People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-07

Paragraphs for the Convenience OF
Hurried Readers.
There is new Kansas railroad talk
ed of from Doniphan county to Little
Rock.
Edourd Remenyi, the great violinist
Is making the rounds in Kansas this
winter.
W. T. Borton of Emporia, accident
ally shot himself while carelessly
handling a revolver.
A car load of coal was distributed to
the poor at Colby on last Saturday.
There were 232 applicants.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf railroad held its annual meeting
and elected officers last week.
Mr.. John Brier was severely cut the
6rst of the week while trying to eject
, burglar from his house in Topeka.
DR.. E. P. Miller, of New York, has
such confidence in Kansas that he
will plant large orchard in Sedgwick
county.
]. B. Chan iler & Co., of Nebraska,
Is going to move their stable of forty
horses to Wichita to train on their
track.
The farmers of Kansas are rejoicing
over the fact that the late snow storms
have done a great good for the COM
ing crops.
Major Cole, who has been holding
revival meetings in Wichita the past
ten weeks, left for Paola, Kans., last
Tuesday.
The people of Oswego, Labette
county, have lately discovered that
they have been the victims of smooth
Bwindler.
The county attorney OF Montgomery
county has within two years collected
over S., 900 from the dives and dens of
that county.
John Misner and wife OF alley
Center township, Sedgwlck county,
celebrated their ffty-ninth anniver-
sary last week.
Leoti Standard: While coming up
from Lakin Monday Frank Lane acct
dentally came upon a herd of forty
two antelope.
At Randall when they dance the
people have to pay the fiddler, and
the fiddler has to pay the town a IL
cense of S..
The Seneca Courier Democrat says
that the CentraliS, Seneca and Pawnse
railroad is all wind, and darn poor
wind at that
The Cherokee smelters shipped their
first car load of zinc spelter last week.
Every department in the works is now
complete and running.
W. W. Aud, one of the oldest citi.
zens of Atchison died last week aged
62years. He was formerly of the mill
ing firm OF Blair & Aud.
The Church of Christ of La Cygne
was dedicated last Sunday. The or
ganization is but Eve months old, yet
it has membership of $50
The charter of the Prospero Land
and Cattle Co., has been filed. Its prin-
cipal offices are at Wichita and it has
a capital stock of S35, 900. It's place of
business is Kiova and adjoining coun-
ties.
There is case in the Sedgwick
county court where two men are &C.
eused Of stealing cattle at
Maize, Kansas, selling them at the
stock yards at Wichita. Both men
deny the charges.
Marion Times: Mr.. ]. M. Young of
Marion, is one Of the jurors in the
Hillmon case. He will be at least a
month older when he is through, and
probably in need of anime dyes to re-
store the color to his hair.
Conductor E. D. Sill, on a water
train of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Memphis railroad, fell under the
moving train in Olathe while making
switch one day last week and was
instantly killed. He was about FORTY
years old and his home was in Au.
born Park, III.
The Baptist church circles are all
torn up in church row. The church
council in session last week recon-
mended change Of pasture for Rev.
H. A. hall and virtually bounced him
from the ministry so far as the Bap.
list church is concerned.
The bishop of Kansas announces
the following appointments for his
chaplain, the Rev. C. Rowland Hill, D..
D.: Feb. 10, Pittsburg; Feb. II, Gil
rard; Feb. IL. Columbus; Feb. 10, Bax-
ter Springs; Feb. IA, Galena; Feb. 1917,
Oswego; Feb. 1924, Independence; Feb
eS, Colony; Feb. 20 Topeka; March
B-5, Clay Center.
An important compromise was Wed
uesday determined upon in the IA
nous Black Bob Indian land case
at Topeka, both sides agreeing to the
payment to the Carney heirs of SS,s5
an acre for 1000 acres in johnson
county in the dispute regarding the