People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-01-09
County Exchanges.


day, and has been putting in the
week between here and Rock Falls.
The Oxford Register records that
some "chump" ran away with Gal
lOup's wooden figure of a watch,
thinking hewas swiping a time-piece.
There was quite skating party Of
young folks on the dam last evening.
Everybody present reports a good
time, and the ice was in first class
condition. ....
ArgOnia Clipper; Miss Ida Curtis
of Wellington. who has been visiting
Miss Lou Hartley for a week, left
Wednesday morning for Harper to
visit friends.
Milan Press: Cleo Burnette, of
Wellington, was in attendance at the
literary in this city Friday evening,
and participated in the mock trial as
Que Of the attorneys
Caldwell Advance: S. H. Homer
has on exhibition in his show window
a fine alligator sent to him by Fl. G.
Keeling at New Orleans. He has a
fine specimen Of the saurian family.
The Caldwell News relates a story
about a tramp, who worked all day
on the rock pile for his breakfast,
The query naturally arises, did he
get his breakfast before he began or
at the latter end.
A man named Goodwill at Caldwell
was presented by his wife with a baby
girl Christmas night, says the News.
About eighteen years heuce she will
want to be changing her name and
the old Goodwill will be thankful if
she will.
W. H. Brown has a hog which ex-
perts say will tip the beam at 700.
This mammoth porker will be made
into sausage the first Of the week, and
there will be big guessing match on
his weight before he Is transformed
into bacon. South Haven New Era,
Mulvane Record: The proposed
union meeting of the teachers asso.
Citations of Sumner and Sedgwick
counties is being worked up by the
proper authorities. The date has not
yet been named, but it will be held 10
Mulvane some Saturday before tn;
daisies bloom.
| DR.. J. H. Heath, who formerly re
sided in Wellington, is now located al
Templeton, California, where he run;
a drug store, practices his profession
and runs fruit farm. The South
Haven New Era this week speaks Of
his having sent A. B. Clifton, of thai
place, a box of fine prunes.
The Penniwell Marble Works are
branching out The Argonia Clipper
says: &C. Penniwell of the PENN
well Marble and Granite Works o.
Wellington was in the city yesterday
This most excellent firm will put in 6
house at Wichita. which will be il
charge Of c. c. Penniwell.
Milan Press: Andy ZooI came il
from Woodward Thursday evening
accompanied by a life partner, in thu
person of Miss Katie Hose, to whom
he had just been united in the holy
bonds OF wedlock, and the happy
couple have been spending porto.
Of their honeymoon with friends il
this vicinity. -' .a. .h al..
Milan Press. j. A. Benedict left
Monday eAening OF prospecting trll
to New Mexico, and il he finds a suit
able opening in some thriving mining
town may decide to locate and engag,
! in business. He was accompanied OIL
the trip by Verne Hurley, who viii
join his father, ]. N. Hurley, ant
make his home there in the future.
South Haven New Era: A. W
Brown, we understand, received
financial boost this week from tn,
? settlement of his fathers estate nea
Galesburg. Illinois. These are time
when such things are fully appre
! ciated, and we do not know Of maj
anywhere to whom we could extent
more sincere congratulations owe
such an event than we can to A. W
Brown.
7 A very sad accident occurred fey
miles northwest of Argonia last Sat
urday afternoon, The thirteen-yeaI
old son Of Mrs. A. c. Coleman, in CON
pany with Frank McLain, went out t
get some wood. The dog scared u
some game and the boy got into tn
! wagon after the gun--a small rifle
: and in jumping out the gun was dis
charged and the bal penetrated hi
:. skull straight through just benin