People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-24
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lence of diphtheria in malignant
form.
Haskell county has had $1,000
Jail for ten years, ahlch has mad but
a single occupant over night, and he
escaped.
A young woman has as much right
to drink and smoke and swear as
man. but society does not seem to
think so.
Kingman City and the managers OF
its electric light plant have disagreed
and the city is in darkness these
days-at night.
A. A. Stewart has been removed as
superintendent of the state deaf and
dumb institute at Olathe, and H. c.
Hammond Of Chicago appointed to
al the vacancy.
Sumner county seems to have a
hard time trying to keep her prison
ers in Jail. They either escape and
run away or roam about the streets
of the county Seat.-Arkansas City
Traveller.
The Topeka newspapers announce
that Governor Woodbury. of Yer
mont is coming to Kansas this week
as the representative of a number of
Vermont capitalists who have decided
to invest S75, 900 in Kansas corn this
fall.
A youth up in Mcpherson saw a
girl pass along the street wearing
streamers, the first he had ever seen.
He was an accommodating soul, and,
thinking to confer a favor, caught
hold of them, saying: Say, Miss,
your suspenders are coming down. -
Stolen.
1t begins to look very much as
though there wOnld be a Scrapping
match between England and Vene-
zuela, in which event the United
States might take hand before it
was all over. We agree with Eugene
Ware that a good sized war would be
good thing for this cOuntry.-Mail.
Winfield, Oct. l9.-FOr several days
the air has been filled with flying
chinch bugs, and yesterday a swarm
Of grasShOppers passed over this city
in a nOrtheasterly direction. Very
few were under 500 yards high. Now
aud then a few descended to the
ground, They were found to be the
Colorado variety, being red-legged.
Judge Reed will be called upon
within few days to pass upon a
question of great Importance to old
soldiers. The question to be decided
is whether the pension of an old SCI
der can be claimed by the wife is en-
titled. The evidence is now being
heard and Judge Reed will weigh the
issue raised before giving his decision.
Wichita Eagle.
1t now turns out that the Fl. Scott
state bank has been looted of $4,000
by its cashier and that this robbery
has been going on for two years past.
During this time the bank has been
examined frequently by the state bank
commissioner or his deputy and state.
ments made under oath have been
published every ninety days at least.
II examiners don't examine and
statements don't state, what good are
theyP 1t strikes us that if the bank
commissioner had done his duty, this
robbery could not have gone on so
long.
Judge Reed, Of Sedgwick county,
has case before him for decision
which involves the status Of pensions
paid to old soldiers. Sarah Dewing
was recently divorced from Manville
Dewing and the court awarded her
certain alimony. Dewing receives a
pension of So per mouth, and the d.
vorced wife now asks the court to ap-
point guardian for her ex-husband,
who shall collect this pension and
then divide it with her. in some pro-
portion to be fixed by the court.
The defendant sets up in reply that
this pension money is not subject to
either execution or the decree of the
court; that it is money set apart for
his own individual use by the govern
nent, and that he can 10 no way be
compelled to share it.
Hon. Eugene Ware closed a recent
speech at Topeka with the following
gem: Il will close what have to
say with an incident Of the past. Be-
fore the railroads in their western
march had crossed the Missouri river,
the Pony Express was organized to
carry dispatches from Omaha TO the
Pacific. Stations were established
every few miles at which there were
horses and riders. The mail bag was
thrown To the rider and lie carried it
with all possible speed to the next
station, where was awaiting him a