People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-17
COUNTY NEWS.

was IN the city last saturday serving
Subpenas in the case of the state
against John Brady for cattle steal
ing otried at Anthony this week.
ArgOnia Clipper.
Bro. Branscombe Of the South Haven
New Era rejOices greatly because it is
a daughter, and Cline of the Conway
Springs Star, reiOices on account of
the faith that is in him.-Mulvane
Record.
Elder Brown is in another success
full meeting at Dalton. He organized
a church there Thursday evening, and
will preach there each alternate Sun
day at 3 pm. His Oxford meetings
resulted IN twenty-eight additions to
the church.-Register.
The bridge across the Minnesota
river on the Santa Fe R. R. is being
repaired, After the carpenters COM
plete this job they are to build a new
platform around the depot; a much
needed improvement as the old one Of
late became quite dilapidated.-Belle
Plaine News.
Elder Joseph E. Cain of Bell PLANE,
got his right arm broken and his
shoulder mashed, while returning
from church, in Butler county, last
Sunday night. The wagon or buggy,
in which he was riding, was overturn-
ed and fell on him. We are sorry to
hear of the Elders misfOrtune-M
vane Record.
Our "LOngfellOw" pulled his freight
for Wellington town last week with
out waiting Tor orders. We refer to
E. I. Barrett, who has started TO
make a lawyer Of himself. He is Ca
pable Of taking long strides ia any
direction and we expect he will ami
hilate time in his race for the bar
Oxford Register.
Three hundred bushels Of oats were
stolen from tao men who live in the
corner Of COwley county east of Null
yane, few days ago, and sold in Belle
Plaine. Detective Gurtner has found
the oats and is now trying TO find the
thieves. You can readily see that we
need the Anti-HIOrse Thief ASsocid-
ton. Record.
Squire Barnes was in from Eden
township Saturday. He tells Us he is
of the opinion that the peach crop for
next year has already been killed.
Barnes is also one of our level headed
farmers who believe in having hedge
fences around the farms in this cOun-
try. When we get more hedges and
more timber Of every kind here, we
will not have have 50 much wind
and will have a better cOuntry.-Con-
way Star.
Henry Cline, r. A. Jarboe and VIM.
Plaugher returned from Arkansas last
Wednesday, where they took horses
and traded them for bringing
the cattle back with them. Mr.. Cline
says he does not think there is anOth.
er country on earth like that Arkan.
Sas country. The people down there
live in log houses without windows
and the country is so rough in most
places that it is impossible to drive a
team over it, and when people go any.
where they have to walk.-COnway
Star
The case of the state against John
Brady for cattle stealing came up for
trial in the district court at Anthony
this week and he plead guilty and the
penalty was fixed at one year in the
penitentiary. Our readers will re-
member that Brady was in the
butcher business here during the
summer and it was for stealing cattle
to butcher here that he was arrested.
Brady and his friends ought to be
well pleased with the short term he
gets, as there could be no doubt as to
his guilt.-ArgOnia Clipper.
The United States marshals arrest
ed twenty-fOur farmers and citizens of
Grant county, near MedfOrd, last Fri
day for chopping down trees growing
on the school section in Township q.
range .. Five of those caught escap-
ed, nineteen gaze bond and the other
three in default of bond were taken to
jail at Guthrie to await trial. They
were all hard working men, who
thought it no harm to cut wood on
these unOccupied sections, and were
using the wood for their own use as
fuel. They had no warning whatever
and several who were scantlly clothed
begged permission to 20 to their
homes for warmer clothing, but were
denied that privilege even, and were
compelled to go to Jail without even
taking leave of their families or mott
flying them of their whereabouts, and
many of these same families are 10
very destitute circumstances We