People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-23
losely followed by his hearers, though

After the services some time was
spent in a social way. Mr.. Harlan is
a man well liked in this community,
and his many friends would be happy
to see him again preaching in this
city.
J.C Davis, Ed Hayes and Glen
Spruance returned home from Salina
Friday, where they went Thursday
morning to attend the Masonic ban
quet and opening Of the new Masonic
temple, which took place Thursday
evening. They report a fine time.
Twenty-eight candidates were given
degrees that night.
Miss Minnie Hazard closed her
school at STATE Valley Friday. All
tue patrons came to tue school mouse
with well-filled baskets and after the
exercises all present INDUCED in a
royal country time. This was Miss
Hazards second term at that school.
Tie patrons fully appreciated her ef-
forts in making it a good one.
Miss Mayme StOtler, who has been
visiting the family Of County AttOr-
ney Harry L. Woods for the past few
left for her home in West
Plains, Mo-, last Thursday, via Kan
sas City, where she will visit a day
with her brother, Will StOtler, who
is employed on one of the city papers.
Miss StOtler's many friends regret to
see her leave.
Last Friday while Miss Grace Doug
lass, in company with Miss Ethel Rip
pertOn, was returning to the formers
room and while coming up the alley
by the Leighton house, she had the
misfortune to step on a partly buried
pitchfOrk tine which penetrated her
foot, causing her to step backward.
As she did so a toe of the other foot
came in contact with another tine.
in all two extremely severe
wounds, She is confined to her room,
unable to walk. Miss Grace is a grad
uate this year and has no time to sit
up with sore feet, making the mis-
fortune doubly wOrse.-Belle Plaine
News.
Quite number of ladies were
invited to spend last Friday with
Mrs. NJ. E. Brown at her home
on South Fl street and join in an old
fashioned quilting bee. The occasion
was greatly enjoyed by all present.
A most excellent dinner was served
by Mrs. Brown, whose ability in this
line cannot De excelled. The ladies
present were: MesdameS Mitchell,
CarneS, Taggart, 0. L. Graf, TOtty,
Irland, John Hill, Milt Hill, Mar.
shall, Harp, Berry, Morse, MoeSer,
Renick, Willard, Brown, Misses Liz.
zie Spencer, Belle ShObe, Josie vii.
lard, Elsie Brown, Bessie Hill and
Master Clarence IrlanG.
The unsOphisticated are called
upon to wreStle with a new fake
which is worked as follows: A female
agent strikes town, and goes from
house to house leaving books for ex.
animation, saying she will call fol
them two or three days later. The
next day a man appears, and if the
book is not desired, he takes it with
him. A day or two later the woman
calls again, and when informed that
the books have been given to a man
she resorts to tears, saying he haC
been taking her books all along thu
street, and pleading poverty so effect
ually that she usually receives thu
price OF the book; and the smoker.
degree has been conferred on another
candidate. Oxford Register.
Bro. Andy Richards, from his YER
sion of the fake editorial shootinG
matinee, would have the publ,
believe that it was all gotten III
for his express benefit, and that h,
is the sole sufferer by the Infamous
report, which was intended especially
to bust him up and ruin his credit
His relatives and friends, which h,
says are scattered from Dan to Beer
Sheba, are seemingly the only rela
tives or friends connected with the
affair which are susceptible to down
right sorrow and grief. Such a mar.
row, contracted, pig-headed view o.
the matter is abominable. The writeI
is ready to admit that but few of hi.
relatives have manifested any great
amount of SOlicitude about the
matter, but Bro. Simons has beer
almost bankrupt answering the tlooC
OF kilograms and letters that have
poured in upon him. When thu
matter is Slfted we predict the fact
will be disclosed that the dispatch
was prompted by an Over-weenins
desire to create a sensation. or-th,
other version We will not give Al