Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-09

and pleading was finished late Friday
evening just as we go to press.
| r. S. Howe and E. Griffith, who
were members of the election board
in Adair precinct have been in town
this week attending the contest court
Agricultural item from the s'Kansas
Notes of the Kansas City Star of De
cember Both: ssChinch bug are injur-
ing the corn in Sumner county," Corn
in crib?
Sam Robinson had the little finger
of his right hand removed last Satur-
day. Blood poisoning made the oper-
alton necessary. 1t was performed
by DIR. Jones.
George Young, of Franklin, was in
town Friday. He was buying stock
of w. J. Shelton who has the best
herd of white face cattle in this part
of the country.
An extra session of congress will
doubtless be called in March or April
to devise ways and means for shutting
off the monthly deficit which has
grown so monotonouS of recent years.
The Santa Fe railway pays $780, 900
in taxes in Kansas That takes
great many fares at cents per mile
and may have something to do with
making it necessary to keep freight
rates up.
e G. Travis, a Kansas travelling
man, left two weeks ago for Venezue-
la, South America, where he hopes to
strike gold mines richer than the in
come from sales through grips and
samples.
The Hays City postoffice robbers
had hearing this week and were
bound over to the U. S. grand jury.
They seem to be pleased with the SER
vice at our palatial Hotel de Sheriff
and prefer to remain here rather than
to go to Topeka.
The New Years dinner at the Chalk
school house was very pleasant
affair. The tables fairly gro howled
with their loads of good things. Over
40 people were fed and never Jared
better. In the evening the Young
people enjoyed themselves dancing at
the hospitable home of Ed. Chalk.
Report of Big Creek school for
month ending December 25, 1896:
Number OF pupils enrolled s; number
of days taught Is. Average daily at
tendance g.. Number of visitors ?.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy, Mar
tina Tetzloff, Gilbert Morell, Edgar
Morell. Pupils absent one day, John
O"Toole, Fannie Glenn. Joseph Glenn.
Mile Stradal, Teacher.
Report of Victory school for month
ending December %, 1896: Number
days taught 10; number cases. tardi
ness 5; number visitors l; number not
absent or tardy 6. Names of those
not absent or tardy, Mile Briggs.
| Rose Redmond, Arthur Briggs, Frank
Redmond, David Tague and Leo Red
mond. Edna A. Mapes, teacher.
If representatiye-elect Try, of Fort
Scott will devote less time to fixing
up county lines and working CONSOLE
dation schemes for western Kansas,
and more time to the interests of his
own end of the state, he will win the
everlasting gratitude of the residents
of the short grass country. who are
amply able to look after themselves.
Last week, c. A. Harshfield, a hotel
keeper at Fredonia, this state, adTel-
tized for thousand Cuban volun-
teers' to take headquarters at his
hosiery and this week his wife re-
duced his wants to nine hundred and
ninety-eight by presenting him with
twin soldiers Fact: yet there are
people who do not concede that adj
vertising pays.
John W. Breidenthal seems to be in
the lead for q. S. Senator to succeed
PETER. That succession would give
Kansas more brains and less hirsute
appendage. more practical business
sense and fewer sky blue theories
bolstered up by long winded speeches,
all OF which would be very acceptable
to Kansas interests in her senatorial
representative.
The cloudy, foggy, even rainy
weather of last week eliminated in
snow storm which lasted through
out Saturday, Sunday and Monday
! The snow was not deep at any time
but was soon badly drifted by the
high wind which prevailed and the
roads were nearly impossible for day
, or two. We are glad to inform our
eastern subscribers that our usually
constant Italian climate has again re-
sumed business at the old stand.
Tie state administration will be
inaugurated Monday, January IL, at