People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-12-06
LOCAL NEWS.

| Capt. and Mrs. E. HAYES and Mrs.
ChaS. Weddle spent Thanksgiving in
! Perth as the guests Of Capt. J. w.
Bellar's family.
Lncien Sadler, of the South Haven
bank, ate Thanksgiving turkey n
this city with his father. County
Clerk Chas. Sadler.
W. j. Bebb has purchased the
property on North B street formerly
occupied by L. B. Collins. Mr.. Bebb
Is making some repairs on his new
home and will move into it shortly.
Dick Weaver spent Thanksgiving
at the home of his parents near
Milan. His brother Fred was mar.
Tied Wednesday evening, and he and
his wife were there also
The new officers of Canton No. II
were Installed at Friday nights session
OF the order. W. NJ. Sasher was in.
stalled as captain; B. E. Morse. lieu
tenant; W. }. Newbold, ensign: Geo.
L. Fits, clerk and W. A. Rem. treas.
lrer.
Linsley, the man who bought a BIZ
cycle at Wichita with a bogus check.
was captured here Friday evening and
taken back to Wichita this morning.
he gave check on bank where he
had no deposits and then skipped be-
fore his fraud was discovered.
j. W. Carter who lives In the Fifth
ward was severely hurt Wednesday
afternoon. He was driving a horse
on washington avenue near the
Davis house, when the horse ran and
threw him out of the vehicle so that
his head struck a tree and broke his
nose and jaw bone. He is not danger.
ouSly hurt and is doing fairly we'll.
Probate Judge Naugle was called
on Thursday morning to issue a mar
rage license TO and to marry Daniel
Tobias and Miss Effie c. Norris, both
OF Caldwell. After performing the
ceremony the judge directed them Ia
the union Thanksgiving services in
the Presbyterian church on the theory
that they were in proper frame of
mind to enjoy them.
Rev. ]. R. Milsap mas been conduct
Ing a revival meeting at Seventy.Six
Ctnter school house since Sunday the
18TH, and has had 10 conversions and
confessions as the fruits of his labors. |
Such remarkable success IN a large
city would be heraIded all over the
civilized world; but the circuit rider
mas consolation in the knDwledp,
that the Lord knUweth all.
E. F. Widner, of Medicine Lodge
returned to his home Friday morning
AFTER a short visit with his daughter
Mrs. }. {. Clark. Mr.. Wfdner is an
Ola Sumner county newspaper man.
ln 1879 and 80 he was associated with
Prot. AnSel Gridley in the pubIica
ton Of the Oxford Weekly. Later on
he published the Hunnewell indie.
pendent for A. J. Bowers. Still later
ne was associated with Tom Richard
S"n in the Wellington Democrat pub-
lished in this city. Mr.. Widner is an
excellent fellow aud typical news.
paper man.
b. +. Shoup an Oxford carpenter
with a studiOus head on him has
patented a header. J. NJ. Morgan of
that city thinks so much of the new
machine that le has made prOposi. !
ton to the farmers of that Vicinity
that he will manufacture half dozen |
OF them If as many farmers will agree
to buy the machines on trial and nav
t0r them if they work satisfactorily:
II the machines do not work as prom |
lSed the farmers are to pay NOTHING
tor them. This strikes Us as a very
lair proposition to the farmer: it |
certainly ought to be accepted.
At the home of the BRIDES sister
MIR. Judge Porter. POS State street
occurred yesterday the marriage of |
Miss Lucy DeGraff, of Mankato to
Joseph {. Smith, Of Wellington. Kan |
Sas. Rev. Lee Beattie performed the
ceremony after which the happy pair
took the train for their future home
in Wellington, Kansas The bride is
well known IN this city, having lived
mere from her childhood, and received
her education at the state normal
school at MankatO, She will be great
~ missed by her many friends and
kindly wishes for future HAPPINESS
nd attend her.-MankatO Review.
Nov 18th.
II; Il: HavenS, prominent attorney
OF Enid, o. T., passed through Wei |
llngton Wednesday evening on his
way home from Alva, where he had
been to secure a mandamus to com.
pei the county commissioners of oil
county to canvass the election re.
turns II that county. Judge ]. L.
McAtee granted an alternative writ.
ordering them TO canvass the returns
ana declare the result by next We'd
ne'day or to show cause next Monday
why they refuse to do so. This is the
county in which Elsie Thralls was
elected sheriff, Joe DOdSon county
attorney and George d. Orner who
was our district judge in 1885, council
man or senator. Mr.. Havens, who is
an old acquaintaR e of A. b. HAMS.
thought the commissioners would
canvass the returns without further
trouble.
Figure with w. H. Carnes