People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-06-20

Frank Junkins, who formerly lived
in this city, but is now an emplOye in
the Santa Fe shops in Wellington
had his left hand caught in a planer
last Friday evening. One bone in the
back of his hand is broken. He will
be laid off for twenty or thirty days.
He came up to Mulyane last Monday
to visit his former chums. -Mulvane
Record.
The band concert Friday eve was OF
unusual excellence on account of the
favorable condition Of the weather as
well as the ever increasing ability OF
the musicians who are its members
And immense crowd thronged the
streets and made the city resemble 9
veritable Chicago. There is nothing
here which will attract and please
like good music.
Henry Conrad, the good natured
restaurant man, tells good Joke on
himself, He has had two hens set
ting for some time and Friday was the
day for the eggs to hatch.
When Henry went to look at his hens
that morning they were both stiff and
cold in death but still. rigidly occupy.
ing their nests, Henry says he is nc
poultry man anyhow.
Many farmers will plant corn in
their wheat ground after the wheat
is harvested. Working on the suppo-
SitiOn that this country is to receive
plenty of rain from now on, those
who do this will realize a fair double
crop on their land, something which
is not possible IN but few countries
The experiment has proven success.
full here in past years.
A condemnation Ohio whose name
We were unable to learn was speaking
of the prospects in the east last night.
He stated that in part Of bis native
state of Ohio there is scarcely a pros
pect for any crops. The wheat. Oat,
and grass are complete failures auC
the corn crop is very disc0uraging in
The failures are ewing
to dry weather and the late froStS.
Many of the Oldest and most relia
BILE farmers of the county have ex
pressed it as their opinion that there
will be oats yet. Since the rains, the
oats which were seemingly almost
dead, have sprung to life like magic
and the general suppOsition of many
of the ableSt farmers is that they vii
yet harvest fair crop of oats. II
such is the case, the large acreage o.
oats here will put a Few aspect or
statistical figures of crop products
Reports from all parts of the county
are to the effect that the ground is
thoroughly soaked, and that corn is
growing so fast you'can hear it as you
drive along the road. The present
corn acreage is the largest ever known
in the county: an unusually large
amount Of cane, millet, kaffir corn anG
such crops have been planted and
should the season from now on bt
prCpitious, we will have the greatest
quantity OF feed in Sumner county
this year that has ever been heard Of
The death of G. H. Whedbee, better
known as "Hut" Whltby, occurred at
II a. m. Saturday. The deceased hat
long been a sufferer from consump
ton and for months had been con
fined to his bed. He was aged forty
one years. He has no relatives here
but his father is buried at Rome
The deceased will also be buried
there. The time of the services anC
burial have not yet been announced
He was a member Of the NJ. E. church
and the services will be conducted
under the rites Of that church.
Geo. Flanders says that he bought
some beans of c. F. LueniDg and
planted them. He bought them the
morning after the fire. They were
some which had become heated by
the fire and soaked with water. How.
ever, he planted them one DAY and the