People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-23
KANSAS STATE MATTERS.
WHAT THE JAYHAWKS5s ARE
DOING TO-DAY.
Condensed News from Al; Parts OF
the Great Sunfower State-A Gem
eral Summary Of Kansas New.

eral Summary Of Kansas New.
Good coal costs 81 a ton in Parsons,
delivered.
The young ladies of Mcpherson have
Social Purity society.
The best winter wheat has been sell
ing for AZ cents at Junction City.
The sub-stations for the propagation
Of infected chlnch bugs are proving of
great value to the farmers of the
state
The new postmaster of Mcpherson
is an entomologist, aud has taken
charge of a chinch bug stItion for the
county.
The average daily attendance at the
Parsons schools for the term closed
last week was l,262 out of an enroll
ment of 1.45S.
Hunnewell has had two elections of
city officers this year, the first election
being held under the old law, and was,
therefore illegal.
A year has been added to the course
of the Salina public schools. There
are now twelve grades, of which four
are included in the high school.
Prof. Hickey, who is in charge of
the Abilene chinch bug infection uis-
tribution station, has already sent out
500 packages of diseased bugs.
There were seventy-six old soldiers,
fifty preachers and forty women
among the delegates to the prohibition
convention at Emporia last week.
Frank Holsinger, candidate for con-
gressman-at-large on the prohibition
ticket, is a market gardener and fruit
grower at Rosedale, near Kansas City.
The Concordia Empire is "a pears
old. 1t was started at Clyde as the
Republican Valley Empire, and was
first printed in one-roOm log cabin.
l A new e. A. L. post was mustered
in at Wichita Wednesday night. 1t
will be known as General Eggleston
post aud started with sixty-four mem
bers.
Miss Stella Hafer of Fort Scott has
just carried eff the gold medal and the
highest hOnOrs in the pupils contest
in the American Conservatory of Mu-
sic at Chicago.
The Leavenworth Stock and Breed
ers association will hold its annual
meeting this year from August % to
to 25. Ten thousand dollars in stakes
and purses are offered. Entries close
July ,.
! The first newspaper published in
Morris county was established in 1859
by Sam Wood. 1t was called the Kan
sas Press and was published at Coun-
Gil Grove in a building that is still
standing
The commencement of the South
west NJ. E. College was held in the
Grand Opera House Wednesday night
in Winfield, The class exercises were
listened too by large and appreciat-
i've audience.
The lines of the Postal Telegraph
company through Hamilton county
were assessed for the purpose of taxa
ton at $500 per mile last year. An
agent Of the company has Just succeed
ed in having the assessment reduced
to 500 per mile.
Last week was commencement week
1t the State Agricultural college at
Manhattan and the State Normal at
Emporia. Commencement exercises
proper were held at the Agricultural
college on Wednesday and at the Nor
NAL on Thursday. ..-,,y.'c
Mr.. and Mrs, Elias wood of Newton.
awoke Sunday morning feeling very
queer and they arose and investigated.
They then discovered that the house
had been struck by lightning and that
they had been knocked insensible. 1t
is belived that they had been insensi-
bic for almost two hours.
Two old offenders against the pro-
hibitory law at Independence had a
falling out and each made complaint
against the other. One was convicted
on fur counts and sentenced to a fine
of $500 and four months in Jail. The
other got off with 500 and thirty DAYS
in Jail.
State Commissioner Wampler is in
Kansas City, Kan, preparing TO take
action against the Kaw river fisher.
men who are violating the law by TAX.
ing fish in nets. There are a number
Of fishermen who have as many as fifty
nets in the river all the time, and the
commissioner proposes to put stop
to it,
Probably the biggest land deal and
the most successful from every stand
point was made by 0berlin National
bank at 0berlin last week. The bank
had in eight land buyers from Illinois
and sold to seven QUITO the eight, and
to one man 800 acres. The total sales
amounted to something over 1000
acres.
Prof. ]. A. Whitman, on entomolo.
giSt of considerable note, has been in
Lawrence this week receiving instruc-
ton in the chinch bug laboratory pre-.
liminary to establishment Of an infec-
ton distributing station at Lyndon.
Usage county. Prof, Whitman was
sent TO Lawrence by the Usage coun-
ty commissioners.
Representative Davis has introduced
a bill instructing the secretary OF war
to give Junction City the triangular
piece of ground forming part of the
TT. Riley reservation north of the Re-
publican river bridge. The tract of
land contains about 400 acres and is
not used for military reservation.