Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
Kansas Notes


Pitching horseshoes is the latest
diversion around Lebanon
A Valley Falls horse became SO dry
that it broke into a cistern.
In hog case at Atchison involving
less than $40, the third court trial is
Icing held.
A Syracuse hunter killed twelve
antelope from the same blind one day
last week.
A Pratt man sent after bread for
supper traded the two tickets for a
plug of tobacco.
Belle Springs has a new creamery
building, the distinctive feature of
which is a 70-foot chimney.
Dodge City is trying to raise $4,000
to bore for gas. oil, coal and any other
commodities of value that might be
encountered.
Near Lindsborg dwells a sailor who
has twice visited Jerusalem, sailed
three years on the Black Sea and was
in the Crimea war
A Parsons citizen who subscribed
SIS towards church and then refused
20 pay has changed his mind after two
years of court litigation
A thief entered Mr.. Caldwell's barn
in Moran last week and stole several
barrels of sauer kraut. There is no
clue to the identity of the thief, ex-
cept his nationality.
A school marin in Ottawa asked the
class: who can tell me what is the
highest order of animals?" Several
children nearly wrenched their arms
off in an attempt to get their answers
in first well. Thomas said the
teacher, Indicating black-haired
youth. Man." answered Thomas.
Correct. said the teacher. "Now
what is the next highest2" t'Womani"
responded Thomas promptly and en-
phatically, and sat down. So did the
teacher.
A Wamego man has a common old
$40 grumpy horned COW that has given
him $1S4.50 worth of milk in the last
year.
An Arkansas City woman has sued
her erring husband for 5000 perma-
nent alimony and 800 monthly pin
money.
A Fort Scott coal thief was convicted
on the evidence of an unobserving
young girl just strolling out for her
health before daybreak.
A Santa Fe eating house is being
opened up in Syracuse, and town So
ciety is "agog' over the prospect of a
dozen comedy mattresses.
At Ellis after shutdown the other
| night a sneakthief threw a rock
| through a merchants window and alb
| stracted pair of shoes.
Up in Leavenworth the courts have
| broken up happy family The father
has been sent to the county Jail and
| two sons to the state penitentiary.
The school enumeration shows 517,-
| 022 children of school age in Kansas.
| Wyandotte county leads with 1929.
| and Morton county is last with
ninety
The heating furnace at the Butler
| county poor farm cost $500. A number
of people will use old fashioned fire
| places this winter with elm and oak
| logs for fuel.
The chief of the Winfield fire de-
| partment handed in his resignation a
| few days ago. He gave as his excuse
| that he could make more money at
| his former occupation, driving a
| dray
| A Sumner county man drank a glass
| of milk and one of lemonade upon the
| top of a Saturday night supper of
| spare ribs and honey and wondered
why he was unable to attend church
| Sunday.
| The past week has been great
| weather for ducks. Over 5000 were
shipped out of Ellinwood in one day.
Seven Kirwin boys husked ten
| bushels Of corn each and donated the
| proceeds to their Sunday school IL
| brary.
A Lyon county farmer named Bishop,
with his wife and three children, tried
! to cross the Cottonwood river at
Bakers Ford Sunday. The team be-
| came stuck in the mud in midstream
| and the family had to stay there Sun
| day afternoon, all night and most of
Monday before the horses and carriage
were pulled out by means of block
| and tackle.
| The pride of Mcpherson is a cycle
| trick rider who does $50 stunts before
| taking up a collection
The fad of an Ottawa man who is
slightly unbalanced is to give checks
A Lawrence paper hints that there is
| enough whisky shipped into Topeka
| to float a ship. But it is not used that
| way, unfortunately.
A Western Kansas paper cites the
| preparations of the prairie dogs as
proof that an unusually severe winter
| is just ahead They have retired
| earlier and thrown up higher mounds
| than customary.
| There was a fight in Concordia a
| few days ago between bulldog and a