Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Kansas Notes


mother business getting tiresome?
years old, Tuesday Chanute found one
only 80, and Wednesday Coffeyville
slid in with one only 81"
R. ]. Alexander of Anthony is writ
Ing his "reminiscences of fifty years
ago. He was a trapper with Kit Car
son.
John Dark of Galena is a Caucasian
all right, but he makes his name good
by holding down the position of night
policeman.
The man who makes a living by
permitting nails to be driven into his
skull has reached Pittsburg. One
nail was imbedded so firmly that it
was necessary to take him to ma
chine shop to have it removed.
Hiawatha is one of the few towns in
Kansas that is able to claim ten acres
to each inhabitant.
Atchison has contracted with the
Banda Rosa for the Corn carnival
and is so pleased about it that the
band is referred to by its full name
seThe Red Band of Italy"
: The dispute as to whether the over
giant music or only a tumble of loud
poises has reached Howard The Cour-
Ent expresses the belief that ANY man
who likes music and can't get gobs of
good out of 'Tannhauser' is beyond
our comprehension. I"
Mack Gretchen of the Sedgwick Pan
tagraph went to the top of Pixies Peak
a few days ago in the same car with
Gould, Mrs. Gould and Mrs.
Gould's maid. 1.-The ywere not in
clined to be chummy," he writes, so
we didn't find it out until their names
appeared in the Pixies Peak Herald"
The Leavenworth Times rebukes :
Lawrence paper which is perpetually
harping on the theme of Kansas City's
gall THE gall of Kansas City,
Colonel Anthony says, has stood her
in good stead on more than one occa-
sion. Without it she never would have
to more than whistling sta
ton for Leavenworth or Lawrence"
Nearly every town in Kansas has
a plague of some kind this
summer. Ottawa has a plague of
noisy dogs"
The "meaneSt man" made his APP
pearance in Atchison this week. He
for him, and then gave him a Next
can dollar.
General Funston has agreed to at
tend the reunion of the Twentieth
regiment.
Controversy over the Lansing skull
should be referred to George w. Mar
tin, secretary of the State Historical
society, for settlement.
60 " Gl1Dz- Pack NV b0y with delft
jars is not very Ineligible line,
and it's only claim to interest is that it
is the shortest sentence yet devised
containing every letter in the alphabet.
It contains twenty-seven letters, and
"a is the only one duplicated. J. M
of Winfield composed
In Meriden the principal duty of the
town marshal consists of cutting the
weeds.
Parsons wants to break into the
valley base ball league next
season. Parsons is not much further
away fro mthe Missouri valley than
Fort Scott, Chanute, Joplin, lola and
he other league towns.
Without wishing to prolong the
youngest grandmother contest IN
luly, the Ottawa Republic tells of a.
there who is only 81 years
I'D. He married a widow of twice his
lge, with grown children.
A clergyman in Western Kansas in
elating recently the story of Job, said:
Every manner of affliction was heaped
lpon him. His servants were taken
rom him, and his herds, and his chill
lren. His wife was left with him.
In a recent teachers examination in
Kansas one of the questions was:
Which is the farther north-Venice,
tally, or Boston, Mass.?'' Most of the
eachers supposed Boston is, but they
we're wrong.
J. w. Rout, a militiaman, has been
.rrested at Emporia for wearing his
older trousers while doing manual
abor. These trousers says the Ga
cite, belong to the state. Rout's de-
ense is that he had to wear the states
rousers or stay in bed, and if he
tayed in bed he would starve. Here
: case for lawyersH-
A Montgomery county boy was leav-
ng his home to seek his fortune i'll
be city, and his father, when the time
anne for saying good-by, used the OPP
to deliver some good adj
ice. Beware of gamblers, son." he
aid, they'll skin you- Leave cards
lone; don't touch 'em. They're
Torse'n the plague. But if you must
lay, shuttle and cut. son, shuttle and
ut. They'll skin you just the same.
on, but it'll take 'em longer