People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-30
ONEORD.


OXFORD.
Henry Blaisdell IS quite i'll at
present.
Refreshing showers fell here on
Tuesday.
What will be the next break Morrill,
will make?
DR.. Bert Barrett of Winfield was
home over Sunday.
Miss Blanche Carroll is a guest of
the Misses Sherburn.
Mr.. Trice and granddaughter have
gone to Carthage, Mo.
Green Collins of Oklahoma put in
few days in Oxford last week.
Mrs. Cooley of Rogers, Ark, is Wis
iting her soon, D. W. Cooley,
The weather is still dry and yegeta-
tiOn is dying from want of rain.
Corn is looking well and will yet
make crop if We have seasOnable
rains.
W. NJ. MaSSeyS normal class had a
picnic on the Minnesota river last
Saturday.
]. L. BOwdish was down from Wich-
tia shaking hands with old friends
on Sunday.
Hogs worth $3.50; corn SOC to SIC;
wheat SOC to Sl.OO; oats and hay none
on the market.
Mrs. W. C. Woods is here from Ed
mond, o. T., visiting her daughter,
Mrs. W. n. VOtaw.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Lucas on
Tuesday evening, little girl. Tom
is exceedingly happy now.
R. T. Wilcox has traded for a ranch
fifteen miles southeast of Winfield.
This fixes him in good shape to care
for his cattle.
Mrs. Jas. Alley and her daughters,
Misses Effie and Dora, started Tues
cay to spend the summer at their old
home in Kentucky.
Oats almost an entire failure.
Wheat very short; if it averages or
4 bushels per acre it will enable our
farmers to save enough for seed.
Geo. Veail and Eli Miller will 90 to
Grand Summit, Cowely county to-
morrow with their cattle and horses
to pasture. Their pasture here has
givenOut.
The high winds of Monday and
Tuesday have almost blown all the
fruit from the trees. Everybody is
blue; the grass is about dried up; the
corn is badly damaged.
All Sunday schools within reach Of
Oxford are invited to participate in
the Sunday school convention at this
place, to be held on the last Saturday
in June. For information regarding
it apply to W. n. VOtaw, Oxford,
Kansas.
The members of the Sunday school
of the Christian church will have
their children'S day exercises next
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. They
have prepared an excellent program
for theoccasiOn. All are cordially in
vited to attend.
We understand that the PreSbyter-
ian and Methodist churches here are
the only churches that will have pas
tors for this year. Both, Mr.. Wood.
ford and Mr.. Hodge are young men
, and have considerable talent and have
the confidence of the entire com.
munity.
Our old friend, John Dunnigan,
from Slate creek was in town a day OF
two, says his wheat crop will not pay
to cut. He will harrow as it stands
both ways, hoping to tear the wheat
from the heads, and shallow blowing
il under in this way he hopes to seed
the ground for another crop.
Charlie Willsie of Wellington was
over to-day to see the grave of his boy
that was buried in the Oxford Gene.
etery while citizen Of Oxford. Mr..
Willsie is preparing to remove to
Illinois. He has warm place in the
hearts OF the people here who knew
him 20 years ago, Success to Charlie
and family wherever he goes.
1t was supposed when the gold men
telegrIphed to the world that Mr..
Laughlin, Professor of Economy in
the University of Chicago and one OF
the ablest opponents of the gold the.
CRY in America wOnld meet Mr.. Har-
vey, author Of Coins Financial
School in joint discussion upon the
silver question that Coin would be
Yanquished. Instead Of this Laughlir