People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-08-11
Wilson county is having large drops
Of peaches and apples.


The Ramona creamery handles over
5000 pounds of milk daily.
Checkers and chess have given away
to high five in WaKeeney.
There are fourteen district Judges
to be elected in Kansas this year,
Sumner county editors are arrang
ing for picnic among themselves.
Wabaunsee county's new court house
is to be completed by October.
A good watermelon brings as much
as bushel Of wheat in the Ottawa
market.
\ lady in Jewel City claims TO be
the first person to discover the new
comet.
Emporia people were badly scared
by an alleged mad dog which did no
damage beyond biting horse.
The prospects for an electric street
ear line In Atchison are again in very
promising according to the Cham
pion.
The effect OF the miners strike has
reached as far as Salina, where the pa
per mill has closed down for want Of
| coal.
One OF Bakers last years football
players Is now plumber at Emporis
Both occupations take a good deal Of
nerve.
Efforts are being made to get enough
Dickinson county people to go to the
Worlds Frir about September lst to
make special train.
Liberal draughts OF milk saved two
Leavcnworth boys from poisoning
caused by eating sardines that had
stood open In the can.
One of the agricultural phenomena
OF Kansas this year is blooming sweet
potato vines. which are reported from
various sections Of the state.
The chicken thieves work Newton
one side at time, and while they are
busy on one side they are getting
ready for them on the other.
The Salina paper mill was shut
down on account Of a scarcity Of coal
and not on account OF hard times, as
reported in the Abilene Chronicle.
A new Methodist church was dedi-
Gated at Allen, in Lyons county, last
Saturday There was debt of $3.50
to be paid and 81 600 was raised in a
few minutes.
Coursing week will be the next i'm.
portant outing event at Great Bend.
1t will be held from October "a to IS,
and large attendance is expected as
usual.
Lawrence Gazette: Among the
men let out Of the Santa Fe shops at
Topeka was one who had not missed
a single pay check for twenty-five
years.
1t is estimated that Sumner county
will have 100000 bushels of wheat
from this years crop, while there yet
remains in tie county 1000, GOO bush.
els from former crops.
New wheat sells for % cents a
bushel at Mcpherson, while oats only
bring from ~ to Is cents. One bushcl
of potatoes will exchange for two and
and quarter bushels of wheat.
rs evidence that they are becoming
civilized it is stated that it requires
twenty gallons Of ice cream to satisfy
The Indian Buys and girls of Haskell
institute when they go TO picnic.
| Wichita has always been noted fo-
having the courage of her convictions
on all occasions, but for the present
she has no 0pinion-it has been remoy-
ed to Mcpherson, whereit will eyolute
for time.
The local papers say the cerem onies
Of Labor day in Topeka this year
promise TO be more imposing, the pro.
gram more attractive and the iesti-
vities more enjoyable than at any pre-
vious time since the observance OF
this anniversary began.
The Washington Republican that
thinks ii is good authority on such
matters, says northeastern Kansas is
the best chunk OF country on earth.
The author of the statement Is no
doubt honest, but evidently has never
visited the Happy Valley country.
Chief Skiff. Of the mining exhibit.
keeps "open house" oftener than any
other official connected with the fair,
He always did have leaning that
way.
An item is going the rounds of the
state press which gives the number OF
young men in the state prison from
city, town and country, relatively,
showing that greater number OF
country-raised boys are incarcerated
there than from the cities and towns.
The idea meant TO be conveyed in
some iEstances-as is shown by the
way the statement is made-is that
the preponderance of badness exists
among the country-raised. This we
believe to be an error. The country
boy, while inherently no better, Is
certainly no worse by nature than the
boy raised in town or city. The
writer's notion is that the discrepancy
against the country boy in the stats
tics referred to is accounted for by the
circumstance that many country boy:
who make the mistake of leaving the
farm and going to town to hunt an
easier job, come under the influence
of evil ASSOCIATE ms, and being more
impossible are led into excuses and
oftentimes are made. the scapegoat
for others who are really the guilty
ones. There is a point in this thai
boys on the farm will do well 10 con.
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