People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-02


liable on his insurance contract. The
Major is sorry that he cannot comply
with the lady's request.
Miss Novel Anderson came ovel
from Oxford on Monday to take q
position with the dry goods firm Of
Price, Hoge & Co. Miss Anderson il
an experienced clerk, having served in
that capacity for several years in the
drygOods house of H. Barrett at Ok
ford, and will no doubt prove a valu-
able acquisition to the popular store
of Price, HOge & Co.
George Woods came up from hi:
claim in the Strip on Tuesday. He
reports the death Of his famous French
poodle dog, "Vickie," whom every
body here will remember as being a
most intelligent animal. "Vickie'
was brought from southern Texas by
Mr.. Woods over 10 years ago. He re.
grets her death deeply, saying he had
rather lost everything else he pos.
sessed.
Sunday afternoon between 5 and
3 o'clock while the family of o. ].
Hart were away from home, some
one, supposed to be a tramp, entered
the house and ransacked it from tor
TO bottom. He found nothing Of
value as the family had taken every
thing of consequence with them.
He helped himself to the contents OF
the cupboard. When the family re.
turned home they found things
topsy turvy but no clue to the thief.
Rronson Corder, the little son of
j. II. Corder, met with another bad
accident Sunday afternoon. While
playing in front of his home he was
hit on the face Just below the right
eye with a rock by some boy who was
passing. 1t is thought the action was
not done purDosely, the boy having
aimed at some other object and miss
ing it, hit Bronson. 1t was a narrow
escape. 1t the rock had struck him
an inch higher, it would have put his
eye out.
Joe Conner received a telegram
last Sunday from his wife who is at
Peoria. ILL.,, stating that her mother,
Mrs. W. B. Quinn, died last Sunday
morning at I o'clock. Congestion of
the lungs was the cause of her death.
Mrs. Quinn was well known in
this city, having lived here several
years previous to moving to Peoria
two or three years ago. D. A. Espy
was a brother of the deceased, and
left for Illinois Sunday night to attend
the funeral which took place Monday
at 2:30 p. m.
About $50 o'clock a. m. Tuesday an
alarm was turned in and the fire was
located in the house occupied by
Robert Hastie, corner Tenth and
Blaine streets, which was owned by
Adam Stultz. While Mr.. Hastie was
building fire In the cook stove a
neighbor rushed in, telling him that
the house was burning, On going out
OF doors one entire side Of the build.
ing was found to be in flames. An
alarm was sent IN and the household
goods Immediately removed. Mr.
Hastie's loss is about $50, with nc
insurance. Mr.. Stultz's loss on the
house will probably be covered by the
insurance carried. The fire is SUD.
posed to have been caused by a de.
fective fiue.
Tuesday night as 81 Price and Dick
Jones were going home they discoy-
cred fire under an unoccupied car.
penter shop adjoining j. H. Corder's
residence on South Washington ave.
nue.. After putting the fire out they
made an inspection of the building
and discovered a small shoe box, filled
with rags well saturated with coal
oil. They Immediately brought the
box up town and turned it over tc
Night Marshal Grinstead, who gave
them directions to watch the build.
ing the balance of the night. They
did so, but saw DO suspicious charac.
tiers lurking around. 1t is supposed
the box was placed under the build.
ing with a fuse attached to it, in or.
der to give the parties who put il
there a chance 70 get away before the
blaze started. The shop is owned h1
Fred Bohanna.
The concert given by Misses Free.
man and Sargent, under the auspice.
of the Presbyterian ladies. at the audi
t0rium Monday evening, was excellent
All the participants acquitted them
selves creditably. The duet rendered
by Mrs. Owens and Miss Freeman wa,
received with round of merited an
plause. The piano solo by Mis-.
Share was executed in her usual pleas
ing manner and was highly apprecia
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