Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
A. v. Hixson was in town wednes-

anu bp-ddS-
Henry Cutler. of Ogallai. was in
town last Saturday.
Miss Florence REYNOLDS viii teach
in Mcpherson this year.
Judge Cowick visited the Normal
/ during the closing hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas Pugh were up
from the Smoky this week.
Miss Ruth Benson. one of the Cove
City teachers visited our Normal last
Tuesday
Pearl Courtney and her friend Miss
Larson. of Salina, visited the Normal
on Thursday.
Eleven car loads of cattle and ten
cars of wheat were shipped from this
station this week.
. Mesdames Blair. Swiggett. Nelson.
| Wollner and G.. G.. r.. PierSee were
Thursday visitors at the Institute.
Mrs May and Miss Lou Griffith. of
the east side. attended the lecture at
the court house last Friday evening.
Judge Ellis breakfasted in our town
Tuesday morning He Was on his way
to the Ellis county Old Settlers meet
I ing.
Prof. Carlson, of Ellis, will photo
graph the Normal at the east side of
the court house at , O'Clock this Sat
urday afternoon
a boulder of free" silver was dis
covered near ArtZ's Ziac-coal mine
last Saturday, but the coinage of
them seemed to be limited.
Some of those teachers who have
broken ranks to become matrimonial
marines still keep up their interest in
school affairs and visit the Normal
occasionally.
John Macdonald, editor of the
Western School journal. visited our
Normal Friday OF last week, and
made one of his characteristic talks
to our students.
If Gin. Artz's knowledge of miner
alOgy is no more accurate and reliable
than his statements concerning the
constitution his mine may yet strike
brass instead of zinc.
Mrs. John Altman and children.
of Riverside, were in Wa-keeney last
Friday and attended the lecture at
the court house in the evening. They
made WORLD a pleasant call.
1t was nimble trip of the tongue
by which Prof Rose introduced our
latest lecturer as Mrs. Holton, of
Brown ---ah. (applause.) 1t fur
niShed the cue for Mac Donald's OPEN
ing sentence as he did not want to be
called Mr.. Topeka OF - anywhere.
The seventeenth annual institute
of Trego county was brought to sue
ceSSful close last Thursday. 1t was
marked by large attendance and
earnest work as was to be expected
under such able instructors as PrOfS.
Rose and Nowlin aided by vigilant
and energetic superintendent.
We hope every subscriber to the
WORLD and teachers and friends of
our public schools will get a copy of
our Normal supplement published
this week 1t contains a great deal
of school history of Trego county and
many interesting articles by our lead
ing teachers. We believe it it worth
possessing and preserving. Get a
copy. 1t is a free gift from WORLD
editors and contributors.
The national populist party is get
ting out a campaign book of BIB
pageS-abOut One-third of which is
devoted to the great crime of '13. :"
The book is divided into thirty chap
tiers and quite appropriately contains
twelve appendices Political appen-
dicitis is the correct diagnosis of the
ills the average populist flesh has in
herited from its tiatico-tinatical par
entaee.
The attendance at the lecture on
Friday evening of last week was linn
tied on account of the rain which was
falling about the time of beginning.
The speaker, Mrs. Ella w. Brown. of
HOlton, is very pleasant talller and
her address on Broaden the Out
look" while devoid of display. was
full of good, practical advice. very
helpful and encouraging to young peo-
pie. Mrs Brown is one of the faculty
of Campbell university.
The teachers and advanced students
met at the school house Thursday af-
ternoon and reOrganiZed the County
Teachers association for the school |
year by electing Mrs. Lucy Best. pres
ident, Miss Carrie Sweet, vice presi-
dent, and Miss Mile StSadal. secre-
tary- These officers constitute Il COM
mlttee on program, and the aSSocia-
tiOn will meet once each month. The !
superintendent and sNOrmal. faculty
also gave teachers some good advice
and instruction relative to eXamina-
tionS, teachers meetings and school
work in general.
The closing exercises of the insti-
tute were given at the court room Last
Thursday evening Although the
room was filled to crowding the order
was excellent. The program consist
ed of recitationS by Minnie GRAY. |
Christine Ehrichs, Carrie Mumert
and Mrs. Ollie Musgrave. and ora
tiOnS nv BERTHA Holmes Ina Gov aD6