People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-04

teasing Wichita people for a bonus tc
locate plant there.
The smallpox scare at Leavenworth
reduced the receipts of the street car
lines nearly so per cent.
Eighty-seven applicants for govern.
ment positions took the civil service
examination at Wichita Thursday.
"Why are the Fishes in the Great
Cave in Kentucky BlInd?" was the
subject of a Pittsburg minister's ser.
mon Sunday.
The Cowley county fair commenced
the cath at Winfield. Large crowds
are expected daily and he races
plenty and good.
Henry Watterson of the Louisville
Courier-Journal will lecture at Eureka,
Greenwood county, on the evening OF
October "a.
Clay Sparks is on trial at Medicine
Lodge for killing his brother Emmett
over game of cards last month. Il
took week to secure jury.
Mrs. Hattie Albert came near meet.
ing her death from an overdose OF
morphine at Winfield, Saturday even,
ing, taken with suicidal intent.
]. B. Ryar shipped a car load OF
horses form Manhattan to Fitchburg,
Mass, for sale one day last week. The
animals were bought very cheap.
Reed, the man that killed Hopper,
in Wellington two years ago was sen
tenred at Winfield last week to one
year in the penitentiary and hang.
The Central Branch will run an ex
cursion to Kansas City, October 6 at
remarkably low rates. The ronnG
trip from Downs or Burr Oak will be
only 50.
1t is said that Bailie Waggener will
be the Atchison nominee for Repre-
sentative on the Democratic ticket al
the convention which will be held
next Saturday.
Owen Duffy has commenced work
on fine elevator at Leavenworth. II
will be SOx49 feet and five stories high
which will take it up into the air sew.
ty-fve feet.
The Quenemo cob pipe factory re.
ceived recently one order from 0ttaws
for l,2OO dozen pipes, and another
from Denver firm for 1000 dozen
Quenemo Republican.
A sneak thief at Atchlson-probab ly
the same one that played a similar
game at Lawrence Saturday-stole Sc
worth of gold filing from DR.. Kel-
logg's dental Office last week.
An effort is being made to have the
interior department set aside the un.
used portion of the Fort Hays military
reservation in Ellis county as public
park for Hays City.
The member of the Wyandotte
County Fruit Growers association
have resolved to put their apple crop
into cold storage unless they can get
sl.5O a barrel at picking time.
The managers of the big Colorado
horticultural society which is being
held in Denver have decided to send a
portion of the exhibits to the Wichita
fair that is being held this week.
A man named Silks, who lives in
Park place, returned from western
Nebraska few days ago, with two
good horses, which ne purchased tol
$3.50. This is a fact.-Atchison Globe
The name of the postoffice at ALA
mead, Lincoln county, has been chang
ed to Yorktown. The postoffice at
Plywell, Finney county, and Weston
Geary county, have been discontinued.
The latest thing in church society
events is pancake and maple syrup
SOCIAL" The y. p. S. c. E., of the
First Presbyterian church of Kansas
City, Kansas, perpetrated one We'd
nesday night.
Lewelling will have to issue another
tramp circular" Chief of Police
White of Atchison announces that
hereafter all men found loafng about
the streets will be arrested and put to
work on the rock pile.
The Central Association Of Congre.
cation churches of Kansas, consisting
of thirty-eight organizations, held its
semi-annual session at Alma last week.
About forty pastors and delegates
were present.
The officers Of the Southeast Kan.
sas Log-Rolling association, elected
last week at Coffeyville, are: Presi
dent, t. A. Stiles; Secretary, F. H.
Lyons; Treasurer, A. II. Sears. The
next log-rolling will be at Fort Scott
A delinquent subscriber to the In.
man, Mcpherson county, Review, paid
up two years back subscription and
one in advance, which so encouraged
the editor that he increased the size Of
the paper from six to seven columns.
There is new book agent trick in
town. You are shown a book and IL
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