People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-09
Parsons will hold a poultry show

Nearly 5000 pupils are registered as
attending the Leavenworth public
schools.
1t is proposed to consolidate the two
college papers published at the state
university.
About 500 conversions have been
made in Dickinson county in the past
six months.
Two Kansas City, Kan, men were
fined $40 each on Monday for selling
added eggs.
The Nemaha County Fair Associa-
ton has offered its Fair grounds for
sale at 500 per acre.
Mrs. DR.. Carman, of Horton, has re-
ceived notice that she has fallen heir
to 500, 900 in England.
Among the manifold blessings
Beloit enjoys is jeweler whose pat
ronymic is Manifold.
A Saliha minister gave whist play.
ers great raking over the Goals last
Sunday. He announces that such are
followers in the way of Cain"
Fred Haugawout, who has been run.
ming the COTS Advocate, proposes to
quit the newspaper business and go
on the road for Kansas City firm.
A tree planting campaign is urged
upon the citizens of the South side at
Hutchinson by the News, which says
the trees will add % per cent to the
value OF the property of that section
in three years.
During the spring rains of last year
water from Abilene streets flooded the
fields Of John Lands and damaged his
crops. He sued the city for 81, 500 and
didn't get cent. The case has Just
been decided.
Judge Smith of Minneapolis has
handed down decision declaring that
the law passed by the last Minnesota
legislature requiring I'll oleomarga-
rlne to be tinted pink Is unconstitu.
tional.
Lee Doty of Garden City has con-
tracted to grow seed this year for
d. Nj. Ferry & Co., Detroit seedmen.
Seed growing is coming to be quite an
important factor in Southwest Kansas
farming operations.
A movement is on foot in Atchison
to establish free lunch house where
two meals day will be furnished to
all who may apply. The same plan
was tried in Denver last July and
proved blooming success.
There was a small wreck in the Sa.
lima railroad yards Sunday morning.
a Union Pacific switch engine tried to
make use of Santa Fe crossing that
was blocked by Santa Fe cars. The
engine was damaged some, and two
cars badly demolished.
l.. L. Diesem, member of the state
board of agriculture from Finney
county, is trying a novel experiment
in alfalfa seeding. lie sowed five acres
three weeks ago, hoping that it will
prove more satisfactory than April or
May seeding.
The city marshal OF Coldwater. Com
anche county, and a fellow named
Galloway had lively scrap the other
day and the marshal came out second
best. The trouble was over a horse
belonging to Galloway which the mar.
shall had impounded.
Lloyd Lang, whose preliminary ex.
animation for the murder of William
Slaughter has been in progress at Alb.
ilene, has been bound over to the dis
trict court in the sum OF $4,000. He
promptly gave bail and was released.
The prospect for his ultimate convic.
ton is not good.
Receiver Walker of the bank OF
Plainvllle. is paying dividend No. 3. of
10 per cent. This makes 80 per cent
that has been paid to the creditors OF
the bank, and will probably be the
last one until after harvest, when it is
thought sufficient funds will be col
lected to pay all claims nearly in full.
James Bruce was sent to the peniten-
tiary three years ago from Kansas
City, Kan, for horse stealing. His
term expired one day last week and a
deputy sheriff waG on hand when he
was released for the purpose of rear
resting him on another charge of the
same nature. Bruce is go years old
and is said to have mania for horse.
stealing.
Ed Tandy, boy who ran awav
from the Soldiers Orphans home in
Atchison over a yea ago returned
Saturday footsore and weary. lie las
been knocking about from one place
to another, coming last from Newton.
He applied at the police station for
something to eat, Informing the offic-
ers that he had run away from the
home. Supt. Faulkner was informed
OF the boys presence in Atchison and.
s;nt Tor him. Tandy was glad to get
back.
A man named Barton in Washing.
ton township, Jewell county. adver-
tised for wife and succeeded in get
ting young widow from Erie, Pa. to
go to Burr Oak to meet and marry
him. When she gazed upon her in
tended for the first time, her heart
failed her and she insisted on going
home to her ma. She further insisted
that Barton should pay her railroad
fare both ways Barton had to ante
up and now announces it as his posi-.
tive conviction that advertising does
not pay.
This Office is in receipt of sack of
seeds from the agricultural depart.
ment sent out by Honorable William
Baker to be distributed among our
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