People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-09-14
KANSAS STATE MATTERS.
WHAT THE JAYHAWKERS ARE
DOING TO-DAY.
Condensed News from All Perts of
the Great Sunflower State-A Gem
eral Summary Of Kansas New.

Leavenworth has nearly sjo,OOO in
the city treasury.
The Anderson county fair was 90
ing on last week.
1 he Russian thistle has arrived at
Wabaunssee county.
The Deaf and Dumb school at
olathe will open for the year this
week.
A well will be sunk at Smith Center
to depth of $500 feet in search of
artesian water.
Heavy rains last week made the
Marias des Cygnes river at Ottawa al
most torrent. ..
Now Anderson county has the oil
and gas fever and wants someone to
do some boring Immediately.
A scheme is on foot to hold big
old soldiers reunion at Wichita week
or two after the state fair in October.
The two apple evaporators which
recently began operations in Atchison
consume 700 bushels of apples a day.
A bicycle club has been organized
at Salina which proposes to hold a
state tournament there sometime in
October.
The playing card famine at Law
renee is off. Revenue stamps arrived
last Wednesday and the pastboards
are on sale as before.
Hog cholera is prevailing to quite
an alarming extent in Lyons county.
Some of the largest raisers report
looSing their entire stock
a prominent social event was the
marriage of Miss Mayme Searles, of
Peabody. to Mr. Robert l.. Collins. of
klngdsher, at st. Pauls Lutheran
church. Tuesday evening.
Starlight, Grenwald q Co.. A. T.
Bowers and Marcus Katz, all of Phila-
delphia, took possession of the dry
good and clothing store of Aaron
katz Monday on mortgages aggrcgat-
ing over $4,000. The two last named
mortgages are respectively brother-in-
law and brother of the inSolvent
Wichita merchant.
Sheriff Moses left Sunday morning
with the following prisoners from In
dependence who have been sentenced
to the penitentiary: Daniel Webster.
colored; Chas. Robinson, colored:
Peter Heaps, Benjamin Caldwell.
Charles Witherup, one year each for
grand larceny. and William Whitney.
eighteen months for forgery.
The banker, A. W. Little. murder
case brought to Olathe from Kansas
City, Kansas, was Wednesday set for
trial at a special session commencing
November Is. The order for a Jury
will not be drawn until the ease is
called, when it is probable it will take
two or three hundred from which to
make the selection.
The preliminary examination Of T.
l.. Sparks, father, Clay Sparks, son.
for the killing of Emmett Sparks, son
and brother Of the defendants. closed
at Medicine Lodge Saturday after a
weeks investigation before Justice
Home. The defendant, Clay Sparks.
was committed without bail, and T.
l.. Sparks required to give bond in the
sum of $1,000 for his appearance at
court. The evidence against the de-
PENDANTS was very strong and appear
ed to be conclusive as against Clay.
George Hammers, an employe in the
Santa Fe Offices at Emporia. was mar
ried on Tuesday last to Miss Daisy
Oliger The next morning he left her
and returned no more. On inquiry
his wife was told that he had taken an
east bound train for Chicago, where
he had employment, and that he had
told friend he had only married her
to avoid marrying another girl. Mrs.
Hammers intends to follow her
recreant husband and make it as I'm.
comfortable for him as he has for her
il possible.
Mat Ryan was brought to Leaven-
worth Saturday from Kansas City,
where he was captured, and confessed
to having committed the burglary at
the Boston store last week. He mad
some of the goods in his possession
when captured and according to mis-
story is a very bad man. lie claims
that he has served a penitentiary term
in Ohio, lnLiana, Illinois and Missouri.
besides jail sentences in nearly every
state. He declared he had been in
over sixty different jails and had cut
short the careers of several victims
for sums from 81, 900 to $4,000.
Levy Meyer, a prosperous farmer
living twelve miles west of TT. Scott.
was brown from his wagon late Sat.
rrday evening and died in a few
nours. The accident was caused by
the breaking of a single tree which
caused the team to run away. Mr..
Meyer made an attempt to stop the
runaway but was pulled over the dash
board and received internal injuries
that caused his death The deceased
was sixty-nine years of age and we'll
known in this and surrounding coun-
ties, having resided in this county
nineteen years.