People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-04
GENERAL NEWS In BRIEF
PHOTOGRAPHED CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned from the Four Corners of
the World and Condensed in Short
Paragraphs for the Convenience of
Hurried Readers.

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last week was sl23, SCOOPS, of which
s5s,6O4, $50 was gold reserve.
James McAfee died from hydropobia
near Raleigh, Texas. He was bitten
by a rabid dog several weeks ago.
A postoffice has been established at
Hammond, Ozark county, Missouri,
and Walter p. Pleas appointed post.
master.
A man supposed to be F. c. Hinck.
ley of Chicago, was run over by a
train Wednesday near Dubuque, To-,
and killed.
Andrew Gibbons, a small boy, was
smothered to death near Ennis, Texas,
while playing with some children in a
cotton-seed bin.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
appointed James w. Park as store
keeper and gauger in the Knoxville,
Tenn, district.
Major Thomas Winston died at Gov
ington, Kansas, Saturday, aged 6S
years. He served with distinction in
the Mexican war, and was afterwards
paymaster and on the retired list.
The body of Prof. Geo. T. Ellis, who
was shot at Texarkana, Ark, on the
evening of September 21st, by Bryant
arrived at Nevada, Mo-, Friday and
was buried Saturday near his old home
IN Vernon county.
Gov. Altgeld last week issued reoui-
sitions on the Governor of Missouri
for the extradition of Minnie Jackson.
alias Minnie Allen and Belle Curtis.
both under arrest at st. Louis, and
wanted at Chicago for larceny.
David Hudson, 15-year-old boy,
pleaded guilty at TT. Worth in the
Seventh District Court last week and
was sentenced to five years in the re-
formatory. Charles Mitchell, for for.
cry, was sentenced to two years.
lit has just become known that a
$3.50 Wells-Fargo package mysterious
ly disappeared from the Adams ex-
press Office at Atchison, Kansas, last
Sunday. The officials are investigat-
ing. but there is:no clue yet.
The exports of specie from the New
York port during the week were:
Gold, $1,000; silver, s73O,675. The i'm.
ports of the week were: Gold, $780,
9S5; silver, slG,l32; dry goods, $685.
1862; general merchandise, S7,963, 500.
George Jacobs, of Muncie, has sued
Daniel I. Fox, of Albany for $4,000,
the amount of damages he claims to
have received by the defendant alien
ating his wife's affections. The suit
is big surprise here, and its an
aouncement at Albany will be a sur
prise.
At christening party at Patapsco
Monday, John Rend took up an old
army musket, supposed to be unload
ed, and proceeded to tell how it was
used during the war. The gun explod-
ed, killing child named Seigelfoeffer
and dangerously wounding the moth
er.
The VIII County, H., Grand Jury
returned thirty-two indictments.
Among them were eleven against VIM.
F. Moore for forgery. Moore was
a prosperous farmer in Wills county,
and in 1891 he sold out at an auction
sale and took notes. Before these
notes became due he duplicated all of
them and sold them.
Sixty houses in the city of Blasseki,
in the district of Kalish, Russia, and
where the cholera is making fearful
ravages, were set on fire Tuesday
night and completely destroyed. A
number of the inmates of the houses
were suffering from the dread disease,
and being too weak to make any eff
fort to save themselves, were burned
to death.
The stock markets of London, after
hatness, closed better Tuesday. We'd
nesday's settlements disclosed a very
mall speculative account. Americans
we're lower, but closed above the low
est point, except for Reading, which
was nat at the close, as was New York
Central on the talk of reduction of the
dividend. There is a steady CONT
mental demand for gold.
At Chaska, twenty miles south of
Minneapolis Saturday evening, Louis
Sharp and his family of five children
drove upon the ferry to cross the
river. 1t being dark, he drove too far
and the pile knocked down the apron
and the team and family drove over
board into the river. Sharp saved
himself, but his wife and five children
and team were drowned.
When Fitzsimmons was told that
Colonel Hopkins and Dan Creedon had
claimed that he had fouled Creedon
by hitting with the wrist and back
heeling, Fitzsimmons replied: "Col.
Hopkins does not tell the truth. He
is wind bag and fake, and 10 tell
The truth, think he won money ON
me. | have right to hit a man with
any pat of my fist, and so long as 7
follow the rules in this respect, no
man can say fight foul,
Will Hunt and Fred Hall. brother.
in-laws and both prominent citizens of
Gallatin, Tenn. became involvad - n