People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-19
KANSAS MATTERS.
Items Of Interest Condensed for Hurried
Readers.


Eight troops of cavalry are stationed
at TT. Riley at present.
The bounty on coyotes has been
raised to So in Douglas county.
A Sylvan Grove, Lincoln county,
man has an orange tree in full bloom.
The Burr Oak. Jewell county, cream
cry IS starting out with a good patron
age.
A big irrigation meeting will be
held at Oakley, Logan county, next
Saturday,
Norton county pays sll, $4,000 this
year toward maintaining the state
government.
The Lawrence gas company has le-
duced the price OF the product to sl.9O
per 1000 feet.
Smith Center is trying hard to Sc
cure the location of a good Touring
mill at that point.
\ Rochester, Shawnee county, man
is preparing to put mis- entire farm, III
acres. into small fruits.
The business interests of Chanute
are enlarging. A new milkman has
just commenced business there.
Caney, Montgomery county has a
new Touring mill of large capacity
nearly ready to begin operations.
The Sunmerfeld Sun says that land
in that part of Marshall county is rent
ing for from 50 to 81 an acre cash.
Lawrence has established a rock
pile for the purpose of affording EN-
ployment to the poor of the city.
A Fort Scott bum got so drunk last
week that three days in Jail failed to
sober him up and he was turned loose.
All the movable property of the dis
continued Salina land Office was sold
at auction the other day. 1t went
cheap.
L Two street railway conductors were
held up by foot pads in Kansas City,
Kan, Friday night and $40 or So Sc
cured.
Life ana limb are endangered bv
reckless rilers on the streets of Par
sons and the Sun calls loudly for re-
form.
Wine is selling at one cent a quart
in France and is drug. 1t is also a
drug in Kansas, but costs more than
cent gill.
II. A. Moss has just been sentenced
to two years Imprisonment at Lam
sing for stealing 4 load of wheat in
Smith county.
Riley county's new poor farm is
ready for occupancy. j. &. Voiles has
been appointed superintendent for the
ensuing year.
The University Glee and Banjo club
were the honOred guests at two recep-
tions and ball when they were in
Manhattan last Monday.
There will be a civil service exam
nation at Lawrence on February 10.
Applications to take the examination
must be tile1 by January 81.
Lyndon, Usage county. citizens have
subscribed within 5000 of enough to
insure the establishment of a canning
factory there in the spring.
An epidemic of measles is affecting
the inmates of the lmbecile asylum at
Winfield, sixty cases being treated at
one time. Two deaths have resulted
from the disease.
Kiowa citizens have raised money
by private subscription to build a
BRUCE across Driftwood in the Indian
territory in order to attract the trade
of county NJ TO their town.
Three hundred and five car loads of
hay, averaging ten tons to the car
were shipped from Blue Mound, Linn
county, during 1893. This amount re-
allied over $4,000 for the shippers.
The people of Osborne county still
pin their faith to the untold value of
the gold mine recently discovered
near Downs. The latest report is that
the dirt runs ten ounces of sl4 gold to
the ton.
Frank Brown, of Carbondale, Ozare
county, topped the Kansas City cattle
market on Friday with a car load of
superfine export steers. The steers
averaged l,54l pounds and sold for
$500 over SIS apiece.
1t is reported that the new superin-
tendent of the Haskell institute at
Lawrence will be selected according
to civil service rules. II this is cor
rect H. j. PEARS. now head teacher.
will probably be the fortunate man.
A farmer living near Garden CITY
undertook to drain his fish pond the
other day and overdid the matter. He
put in all the next day gathering up
the FISH from the dry bed of the pond.
Three hundred Of them were frozen
stiff.
F.. P. Kellogg, cashier of the Ex-
change Bank at jamestown, Cloud
county, whlch closed its doors las.
August after turning over the larger
portion of its assets to an Atchison
bank, is under arrest for crookedness
in connection with the failure. His
preliminary examination will be held
ut Concordia, January 10, before
Ivdge Shaefer.
Bourbon county citizens are vigor-
1usly protesting against the plan of
farming out the countys poor to the
lowest bidder and demand that a re-
sponsible person be hired at a speci.
fed rate of remuneration TO have
charge of the county Door farm. AL