Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-10
WA-KEENEY, KANS., APRIL 10, 1897.

and steady, allowing all the water |
which fell to soak into the ground
which is now thoroughly soaked to a
depth of several feet.
Mrs. Shinquin received word Mon
day from brother now living at
st. Joseph, Mo-, who she had
thought to be dead for eleven years.
He went to Colorado for his health in
1886. and after arriving there was
taken very sick. He wrote several
letters home shortly after his arrival,
and that was the last heard of him
until last Monday, when Postmaster
Davis received letter from him en-
quiring if his sister was still living
here. Mrs. Shinquin was overjOyed
with the news and wrote him letter
Immediately.
r. H. Burns, of Ogallah, who is
agent for the Senaca, Kansas, nursery,
is meeting with grand success in dis
posing of the large number of apple,
peach, plum. pear and apricot trees,
which he has on hand at the Red
Front Livery barn in this city. Mr..
Burns is selling only high grade fruit
trees. and at prices that makes it pos
sible for almost every enterpriSing
farmer to plant an orchard. The re-
cent rains having wet the ground
thoroughly for two to three feet,
there would be scarcely, if any possi-
bility of trees planted now, failing to
grow. He will be pleased to furnish
apple trees at the astonishing low
price of ten cents each, and other
trees at correspondingly low figures.
Call on him and choose your own va
rieties.
Miss Ina Cox narrowly escaped very
serious accident Saturday morning.
She had placed a pan of grease in the
baker of the stove, and while engaged
with her other household duties,
forgot it until her attention was at
tracted by the smell of something
burning, and upon investigation
found it to be the pan of grease she
had placed in the stove some time
before. She opened the stove door, and
the flames bursting forh completely
enveloped her, the pan fell to the floor
still burning, the flames reaching
nearly to the ceiling when she regained
| herself and extinguished them. Miss
; Cox showed great presence of mind
; and few women would have been as
brave as she was. She escaped with
receiving only very painful and severe
,, burn on her right hand, which, how
ever, will not neceSSitate her losing
any time with her school.
The city election was held in Wa
Keeney last Monday. The day was {
: beautiful one, and considering thai
only one ticket was put up, the vote
was large-95 were cast. There wa.
not much of fight made except OF
' marshal. Early in the morning {
scheme was set on foot by some of the
city populist ring to down Joe Poffen
, berger, who was candidate for mar
' shall. Their scheme, however, me1
with bad defeat, and the vote cast
: was an evidence of how much tn,
people of this city appreciate the ser
vices of good officials. Twenty-Five,
women voted. Following is the Off
| cial vote: Mayor-R. G. Wilson, IS
S. NJ. Hutzel, 1; Geo. Baker, 9; Nat
Brown, 1; w. S. Mead. 1. Council
men-C. G. Bestor "a, John Sims 70
l F. S. Diebold 83, A. P. Lawrence "A
a A. G. Lord y. F. P. Lucas I, VIM
Y Dickey 1, Joe Inssho /, Peter Mund
/ loch /, Nat. Brown 1, G. J. Ferris 8, S
f d. Thompson 10. City Marshall
III. Poffenberger, SO; o. w. Inscho. 1s
, City Clerk-M. w. Cliff, 73; P. Mund
loch, L; T. Il. Moore, /. Police Judg
Joshua Croft, SO; S. d. Thompson,
: The ''hav boys" are becoming NOR
i and more bold in their demand fO
''chuck," as very recent occurrence il
!, our town will show. A young ma
who represented himself as spectacl
), agent, called at a certain house an,
{ enquired of the lady therein if sh
was in need of any thing in his line
and upon being Informed that she wa
not, he demanded something to eat
s The lady refused to give him anythin
O WhereuDOn he became very angr