People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-01
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 Great Sunhower State-A Gem
eral Summary of Kansas New.
coil has been struck at Caney, Mont
gomery county.
The Ottawa Republican has been en-
larged by a column
The University extension class at
Lawrence numbers l2j.
A new packing house has begun op.
eratiors at Kansas City, Kan:
1t costs colo.ed gemmen S1.OO apiece
n the way Of police court fines to
shoot craps in Atchison.
Wright Lane of Lawrence got off on
The wrong road and was arrested Mon
lay for selling liquor.
A general court martial has been
set for Fl. Leavenworth to try such
cases as may come before it.
independence begins to think that
t has dead cinch on the location of
an off-shoot of the Fort Scott sugar
works.
Two Fort Riley soldiers, members
Of the Seventh cavalry, the famous
custer regiment, have just returned
from six-months' tour with Buffalo
Bill.
@The receipts of hogs at the Kansas
lily, Kansas, stock yards since Janu-
airy l, has been almost 2,OOO,OOO fully
10 per cent. heavier than during the
same period last year.
A bunch of cattle belonging to Chas.
Kansius, who lives near Lincoln, got
INTO field of second growth Kaffir
corn the other day and inside of an
hour six of them were dead.
The Presbyterians of Abilene are pre-
pairing to hold corn carnival" If
all the reports Of crop failures are to
be believed they will have to import
the corn from Kansas City.
Addition proof that it'doesn't pay to
raise wheat in Kansas: A Gray
county man named Winters raised
thirty bushels out of his neighbours bin
and was in Jail inside of twenty-four
hours.
The much advertised wolf hunt that
look place near Williamsburg last Sat-
urday was hardly bowling success,
for nary wolf was captured. Five
hundred men and boys participated in
the hunt.
Nearly every day a train load of
cattle pass through here for Kansas
City. The cattle buyers seem to be
doing big business in aud through
the western part of the state.--Rus-
sci Journal.
Dr. A. X. Mann, of Toronto, Wood
son county, took enough of scorrosive
sublimate the other day by mistake to
Kill a dozen men, but the immediate
boiling of the whites of big setting
Of eggs saved his life,
Chief of Police Quarrels of Kansas
ity, Kansas, has made himself very
unpopular with his subordinates by
forbidding the playing of checkers at
the police stations. There's no fun in
being a policeman there any more.
The Colts Advance says that never
before in that part Of Nemaha county
has there been such a demand as now
for farm lands, and further says that
prices on farm property have gone up
from T. to Is per cent during the past
year,
a Junction City woman subscribed
$1,000 toward building the Metho-
dist church at that place. There was
some disagreement as to the payment
and the church authorities have
brought suit to collect the amount Of
the subscription.
At the Goodland coursing meeting
last week Glenlyon won the Kenmore
club stakes, Fear took the Kenmore
derby and Rhaon Dhu captured the
consolation stake. The entrance fee
to the FIRST two events was $50 and
some of the best dogs in America were
entered.
Twelve Abilene ladies have a moyt
successful magazine exchange in oper-
alton. They raise fund of $50 each
year and subscribe for the leading
and periodicals. Then by
a carefully arranged system these are
passed along until each member has
had the benefit Of all at merely nom.
inal cost.
Alonzo Banks, an old and highly re-
spected citizen Of Trego county, was
killed in a runaway near Wa-Keeney
the other day. His team ran away,
the tongue broke and ran into the
ground and Mr.. Banks was thrown
high into the air. He landed fat on
his back, receiving internal injuries,
from which he died in few hours.
A Pittsburg merchant put SIS in
locked box, gave key to every pr.
chaser of a dollars worth OF goods,
and offered the SIS 10 the person
whose key would unlock the box con-
tanning it. Dolens of people bought
goods that didn't need, by the load, in
hope of getting the right key. But
one fellow had scheme worth two of
that. Instead of striving for the key
to the box he rustled around and
found key to the outer door. Now