People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-08


Monday, according to the News
A Butler county town may properly
be referred to as Dennis, but no town
in the state will own up that it. name
is Mud
Mcpherson thinks that when the
court house now under way i ; com
pleted it will have the finest building
of the kind in Kansas.
An excursion of FIVE coach loads
people from Concordia and other Cen
trail Branch towns visited the Soldiers
Home at Leayenworth on Sunday.
Prof. W. A. Rawles. principal of the
Sedalia high school has resigned to &C
cept the chair of American history
and politics in the Indiana university
The Coxeyites under arrest at Leav-
enworth made up a base ball nine
Sunday and swiped It to the South
Leavenworth team to the tune OF IL
to -.
The Wichita Fair association will
open a series of racing matlnees on
Friday afternoon. 1t is the intention
togive matinee every two weeks all
summer.
Miss Lizzie Farr, for several years a
teacher IN Fort Scott and Bourbon
county, left Tuesday on her way to
New York, where she will depart for
China as Baptist missionary.
1t cost Seneca man $50 because
he allowed a goose of his to trespass
upon his neighbours premises-and
this although he proved beyond ques-
ton that the goose went visiting for
the express purpose of laying the god
en- egg.
Ellsworth county will vote on May
IS on proposition TO issue So, 900
worth of bonds for the purpose of TAX
ing up the floating indebtedness of the
county. The bonds, if issued will run
twenty years and will bear per cent
interest.
Lightning struck the Smith Center
school house on Wednesday while
school was in session. No one was
hurt and no great amount of damage
was done, but teachers and pupils all
thought they had an interesting aid
exciting time.
An independence, Mo-, newspaper
reporter is on his way through Kansas
from Kansas City TO Mexico on a wa
ger that he could start without cent
and return with hundred dollars in
his pocket. The traveller spent Mon
day in Ottawa.
The premature discharge of an old
horse pistol used in a play at Pitts,
burg Wednesday night scared several
of the audience out of a week:
growth. A little girl was burned II
the face by the powder, but was moi
seriously injured.
At Robinson in Brown county a few
DAYS ago there were ffty-one loads o
corn waiting to be unloaded. Thi
small town claims that the statistic
of the Rock Island road show tina
there is more grain shipped from tina
point than ANY other on the road il
the state of Kansas.
]. Y. Hamilton will ship next weel
nine car loads of squared walnut saw
logs from this station, five from Gree
ley, one from Mount Ida. They 90 Il
New York firm and may eventual,
land in Europe He shipped sever
cars some months ago from this coun
ty, which brings his total shipment VI
to twenty-five cars.-Garnett Repub
lican Plaindealer.
D, G Young, under indictment a
Guthrie for adultry with Mrs. Smith
against whom Mr.. Smith recently re
ceived a Judgment of $4,000 damage
for alternating the affections of hi
wife, has jumped his bond and left tn,
territory. When last heard of he wa
in indianapolis and an effort will b
made to apprehend him. The woman
in the case is supposed to be with him
Arrangements have been commenc
ed for the the next reunion of tn,
Grand Army of the Republic which il
to be held in Hutchinson August l4-ls
The committee has ordered 500 tent,
and the adjutant general has assure,
: them that the tents will be forthcom
ing, and that any assistance he cal
render them in any manner that will
aid in making the reunion a success
he stands ready to give.
Dixon Cooper was arrested at Salini
the other day charged with seduction
He left his wife in Nebraska and wen
with G girl under IS to Saliua. Tht
couple lived as man and wife unit
CoOper's lawful wife located him
when there was trouble at once
Cooper was bound over for trial in tn,
sum of $500. The girl clings to hin
and the two insists that they will
marry yet
We have interviewed quite a mum
Der of farmers within the last tw,
weeks upon sthe condition of corn
: wheat, and crops in general, and i
has been the uniform answer that tn
prospects were very promising, in fac
never better. We have had goot
growing showers when needed, an
another thing that serves to material
ly increase confidence is the extrem
early season. Corn is at least month
further advanced than at the sam,
time last year. This means that IN
der favorable conditions it will be
: month nearer maturity when the in
, variable dry weather sets in, and tina
means a good deal. Wheat is nov
; coming out in head nicely and we vii
have an early harvest. Merchants re
port trade better than there is rea
: son forit. With something in sigh
the farmers can afford to let go of {
!. dollar now and then, where heretofor