People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-01
CITY AND COUNTY.

Bryan, the boy orator, will be in
Wichita. October 29th.
Ex-Sherlf Wnodcock is home from
tn to Leavenworlh and other
cities.
Some sport registered "W. ]. BrY-
an, Lincoln, Neb.," at The Arlington
FridaY.
Mrs. The. Beck of Oklahoma City,
cdlne in THURSDAY to visit the fam
lily Of J, Il, CQrder,
Senator Lucien Baker and Hon.
Chas F. Scott are billed to speak in
Wellington on the 3rd,
The Rock Island has built neat
little engine house for their pumping
machinery at the depot.
Alb. Frantz went out to some Pan
handle town Thursday to bid on
moving big hotel out there.
Will Frantz was made happy Friday
night by the arrival Of his family, who
have been in Illinois for six or eight
weeks.
Mrs. W. NJ. Jackson is visiting rela.
tives in Cowley county, and our regis
ter Of deeds has job of patching on
his handS-On wheels.
]. W. Cron, of Tonkawa, a former
resident of Sumner township. this
county, came up Friday to get a good
start on the debate Saturday.
The divorce case of Myers VS.. Myers
from Conway Springs came up last
Thursday in district court and the
divorce was granted as prayed for.
Judge Frank Doster, one of the
brightest orators in Kansas, has been
booked by the State Central Commit
tee to speak in Wellington, October
q. Remember the date.
The final rally of the campaign by
the silver forces has been set for Sat-
urday, October 81. Noted speakers
are being arranged for, and there will
be great demonstration.
The water works management have
new electric gong attached to the
telephone, whereby the engineer May
be called from anywhere around the
premises at the engine house.
The recent rains have put the
ground in good condition for blowing
and the farmers are making the best
OF it. But little seeding has been done
as yet but it will begin in earnest
shortly.
andy richards is securing Sumner
county for the Republican ticket. in
company with the FOur-in-Hand Glee
club.-Eagle.
Securing" is good. And anywhere
else mo ID nigge- need apply"
The VOICE is the only power print
ing office In Wellington. The
Monitor Press has discarded its water
motor and the Mail has set its gas en-
CINE aside; both Of them now run
their presses by hand.
G. W. Ellis, who lives three miles
east and one mile south of the
city put in 100 acres of wheat by
himself last year and 200 this rear.
He is so years old and says he will re-
tire from business after this year.
o. W. Hendee, Of the POpulist Con.
gresSiOnal committee, was having
considerable sport Saturday, offering
to bet dollar to every man wearing
a yellow hat that he had no yellow
money under the hat. He found no
takers.
I. D. Lowry, who taught the gram.
mar department of our city schools
last winter, has been employed to
teach the coming term 10 the Weis-
haar district. The term is for six
months and begins the first Monday
in OctOber.-Milau Press.
Geo A. Pickett, who was for more
than year manager, assistant editor
aud foreman of the VOICE, writes us
that he is sick Of Arkansas, and would
like to have job on some good Kan
sas paper. George is good all-round
man, and we can cheerfully recon-
mend him. Il
], L. Kise went out to Kiowa last
Ta1rSday. Kise is troubled to know
what will be doue with the half dollar
when free coinage comes. The dollar
will only be worth so cents, according
to the gold bugs, and he can't figure
out just what will become of our pres
ent 5O-cent piece.
We we're handed neat little adver-
tisiag folder by Mr.. Loneaker, agent
Of the Wells, Fargo Express Co., last |
Friday, the inside pages of which |
were filed with gol1bug fallacies and |
Misrepresentation. 1t is wonderful |
the tenacity with which these cor.
pOrations hold to their interests.
The ticket canyassers for the lec- |