People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lincoln Center had $4,000 fire


years old May 18th.
The United States marine hospital
at New Orleans, which cost $4,000
and never has been used for any pur-
pose, has just been sold for s2l, 900.
The Dickinson county fee and sal
airy law passed by the last legislature
has been declared unconstitutional
by the district court of that county.
If recent discovery turns out to
be all that it now promises, Kansas
farmers will soon be millionaires by
making solve oil" from sunfowers.-
Topeka Capital,
The Northern Pacific railroad has
opened up a warfare upon the Ameri-
can Railway Union by discharging
the officials of local unions who have
been active in recruiting.
There are 92O prisoners in the state
penitentiary. Only five of them are
women, and Of these five, three are
negroes. OF the male prisoners 10
are whites and 215 negroes.
Governor Morrill, has paid s65.71
into the state treasury which makes
the state whole so far as his ante
inaugural expenses are concerned.
he has also paid his office force out OF
his own pocket.
If wheat should go up to a dollar a
bushel as it once was and -four should
lead it as strongly all the way as it
has thus far, we would be compelled
to reverse the order of things custom
airy and serve bread as delicacy.
A politician drifted into Topeka
the other day and declared he was
satisfied with the present state ad-
ministratiOn. The ambulance made
three trips for the byStanderS.-
Wichita Eagle.
Ice formed in low places near Leav-
enwOrth last Thursday night and
frost ruined gardens and early pota-
toes and did much damage to wheat
and corn. Lawrence also had the
heaviest frost of the season that
night.
The japanese legation at Washing
ton has received an official cable stat.
ing in substance that final and salts.
factory agreement had been reached
by Japan with the European powers
on the eastern question. 1t is regard
ed as the closing of the entire subject
COwley county has six announced
candidates for county clerk, five fol-
probate judge, five for county treasur
er, three for sheriff, before the Repub
liCan county convention, with tn,
prospects tlattering for dozen NOR
candidates before the convention i
over.
The Presbyterian general assembl,
is in session at Pittsburg, Pa, ant
the Southern Presbyterian genera
assembly is in session at Dallas, Tex
These two bodies are considering
their relations to each other with
view to bringing about an amalgama
tiOn Of the two.
That sOrrel topped Vic MurdOcl
perpetrateS the following: EAST an,
loose is good old expression that ez
actly fits the blOOmered bicycle girl.
We wonder whether this is simpl
'the opinion of the witness o
whether he testifles ''from his owI
personal knowledge"
The dispatches inform US that tn
greatest difficulty with Secretary Gre
hams restoration to health is his exces
sive uSeOf strong cigars of a poor quail
tyin the past. WepreSune he was try
ing to get as near to the taste of tn
cob piIe Of boyhOOd days as his stf
tiOn in life would permit.
St. Louis, May 16.-The funeral c
State Senator Morrissey, who wa
shot and killed Monday by his mi
tress, took place tCday. There wei
Nd prayers over the remains and Z
services Of any kind either at the res
dence or the cemetery, owing to IL
refusal Of the Catholic clergy to col
duct the same.
A pretty hard wind blew last nigl
for a few moments and nearly a dOzt
drops of rain fell. During the bar
est gusts the electric lights sudden
went out and one man volunteer
the information that the circuit HI
blown off the wires. Careful inves
CATION, however, proved that it "
the current that had blown off.
caught on again in few minutes
Arkansas City Traveller.
Col. Fink proposes to swOOp do
on the Arkansas City saloons and
the machinery of law can be made
work they will at least close the fro
doors. He informed the writer IL
no agreement had been make W