Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-02-20

Kackley, the first of the week.-Hin
City Republican.
| Our public schools commemorated
Linc0in,s and Washington's birthdays
at the school house on last Friday af-
ternoon by rendering an excellent
program.
John Lef1ingwell returned from
Kinsley, Kansas, where he purchased
fifty head of 2-year-old heifers. He
will hold them on the Ostrander
ranch east of town.
| A social was held at the home of
Postmaster Myerly at Collyer last
week which was small on account of
the prevailing epidemic. Those pres
ent had a nice time.
Rev. Hendricks, of Wa-Keeney, is
expected in Hill City, to-day with his
family and household goods, having
been called to preach by the Baptist
church.-Hill City Republican
John Fahey, of Cove County, was in
town last Friday and bought thor
oughbred Black Polled bull of George
Baker. He said he sold seventeen
head of coming 2-year-old steers for
$32 per head.
George Pinkham, an old-time resi-
dent of Ellis county and later for
number of years county clerk of Ire
go county, lately died in Oklahoma.
George had many friends in this
vicinity. He was well known as the
r. r. Co. painter along in the 70's.-
HAYS City Republican.
ga certificate of long residence" in
any particular locality may or may
not be creditable to the individual.
All depends upon the character of the
man and the temper of the commu-
nifty. In some cases it may be greater
evidence of patient long-suffering
upon the part of the latter
For the benefit of the Kelley cure
| graduate and all around tough, who
is a silent partner of the Independent,
and who has committed various
crimes which would have sent him to
the pen, had it not been for his
father coming to his rescue, and who
has not had the manhood to go out
into the world and make his own liv-
ing, but has lived off his father the
past twenty years, and who is a brag
gadocio not only when drunk but also
when sober, we have lost two sub
scribers in the past six months, d. ii.
Henkel and Hon. A. Lawson.
Neither Judge Shelton nor Judge
Courtney refused to sit with Probate
Judge Tunnel on trial of the Pea
cock-Balcom case. Both Tunnel and
! the Independent know this to be
fact and it is useless for them to make
any statement to the contrary. On
the other hand Tunnel demanded
the privilege of sitting with the asso-
ciate judges even before his term as
probate judge began and then refused
to sit with them when they both per-
sonally requested him to do so. These
are well known facts and it is fur
ther fact that Tunnel had the pre-
sumption to offer to discharge the
associates before the case was tried.
The republican party has made
some mistakes in it's history, but it
has never attempted to clog the
wheels of progress nor to stif1e the in
ventive genius of man by refusing to
use labor saving machinery as did
| Senator King, of Cowley county, pop
ulist of course, when he tried to pre-
vent the use of linotypes in setting
up legislative matter during the pres
ent session of the state legislature.
Kings theory is that the more type
there is set by hand, the more employ
ment is given to printers, but it also
costs more to do the work that way
and the poor farmer footS the bill in
increased taxes. Were it for reapers,
railroads, sewing machines, ETC.,
there would be more drudgery for
everybody to do, but this does not ar
que for discontinuance of their use.
In bearing upon the article in last
weeks Independent, "A Veterans
View" we would say for the brother
to rest perfectly easy as there is moth
porary or any of his outfit. Be it I'M
derStood that / am a Son of a Vet
eran who laid down his life for his
country, and that honor and revere
every Union soldier who SO deserving
ly draws the too often small pension.
We believe the author of that article
dipped his pen in his own ink and is
none other than Mr.. o., for the pur-
pose of appearing before the pub
lie in a self injured hypocritical man.
ner to gain sympathy only to be met
with ridicule. We are pleased to note
the admirable gall with which they