Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-04-01
s SHORT KANSAS ITEMS

siasts.
Kelley Fields, colored, a resident OF
Leavenworth since 1865, died last week
at the age of &c.
The Literary Digest gives Gov
Hoch credit for starting the fight for
a state oil refinery
1905 will have 53 Sundays. and the
Beloit Call figuers it out that it will
not occur again for ITO years.
1t is said that the Kansas legislat-
ure fulfilled nine out of eleven pledg-
es made in the Wichita platform
well known Usage county apple
man says he has trapped about 1,20O
rabbits in his orchard this winter
sail on thou great and mighty
Kansas. Though ten thousand trusts
sweep ore thee in vain Marion
Record.
nominated for mayor of the city OF
Leavenworth by the Republican
party.
Horticulturalists claim there will
be a good apple crop this year unless
pres ent prospects are disSipated by
late frosts.
A cry comes from Smith Center for
some one to build some empty houses
There is not an unocupied dwelling in
the town.
After holding copy on the dispatch
es from Mukden, w. A. White feels
warrented in pronouncing this "a war
as is a war.
An exchange has coined the word
"wobicide" and defines it to mean any
sort of a knocker who helps to kill
his own town.
Thomas Riley, aged IS years, and a
Of
since 1857 is dead. He is survived by
wife and children.
An Allen county man has been dis
covered who is so hostile to profanity
in all of it's qualifications that he calls
cuspidor a 'caspidor."
After erecting costly and beautiful
monument to the memory of Juan de
Padella, Harrington discovers that he
met his death near Newton.
Blue Rapids is talking of a new
union depot. As the depots at that
place are about mile and half apart,
it would be an improvement.
Miss Chilcott of the Louisville Lyre,
although only 10, has discovered that,
mo man proposes to girl in the
beautiful way they do in books
E. Frazier, of Irving, was driving a
large nail when the head flew from it
and struct him in the eye, entirely de-
stroying tie sight of that member.
Editor Sheldon of the Frankfort
Review has been on the sick list for
some weeks, and his children have
been running the paper very credit
ably.
H. q. Nudge general manager of the
Santa Fe railway, returned to Topeka
from California this week and denied
the rumor that he is going to the Rock
Island.
A farm house near Gaylord was en-
tered during the absence of the family
and robbed, about $3.50 being secured
Tramps are suspected of being the
perpetrators.
Osborne has decided to put her
water works in condition to meet the
demands Of that city and is now dig
ing fine new well which is to be com
pleted by March II.
A merchant in Cuba lost customer
because he protested when a woman
who was in the store asked him to de
| liver a lamp wick to her home three
| quarters of a mile away.
The fact that at public sale OF
Durok Jersey hogs in Kansas recent
| ly, the price ranged from S25 to$3OC
per animal, should stimulate the hog
raisers to greater efforts.
last week burned over about a hall
section of land, small damage result
ing except to fencing, which was all
destroyed in the burned district.
James Madison, colored, died re
Gently at the poor house in Leaven
worth county at the age of III. The
direct cause of his death was cold con
tracted while taking a bath at the city
| Jail.
Good cooking comes high in Osborne
county. At box socials out there the
boxes belonging to those with a rep
utation for good cookery bring from
SO to IS under the hammer Girls
this is significant.
Two students of Baker university
have been expelled for the remainder
of the term for "egging'' the umpire
of basket ball game. Two others
were fined SO each and made to re
place the clothing they spoiled
A Caney county correspondent es
Inmates that within the next six months
100000 will be invested in indepen
dent refineries and pipelines in the
state. This is made possible by the
recent legislation along that line.
Chief of police Stahl and one patrol
man of Topeka were recently arrest
ed for assault and battery on the per.
son of r. F. Hodgins. The trouble
grew out of statement made by Hold
gins rejecting upon the police force.
There has just been established at
Leavenworth a rest room where
farmers wives and children may rest
after their shopping until time to re