People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04
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Clyde Maddox was sentenced in the
United States court at Wichita last
week to be hung on October II.
The Topeka Journal says eleven
boys have escaped from the Topeka
reform school during the past two
weeks.
A Louisiana minister Of the gospel
lost his life because his gun would
not work when he attempted to shoot
neighbor.
A girl from Fredonia with boomers
attended the Ottawa Chautauqua.
In all other particulars the assembly
was an unusual success.
The last Of the striking Pullman
employees who settled at Hiawatha
aud proposed to start rival factory
have returned to Chicago.
The proposition to vote bonds to
purchase the Independence water
works system was defeated at the
election held last Wednesday.
Butcher is the name of the tender
hearted man who is instructing Ness
county's normalites in the art of
timely and scientific Speaking.-Digh-
ton Eerald.
Speaking Of music in Oklahoma a
driver Of a band wagon down there
gallOps the horses when the music is
marked "prestissimo" and walks
them at largo"
Wichita is a sticker on old age. A
man lives there who once saw Napo-
lesn, and several Of his whilom sweet
hearts live there who nursed Napo-
leon in his infancy.
There was a man in Wellington last
week who could dislocate almost
every joint in his body, but according
to accounts he couldn't phase the
"joints" Of that city.-Dighton Her
aid.
The Kansas undertakes are now
advertising themselves as "marti-
cans and adding a little to the
prices, when it is hard enough to die
artistically and be buried with style
as it is.
Topeka, June 27.-Attorney General
Dawes today appointed 4. W. Coggs-
well of Pittsburg, assistant attorney
general for his county, instructing
him to close every Joint and saloon In
the county.
During the last hours Of the Ken
lucky convention a man arose and
swore blue streak at the chairman.
The convention then adjourned and
left the acoustic properties Of the hall
to convalesce.
The salaries of police commissioners
in cities of the first class for the COM
ing year have been fixed by the exocu-
tive council at $3.50, the member des-
Iignated as clerk by the governor to
receive $40 month extra. Last year
the police commissioners got S4O0.
This seems to be bad season for
creameries. Gov. dwellings cream.
cry at Ell Dorado burned several weeks
since. Then the Klngman creamery
burned a few days ago. Tuesday
night the Great Bend creamery
burned: loss, $4,000; insurance, $500.
Topeka, Kan, June 2S.-The jury
In the Topeka club case, after being
out "a hours, has disagreed and been
discharged. The cub, which is COM
posed Of leading citizens, had brought
suit against the police officers for
damages for false arrest on the charge
Of selling liquor.
| The Kentucky mob designated a
| Democratic state convention endorsed
Cleveland and Carlisle, declared for a
single gold standard and nominated
General Hardin, free silverite for
governor. We say "mob' because
that seems to have been the normal
condition of the assemblage.-Mail.
City employees in the various munic.
ipal departments Of the city of st.
Louis are being sifted over and scores
who have failed to register and vote
are being dropped from the rolls fol
their negligence. The policy of the
present administration is to retain nc
one who shirks the responsibility Of
citizenship in this respect.
Byron Roberts, receiver of the
Hutchinson & Southern, came in from
Topeka yesterday. In al interview
: last night he informed the reporter
that it was the intention OF the com
plny to begin work some time durine
the month Of July, both at Dennisor
and Guthrie, and push the work t.
: completion. After that is done the
, road will be built between Guthrie
and Cameron, thus making the line
: complete from Hutchinson to DENIM
son. Mr.. Roberts is Of the opinion