Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-02-17
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS


live in WaKeeney-
SO cents.-Wm- Perrine, WaKeeney,
Kansas. adv. 51-2tp.
Big reduction on Aladdin lamps
Friday and Saturday See them at
Farmers Meat Market adv 1tp.
Shaw & Woerner unloaded car of
six Overland sedans and touring cars.
Three of them were sold last Satur-
day.
IF you live in the city of WaKeeney
do your Dollar Day trading on Friday
and leave Saturday for the country
trade.
George Nies1ey went down to Kan
sas City Tuesday night where he ex-
poets to take a course of instruction
in embalming.
Edward T. Whistler and Miss Anna
Long, of Wilcox township, were mar
ried at the office of the probate judge
in this city Tuesday evening
Mr.. Oliver M. Towns and Mrs. Liz
zie NJ. Franks, both of Pa1co, were
married at the Office of the probate
Judge in WaKeeney "Wednesday af-
ternoon-
w. j. Williams was here Wednes-
day transacting business and visitin g
lis for few days on account of the
illness Of his mother
J. w. Spena, the local Ford man,
reports the sale of six cars last Sat
urday afternoon This is the largest
number of cars sold in any half day
since he commenced in the Ford busi-
ness fourteen years ago.
Prof HempIiI, of the city school
andProf- Nies1ey, of Trego County
High school, have both had sieges OF
sickness during the last week. Mr.
HemphilI is able to be at his work
again but Mr.. Niesley is still at home
j. E. Evans is advertising a public
sale of his household goods to take
place next Saturday afternoon Mr.
and Mrs. Evans are planning OF
spending the remainder of the winter
in Florida Read the advertisement
in this paper
C-4s5- Courtney arrived here th'
first of the week from Ft- Meyer
Florida, and is visiting with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Courtne,
and other relatives. His mother ha
| been in very poor health for SOM
| time but at present her condition
shows improvement
| Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Capron, OF Gias
co, Kansas, who were returning hom
from a visit to the western coas
| where they had spent the winter
stopped off here Wednesday mornin;
and visited at the home of Mr. an
/ Mrs. w r. Trip1ett, northwest of Wa
Keeney. They are old friends of MI
and Mrs. Trip1ett-
| VIM. Perrine informs us that he ha
| traded farms with John Billings VIII
| lives over in Graham county MI
Perrine owned quarter section farr
| which adjoined WaKeeney on tn
| west. He traded it for Mr. Billing
| half section which is about twelv
| miles out. The move is to be mad
the first of March.
May Tilton, of this city, and A. 4
Lowrey, of Denver, were united i
marriage at Hays, February .5tl
Mr. Lowrey is switchnan in the Ur
| ion Pacific yards at Denver The
| spent several days following the
| marriage at Denver but are at HON
in WaKeeney at present where the
are receiving congratulations ar
best wishes of their friends.
Major Wilbur N. Rogers visite
here over the week end with his pa
ents, Mr. and Mrs Kinzie Rogers,
south Trego county and with Juds
and Mrs. I. T. Purcell. He has bet
, stationed for some time at Can
: Grant, Ill, but went from here
Washington D. c., where he w
| spend the next several weeks. MI
.Rogers is visiting with friends
| Chicago while the Major is on th
mission.
The decision of the supreme cou
in the case of the State VS. S. M. Hu
eel, known as the Wall case, was I
ceived here Sunday morning i
findings of the district court are
versed and the case Is remanded ba
for new trial, principally upon t
= grounds that the trial court shou
have given instructions to the ju
covering whether DIR. Wall express
or implicitly instructed Mr.. Hutzel
destroy a certain deed. It seems tn
in the trial of the case there was
p evidence offered by either side CO
{ cerning it excepting that it was dc
IL troyed by HutzeI For this reas
s Judge Purcell evidently did not co
e slider it necessary to give the jury
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