People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-04

The Lanler circle of Abilene will
study ethics and psychology during
the coming year.
The most recently revised story as
to the Wichita National Bank is that
1t will resume business soon.
Wichita and Hutchinson men met on
the diamond at Wichita Saturday.
The Wichita team won, 12 to IL.
The marshals and chiefs of police of
Kansas will meet in Wichita next
week. 1t is expected that 100 will be
on hand.
During the past two years there
have been nearly as many divorces in
Saline county as there have been mar
riages.
Evelyn Baldwin, an Usage, Labette
county, boy, was one of the Peary ex-
ploring party. He will return to his
home in few days.
Fire at LeavenwortL Monday night
practically destroyed the three-story
residence of Mr.. Levi Wilson. The
loss was So, 1000 or 81, 900.
Dodge City was treated to a touch
OF estheticism Tuesday night. Lady
Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's
much talked of play, was produced
there.
Reddy Brennan, pugilist who has
fought in several Kansas towns, is run
ming a joint in Kansas City, Kansas.
Just at present he is in Jail for illegal
liquor selling. ..
Prof. Frank Smith of Bethany Col
lege delivered an able lecture at the
Swedish Lutheran church at Linds-
borg Sunday evening on the subject,
"Why do we Educate?"
F. NJ. Williams of Clinton, Mo-, who
was on his way to White City,
was knocked down and robbed of $50
In the Rock Island yards at Hutchin-
son while waiting for his train.
The Peabody creamery is reaching
out so far into Its territory for milk
that it has been found necessary to
establish skimming station to save
the hauling of milk to long a distance.
Mr.. James Bethel received notice
from the Hon. Hoke Smith last week
that his name had been dropped from
the pension roll de was receiving IS
per month.-Winfeld Courier.
Chief of Police Quarrels, of Kansas
City, Kan, found a gambling house
Monday after many weary months of
search and had it pulled. 1t is said
that the proprietor was not in the ad-
ministration police board gambling
combine.
State Geologist Hay has completed
an examination of Reno county, and
reports to the Hutchinson Commercial
club that both oil and gas may be
found at depth of from 1000 to 5000
feet below the surface. He says there
is oil and gas beneath the whole
county.
A fire Of incendiary origin at Salina
Sunday night partially burned up
Eberhardt's lumber yard and COM
pletely destroyed an adjoining resi-
dence owned by A. Schlotz. Eber.
hardt's loss is between $1,000 and
$4,000. Schlotz's loss is $1,000. Both
partially insured.
Rev. E. E. Tarbill, the Methodist
minister of Abilene, preached strong
sermon against the theater last Sun
day. He said that, as a rule, all the
atrical performances are immoral in.
their tendency and said that no con-
slstent Christian can be a theater
goer.
The Wellhouse orchards at Fair
mount. in Leavenworth county, will
yield $4,000 bushels Of apples this year.
There are 500 acres in trees, confined
principally to four varieties, which
Mr.. Wellhouse claims are particularly
adapted to Kansas soil. 1t Will re-
quire $4,000 to gather the crop and
get it ready for the market.
A four foot vein of coal has been dis
covered at independence at depth of
rs feet. The gas company has struck
this vein of coal in other wells west Of
this one but it was only about foot
thick. With this coal was a very
strong flow of gas, so strong that the
coal vein cannot be worked until after
the gas has been exhausted.
The Hays City Sentinel says of the
story about Wild Bill riding into John
A. Andersons church at Junction City
and compelling that gentleman to
dance in the pulpit: The story has
two elements of impossibility. In the
first place Wild Bill wouldn't do such
thing, and in the next the man was
never born who could make John A.
Anderson dance.
An Ottawa man was brought back
from Missouri at an expense of $50,
to be tried for stealing a gun. He
was convicted, but the Judge let him