Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10
Kansas Notes


weather prophet-in wet year..
Theer is demand that a young man
in Paola, who has the serenade habit,
should be sent to the pesInouse- Il
E. B. Burnett, newspaper man In
Kansas many years. has established
the Sentinel at Hoyt. The Counter
sign is 81 year in advance"
A steam laundry in Wichita is
building an 81 800 addition to its plant,
which is really more beneficial to the
town than quite number of gigantic
new sindustries-on paper. <
The agile old man out in Bel1ville
who celebrated his f1ftieth wedding an
niversary by going into the yard and
turning a few handsprings for the edi-
dification of his grandchildren was
buried last week.
Eugene Fitzwater. of Galena is not
charged with gas He is charged with
shooting James Young with intent to
kill.
Daniel Prophet, an Ottawa negro sc
years old, married a girl of 26 last
week He will wonder why he ever left
the den of lions.
The ]. U. G. Parties which are quite
popular out in Jewell City, should not
be confused with key parties. The in
| itialS stand for Just Us Girls.
There is an exasperating amount OF
thieying going on in Osawatomie, and,
as the Graphic very aptly says, some
| thing ought to be done to stop it,
The county clerk in Montgomery
county complains that the dry wealth
| er has not affected the crop of young
| wolf scalps, on which he pays the
bounty in the least.
| Ottawa and Emporia have been hav-
ing rather more than their share of
murders and deadly assaults of late. 4
A medal for conspicuous gall should
be given to the Wichita pedd1er who
called at a woman's house twice with
out finding her in, whereupon he
wrote a note asking her to stay at
LONE the next day, so he could show
her his wares.
There is practically no limit to the
utilities of the free rural delivery sys-
| tenn. One carrier out of Winfield has
gut pole On the top of his mail wagon
on which he indicates the official
weather forecast by means of flags.
The Wichita Herald justly says:
Jan Ignatz Paderewski der poinische
pianokunster produzirte SIGH an Mon
tag abend. Err Soil brav und tn chtig
gerklimpert haben."
pertaining to deeds, taxes and litiga-
ton has been declared off until the
court house officials have finished their
horseshoe pitching tournament.
When one of the best-known sur
geons in Wichita entered a crowded
street car few days ago joker called
lout: Everybody put your hands on
your appendix. Here come Dr. -
Ex-Governor Morrill, has $4,000 apple
trees in his Brown county orchard,
making it the largest in the world, and
ne is suspected of plotting an insurrec-
ton against Apple King" Well
mouse.
This months reports reveal that the
deposits in the state banks are only
about $40 000, 900, decrease of $500, 900
since month ago. 1t is really good
showing in view of the outlay for Eas-
ter toggery.
coroner's jury in Southern Kan
sas returned a veridtc few days ago
that the central figure at the inquest
came to his death by hanging him
self. with suicidal intent"
Ralpt Richards new publication,
the Prairieland Magazine, is highly
creditable, and deserves encourage
ment. 1t is issued monthly and con-
tains some politI -, some gossip, some
fiction, some pictures and some news.i
..'TriXie' Friganza, the dazzling
peach of The Chaperons," spent her
happy childhood days down in Fort
Scott, and appears to be more the
worse for it. She was Dollie Callahan
then, and has doubtless waded lots
: of times, in her sunny childhood, in
the Marmaton.
hac
laying nothing but black eggs recent
ly, must have known that the Elem
ish oak effect is much sought for by
many discriminating housekeepers.
On May civil service examina-
Iion will be held in Topeka for nau-
ice
1t is easy to tell man from Luray
for the next few days by the scars on
his WAGE. Some wretch spread sand on
! the razor strops of the town barber.
II The Abilene Chronicle says that the
war between the Santa Fe and the
Union Pacific for the women's clut
business to the Pacific coast has
Preached that acute stage where the
? Union Pacific is giving copy of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox's poems and the
Santa Fe shirt waist and a subscrip-
, ton to the Ladies' Home Journal with
, every ticket sold
A husky breeze from somewhere
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