People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-02

A portion Of the premium list for
Cotfey county fair to be held next fall
has already been announced.
The Ellsworth Reporter springs the
name of Ira Z. Lloyd as candidate
for congress in the Sixth district.
Eleven out of twenty-one applicants
for teachers certificates at the last
Sedgewi,k county examination failed.
The e. A. r. post of Jetmore.
Hodgeman county, gave a. entertain
ment Thursday night in honor of
Washington's birthday
Mrs. Sarah Stout is said to De the
youngest grandmother in Atch son
She is only 30 years old and is grand
mother of 3-year-old girl.
The Newton schools were dismissed
Wednesday and Thursday in order to
give the students an opportunity to
participate in the e. A. K, exercises.
A Methodist revival which has Just
closed at Cherryvale resulted in sixty
conversions and now the Presbyterians
are engaged in rounding up the strag-
glers.
Goodland is banking heavily on the
correctness of the rumor that the Il.
Il NJ. intends to extend its line to Pu-
eblo, running through Sherm? MS cap
ital on the way.
So far this winter, but eight Good
land families lave applied to the city
for aid, and the expense of assisting
all of them has not at any time ex.
ceeded $40 week.
The Junction City council has just
passed an ordinance making it mis-
demeanor for any person to engage in
prize fight or glove contest within
the city limits for pay.
1t has just been discovered that
through an error Kansas City, Kan,
has lost Sj,S46 in the way of taxes as
sessed against the Missouri Pacific.
Steps will be taken to collect it.
A mad dog had the right of way in
Delphos, Ottawa county, the other
day, and now the city council has
passed an ordinance ordering that all
CANNES be confined for two weeks.
A receiver has been appointed for
the private bank of Ritter & Double
day at Pittsburg Trouble between
the partners and not financial difficult
ty explains why thep appointment was
made.
The w. {. T. L. of Junction City
made an attempt to prevent the APP
pearance of the Fannie Hill troupe
that was advertised to give a perfor'
nance the other night but was I'M
successful.
The Hazen district, No, ll6, in Syl
van township, has the largest schoo
library in Reno county. 1t consists Of
1T volumes. Six other country dis
tricts in the county own upwards o.
sixty vo umes,,
A bill has just passed the senate
providing for the relief of w. II. l.
Pepperell of Concordia to the extern
Of 81 AS. This amount is claimed BY
Pepperell he lost while being postmas
ter under Cleveland during his frs
administration.
Ice cream soda will be a luxury in
stead of an article of steady diet il
Emporia next summer. All the dis
pensers in town havc joined com
bine to fix the price at 10 cents anC
keep it there. 1t will cost any mem
Der of the combine 32j in the way of ;
fine to sell at cents.
Macmillan Eppstein, a prominen
Democratic politician and wealth,
business man of Toledo, O., died sud
denly at noon Monday, of hemorr
hage. He was largely interested il
the Finlay Brewing company anC
would have undoubtedly Gcen The
next postmaster Of that city.
The grand union of the Fqu table
Aid Union lodge for the state of Kan
sas met in annual session in Kansa,
City, Kan, Wednesday. About fifty
delegates were present. The session.
were resumed the next DAY when new
officers and delegate to the meeting
of the grand lodge of the United
States at Philadelphia next month
were elected.
In the case Of the Knights OF Pythias
insurance on the lives of Richard Nor.
hey and William Heinze, which the
beneficiary refused to pay on the
ground that the insured came to their
death through the excessive use OF
stimulantS, the secretary of the board
of control has offered to compromise
by paying 5000 to Mrs. Norbey. The
policy is for $1,000.
"a prohibition row is brewing at
Atchison. A number of citizens have
petitioned the police commissiore IS To
fine druggists monthly the same as
they do joints. The druggists say
that if anything of the kind is attempt
ed they will pool their forces and
close up every joint in town. The ED
is not yet.
Counterfeit money is circulating
through the city. A number of mer.
chants have been getting the stuff and
have cautioned their clerks to be on
the lookout The money is mostly
halves and d airs, and ring as true as
the real doll@ In weight they are
short and have greasy feeling. The
/ United States officers will soon have
something to say to these swindlers.
The hardware store of Keefer Bros,
of 0lathe was broken into Wednesday
night, and seven double-barrel shot
guns, and one Marlin repeating rife.
all worth over 5000 were stolen. En-
| trance was effected by cuttin0 througb