The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-10

/ of them were killed by the bands of
hunters who had drifted in for the
l purpose of killing the buffaIos for the
| hides One of the last buffalo hunts
in May, 1873. A party from Lancasi
! ter, Pa, named Stauffer and Geiger,
were visiting and sighting, and wanted
| to partake of a hunt. On the day the
mounted on good Indian ponies and
were well armed. With the two vis=
! iters were John A Boring, Fred
| YOxall Isaac n. Bair and H. d. Mark
| ley. The Solomon river being bank
full, compelled the party to confine
their hunting grounds to the country
| between the two forks of the Solomon.
| Travelling several miles they run
| across plenty of antelope but no buff
| falo.- Finally one made its appear
anee. The party gave chase. and GO
| ing a few miles further they run on
to a herd of 35 or more. The party
| chased them for several miles, Yoxall
and Marley each killing one Con-
! tinuing the chase another was killed
and one wounded. The riders and
ponies were tired enough to stop, hav-
| ing had all the sport they cared for in
one day. Bair and Stauffer had to
| walk to Bull City (now Alton, TO
find a conveyance to take them to Os-
! borne, their ponies having given out,
and refusing to go farther. Not q
| had except wagon hauled by yoke
| of oxen, and they walked the distance
| of 8 miles. This vas about the last
! buffalo hunt there is any knowledge
| of occurring in Osborne county. Your
correspondent often heard the pio-
neers talk of the buffalos- as they
! passed their homes, coming off the
/ divide on their way to the Solomon
river for water. c. NJ. Cunningham,
now dead was living on the edge OF
I a aa1T 1Cc- tRr,
| They saw the buffalos pass the door
/ of their house by the hundreds. so
close they could hit them with the
broom.
Logan. Phillips county, the home of
| Congressman Reeder for many. years,
| has a new postmaster. Member of
| the legislature, A, Troup, from that
| county, and a successful business man
! of his town, was the choice of the pa.
! irons, and Congressman White made
no mistake in endorsing the applicant.
L. o. Maxwell, register of deeds
| of Cove county was a recent Topeka
visitor. He located in that county in
| 1887, coming from West Virginia He
| has farmed, taught school for several
years, served as county attorney and
! successfully prosecuted he first Whis-
ky case in the county which resulted
| IN pouring the booze in the gutter in
| Cove City. In pioneer days he printed
| the Leader in his town. He has take
an active part in Republican politics,
and is now serving a second term in
| his office. He is treasurer and director
! of the rural high school board; which
| has just completed a fine high school
| building. He has made good in al
| his work, and is ambitious for higher
political hOnors.
| Your Correspondent is thinking how
| many people living on the townsite of
| Gra1nfield, Cove county, know that
! the town was once named Carlisle
after contractor on the Union Pa
| c1fic. In the late seventies a COLONY of
central Kansas people settled there.
among them being George S Dryer
and John B. Beal, both of them still
| nVlng there. and spending their de-
! Ginning years in comfort from the
fruits of their pioneer day efforts
| This newer generation broke ont and
| put in cultivation hundreds of acres
| or the homestead lands, and the fol-
| lowing year, according to the stories
OF the old settlers, the country around
| Gralnheld was a Veritable grainfie1d
so the new name of GrainfieId was
| given the town, and it has been known
| as that since the seventies. It is on
| the main line of the~Union Pacific
and II miles from the county seat.
AS early as November, 1877. a char
| ter was taken out for the Wakeeney
| Tewnsite Co. The capital stock was
| $4,000. The incorporators We're.
1 James F. Keeney, Albert E. Warren
| Chas. p. Keeney. Daniel Barclay. Of
| Chicago, and Oscar c. Gibbs. OF Du-
| Page, Illinois. Another charter for
| the Keim Town & Land Co was
granted in December, 1874, and tha
| capital stock was S62, 500. Again in
| december, 1885, charter was granted
to the Wakeeney Town Co. The cap
ital stock was S3,4OO The incorpor-
ators We're G. c. Stebbins, James
| Kelley, E. NJ. Murray. r. c. wilson
| and s. B. Barnes, all of WakeeneI
| rms company was for the purpose of
| laying out further addition to the
town. Wakeeney takes It's name from
| Two or her first pioneer people. the
Ilrst TWO letters of the name Warren.
and the other part, Keeney, in honor
/ OF J. F. Keeney, one of the> towns
lheorporators, as was also A. e. War
rem Your correspondent don't knoy
what became of the once prospective
! town OF keim, some other town swiped
/ 1t, or it went back to the farm. In
the 80 years he made his regular yis-
| ITS to Wakeeney for the Atchison
Champion and Topeka State Journal
| he never came in contact with a more
peasant people. In these years he
| saw the town build up, and the busi-
ness industries prosper He has
counted the names of hundreds of
tCuA=StS passing lnru cut IN the stone
OF winch the depot is built, the trains
stopping long enough so they could
carve their names in the limestone
blocks. Fine schools and buiIdingA
| several churches. and court house
and lawn creditable to any county seat
greet the eve of all visitors It is the
nome OF District Judge Isaac T. Pur-
cell, who recently made the record of
sentencing murderer to the peni-
tentIary for life before the funeral
was held. 1t is also the home of H.
Z, Kline, member of the Iegislatu.
/ from Trego county, and public spi,
tied business man as the substantial
block of brick business houses viii
bear out In W1keeney evidences of
thrift greet the eye in all parts Of
town.
1 IN February. 1877. there were only
/ ten newspapers pui i1ished in the i 5th
Judle1al district At that time the dis