People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-11-03


$ making white vinegar from toma
.oeS
The Falls Cycling Club Of Cotton
wood Falls will hold a race meeting
october 90.
John Holderinan has shipped several
bushels Of corn from Esk-
.idge to Texas.
Large crowds attended Judge Fitz-
yerald's meetings ia Usage county-to
near the Quenemo Glee Club.
A pair of licenses" was the desire
If an ls.year-old Norman youth who
wanted to wed Mirandy Jane aged "a.
; British troops in Cape town country
are said to be advancing on the Ma
and an engagement is looked
for.
The Reporter wants TO know why
Overlook can't have Literary society
this winter, and finish digging the
town well.
The Sons OF Veterans Of Keene,
Wabaunsee county, will dedicate u
81 900 hall Nov. 3, that they erected
themselves.
The grain crops failed in Logan
county, but the I; rmers were long
sighted enough to provide good sup
ply of rough feed,
Ponca City will have a depot and
sidetracks in short time, and the in
dications are that postmaster will
be appointed yery soon.
Simeon Griffith of Bradford has con-
tracted for $4,000 bushels OF corn from
Wabaunsee county farmers, to be
shipped to Vols & ferguson.
Charley Curtis has not forgotten the
courtesies of his position. The school
Mt Melvern received big map of the
United states from him last week.
A colony of farmers in Nebraska are
going to move down to Rawlins coun-
ty as soon as they can raise enough in
that state to pay their travelling ex-
penses.
A prairie schooner passed through
Morris county the other day
from the south. This inscription was
on the wagon: "Sooner-sooner be at
home"
The government grass station in
Finney county has been abandoned by
the present administration, and the
entire effects of the farm will be sold
by the sheriff October 30.
The man who raises wheat COM
petes with the world. The man who
puts his main dependence upon corn
and hogs finds his competitors con-
fined to five or six states.
3 The term of the district court held
last week in Cove was the lightest in
the history of the county. Outside Of
two or three foreclosures and dozen
sheriff's sales confirmed, there was
nothing done.
John had the marshal kill Pete last
week, as he was in bad shape and
could not be cured.-lioxie Sentinel.
Pete who? We ought TO have some
thing more definite about this method
of execution.
The Australian ballot did not work
very well at Kiowa last week. hree
vacancies in the city council were to
be filed, and although there were
nineteen candidates only two were de-
clared elected.
Burr Oak Herald: Thirty car loads
of hogs, corn and produce have been
shipped from this place in the past
four weeks. The car load receipts for
the same period are twenty-eight,
mostly merchandise.
Fire Saturday destroyed two bust
ness houses on the west side of Alamo
plaza, San Antonio, Tex. Mrs. +.
Vance owned the buildings. The loss
on buildings and stock is $4,000. In.
sured for one-half.
1t is said if the United States does
not take speedy action that the
gents of British capital, who are now
in Nicaragua will have made greet
inroads upon American interests, and
secured control OF all stock possible
for British holders.
Six men were badly burned by acid
aud steam at the works of the Ash
land(Wis.) Sulphate Fiber company as
2:3O Thursday morning. Carelessness
in removing the cover of one of the
big digestors caused the mass of cook
ing fiber to be turned onto the men.
The Odd Fellows of Kansas NAV be
Justly proud of the donation of the
e land, etc, given that organization by
[ Mr.. De Bouissere, wealthy French
man. The farm is known as Silkville,
in Franklin county, and contains 3, l56
acres of the best of land. The farm
is now stocked with 600 head OF cat
tie, GOO head Of hogs and 100 head OF
y horses, all of fine breed and in first
a class condition. De Bouissere, the
I donor, was an exiled French nobleman
l and he left this gift to the order after
e having experimental in several phil
r anthropic schemes on the premises
The trustees report says: The house
+ originally contained sixty rooms. To
n remedy certain defects we have built
!, an addition to the building, which
S improves its appearance and adds t.
Q its convenience; have also taken out
: partitions in some of the rooms, there
by increasing the size and making
them more convenient for the various
n uses necessary in such an institution
70 also we have built stairways Z. eacf
1t end of the building, that Sc % easy
d grade and thoroughly lighted. TIT
ID building as now arranged will com
ID fortaoly accommodate necessary bell