Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-04
Local Happenings.

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Mrs. G.. w. Cross was quite i'll this
week but is improving.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. McAtee,
Tuesday. June 30. 1896, son.
When you send money buy draft
from the Wa-Keeney State Bank.
A quarter of land sold in Ellis
county recently for $500 cash.
The children of the NJ. E. church
are practicing for Children'S Day.
Corn never looked better at this
season of the year in this county.
Mrs Borah, of Grinnell, visited her
daughter Mrs. L. r. Moore, this week.
Wanted-Normal boarders. Ladies
and gentlemen. Rates reasonable.
Mrs. w. r. Holmes.
All those knowing themselves in
debted to G. n. Gibson will please call
and settle at the drug store
U. S. Senator Baker and State
passed through Wa-Keeney last Fri
day.
There will be a matched game of
ball at Cove City to-day between a
picked nine along this line of road and
Cove City.
Ex-District Clerk Metz has sent in
his check to balance accounts with
TregO county in accordance with Mr..
PatterSOn'S report.
Teller, the Colorado Silver leader,
received a cold reception at st. Louis,
but when he returned to Colorado,
the reception was as warm as hades.
Sheriff Lynn has been hardening
his muscle in the harvest field this
week and S. ID. Thompson, his under
sheriff, has presided in his stead with
more or less dignity.
The U. P. r. r. will sell excursion
tickets to points in Kansas, not to
exceed 200 miles at one fare for round
trip For particulars see E. L. Brad
shaw, Agent.
DR.. Brown preached last Sunday
morning and evening to his cOngre-
CATION at the Presbyterian church.
In the morning he defined his views
on sanctification in very plain terms.
He does not believe in the doctrine.
From the report in the Hays Repub-
lican of the election of officers of the
Lutheran church, one would think
that the church Was in healthy
financial condition as the deaconS and
OLE oit of ha
thriving city.
An adjourned term of court will be
held in Ellis county on July Both
when Daniel Countryman will receive
his sentence and on July 31th PhiletuS
Smith will receive his sentence in
this county. Both cases we under
stand will be appealed to the supreme
court.
Record says that as soon as the Free
Silver party adjust the silver question,
it will be in order to start new
party, on the free churning of butter
16 to l. Is parts lard and part butter.
How our pop farmers will fall over
each other to get into that style of a
party.
Say, you short-grass free silver coin
age rOOterS, how many silver mines
do you own? If you want to do some
thing more sensible and more in line
with your personal interests than
yawping for the free coinage of silver
why don't you holler for the free
coinage of wheat, or buffalo, or cow
hides? Oakley Graphic.
A favorite recreation with our citi-
zenS is to meet the weSt-bOund even
ing passenger and see the trampS get
ont of town Some ride on the ton of
the coaches. some underneath on the
rods and we noticed one fellow the
other evening climb on the COW
catcher. As rule they are not look
ing for work but seem to be running
away from it.
S. j. Osborn has been retained to
represent TregO county in the supreme
court in the Smith and Countryman
cases and will receive the very
snug fee of 5000 for his services, one
half of which is spot cash. This will
make 1925 in all in those two cases.
1t is surely good thing for our
that we don't have much
criminal business at those figures.
Ed Little. of Abilene. who will be
rememb ered by the boys of our county
and who made republican speeches in
Collyer, Ogallah and Wa-Keeney two
years ago, has Joined the Free Sill
veriteS." Just as long as the repub-
lican party fed him on prairie chicken
pie just so long he was Republican.
The party is better off without such
fellows.
In another column will be found the
of A. Muhlheim, the
jeweler of Ellis. Mr.. NJ. is well known
in western Kansas as man of his
word and if Won are in need of n watch