People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-15
KANSAS STATE MATTERS.
WHAT THE JAYHAWKERS ARE
DOING TO-DAY.
Condensed News from All Parts OF
the Great Sunfiower State-A Gen.
eral Summary of Kansas New.

"Nueva Topeka" is the name Civ
en- to a new Kansas settlement in
Mexico.
Emperor Francis Joseph has gone to
Buda Pesth and will stay there sever
al days.
The union depot at Hiawatha with
all its contents, was burned to the
ground Sunday afternoon.
An old cannon, sent to General Lane
by the Emigrant Aid Society in the
early days of Lawrence, is on exibi-
ton in that city.
Wallace county has been blessed
with u copious downpour of rain
which has revived crops and helped
vegetation wonderfully.
August Geveke, councilman Of the
Fifth ward of Leavenworth, dropped
dead at his house without moments
sickness Friday evening.
Two sets of cars have been manu-
featured for the Atchison electric
street railway. The quarrel is over
which will be accepted
Superintendent Gaines saws that the
people of Kansas are very generally
enthusiastic in supporting and en-
couraging the county high school.
Abilene is some few" when it
comes to Memorial Day orators. Six
citizens Of that place delivered ad-
dresses at other places on that day.
The Telescope is authority for the
statement that during the recent hail
storm near Belleville hundreds of
chickens were killed by the falling
chunks of ice,
The State Historical Society has re-
ceived into its collections two copies
of the st, Gaudens bronze medals is
sued by the committee on the Wash
ington memorial arch.
A few years ago binding Irvine cost
the grain growers of Kansas from
l6 to Is cents a pound. This season
sisal Irvine is being sold for : cents
and the best manila for Q.
Colonel Thomas Moonlight of Leav-
enwOrth has been constant sufferer
from neuralgia since he arrived in La
Paz to assume his duties as United
States minister to Bolivia.
John Mustard, a member of the sen.
Tor class at the State university. has
written a novel entitled THE polite
ian, which has been favorbly noticed
by some of the Lawrence papers.
As scheme to attract attention the
delivery of the salutatory in Latin at
the EmpOria normal school mas proved
! a success, bu. as an exhibition of SUI
periOr culture 1t is a decided failure.
COrbett & Forsyth have sold the
Wellington Nail to Pickett & Nourse,
who announce that they will continue
to conduct the paper on the policy
that news is news and business is
business
Geo. W. Winans, ex.superintendent
of public instruction and one of the
best known educators in the state,
has been elected to the superintendent
cy of the Hutchinson schools for the
coming year.
A chinch bug infection station has
been established under the supervision
OF Warren Knaus, the newly appoint
ed postmaster at Mcpherson. Knaus.
by the way, is an entomologist of no
mean ability.
Wheat harvest commenced in Sum-
ner county this week, The dry wealth.
er of the last week has ripened the
grain very last and some wheat is al
ready in the shock. The yield prom
ised is good.
: The Winfield Chautauqua Assembly
begins on June 10Th and ends June
2sth, The speakers include Henry
Watterson of Kentucky, Judge Tour
gee of New York, Major Dane of Bos-
ton, and DR.. Gray of Chicago-all
tirSt-class orators. One fare for the
round trip on all railroads.
Tony and Christ SchOnlow, brothers
were drowned Sunday while bathing
in lake near Danville, Harper coun.
ty. One of the brothers became ex-
hausted in the water and the other
lost his life while trying to rescue
him. A friend of the two men was
also drowned in attempting to help
them.
The Missouri Pacific is not hauling
any more freight than is absolutely
necessary, on account of the scarcity
Of coal. An order is expected daily to
stop the running of certain freight
trains on the Central branch. No ex.
tras have been sent out on the branch
for some time, and will not for some
time to come, except for stock or 9th
erperishable freight.
Hunnewell held an election IN April
IN the old-tashloned way. As soon as
the newly elected officers began to en-.
force the city ordinances it was dis
covered that the election was illegal
and a new election ,under the Austria
liam ballot system was ordered. aTRe
second election took place last week
and Hunnewell now has a set of offic.
ers who were legally chosen.
The Winfield District of the South.
western Kansas Conference of the NJ.
Z. church will hold an old-fashioned
campmeeting on the Assembly
Grounds at Winfield, beginning Aug.
ust 90, and closing September 3. Mem
bers of the Conference will be in
charge of all the services. Ample ac-
comodations for tenters or boarders
will be provided at reasonable rates
Rev. A. B. Bruner, pastor of the First
N. E. church, Winfield, will answer
all inquiries if stamp is enclosed.
The wheat and oate orone n, Al =.