People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-09
City and County.

W. Burchinal, of Ewell was in the
city on business Friday.
H. c. Johnson, of Mayfeld, was in
the city on business Friday.
Henry Chitwood, of Conway Springs,
visited his brother in this city Friday.
Mrs, Wallace and daughter, of Belle
PLANE, were in the city shopping
Friday.
F. Marion Sumpter, Of ArgOnia, was
in Wellington tranSacting business
Saturday.
Sol futile Of Caldwell, was in the
city attending the convention last
Saturday.
]. D. Billiter. one Of the prominent
farmers near Milan, is in the city
Saturday
Ex-Banker John W. Nyce, of Caid-
well, was 10 the city on business
Saturday.
BascOm O'Hair, of South Haven,
lOOmed up as delegate to the railroad
convention.
Hon. R, T. Simons, editor of the
Caldwell News, was in the city Satur-
day on business.
Suit has been fled by the county
against the Gatliff estate to collect
the taxes of 1895.
Geo. Ewing was up attending the rail-
TOldCOnVentiOn. Heis still teaching.
his school not closing until June
Ed Smith has resigned his place in
j. c. Smiths clothing house and will
accept a position with Glen Spruance.
Geo. H. Hunter is setting out
number OF shade trees in front
of his residence on South Washington
Avenue.
Senator A. G. FOrney came down
from Belle PLANE bearing credentials
as delegate to the convention last
Saturday.
Philip Blue and Miss Fannie Smith.
both of South Haven, were married
last Saturday in the parlor Of the pro-
bate judges office.
Editor Branscombe, of the Oxford
Register was one of the number of
editors attending the freight rate
convention Saturday.
ThOs WycOff, an old time resident
Of Sumner county, and a hotel prOpri-
etOr at Milan, transacted business
at the court house Saturday.
1t will soon be time for the mos
quito to send in its bill. And it's
small consolation to consider that it
usually goes away charged"
+. E. Demmon, a special agent for
the Consolidated Time Lock Co. of
Cincinnati,O., was in the city Friday.
inspecting the different time locks.
Miss Dora SOmmerville, one of the
teachers in the Fourth ward city
schools, went to Oxford last Saturday
tC visit over Sunday with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. W.R. Balm and daugh-
ter, who have been visiting at the
home of Glen Spruance for the past
few days, departed for home last
Thursday.
The petition for the release of An
derSOn Gray was signed by almost
every citizen of Wichita who had a
chance to sign the dOcument.-Wich-
tia Eagle.
S, W. Duncan, Of the Argonia
Clipper, R. 7. SimOns, Of the Cald-
well News, and G. L. Reed Of the
Mulvane Record, are here as delegates
to the railroad convention.
Mrs. P. ]. IverS and daughters ar
rived from Kansas City last Friday.
They will remain for few weeks Wis
iting the family Of Mrs. Ivers' father,
Street Commissioner Sherman.
viii NJ, Welter, editor Of the Belle
Plaine Defender, was in the city on
business last Friday and made this
Office pleasant call. Will says his
paper defends everything except him
self.
]. c. Ferrus, Hersch, ElstOn & Co.'S
expert clothing man, arrived in the
city last Saturday and Immediately
took charge Of the Spar stock. Mr..
HerSch will leave for Chicago to.
morrow.
The many friends Of Silas Beal will
be sorry to learn that he has failed in
business at Newkirk. He had a stock
worth several thousand dollars. We
have not learned anything about his
liabilities.
Miss Lizzie Nhealey, daughter of
W. G. Whealy. Of Avon township,
was passenger last Saturday to En-
poria, Kansas, where she will attend
the spring term Of the EmpOria state
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