Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-03-27

House cleaning time has arrived.
1t is not long until all fools day.
Chicken thieves-lock your chicke n
coop doors.
Miss Nellie Danford, of Hays, is the
guest of the WORLD this week.
Reports say that the wheat
throughout the county is looking fine
G. G. Bestor is rearranging his store
which adds greatly to its appearance
w. S. Mead beautified his office this
week by giving it fresh coat OF
paint.
DIR. Jones made a professional visit
to Mrs. Larimer's south of Collyer last
Thursday.
Rev. Brown will preach at the Pres
byterian church next Sunday morning
and evening.
Ridgway, of Ogallah township, were
in town last Saturday.
The rain and snow storm which ar.
rived here last Saturday night was
severe but If short duration.
Mrs. A. B. Jones returned home
from Clay Center, last Monday where
she had been for some time visiting
relatives.
When Cuba is free, Crete is Greek,
and Turkey is dead, we will want to
take a whole day to sing the doxology
Bishop Hurst.
During the year 1896 there were
coined 1856, 1852 silver dollars and in
January and February of this year g.
152, 900 of the same kind of dollars.
Uncle Josh Musgrave of Oallah, was
in Wa-Keeney last Friday and Satur-
day. Notwithstanding his defeat in
the contest case, he was the happiest
man in town.
L. G. Gleason will soon make some
improvements in his grocery store
He will have the arch closed, the
shelving repainted and various other
decorations added to beautify the
interior.
1.-THE snow which fell on last Satur-
day night and Sunday was just what
the wheat needed, now for a siege OF
calm warm weather and Trego county
will be on a fair way to raise good
crops this year.
Frank Montgomery says in the Kan.
sas City Jom nal that he is dead onto
the weather they are having out in
western Kansas. On opening the
Santa Fe Monitor last week it was
found to contain teaspoonful OF
sand
Rev. Hobbs, a former pastor OF
the Baptist church of this city
but now of Qninter, was in the city
Thursday. Rev. Hobbs has just re
turned from Rocks county where he
has been for some time holding series
of successful meetings.
The following is the city ticket to be
voted on at the city election on Mon
day April 5th: Mayor, r. C. Wilson
councilmen, G. G. Bestor, f. S. Die
bold, John Sims, A. p. Lawrence, and
A. G. Lord; police judge, Joshua Croft
marshal, j. III. Poffenberger; city clerk
NJ. w. Cliff.
Joe L. Bristow, who was Morrill,:
private secretary. has been appointed
fourth assistant postmaster and will
soon be in Washington hard at work
Mr.. Bristow is the youngest man who
has ever held so important a position
He is son of Forestry Commissioner
Bristow late of the Ogallah station.
f. III. Burnham is having his build
ing which stands in the rear of Jas
Drummond's restaurant repaired anC
fitted up for feed grinding room, HI
has erected a new engine house some
distance from the building and the
grinder will be run by means of belt
w. III. Hiber has been doing the worl
and will have charge after the repair
have been completed.
At the coming city election il
should be every ones aim to vote fol
those men who would, in their esti
nation make the best officers 1t il