Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-04


House cleaning time.
Picked pork at Bakers.
To-day is pension day for the old
vets.
!. George Cross is president of the FL
lis council.
Will Wollner is busy painting and
papering these days.
"Pap" Lord celebrated his 10th
birthday last Monday.
Our school board is setting out 200
trees at the school house.
Fat hogs wanted about 200 pounds
in weight at Geo Bakers.
Cottage organs, the best in the
land. for sale by G. j. Ferris.
Attend the creamery meeting this
afternoon at the court house.
Ralph Nicholson, prominent bust
ness man of Ellis, died April 25.
Quite number of strangers in
town this week looking for land.
Miss Carrie Guilbert of Banner is
attending college at Great Bend.
Miss Nellie Smith is expecting COM
pany from the east this summer.
All the laws passed by the last legis-
lature went into effect Wednesday.
Fruit and vegetables are only imag-
mary articles on the market at pres
emit.
Bonnie Britton, of Ransom, visited
friends in the city the first of the
week.
Read the Cash Stores new ad. Lots
of bargains in store for you and your
family.
The first day of May dawned fair
and bright and many May baskets
were hung.
w. w. Gibson's soda fountain is in
good working order and is the only
wet (?) place in town.
We are informed that quarter sec
ton of improved land on the Dutch
fats sold for 50, 400 recently.
Sam Baird, of Adair, was county
seat visitor last Friday and remem-
bered us with a dollar. Thanks!
We heard gentleman say the other
day there was only one pretty girl in
Wa-Keeney. Give guess who she is?
Some excitement was caused by a
dog supposed TO DE mad last Friday
night. 1t turned out, however, that
he was only hungry.
BAIL Ridgway and Johnnie Cutler
to see live town and transact cattle
business with Mr.. West.
A travelling evangelist struck town
Tuesday and announced by dodgers
that he would preach at the Metho-
dist church in the evening.
Voss, the Hays photog-
rapher, will be in his gallery
in Wa-Keeney, May II and Is.
If you want good picture wait for
n. A Voss, the best photographer in
the west. He will be in his gallery
in Wa-Keeney, May II and Is.
The Ladies' Good viii society will
serve ice cream and cake this after
noon and evening MAY A. in the room
next to the Independent office.
Roy Cross. of Ellis, visited with his
brother Fred last Friday. Rov will
graduate this year and next year he
will enter the State University.
w. A. Eppler, the Ellis auctiOneer.
transacted business in town last Mon
day. He couldn't get out of town I'M
til he was satisfied THE WORLD was
running smoothly.
1t is rumored that Sam Swiggett
and wife will move to indianapolis.
Ind, in the near future to make their
home. We hope Madam Rumor is
mistaken this time.
Curt Redmond, the Banner peda-
gogue, was county seat visitor Tues
day. Curt will depart next week for
Harrington, Kans., and from there
he goes to Missouri on an extended
visit.
Wanted-20 head of horses to pas
ture this season. Have plenty of grass
and good spring water in pasture. |
Prices reasonable, terms right. Ad- |
dress Robert L. Bailey, box 16, Brow
nell, Kans
VIM. and Pat Walsh of the North |
Saline were in the city Tuesday. VIM.
and his brother-in-law Dug Webster |
of South Dakota are going to take
trip to New Mexico where Mr.. Web