Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
Local Happenings.

smoked mans at BAKERS.
Il Apples at verbeck's. 75c.
Subscribe for the WORLD.
Good fresh beef at Bakers.
School begins next Monday.
Look at our sIO-suits. Verbeck.
4 The old year went out like a lamb
Coal oil 15c per gallon at Verbeck's.
i Yesterday was the day for swearing
off.
Watch services at the NJ. E. church
Thursday night.
Package coffee only zoe at Yer
beck's.
7 bars of Lenox soap Csc at Yer
beck's.
Hon. A. H. Blair spent Christmas
in Salina.
Fresh oysters at Bakers at So cents
per quart.
20 lbs. of granulated sugar SI.OO
at Verbeck's.
1t will pay you to look at the 80
suits at Verbeck's.
Baker does not buy lump-jawed cat
tie to sell in his market.
Black dress suits at Verbeck's-good
enough to be married in.
T. Ford, of the south side, spent
Tuesday night in Wa-Keeney.
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| c. A. Hoar, of SaIina, spent Christ
mas with his estimable family.
Monday, January 18th, the new
county officers will take their offices.
Bring your job work to WORLD. We
will execute it with neatness and dis
patch.
Mrs. Best attended the State Teach
ers' Association meetings at Topeka
this week.
For tablets, books, writing paper,
at Cortright's.
Miss Mary Charvat, of Ellsworth,
spent the holidays in the city the
guest of Miss Mollie Saum.
Miss Bessie Mcfarland, of Ellis, is
visiting at the hospitable home of
MIR. and Mrs. George Baker this week.
Mrs. George 1. Verbeck returned
last week from an extended visit in:
Illinois. She looks very much inn
proved in health.
Miss MOllie Saum, entertained very
pleasantly, a number of her young
friends in honor of Miss Charvat on
| last Thursday evening.
One Of the newly elected county
officers neither chews, smokes, drinks,
nor loves women. If morality cuts
any figure he will make first-class
officer.
Hudson Harlan and family, of Coll
yer, spent Christmas with friends
south of town. Mr.. HI. is principal of
best teachers.
One of our genial landlords treated
the boys on tom-and-jerry Christmas
day. The boys say it was fine but it
contained too much tom and was
little shy of jerry.
Rev. Brown will preach at the Pres
byterian church next Sunday morning
and evening. Meetings will be held
every evening next week as it is the
week of prayer. A cordial invitation
is extended to all to observe the week
of prayer.
This week, we print, the financial
statement of the Wa-Keeney State
Bank which shows the bank to be in
a very prosperous and healthy condi-
tion. The report shows that it ranks
as one of the best banks in the west
part of the state.
s. c. Peacock, a former resident of
this county and commissioner of the
second district, was elected justice of
the peace In Sylvia township, Reno
county. As the township had not
elected a republican justice before for
four years, his nomination was evil
IDENTIFY wise, although made without
his knowledge. The popular favor he
enjoyed here seems to have followed
him.
VIM. Laws team took a lively spin
around town on last Tuesday after
noon. He was engaged in moving A.
E Sigler's shop east of Jesse Court
ney's blacksmith shop. He had Just
finished his part of the job and was
in the act of loosening some timbers |
from beneath his wagon when a boy
ran out from between the shops and |
frightened his team. They run west |
and the first obstacle they struck was |
McCarthy's herd and knocked Macs |
large yellow cow down. Opposite this |