Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-31
Kansas Notes

racers belly up to the SUM- Still, it
didn't rain. The old settler organized
Sunday school picnic. 1t was pulled
off in the brightest of sunlight. The
old settler then got a circus to come
to town. The circus came, but it did
not rain. Then the old settler knew
he was up against it. For year the
old phaeton had looked like fury, and
he resolved to make a final attempt
He proceeded to wash the old phaeton
up nicely. And then it rained- =
A new one has made its appearance
in Cowley county Farmers complain
that the elephant bug" is damaging
the corn.
"If you have Brass says the editor
of the Bueklin Banner. who has no
use for frivolity, ..go into business; If
you haven't any, go into society"
A man in Caldwell was diggin a eel
lar and by an accidental blow of the
spade cut off what one paper describes
modestly as the thumb of his left
foot"
At the judicial convention in Sa-
lima 83S ballots were taken before a
choice could be made. On the next
ballot R. R. Rees of Ottawa county
managed to pick the deadlock.
Frank Nelson will deliver the COM
mencement address to the Indians at
Haskell institute, Lawrence.
Augustus town marshal, a man of
stern regard for his oath as peace
| officer and of unquestioned valor. ar.
rested his 6-year-old stepson last week.
A funny damage suit has been
| brought in Topeka. A man who owes
one of the national banks $4,000 has
sued the bank for $4,000 for "defama-
ton of character"
| 1t makes no difference to the Kaw
valley farmer who is raising thirty
two acres of cucumbers whether 1t
rains or not. He is confronted by a
pretty pickle whichever way it goes 8
A Salina bicyclist has it all framed
up to win fame for himself and re-
nwn for a particular brand of wheel
! by coasting down Pixies peak this
summer.
Some Topeka men who have faith
that there is gold in Trego county
shale have subscribed 900 to erect
| mill for the Fahrig process of ex-
| traction. The company is to be chart
cred under the laws of West Virginia
Those who subscribed are: III. p
Dillon, F. w. Freeman, Eugene Hag-
| an, w. H. Rossington, G. j. Lantry,
b. NJ Davis, w. j. Black. D. w. Null
vane, c. K. Holiday, T. T. Kelly, W.
w. Manspeaker, Charles Blood Smith
| and w. A. L. Thompson.
The Atchfson Globe expert has
reached the conclusion that stately
stride and short skirt were never
intended for the same woman.
Not a Kansas woman was elected
to any Office by the Federation of Club
| Women
The Mexican Central railway has re-
elected A A. Robinson of Topeka to
be president of the system.
i The Juvenile volcano which appear
ed in Brown county few weeks ago
is quiet and inoffensiye now, but the
farmers intend to take no chances
They will plug it up the moment it
shows any hostile tendency.
A $4,000 beach of promise suit
which was expected to furnish inter
esting news for the reading public of
Marshall county was compromised on
the night before the trial in Marys-
vile for $500. The $500 was real, not
| promissory.
The aBrber county ranchmen who
tried to run an automobile through a
| bunch of steers escaped with his life
. and ap art of the running gear
Elias Tobias, a rich man from Bos-
ton, is figuring on starting a smelter
! in Chanute, and if he does the town
intends to set his euphonious name to
} music.
A man has started an establishment
J for the bottling of soda pop and gin
ger all in Neodesha.
Andrew L. Emerson of Sa1ina feels
| like a new man since he went through
the bankruptcy court this week His
assets were $S3 and his liabilities $107,
900.
A lot of girls and no boys compose
the clas of 02 in Chetopa-
Some facetiors tramps robbed
Lough Bros shoe store in A1tamont
Labette county, a few nights ago
They left the following not for the
proprietor: I'VE see your cines all
over the country that Sells shooes
makes you're fete glad, rock ballesl
on the track make our Iete sore, we
will try them, will pa you in the
. swete BY and By"
Anyway, minister's fees to get mar
ried don't cost as much as lawyers
: fees to get unmarried.
By special act Congress has raised
| the salary of Thomas Ryan of Kansas
. assistant secretary of the interior