People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-16
COUNTY GLEHhINGS.
OXFORD.

Dec. 12-The beautiful snow to the depth Of
six inches is now with US and the boys and
hunters are having fine sport hunting rab-
bits.
Market report for Oxford. Hogs, $50 per
cwt. gross; wheat, 40 to 80 cents; corn, IS to
;Dcents; oats. 2Ocents.
number Of our farmers are feeding eat
tie. We hope they will make mouey, as all
who have fed for the past three or four years
have 10 money.
Our Old friend, Victor Buzzard, who is now
seventy-six years old, started today on visit
10 the home Of his boyhOOd in Switzerland,
Europe. All Of his friends wish him pleas
ant safe voyage across the brinv deep. He
expects to take passage on French steamer
for Havre from New York this week.
The Sabbath schools here will all have
Christmas exercises. There should be tree
or boat or some pleasant Christmas exercise
on Christmas day or Christmas eve in every
school house in Sumner county for the bene-
DIT OF the children. so in after years no matter
what their lot in life may be, they can look
back to their childhood's Christmas days as
green spots in memOry's waste" Everyone
shOnld assist in making this the most enjoy
able Of all days to the children.
For postmaster we have only two appli-
cants, Perry Harrison and DOlan Collins.
Eifhap ,lo+
officer.
Our newly elected township officers have
qualified and assumed their duties. Seth
Furnas and Hy c. Smith are full-fedged JUS
tees of the Peace and are ready to dispense
justice to all law breakers.
This community has now some fine trotting
horses CalBurnham has recently purchased
standard bred Hamitonian stallion. Nsh
Ross is negotiating for one in Illinois which
he will stand at his stable in Oxford. Isaac
Wood, H.. G. VandervOrt and J. NJ Burlington
allhave thorough bred-trotters.
Benjamin Misseldine has as fine lot of
thoroughbred ShOrthOrn cattle as can be
found in the county.
w. b. COldwell has as fine thoroughbred
Jersey cattle as can be seen in Southern Kan
saS. Anyone wishing to improve their mich
stock should visit his herd. His bull, Hugh
Pogis," shipped by express from Indiana is of
the best mich strain in America He also
has fine lot Of bronze turkeys.
Oxford has been unusually quiet since the
election, though many of our citizens have
been quite unwell since the eighth Of Nov.
Their pulse has been up to IN. They are
now just able to appear on the streets.
Oh how cruel in our U. 8. States district
Judge G. j. Foster, to indict that little letter
or note OF five lines to our chairman Of state
returning board, "Stand-upper" and defeated
candidate for congress and governor,
l.. U. Humphrey. Judge Foster has life
time position as U s. district Judge. He Is .
Lincoln Republican, supported Harrison, but
believes In justice and fairness. Every one
who has not read Judge Fosters letter to L.
q. Humphrey should do so at once.
Is this the returning board that Hon. James
Legate said stole 1900 votes from Robinson
and gave to Humphrey two years ago to
make him governor and defeat Willittsf
win you in your next Issue give history Of
Che way Governor Humphrey and other state
officers as returning board have been stand
Ing up for Kansas by counting out members
sflegislsture and electors2
The Z. o. p. editors are having hard time
getting Lewelling where they want him.
All honor to the incoming state officers.
VIII Sumner county have visiting delegs-
don 1t the Inauguration Of Levelling and
tAe opening Of the legislsturet Yours,
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