, of the south side,
business in town Monday.
Dave BLACKWELL, the Quinter livery
man, was in Wa-Keeney on Wednes-
day.
Receiver Saum attended the Demo-
cratic convention at Topeka this
week.
Fish story in the Cove Gazette:
ave heard of three boys catching 500
fish in one day."
DON'T forget it, Our latch-string is
on the outside of the door. You are
always welcome.
In Harper county the court house
officials spend their leisure time in
pitching horSeShoeS.
Master Karl Deatrich. of Kansas
City. Mo-, is visiting his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Ferris.
Mrs. Diebold and two daughters
will spend the summer months at
their old home in Buffalo, n. Y.
Six hundred head of Arizona cattle
were shipped into Ness county last
week to eat Ness county's surplus of
grass.
Maggie Chalk departed last week
for Denver, Colo, to visit her sister.
Mrs. Carr. She will be absent all
summer.
Joe Halbleib, of Brownell, one of
Trego county'S most successful farm
ers and Stockmen. was in town on
Monday.
The Ness County News. the best
paper published in the Big Seventh,
issued ten-page paper last week.
Success to yOu-Brother Barnd.
Masters Robert Sims, Ernest Court
ney, Glen and BudJones went fish
ing last Wednesday and caught
string of fish so long - 81
Cove City is without a carpenter
SAYS the Gazette, and in another line
says a town that supports three news
papers ought to support one carpen-
ter.
We were in error last week in stat
ing that Rev. Hendricks preached
the Memorial sermon. 1t was Rev.
Beattie who preached the excellent
sermon.
Rev. Hobbs, of Wa-keeney, we I'M
derstand, has some notion of moving
to Cove City. We hope this may be
true as he has host of friends here.
Cove City Gazette.
John Wonner departed Tuesday
evening for OSawatomie, where he
has a good job at the asylum John
is an Industrious and good boy and
will make his mark some day.
DR.. Jones, of Wa-Keeney, operated
on w ID. Ure. of Grainfied, Wednes-
day. Mr.. IRE has been effected with
an abceSS on his neck and breast for
some time and it was thought for
awhile that he would not recover, but
everything is now favorable and it is
hoped that he will be well soon
Cove City Gazette.
w. A. Eppler, of Ogallah township,
was in town Tuesday and made this
office a pleasant call. He reports a
good rain last Saturday night and that
the east side farmers (if nothing hap
penS) will harvest big crop of small
grain. He also said the high wind
last Saturday night did considerable
damage to outbuildings.
The Independent gave our business
men quite a s'Send off, last week for
the very liberal ~ advertising extend
ed to that valuable dispenser of RE
form" The .'send off" was column
Keeney,'' and inferred that the
author had never visited our beauti-
full city. That's fiShy-aS it sounded
like one of '-OlleS" bombastic eXplo-
sions OF gall.
An Incredible story is going the
rounds about a prank played by the
recent cyclone: A certain farmer had
large crib filled with ear corn and
there was a knot hole in the south
end. When it was struck by the cy-
clone it is claimed that the suction
was so great that cob after cob was
drawn through the knot hole and the
farmer was left with crib full of
Shelled corn.-Clifton News.
The Riverside Publishing Co.. of
St. Louis. have secured the services
of Mrs. Lucy S. Best to represent
their publications at a number of
the county normalS throughout north
arn Kansas Mrs Rest is we'll known