People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-19

this winter.
Public meetings are being held in
all parts of Lyon county in the inter.
est of the proposed Gulf and Inter
state railroad.
The North Kansas Poultry club has
dec. ! d to hold its annual show al
Atchison again next winter. The dates
will be January 2 to 5.
Petitions are being circulated in
Usage county asking the governor to
pardon Mrs. Kate Gibson, recently
convicted for violating the prohibitory
law.
John y. Reynolds. who became in
sane Il short time ago down in Texas,
has been taken TO his home in Atchi-
son. His condition is not at all i'm
proved.
\ familyin Lawrence moves so Of
ten that whenever an express wagon
passes the house the chickens lie down
on their backs and hold up their legs
to be tied.
1t costs footmen cents each to cross
the new Leavenworth bridge. One
horse vehicles are taxed 25 cents and
two-horse vehicles IS cents for the
same privilege.
A special train of ten car loads of
fat cattle left Dewey's ranch at Mar
haitian last night bound for the Chica-
go market A like shipment was
made a week ago.
George Raht, young man about 90
years cd, died few days ago in Wa
baunsee county from internal idiuries
caused by his being thrown upon the
horn of the saddle while riding
Doniphan county has compromised
with the Burlington road in the settle
ment of the disputed tax question.
The county accepted $4,000 in heu of
the sll, O.46 assessed against the rail-
road company
Seven persons, including two wo-
men, have been arrested at Garnett,
charged with violating the prohibito-
ry law. Nearly all OF them failed to
give bonds and are now in the county
Jail awaiting trial.
The Newton Republican says that
in that city tramps are appearing in
greater numbers than ever before in
the history of the town. and they
stand on the streets and ask pedes-
TRANS for money at all hours of the
day and night.
Lawrence officials have adopted the
plan of establishing rock pile where
INDECENT persons unable,t to get work
may earn something to keep soul and
body together, and the city get some
return for the money it will be COM
PEELED to spend.
The Herington, Dickinson county,
creamery has been sold to Mr.. Blan-
chatt, one of the largest stockholders,
for S9,7l4. Mr.. Blanchatt will move
the buildings and machinery to his
farm just west of Herington and con-
tinue the business as heretofore.
The Usage County Free Press says:
1t is not generally known that there
are pearls in Marais des Cygnes river
but such is the fact nevertheless. W.:
W. Jones found two lately. One is col.
orless and the other one is pink, and
he values them at about fifteen dollars
apiece.
Prof. Mccoy of Jefferson county pro-
poses to make a living il rustling
avails anything in that direction. lie
is proprietor of herd of high-class
Poland China hogs, runs photograph
gallery in Valley Falls, conducts a
dancing school in the same town, and
otficiates in church orchestra.
DIR. Daniel Dorchester, superintend-
ent of all the Indian schools in the
country, has been at Haskell institute
at Lawrence for several days. lie re-
ports that during the last four years
the ranking of the school according TO
the standard fixed upon has been in
creased from 40 per cent to &C per
cent.
Messrs Taylor & Hartzell, the men
who captured the Mound Valley train
robbers and turned them over to the
authorities of Labette county, are
having trouble in collecting the 81, 400
reward offered. Half dozen parties
want division of the reward, and
payment has been deferred waiting
for an agreement as to the most Just
division.
The Office force Of the state univers'
ity is rushed at present, getting the
chinch bug reports for 1893 ready for
the state printer. There are to be over
5000 reports and a final request to the
farmers to send in their statements Is
to be made this week. This will be
the fourth request, as the farmers
have been rather slow to report. The
chinch bug annual will be completed
in about four weeks.
i At Lincoln social event last week
the principal amusement was a SMELL
ing contest. Eight bottles containing
various mixtures from sour mash and
rose water to camphor and sorghum,
were submitted to the guests and
prizes offered for the greatest num-
Der of correct guesses as to the COM
osition of the contents. The winner
named correctly the ingredients forn-
ing five of the mixtures.
The Colby, Thomas county. Tribune
Says: Since the commissioners placed
a bounty on rabbit scalps, the people
living ia the western part of the
county have invented a novel scheme
whereby the feet-footed Jacks are
slaughtered by the wholesale. A piece
of wire eighty rods long, each end of
which Is fastened TO wagon. is
dragged over the nrairie scarino, m,