People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-17
KANSAS STATE MATTERS.
WHAT THE JAYHkWKeRS ARE
DOING TO-DAY.
condensed News from All Parts OF
the Great Sunfiower State-A Gen.
eral Summary of Kansas New.

There were sixty-four arrests in
Atchison during July.
Immense crowds are attending the
Methodist camp meeting at Wichitp
Threshiug hands are plentiful in
Lincoln county at so cents a day and
board.
a big irrigation convention will be
held at Tribune, Greeley county, some
time this month.
The ten days Bible school OF the
Kansas Gospel union closed Thursday
at Bismark Grove
A we'll digger thinks he has discov-
cred vein of gold near Argentine
that will repay working.
The Kansas City. Kan. mail car
riers who were appointed last year
have had their wages raised from $50
to SO month.
Tobacco is being grown success
fully and extensively in the vicinity
OF Spring Hill, Johnson county.
Blue Rapids offers a $4,000 school
building to any qualified instructor
who will establish an academy.
The White Banner is new populist
paper which has been established at
Wilsonton, Labette county.
Capt W. T. Burgess of Wichita ha.
an offer to enter the Japanese service
during the Corean war. He may &C.
cept.
c. b. Jewell, the Rock Island rain.
maker, operated at Maple Hill on the
plan of $500 if he did and $50 if he
didn't. He didn't.
The Lawrence oil well near Neode-
sha is yielding thirty barrels of petro-
leum per day. 1t is the second best
well in the district.
The convention of the Christian
churches Of Northwest Kansas will be
held in wigwam, between Belleville
and Oronoque, Norton county, August
9l-23.
The NJ. X. & T. shops at Parsons
will hereafter run six days in the
week. For some weeks they have
been in operation but four days each
week.
A son OF Congressman John Davis
has just made fual proof on a timber
claim in Greeley county. He has never
lived on the claim and never worked
it himself.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the A. R.U.
at Argentine is making an effort to
induce boarding house keepers to boy
colt all railroad men who have taken
the places o. strikers.
A lively fight over the assistant
postmastership at Wichita has been
settled by the appointment of George
P. Locke, who has been a candidate
for the position only four or five days.
]. A. McDermott has been arrested
at Salina for forgery on complaint of
}. B. Cummings. Cummings charges
that last month McDermott drew
three checks on him on the Salina
State bank.
6The Fort Scott sugar works will be-
gin this seasons operations next week.
1t is said the large crop of cane is very
juicy, and that the sugar yield this
year will largely exceed last years
output.
Helmet Weber, a German farmer liv.
ing near Chadron, Rawlins county.
committed suicide by blowing the TOP
of his head off with shot gun. The
cause for the act was that mis- wife re.
fused to live with him.
1t is reported that the corpse Of
Mrs. Subbleield, VINO was buried in .
cemetry between here and Burlington
a short time ago, was taken from the
grave and robbed of silk dress, GOLD
watch and some jewelry that wa.
buried with her, the coffin being lef
open by the side of the grave.-Lebc
Enterprise.
Henry A. Tegder, aged about 81
years committed suicide at the Osa
watomie house in Osawatomie Satur
day night by drinking an ounce O
nux vomica. From papers on his per
son it was learned that he had recent
ly been employed by the Ferd Helm
Brewing company, Kansas City, No.
and has brother at Meridian, No.
An aged lady in Atchisnn came nea
meeting horrible death by poisoning
Sunday morning. She took a bottl
Of carbolic acid from the shelf anc
thinking it was wine turned it up t,
take drink. She took large mouth
full, but realizing something wa
wrong, spit it out before swallowin,
It Her mouth was badly burned how
ever.
The board Of education of Kansa
2ity, Kansas, felt constrained to Gu
The term of school from nine to eigh
months because of scarcity Of funds
Now the teachers offer, in order t
larry out the scheduled course o
study, to teach nine months for eigh
months pay, with the understanding
!, hat if the board succeeds in collectini
sufficient back taxes they are to re
:eive remuneration for the full tim
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