People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-12-31

days.
Bob Boswell laid soft Friday in
order to spend Christmas lat home.
Engineer Ike Scudder took his train
to Woodward.
Operator Bennett and Baggagemas-
ter House of Woodward, came up
Thursday to spend Christmas with
Wellington boys.
Operator Blakely. who has been re-
lieving Henry Glamann at the freight
depot, went home Friday night on &C.
count of sickness,
The force of Santa lFe employees at
this place is barely enough to handle
the trains, on account OF so many lay
offs for the holidays.
The man whom Mrs. Chss. DObsOn
married at Kansas City last week was
a st. Joe drummer. He travels for a
wholesale tobacco house.
1t is said that Fred Harvey, the
manager Of the Santa Fe eating
houses, will assume control of the
news agencies of the road January lst.
Brakeman Tom Burnsworth has
quit the chain gang and taken a run
on the Santa Fe focal from Hume.
well to Augusta. He made his first
run Tuesday night.
Charlie Helm, who has been on the
Hunnewell Augusta express run dur
ing the holiday rush, laid off Mon
day and is again at home tipping his
hat to Wellington girls.
The Santa Fe passenger had extra
chair car out of Wichita December
20 for the accommodation of teachers
going to the State Teachers associa-
tiOn at Topeka, which met the 10Th,
30th and 3lst OF December.
Woodward News: Along the line
of the Santa Fe, p'nny-in the-slOt
machines have been placed in the
principal depots for the sale of gTm.
Alva has one of these machines. The
other day one of the leading mer.
chants of Alva walked into the depot
and inquired for a cents worth OF
pennies. Alva people like gum even
if they have to pay for it.
Avery Turner, formerly in the EN-.
ploy of the Santa Fe at this place,
but lately superintendent of the mid.
die division of the Santa Fe with
headquarters at Newton, has been
promoted to the place of assistant
general superintendent of the system
with headquarters at Topeka. His
former place will be filed bv R. ]
Parker. The change will take place
January l.
Some OF the railroad boys have nov.
elites in the way Of 1O-cent pieces ap.
parently encased in a silver ring.
They are made by placing ten cent
piece in the oil cup on the driving rod
Of locomotive. The continual jar.
ring againstthe sides of the oil cup
caused by the backward and forward
motion Of the drive-rod rounds over
the edges and forms a ring around the
coin that looks like the work OF a
most skillful artisan. 1t ,requires
about a 500 mile ride in the oil to
shape one OF the novelties.
Reliable Information has been re-
ceived here that Wellington will have
new ticket agent at the union depot
about the first of the year. Agent
Ralston will 10 all probability be sent
back to Cherryvale and sThos. E.
Purdy, the former agent, restored to
his old place. Mr.. Purdy is now chief
clerk in the Santa Fe freight office at
Wichita. He was let out last winter
on account OF the Hunnewell trouble
and afterward made extra ticket
agent, being sent wherever a special
man was needed for an emergency
He has been in the freight depart
ment at Wichita for several months
Wellington people will receive asgooc
news the probable return OF Mr.
Purdy to this place in his former ca
pacity, but will regret the necessita
ted departure Of Agent Ralstou, WHIT
has proven one Of the Santa FEES mos
efficient and accommodating em
lployes as we'll as a model citizen il
the community. Mr.. Purdy's restor
alton to his old place here leaves onl,
one man Of the number who were re
lieved because Of Boards PREACHER,
last winter to be reinstated into tn
good graces Of the'company.
James MOrdy of Belle Plaine. Dam