Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-14
Kansas Notes

is able to whistle tunes which others
beside its mother can recognize.
Chanute is disposed to disregard
Mark Hanna's advice to "let well
enough alone Although it has $50
oil wells and forty-nine gas wells it
is digging new ones every day.
Abilene public library, established
by the women of the city, has a big
advantage over most of the Carnegie
libraries established in Kansas. The
Abilene library has books in it
Attention is directed to man in the
southeastern part of the state who
has been an Odd Fellow since 1885,
In those fifty-six years he has at
tended 2,54S lodge sessions. Allowing
three hours for each session, he has
spent 7,644 hours, or 31S days in the
lodge room.
Social note in the Brown County
World: The following Hiawatha
young men assisted the show COM
pany, which was in Hiawatha the lat
ter part of last week: "Biu'' Hatch.
Onion" Davis, "Chick" McQuary and
Ted HUMPHREYS. They 1oocked -
the stage whenever a crowd was
needed, acting the part of supers.
A game called finch, or Methodist
poker" has become popular among the
truly good in Hiawatha. The World
says it will bring white hairs and
crows feet as quickly as the real
game.
Newton is troubled with ''footpads."
The Labette county attorney is max
ing the gamblers and jaintists pay
monthly fine much to their surprise
and indignation.
The thorny pathway of the Cowley
county farmer is being covered these
days with branches from the hedges
he is trimming.
According to the Chanute Sun
woman of the Second ward has been
keeping boarders for a fortnight and
her neighbor has just found it out.
Two Cherryvale bachelors were
much embarrassed the other evening
on their return to their quarters to
find a baby, a carriage and a note
containing some sound advice.
John Stake has been fined in the
Emporia court three times in seven
days for drunkenness.
Emma Pullen of Wyandotte has ap-
piled for a divorce because her hus-
band has been arrested fifty times.
In Garden City the board of county
commissioners has officially declared
against poker playing in the court
house.
Oil has been found near the heart
of Coffeyville. which the lola Register
diagnoses as a symptom of fatty de-
generation.
The stage hands at Crawford's thea
ter in Topeka struck d few days ago.
They demand twice their present wage
schedule.
A Citizens Alliance in Pittsburg,
with 500 members, is fighting the
labor unions and has raised fund to
prosecute boycotters.
The Kansas Day Club held its
twelfth annual banquet Thursday
night. Three hundred Kansans gath
cred around the board and listened to
the praises of the state as they were
sung by some of her most distin-
guished sons.
One of the Ottawa churches has
adopted the plan of taking the collec-
ton at the door.
4 strange case of luck is reported in
Arkansas City. A man fell and broke
his right arm, but fortunately he is
left-handed.
A story has been sent out from Co
lumbus about an entire family being
chloroformed by burglars. 1t will be
sure to renew the old medical discus
sion as to whether it is possible to
administer chloroform without awak-
ening the victim.
The Mulvane Record has a theory of
its own why so many marriages are
failures. 1t says that men with un-
bleached salaries too often marry hem
stitched women.
A horse thief was tried in Pittsburg
last week and the jury found him
guilty of insanity and ordered him
sent to an asylum.
A man who has once been an en-
A man who was once an employee
of the Topeka Street railway has sent
81 which he had swiped to the COM
pany's conscience fund, and President
C. C. Baker sent a grateful and en-
couraging letter in reply.
In bringing suit for divorce at Win
field after few months of married
life, Mrs. Maggie Greeley declares she
was induced to marry at the tender age
o. L and that she has found matri-
-1ony to be everything she did not ex-
pect it to be.
Near Pomona a school teacher is
charged with raising welts on a young
girls back with too vigorous use of