People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-07

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The Santa Fe has put up over 1000
tons of ice at Newton. -
The Hyer sisters are invading Kan.
sas again with Uncle Tom.
Graham county has paid out s1l, 900
for rabbit scalps, it is said.
Major Cole, the evangelist is MAX
ing it warm for the people of Paola.
George W. Jones of Hills City, wants
position on the State Board Of Par
donS
Two scavanger wagons at Coffey
vile lend quite metropolitan air to
the town. ell.
St. Marys wants to put the old Jail
at Louisville and use it for a city cal.
aboose. .
George Davis has been admitted TO
the law firm of Hardness and Dawes
at Clay Center. .... r.... .
Erwin, Grant & Co., of Humboldt,
sold and shipped 10 car loads of
horses last year.
Horace S. Foster aud Lee A. Hutton
have assumed the management of the
Hutchinson Gazette.
Judge Monroe of the twenty third
judicial district has just appointed E..
A. Rhea stenographer. "a
The Wellington high school has los
pupils in attendance, the largest in
the history Of the school |
The family of David Kimmel of Nc
Louth held a reunion last week.
There were forty. four of them.
Miss Abbie Freeman of Caldwell has
accepted a position as vocal teacher
in the Southwest college at Winfield.
c. S. Morey of Scandla, has been
elected vice president of the Metro
politan National Bank of Kansas
City.
The board of education has pur-
chased flag for each school room in
Beloit to be used on patriotic occas-
ions.
There is a vacancy in the Office Of
coroner of Butler county which Gov
ernor Morrill, will soon be called up.
on to fill.
Twenty-four divorce cases AZ the
next term of the district court shows
that everything is not serene in La
bette county.
Warrants issued by the board Of
education at Wellington are now at
par and paid on presentation for the
first time in four years.
The Lindsborg News wants to see
I. F. Carver given place on the APP
pelate court in case that court is
created by the legislature.
A McKeever of Blue Mound, has
just built a corn crib one hundred
feet long and eight feet wide which
will hold 5000 bushels of corn.
Del Valentine has been reading
"Trilby, and this is his review of it in
the Times: "Trilby" is fool story
and it is loss of time to read it.
H. L. McWhirk, receiver of the En-
terprise bank, has settled with the
stockholders for forty cents on
the dollar. The depositors were paid
in full.
The Smith County Journal says
that there are now over LOO good
teams of work horses in Smith county
doing nothing and makes the good
suggestion that they and their owners
go to work improving the roads.
Norton Republican: A petition is
in circulation asking the council to
call an election TO vote additional
bonds to improve the water works. II
there is anything that Norton people
like better than bonds it is more
bonds.
A relief association has been organ.
lied at Holton and is taking active
steps toward rendering assistance to
the needy in the western part of the
state. A car load Of corn, provisions
and clothing and what money can be
collected will be sent February LIST.
The people Of that city and county
are responding most generously With
contributions
Last week in the midst of a raging
snow storm the home OF James Cow.
den, an aged farmer, living three
miles from Reading, was burned. The
wind quickly carried the flames to
every part Of the building and in q
few minutes the family were homeless
Some of the household belongings
were saved. Cowden Is an old soldier
and will probably receive aid from the
post there.
Smith County Pioneer: 1t is with
fear and trembling we watch this cut
ting down of names of town in Kan
sas by the federal powers. Fl Dorado
was a pretty name, but Eldorado
looks like misfit; Rush Center was
all right, but Rushcenter looks as
though it had been set up by the devil
and the proof reader had got drunk
that night; Walnutgrove don't look as
though it ever had grove. But when
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