People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-07-27
The Arkansas river is up again.

N~HfNSN AOA SNAlOOA
Joe Bristow holds that artificial
rain-making is a work Of super-irrIga-
ton.
The Journal says that the Lawrence
joints aud dives are growing worse
and thicker.
The Santa Fe DEPOT was burned
Tuesday night at Caldwell. A fire.
cracker did il.
They have run out of weather at
Sterling and the station there has
been discontinued.
The Manhattan Nationalist has
been sold to H. ]. Allen. formerly of
the Salina Republican.
Shawnee county is disposing OF her
court house bonds TO the state school
fund commissioners.
The Kansas mutual Life Insurance
company has been licensed 10 do busi-
ness in Massachusetts,.
Walter Davis, son of Congressman
John Davis. of Kansas, is practicing
law in Washington city.
e. H, Gibbons, of Wichita, is suing
the city for 5000 damage on account
Of leg he broke on an INSTRUCTED
sidewalk.
An Emporia man claims to have dis
covered liquor habit cure that is bet
ter and cheaper than the Kelley sys-
TEN.
Bunk ThurstOn was struck over the
head with a base ball club in the
hands Of John Murray, near Concordia,
and fatally hurt.
An effort is being made to have the
government take hold of the Peabody
milk station-the only one in the
United States.
Governor Lewelling has been invit.
ed to deliver the Populist day address
at the Chautauqua assembly, August
IS, at Salem, Neb.
Wichita pharmacists have formed an
association for the purpose otprevent--
ing any member from scaling his
profits below 300 per cent.
General Superintendent A. j. Hit,
of the Rock Island, was a school
teacher at Omaha twenty-three years
ago, and quit teaching to accept po-
sition as brakeman.
The county records oS Kearney
county have been transferred from
Hartland to Lakin, the newly selected
county seat. The next term of the
district court will be held in Lakin.
Farmer Livingston livisg~AeAr Iiar-
rison Church in Neosho county, esti.
mates that he has this year of low
prices on wheat raised a crop of 81
acres that will net him $40 per acre.
Morton Gunther and James, klexan-
der were working around threshing
machine near Montana, Labette coun-
ty, the other day. There was,a slight
quarrel which resulted in Gunther
plunging pitchfork into Alexander's
abdomen, inhicting a dangerous il
not fatal wound. Gunther Aed and
has not been captured.
More than one hundred entries have
been made for the annual race meet
ing Of the Lcavenworth Live Stock
and Breeders Association which will
begin August p, Laura r., 200; Fred
H., 2:ll; Dandy o., 2:l2; and John Car
penter. 2:1O, have been entered in the
free-forallpaee Gonzales McGregor, the
big bay gelding, that created sensa-
ton at the Overland Park meeting in
Denver year ago, will be there
Sheriff Moses OF Montgomery coun-
ty. went ovef into Missouri one day
this week TO recover a stolen team.
He found the team bat there was
dispute over a $50 dollar reward that
had been offered, which ended with
Sheriff Moses underarre tor drawing
revolver. Moses was released on
$500 bond but will have to go back in
August and stand trial. The horse.
thief got away.
II. B. Calef Of Arkansas City has in
vented and made application for a
patent upon a device for the safe
transmission Of important letters and
valuable packages through the mails.
He claims that it is an efficient safe.
guard against thefts or the unlawful
tamperine of dishonest postal en-
plo7es with letters and valuables
while 10 transit. and if adopted by the
government will almost entirely SUI
persede the present cumbersome sys-
TEN Of registering letters.
The new rooster for the G. A. r. OF
Kansas, to lie published in August.
will contain the names, rank, company,
regiment, state and arm Of service OF
every member of the order on August
1. and every member who was com
raje at the time Of his death, in the
state. There is a great interest taken
in this important publication. and it
should be well known that the names
Of ouly members Of the G.. A. r. will
appear in the great roll Of honor.
Every old soldier not a member, and
all who from any cause have permit
ted their membership 10 lapse, should
at once seek membership or restora,
ton, and thus have their military
records placed in the hands of many
thousands for future references.