People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-05
The supreme court OF Kansas will 10
day pass upon the case of Fred Sorter
convicted of murder two year, ago


Medicine Lodge sugar mills this YEA,
to be run through the centrifugais 10
separate the sugar from the syrup.
ms was done successfully last wear
and with great profit.
Y. +. Moore was caught beneath a
falling tree while clearing timber
from his farm two miles east of Ton.
cordla Wednesday, and seriously il
not fatally injured. Assistance found
him pinned fast to the ground, and In
q frightfully bruised condition. He
was removed to his residence where n
was found that he had been paralyzed
and that his spine was affected. His
recovery is doubtful.
In the damage suit of Z. S. Stalev.
OF Horton, against the Rock Island
railroad company, the jury in the
United States circuit court at TopeI,a.
returned verdict Monday evening in
favor OF the plaintiff for Si.OO5 The
suit was for 10000 Staley was one
of four men who were CARRYING n
heavy iron bar in the shops at Horton
ono end of which was allowed to dron
without warning, the sudden strain
injuring Staley's back and producing
partial paralysis.
A. d. Treadwell of Emporia was
sentenced to five years hard labor in
the state penitentiary Thursday for
attempting to break into the postoflice
there last summer. lie was given the
heaviest penalty provided by the law,
as the trial developed the fact that he
was an escaped prisoner from the Ken
lucky pcnitentiary and that he was
wanted by the police of Cincinnati,
Philadelphia, Omaha, and other
places for burglanes.
l The jury in the case OF the state VS..
a. NJ. Lasley returned a verdict of not
guilty Saturday afternoon. Lasley,
an attorney of Lyons. shot Dr.. Terry.
Of that city, last March. lie was tax.
en- to Salina on the charge of assault
with intent to kill. 1t was shown that
Terry Lad compromised the defend
ants wife and also made threats
against Las.ey. Both men are promi.
nent men OF Rice county, and the case
was taken to Salina on a change OF
venue, because bitter feeling in LYONS
prevented an impartial hearing Of tho
case.
The remains of the little Swear.
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. !. w.
Moss, of Fredonia, who died at Pelo,
Mo-, Saturday night while on visit,
were brought home Wednesday night
and largely attended funeral was
held there the next day. Besides the
deep mourning of the parents at tho
loss of their child is that OF Master
Shinn, of the same age, near neigh,
Dor and ever constant playmate, Wild
upon learning of his SO much attached
ones death, at once gave way, be-
came PROSTATE and is still in a critical
condition.
Farmers along the Arkansas river
in western Kansas are making quite a
success of raising alfalfa and bees.
The very finest honey is made from
the bloom of the alfalfa and finds
ready market at home. Three crops
OF hay and one of seed arc taken from
the field and ,this makes it profita-
BILE crop Is there any reason why
the farmers of Harper county should
not raise this crop and go into the bee
business: There are already a num-
Der of fields in the county that are
doing we'll Give it trial. II is
surer and more profitable than wheat.
Anthony Republican.
The Office of the Pacific Express Co.,
at the Missouri Pacific depot, in Fort
Scott, was entered Thursday evening
at o'clock by robbers. who secured be-
tween 500 and 81 ,0lO for their trouble.
Sherman WagY. the messenger in
charge of the office, was waiting for
the train due here at 7;l5 p. m, and
wishing to go to the ticket office at
the other end of the depot, closed the
safe, but failed to lock it. He was alb
sent about fifteen minutes and upon
returning discovered that the office
had been burglarized. He Immediate
ly gave the alarm, but no trace of the
robbers could be found. As the rob.
bers took the way bills and receipts it
is impossible to ascertain,the exact loss.
Agent A. S. Devers thinks the amount
will not exceed $500.
Mrs. Mary E. Lease, chairman OF
the state board of charities, has been
visiting the reform school and she has
made a few changes in the rules OF
that institution. In the first place
she has decided that the whip must 90
and hereafter there will be no punish
ments with the rod. She has forbid
den tattlin.. One boy will not be al.
lowed to report on another, And the
rule that will be most appreciated by
the boys is one that not more than
one day shall be added to any boys
time at the school on account OF some
slight offense. Heretofore this penal
ty has gone as high as TWEEN
ty-five days, and in the course of 600
days many boys stay has been pro-
longed several months.
The first thing C. S. Bird did after
buying that eighty acres north of his
house was to break up several acres
and plant forest trees. He planted
eight or ten bushels Of black walnuts
and some burr oak acorns and will
give enough of his attention to insure
fine growth there in few years. On
the west side of his home he has a
grove of several years standing, most
ly of naples and walnuts that are get
ting Of good size, and he will have the
best timoe farm IN the country one
of these fine days. just think what a
country this would be if every man
living on prairie farm had when he
moved onto it, done as Mr.. Bird did
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