Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-25
Kansas Notes


plague does not exist there.
The Greeley Tribune tells of a citi-
zen who winged his way to immor-
tality,' which is much more refined
and more gratifying to his family
than to say he bit the dust
Howard also claims to have the
Meanest Man. One of the citizens of
that town is so stingy that he encour-
ages his daughters love affairs, be-
cause he has heard that when people
are in love they don't eat very much
A Leavenworth woman suggested
to neighbor recently that she was
glad Lent is over Ohi that just re-
minds me- said the neighbor "Are
you done with my ironing board, pota-
to masher, step ladder, meat chopper
and flat irons?''
George A. Clark, who will become the
state printer on June 80, will refuse
to occupy the old brick print shop on
East Eighth street which has beer
used by all the state printers since
T. Dwight TEACHERS time. c. J. Dew
lin will put up new building for the
purpose nearer the state house.
State Historical society, has finally set
tied the controversy over the origin
of the word "Jayhawker" He adj
mits that the word originated, not in
Kansas, but in California in 1S49.
Before his friends could do anything
to prevent him, a Cherokee county
farmer sold his farm for $500 and
started for Chicago to join Elijah
Dowies Zion colony.
Under the Kansas law man cannot
run for more than one office at the
same time, yet n. o. Nomination occu-
pies seven of the seventeen places on
- Alncoln ticket in Atchison.
Samuel A. Kingman, who retired
from the office of chief justice in 1873
because he considered himself too old
for active service, tried a case in the
supreme court last week
An Arkansas City paper relates that
an elderly man rushed up to a middle
aged woman on the depot platform,
embraced her with much enthusiasm
and kissed her before he discovered
that she wasn't the woman he was
looking for. with flashing eyes,
the paper continues, stshe turned and
smacked her lips
Kansas will be glad to hear of the
good fortune which has fallen to
George R. Peck of Chicago, who is still
a Kansas man at heart. He became a
grandfather last week by the birth of
a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Earring of Milwaukee. Mrs. EaTling
was Miss Ethel Peck.
A bashful young man went into
the probate judges office in Garrett
and asked for marriage license. The
judge got out blank and started to
fill out the necessary affidavit, the
prospective groom watching the oper-
alton in the meantime. Soon he
blurted out: @tSee here, mister, you
needn't think I am crazy just be-
cause I'm getting married. CHANGING
at the blank the judge discovered that
he had inadvertently got hold of a
blank affidavit in lunacy proceed
ings.
Sharon Springs and the Colorado line
and it is named Monotony-ju what
the President is trying to avoid.
A four-story Masonic temple is to
be erected in Topeka soon on the cor
ner of Eighth and Quincy streets. 1t
is the first time new Masonic temple
has been builded on that corner for
several years
Colonel E. G. Titles badly was bap-
tized in Abilene last week in water
brought for. this purpose from the
River Jordan. Some of his home pa
pers inclined to regard him as dis
loyal to Abilene water.
1.-The parking in front of a mans
lot says the Salinai Union, sis his
most valuable piece of property. He
pays no taxes on it, yet a well kept
parking adds much to the value of
his property, in case he wishes to
SELL
Colonel Jeltz of the Negro Ledger.
who never fails to express himself
neatly, says in the last issue of his
paper: I'VE feel it our duty to say
to you that we are for the most people
for the most possible good" He adds
this defiance: Let those monkies con-
tinue to give US a good time we don't
care for that, we guess we are as good
as those monkies who have lied about
us, don't see why we are not"
According to the bank commits
sioner's latest report Kansas is lending
money to New York 1t is hoped that
Kansas hos not SO far forgotten it's
own days of tribuIation as to become
oppressive and foreclose ruth1essly.
The New York man who has been
holding converse with Henry Ward
Beecher's ghost is not in it with Joseph
E. Rank of Atchison, who has had a
vision of Atchison with population of
% ,0o0 by 1905.
A Topeka pastor who preached his
farewell sermon Sunday drew pictures
of buzzsaw, a photograph and wolf
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