People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-15


The fiftieth volume of the Kansas
supreme court reports has been issued
and is ready for distribution.
The Lawrence canning factory Ia
doing rushing business, and is put
ting up 10000 cans of corn each day.
The petty thieves of Wellington for
some unaccountable reason, seem to
have preference for purloining sets
of harness.
Mound City has elected to the posi-
ton of superinte ndent of schools Hon.
Geo. W. Jones, formerly assistant Of
public instruction.
A Shawnee county snake has been
trying to accustom its digestive appar-
atus to hard times by swallowing the
plaster Of Paris nest eggs.
Judge Almerin Gillett, of Emporia,
married Wednesday to Miss Anna b.
zimmerman, of Hutchinson, at the
brides home in that city.
Cliff Holbert is going to Atkinson
to practice law, according TO the Globe
having resigned his position as private
secretary to Judge Horton.
The dam is still occupying space in
the Topeka papers, but the current of
the Kaw has not yet been impeded in
the least by any artificial obstacles.
A Newton young lady has taken the
prize for the best twenty-five pounds
OF silk produced in Kansas, and sent
to the experiment station at Peabody.
Several Arkansas City men are in
tending to invade the Strip on their
bicycles. and are practicing daily to
get themselves in good racing condi-
ton.
People Of Quinton heights, suburb
Of Topeka, are frightened by the ap.
pearance of gorilla which they
claim is roaming around killing hogs
and cattle.
The next sitting OF the state SUI
preme court will be held Sept. 5. 1t is
probable, however, that Judge Horton
will dispose of some accumulated bust
ness before that time.
The Harper Sentinel, at the risk Of
losing its reputation, predicts that in
two years from now free and unlimit.
ed coinage of silver will be as little
heard Of as the sub-treasury scheme 10
now.
Nearly all the Kansas colleges, in.
GLIDING the State University, the
Baldwin University, the Ottawa Uni
versity, and the State Normal school,
opened for the fall term Tuesday and
all have an increased attendance.
General James A. Underwood, ono
Of the oldest settlers in Rice county,
and the editor of the Frederick Re-
publican, was killed last week by the
cars. His paper was a unique speci-
men Of journalism.
A Montgomery county couple were
divorced last March and remarked at
Coffeyville Monday. They are going
to try second time to decide the
much discussed question, us marrige
a failure?"
The people of Wallace county are
determined to encourage the taking of
wolf scalps, and last week voted fav-
orably on proposition TO increase the
county levy 10 mills to provide the
funds to pay the bounty.
From the Investigation made during
the past few days, the impression is
rapidly gaining ground that Dr..
Graves did not commit suicide but died
of heart disease, brought on by long
Imprisonment and subsequent ex-
haustion.
Another letter left by DR.. Graves
has been found and made public, in
which he again solemnly declares his
innocence Of the crime with which he
was charged. His remains will be
taken to Bridgeport, Conn.,, Sunday
night for burial.
The boys Of Hutchinson whose par
ents have not had time to teach them
good morals have been pilfering fruit
from the trees of that city to such an
extent that some of the sufferers are
threatening to do some shooting at
the depredators. !
Topeka Capital: The Barber Coun-
ty Index, the paper that secured the
county printing, made $50 errors in
publishing the delinquent tax list,
and that many tracts of land and
town lots will have to be readvei tised
and sold next year.
The social world OF Topeka has en-
tered upon the task Of deciding as TO
the propriety Of "straw rides" what
ever that may be. 1t will be settled
of course, for they settle things at To
peka il the militia has to be called
out and it takes a year to do it.
The Hutchinson News has been get
ting after one Of the county commits
sioners for extragance in the extendi-
ture Of the county's funds for the
maintenance Of the poor farm. 0neo
the needless expenditures was the
boarding out of pauper at an ex.
pense Of over 81 per day.
Sunday morning there was found
the badly decomposed body of white
man in Forest Park, st. Louis There
was hole in the mans head and in
his right hand lay 44-caliber revolv-
er. 1t is believed 10 be case of sui
eide, and the body is thought to be
that of John r. Severing.
The irrigation convention. to be held
at Salina on the 2sth inst, is receiving
wide notice throughout the state, and
/ will in all probability be largely at