Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-14

Smoked hams at Bakers.
Good fresh beef at Bakers.
Picked pigs feet at Bakers.
Curduroy pants at Verbeck's.
Big bargains in shoes at Verbeck'S.
Nice line of baby sandals at Yer
beck'S.
Postmaster Davis will leave next
week for Colorado.
Lyman Burt, of the south side, was
in town, Wednesday.
Wanted = Hay. Highest market
price paid. w. S. Mead.
ThresherS report the wheat yield
much larger than anticipated.
The population of Trego county is
225O-an increase of 119 last year.
c. Fl. Benson, of Ogallah, is contem-
plating trip to New York state.
Mr.. Spaid. of Smith county, lives
in the Angel settlement quite ap-
propriately.
Hugh Wonner got kicked off a rid
ing-plow last Monday causing con-
siderable lamenesS.
J. T. Ford, of Riverside, was in the
city, Wednesday, selling good sweep
erS of his own make.
White Cashmere soap is the whitest
and best soap on the market. Only )
cents at G. G. BeStOr'S.
Lee Greer, of District %, was in
town last Wednesday looking for an
experienced lady teacher.
Clay Center has offered Clay county
the Garfield school building 10 years
for county high Western
School Journal.
Will Caskey, of District 13, was en-
quiring for good teacher last Tues
day. Trego County Normal can sup
ply such wants.
The party who was so good and kind
as to leave three pounds of ground
coffee at Bakers meat market can get
same by calling on him.
About a dozen of the younger bicy-
Gle lady riders picniced at Weaver's
Beach, Wednesday afternoon. = OF
tawa Herald. kid" BristOw did you
get that off.
Did you see that new sign at Yer
beck's of the Hamilton Brown Shoe
| Co.'S ''Own Make" $3.50 shoes. Best
shoe for the money ever sold in Wa
keeney. Go see for Yourself
Il crave but One Minute,' said the
public speaker in a husky voice: and
| then he took dose of One Minute
| Cough Cure, and proceeded with his
Oratory. One Minute Cough Cure is
uneQualled for throat and lung trOub-
! les. Jones & Gibson.
! L. -
| line, was in the city last Tuesday. He
informed US that his plum crop was
very good and that the quality was
excellent some of the plumS meaSur-
ing five inches IN circumference. He
also says that he will have some nice
peaches to sell.
The county superintendent in every
county in Kansas is by law the busi-
ness manager of the institute. He
employs and pays out of the institute
fund the conductor and instructors
and pays all incidental expenses. He
/ also SuperviSeS the work done in the
several classes. - Western School
Journal.
c. c. Yetter and c. HI. Benson, of
Ogallah, were transacting business
with our merchants, Wednesday.
They informed us that their wheat
on new ground yielded % bushels per
acre and the old ground 134. They
threShed 5000 bushels for which they
received L cent per pound or $4,000
| for their crop.
DIR. j. n. Page, of Ellis, well known
in Wa-keeney, died on last Saturday
mornings train about seventy-five
miles east of Denver. The doctor had
gone to Utah to recuperate his health
but the dread disease stomach
trouble-waS the cause of his death.
Undertaken Ferris embalmed the
body and had charge of the funeral.
The remains were laid to rest in a
beautiful casket and the funeral SER
vices were helu under the auspices
of the Masonic order Monday after
noon at Ellis.
| V. a. Austin. of Salina. Kansas, or
ganiZed the Occidental Mutual Bene-
fit association, fraternal beneficiary
order in our city on Wednesday even
ing, August 4th. The following off,
GERS were elected: Chief pioneer, III.
Harlan, senior vice pioneer. A. H.
Cox: Junior vice pioneer. Mrs. F. III
Burnham: secretary. III. S. Givler:
missionary. Mrs. E. d. Wheeler:
guide. w. III. Swiggett; watchman,
Abe Frakes: examiner, DIR. A. B.
Jones: directors, Abe Frakes, W. II
Swiggett and A. III. Cox.
Guy Slavens sold 26O head of mixed
cattle to Nebraska parties last Sat
urday. These cattle were driven from
the Wilcox ranch and cOrralled in
the stock yards Sunday evening. Some
time during the night they broke
down the gate and started south.
Early Monday morning the owners
started south for the Wilcox ranch