People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-29
KANSAS MATTERS.
Items Of Interest Condensed for Hurried
Readers.

IN attendance.
The Smoky Hill Baptist Association
held its annual session in the Baptist
church at Abilene last week.
The proposition to build a county
high school was defeated in Pottawat-
omie county, which is not the rrle in
Kansas.
A Lawrence -four mill receives or
ders direct from London, England, the
latest being for over million pounds
of flour.
Parsons is adding to its fre-fghting
facilities by ordering the purchase OF
team of horses to attach to the hose
cart.
The A. o. U. W. lodges of the east
ern part of the state have raised over
$4,000 to purchase seed for their breth-
rem in the western counties.
Joseph Thorpe, foreman of the pen
itentiary coal mine, died Saturday
night at his home in Lansing Of injur-
les sustained in the mine early last
August.
1t is still undecided what returned
"stripper" has been able to tell the
most fairy-like tale to the editor of
his "home" paper in Kansas. Some of
them are very salty for such dry
country.
"The intelligent compositor" on the
Lawrence Gazette made the editor say,
in speaking of Secretary 0sborne's
mouth: His mouth is his favorite fowl
ing piece" when he surely wrote it
'fouling."
Onions weighing pound each are
among the agricultural products of
Lyon county that the people are
proud enough of to send to the worlds
fair. They ought to do some strong
work for the state.
The country's flag now proudly
floats over the school house at West
moreland-all the more proudly be-
cause it was purchased with money
raised by the efforts of the children
who attend school there.
White Cloud Globe: Hiawatha has
so many red headed girls that they
have ceased using street lights. 1t is
needless to state that there are a
large number of young men who hug
the lamp posts nightly.
Wilson Shannon Walsh of Lawrence,
nephew of 0sburn Shannon, who
went to New Mexico a short time ago
on account of his health, is reported
to have been murdered by bandits
shortly after his arrival there.
Somebody imported a spy from
somewhere to note the actions of the
citizens of Newton, and the Kansan
wants to know where the S4O-a-month
comes from to pay the spy's salary.
P'raps it's imported.
AtchisOn Globe: There is consider
able indignation in Atchison when
girls whose fathers are abundantly
able to support them, take positions
that would otherwise go to girls in
urgent need of money.
The Newton Kansan has given the
people of that town fair and plain no
tice that unless they will patronlze
that paper to the extent of making it
a paying institution they will have to
get along without its services.
With an eye strictly to business L.
NJ. Crawford has offered to manage a
lecture tour of the state for Colonel
Hughes, in which the redoubtable
colonel would draw large crowds to
hear the story of his martyrdom.
The Bank of Garnett. which went
under in the financial furry of a few
months ago, is preparing to rerume
business again and is getting its affairs
in such shape that it will probably be
allowed to reopen in the near future
There seems to be no question now
that the Little murder case will not
come up at this term of court. Even
if plea in abatement and a change
of venue to some other county are
denied a continuance will be asked
until the December term.
Some eastern farmers want to know
why eastern states are not able to
reap the rich reward enjoyed by west
ern Kansas in raising alfalfa. There
are two reasons, but the one of uni
versal application is climatic inhu-
ences on the hay during harvest. Al
falfa hay, when first cut contains
more sap to the bulk than any other
grass used for forage, and in humid
atmosphere is apt to mould while be.
ing cured, and if the weather happens
to be a little showry during haying
time musty feed is the inevitable re-
suit. In western Kansas bottoms the
sheet water supplies the plant with
moisture to give it luxurious growth,
while it can always be cured nice and
sweet in our pure, light atmosphere
Garden City Imprint.
: The state treasurer began Monday
morning clipping the coupons from the
school district bonds which are due
Jan. l, 1894. 1t is rather early to be
gin the work, but it generally takes
one man about SIX weeks. and then
the coupons of each county are gath
cred togethered and the amount sent
to the county treasurer for remit
lance. These bonds are mostly owned
by the state, and are purchased out Of
the permanent school fund. Hardly
ever in the history of the state has the
uninvested balance OF the school fund
been so small as il is at present. The
fund is practically exhausted, and the
investments are in the best securities.
The interest on the fund due Jan. |
will amount to about S250,OOO.
The Russell Record has the word of
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