Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-06-28
Kansas Notes

Linn county is going to have big
Fourth of July celebration ia La
Cygnel
This month the salaries of the post
masters In Leavenworth, Manhattan,
lola, Parsons, Olathe and Goodland
have been increased by reason of the
increased business record made last
year.
In 1869 seven Kansas men were bur
falo hunting in Western Kansas. The
party was attacked by Indians and six
of the seven were killed. The survivor
was ]. L. Chesney, who died last week
in Marshall county
Southeastern Kansas is overrun
with all kinds of bunco workers, but
the woman "buncoist" is a rarity. She
appeared in Cherryyale few days ago
and solicited funds for the Orphans
Home society until the police stopped
her.
well that spouted gravel and water
high into the air on the morning of the
Martinique disaster, and it has been
discovered that the well "foretells at
mospheric and volcanic disturbances
all over the world" The statement is
vouched for by competent authority
who is the proprietor of a feed store. 4
The crusade against cottonwood
trees, which is being conducted ener-
getically in many parts of the state,
shows the ingratitude of advancing
civilization. When Kansas was young
the cottonwood was the only one of
the entire directory of trees that would
furnish benevolent shade, and it did
| much toward making the prairies in
habitable. Now that other more arfs-
| tocratic trees have condescended to
grow it is proposed to Danish the cot
tonwood, the pioneers sturdy friend.
Six of the largest bridges in Lyon
| county, besides lot of smaller ones,
were washed away by the deluge last
week.
| At a recent party in Atchison Wis
| iting young man was so funny that a
home girl split her waist laughing
and had to go home in a hack. Wis
itors are requested by the Globe not
to be as funny in future as they can
| be.
| Red ants are reported to be doing
much damage to corn and alfalfa
around Beloit. One successful plan
for Kidding a field of them is to sink
empty fruit jars in the ground. The
ants, out of curiosity, crawl into the
jars and are unable to crawl out
Personal tax lists, when printed in
| the papers, often result in revelations.
The president of bank in Wellington,
it is shown, pays taxes on $50 worth
of personal property. A barber who
has a little shop in the basement of
the bankers building pays personal
taxes on $120.
Jewell county feels very sure there
is gold in its shale, too. A rainbow
was seen this week and one end of it,
where the pot of gold is supposed to be
planted, lowered over the shale de-
lposits.
A story which probably isn't true is
being told about Mike" Sutton of
Dodge City. He was suing railroad
for damages for the death of section
laborer. In stating the case Mr.. SUIT
ton said: ION a certain morning, gen.
tfemen of the jury, this man was seen
to take his dinner pail and go to his
work. He was seen travelling down
the railroad track on that morning and
was never seen alive again until he
was found dead the next day.
The idea of the Bachelor Girls club
of Sterling, it is explained, is to reduce
the membership as much as possible. i
They begin early in Burlington. A
youth whereabouts who saw no par
lticular chance to become rich by the
usual processes has been arrested for
counterfeiting.
When the high water first became
pronounced around Emporia The Star
told of a woman who tied a cork to
each chicken to keep it from floating
AWAY. Now, it is alleged, the tenn
lperance workers in Emporia have
started an investigation to find out
where all the corks come from.
Some people are SO slow they can't
leven compete with dead men.
A girl in Abilene wrote to a paper
there for advice. She said: 81 am
desperately in love with young man
whose only fault is his love for red
soda pop. Do you advise me to marry
him." The editor answered: NO,
tender maiden, you would not be happy
with a pop fiend. A man who has no
more strength of character than to
drink pop, will not be able to make
a living for you. If he drank beer or
straight rye you would have the fun
of reforming him. But pop fend
would starve you. The oatmeal box
would grow achey with void and the
bacon board become a greasy memory.
Never marry a man with a weak vice.
The worst husband I ever had was a
deacon who smoked cubebs to keep
from smoking tobacco. The happiest