People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-23


the peace Of Europe. !
John Yount of Winfield, has con-
tracts for threshing $4,000 bushels of
wheat in Cowley county this month. !
3 Five young men and ten young la
dies were confirmed in the Jewish syn
agogue at Leavenworth last sunday.
Clay Center has already purchased !
$500 worth of Il, eworks and will shoot
them off at the Fourth OF July cele-
bration.
A model school of FIVE rooms is be-
ing conducted in connection with the
Riley county normal institute at Man:
haitian.
A merry-go-round at Wichita dis.
turbed W. c. I. L. meeting Just
across the street and was abated as a
nuisance.
Commencement exercises Of the pub
lie schools of Douglass county were
held last Saturday at Bismarck grove.
There were fifty graduates.
The scheme OF the senior class of |
the State University to raise fund for |
the assistance of poor students has
materialized to the extent of $50
Canton, Mcpherson county, has a
chinch bug station for the distribution
Of Prof. Shows deadly infection. 1t |
is located in the Republican office.
At a recent election in Comanche |
county, it was decided to let the herd |
law stand as it was. This will put q
quietous to the free range question.
An eleven year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. W. Jones of Kansas City,
Kans., was struck by lightning and |
almost instantly killed Saturday
night.
The famous Hi,lman insurance cases
have been set by Judge Thomas for tie
second Tuesday in January, 1895.
Judge Thomas will try them at Leav.
enworth.
Good rains are reported all over the
state on Saturday and Sunday. Corn
is greatly benefited and with another
good rain in 20 days, it will make a
fair crop.
Lawrence has sixty miles of side
walks aud damage suit for $4,000
for fall sustained by lady on por-
ton of them which was alleged to be
defective.
There is some talk to the effect that
the State National Bank of Wichita,
which failed recently will resume. If
there is no resumption a receiver will
probably be appointed.
The Bank of 0berlin was closed Sat
urday by Commissioner Breidenthall
caused by the failure of Steele & Walk
er, of ST. Joe, the latter being presi
dent of the bank. There was $4,000
of county funds on deposit Assets
and liabilities unknown.
The Missouri river has been steadily
raising for severa days and at noon on
Monday was in four feet of the danger
line at Omaha Above and below 1
the city the current is doing consider.
damage to farm lands. A terrific rain
fell all over Northeastern Nebraska
Tuesday.
The year old daughter of George
Firstenberger was horribly burned at
Seneca Saturday morning 1t seems
that she was playing with some other
children in a child's playhouse, and
accidentally lighted match, setting
fire to some hay which they had spread
around. Her clothes Immediately
caught fire, and before help could
reach her, that she died soon after.
A quartette of ''lightning rod dis
pensers" is doing a thriving business
at swindling Labette county farmers.
They make contracts at apparently
nominal rates, pursuade their patrons
to afix their names, and when the
work is done they demand payment
according to the exact terms of the
contract, which calls for several
times the amount the farmers expect.
ed to pay. '"S r, -; r. -. u
The Missouri Pacific lost seven
bridges between Preston and Conway
Springs by the big rain on Saturday
night. TelegraphIc communication
was carried on by that company by
the way of Preston and the Rock Is.
land wires to Harrington. The Missouri
Pacific suffered immense damages and
it will be long time before the road
will be open for business again
Preston Plaindealer.
c. O. Beardsly, Ben Verbryck and
Sam Davis escaped from the city Jail
at Ell Dorado one night last week.
They removed the bolts from the lower
hinge of the iron door, sprung it out
wedged it out at the bottom and crawl.
ed out. Beardsley was serving a SOFT.
ence of 1850 and Davis $50 days for vi.
olating the prohibitory liquor law
Verbryck was convicted OF assaultinp
an officer and was held for payment OF
fine and costs. They are still at
large.
A boy probably 16 years of age. Civ
ing his name as Louis Kirk. applied
to Chief of Police White Tuesday foi
money with which to buy a ticket &c
his home in Alexander, Neb,, says the
Atehison Champion. Kirk who is
typical country boy. went to Kansa.
City some time ago to visit his married |
sister. He informed Chief White that be
liked Kansas City and would have re.
manned there but for the fact that his
sister had taken on too many city airs
to suit him. Everything went all |
right until meal time, when young
Kirk wanted to eat his potatoes With |
spoon, which his sister refused to
stand. The country brother insisted
on eating potatoes in the good old.
fashioned way. So much objection
was raised IN this that life was a hur