People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-18
KANSAS STATE MATTERS.
WHAT THE JAYHAWKERS ARE
DOING TO-DAY.
Condensed News from All Parts OF
the Great sunfiower State-A Gem
eral Summary of Kansas New.

The Spoonors played at Hutchinson
last week.
: A bicycle meet is scheduled for Fort
Scott this week.
1.-The Devils Auction" was played
at Emporia last week.
Another case of smallpox was DIS
covered at Leavenworth Tuesday.
AtchlsOn is Dragging about fifteen
pound baby that was born there last
week.
The Parsons city council has passed
an ordinance prohibiting the sale of
cigarettes.
The Garden City fair last week was
so pronounced a success that some.
thing on more elaborate plan will be
attempted next year.
The Wilson Dry Goods company of
Wichita has gone into the hands of
receiver. Indiscreet purchases are as
signed as the cause of the failure.
Hutchinson is discussing the ques-
ton of buying the city water works
and electric light plant from the pres
ent owners. The price asked is $780,
900.
Colonel Hawkins of the twentieth
infantry is the new commandant az
Fort Leavenworth in the place of Col
onel Townsend, transferred to Fort
Niobrara.
Wasn't it an Atchison paper that re-
marked that Topeka people are great
on loving and getting tired of it? The
district court in Atchison granted five
divorces Tuesday.
At the reunion held last week at
Liberal, Seward county, the South
west Veterans association was organ
lied. 1t embraces all the far south
western counties and will hold annu-
al reunions.
Tuesday morning offered a fine op-
portunity to observe the effects of
mirage, Ellis, 0gallah, W-Keeney, Col
lyer, Wilcox and Castle Rock, could
be seen from one point in this county.
-Wa-Keeney World.
Twenty-Five men, women and child
rem were baptised in the Solomon
river at Beloit last Sunday. They had
been ready for the ceremony for some
time, but were obliged to wait until
the fall rains raised the river.
Two Ottawa children have been
poisoned by handling green pawpaws,
another has been made dangerously
i'll by partaking too freely of the fruit
and two others have suffered severely
from eating the seed kernels.
The Emporia lodge of Odd Fellows
will pay the De Bossiere Orphans
home assessment in order to clear it
to representation at the grand lodge
meeting at Wichita this month, but
the payment will be made under pro-
test.
Flour item from the Atchison Cham
plon: The Cincinnati -four inspector
is grading Kansas flour the same as
Minneapolis -four, the premium flour
of the world. This .makes Kansas
flour equal to any flour in the world,
not excepting the flour of Hungary.
At meeting of the Lawrence city
council Monday night, some Of the
members strongly advocated licensing
the liquor traffic in that city. The ar
gument used was the old one that
liquor is sold anyway and that the
city might as well derive some benefit
in the way of revenue.
The man who, at cost of several
good fingers, fixed a cap on a gun
tube by striking it with hammer the
day, has written letter of condol
ance to the Parsons merchant who on
Wednesday arranged trap gun fol-
burglars, and the next day walked in
front Of it himself, catching the load
in his knee.
Elmer Ferguson, a Wellington ex'
press messenger, has just received an
elegant gold watch, chain and charm
from the Wells-Fargo company in re-
cognition of his brave defense of theil
property on the occasion Of the recent
train robbery in the territory. Fer
custom is very proud of the gift, but
he doesn't want to buy another at the
same cost.
Wednesday night while nightpolice
man Daniels at Mcpherson was at
tempting to arrest man by the name
of Bengston, he was resisted. Beings
ton started to run and Daniels shot a
him twice, the first shot taking effect
hitting him in the shoulder land pass
ing through the lungs. He ran abou
three blocks and fell. The officer
had been watching him for some time
The Missouri Pacific shops have jus
completed a wooden model of the rea
end of locomotive and the front enc
of the tank or tender, showing tn,
connection of the two when in work
ing order. 1t was constructed for evi
dence in law suit in Woodson coun
ty in which an ex-employe of the com
pany sues for damages sustained b,
having his foot crushed between tn
two sections. 1t was sent to Yate
Center Wednesday-Fort Scott Trib
une.