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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
Granaltd Sugar i61bs 81
Package Coffee 17C a Id
Colo. Potatoes 40c bush.
Evap. Apples 5 lbs Csc
at Luening's.
lIAYFIELD.

Phil McCarOll is the proud father Of
a fine boy at his house,
The Mayfeld nine went to River
dale to play ball Saturday.
Tom DeweeSe was up from the Strip
on business one day last week.
Quite crowd Of Mayfeld andAnson
young people went up on the Mime.
Scah fishing last Thursday, but we
understand they did not getmany fish.
The hail storm last Tuesday damag,
ed the corn quite a good deal and
knocked off a good deal Of our fruit
Hail stones fell the size Of a common
hens egg and broke good many win.
dow panes.
Mr.. Twyman's hired man met with
quite an accident Monday afternoon
He was coming in from the field to
get out of the storm, driving five
horses and riding one, When within
about quarter Of a mile from tn,
house he was struck by lighting and
seriously injured; also three of the
horses were killed outright.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
LOOK AT THIS!
Bed Room Suits for $13
Carpets all wool 55C yd
ParlOr suits$22 .$25,$28
Bargains, Baby Buggies
at Luening's.
RIVERDALE.

Another contest between the May
field and Riverdale ball teams took
place la saturday afternoon result
ing 10 a \ictOry for the latter by one
score. 1t was in point Of merit the
most interesting game ever played on
the Riverdale diamond and the boys
are loud in their praises Of the gentle
manly conduct and manly bearing Of
their friendly antagonists from
Mayfeld. Another game will be
necessary to decide which are the
real victors as this makes a winning
for each club.
The score was 9 TO 10 in favor OF
Riverdale.
Batteries: Riverdale, Nixon and
Seidell; Mayfeld, Roberts and Par.
ker.
Weather in and around Riverdale is
fair.atmospheric conditions lacerated
cause-Nixon and Roberts in the box,
Riverdale and Mayfeld at the bat
Wonder why Person didn't hit EN-.
The largest crowd ever in River
dale.
Barnes and Heskett caught some OF
them and-well some of them they
didn't.
The only trouble with Nixon'S
cups" and Mayfeld, batting was that
they didn't strike high enough.
We noticed quite a number Of Gen
eva's ball players in the crowd wht
seemed to manifest quite IAN interest
in the game. They are ball player,
themselv> md know a good thing
when they see it.
We were pleased to note the pleas
ant manner in which the game went
of, there being no wrangling of an!
kind, showing that gentlemanly con
duct is appreciated by the Riverdal,
ball PLAYERS as we'll as others.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
Twenty cents pays for
the VOICE to January
|, 1897, inside Sumner
county.
OXFORD.
county

Oxford is to have a choral union.
Rev. Brooks delivered a very earnest
discourse at the Methodist church
Sunday morning.
The people who know it say that
Oxford will frequently hear the
chimes Of wedding bells.
Preparation for the celebration of
Memorial day is being made. The
citizens of Oxford never forget to dec
crate.
Rev. WOOdfOrd, the Presbyterian
pastor, left for his home in New York
last week. Rev. fitzpatrick, the new
minister, will arrive in a short time.
The Oxford Normal continues to in.
crease in numbers and interest. Miss
Schoper, of Mulvane, and Misses Mil
Ter and lngraham, OF Milan, are some
Of the new students.
Through the efforts of E. W. Ear.
hart and Prof. is. Peter the Oxford
Normal has secured very good set
of apparatus to perform the expert.
ments in natural philosophy.
Saturday evening our band boys ex.
pect to give an entertainment at the
hall. The play they will present is
by home talent and will undoubtedly
be much appreciated by our citizens.
The lecture, Christ or Cesar" tC
have been delivered by Mrs. Lease or
Saturday evening was postponed be
cause of the threatening aspect of the
weather. When the lecture is deliy
cred full house can be counted upon
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
AVON.
We are having plenty of rain.

We are having plenty of rain.
Corn in this section of the country
is looking well.
Ed Hill, of Mayfeld, visited rel
ativeS here the last Of the week.
Mrs. Marky Barnes and children of
Milan, Kansas, spent Sunday with rel
atives here.
Rev. Doughty, pastorOf the Baptist
church of Wellington, conducted ser
vices at District "a last Sunday after.
noon.
Mrs. ChaS. Ross and children re-
turned to their home near Rock Falls
Sunday, after a pleasant visit with
relatives here.
Misses Nora and Maude Barnes, of
Wellington, spent a few days the first
part Of last week with their grand.
father, J. W. Barnes.
Mrs. John A. Switzer and children
of Chaunte, Kansas, arrived here last
Tuesday and will make quite a visit
with relatives and friends.
GRANGER.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
CALDWELL.

c. D, Whitman led the EndeavOr
on the 10th. He had q black eye
He ian against something We sup
pose.
Lewis Swartzel and wife and twin
babies, Miss Lambdin and Miss Nc,
Quowin, of Caldwell, visited our Sun.
day school on the 10Th.
This is good weather to make re-
form movement in politics. People
are getting gentle and common and
are ready to do anything that will aid
them financially.
Mrs. AlgeO of Tacoma, Washington
expects to pay a visit to her Kansas
friends and attend to her real-estate
interests this year if her health will
permit her to do so.
Quite hail storm passed through
Caldwell township. 1t did consider,
able damage to crops and fruit. Sew,
eral teams and men were beaten
quite severely.
Our old friend and neighbor, Nc. =
gan Collins has been promoted again,
This time his friends elected him as
one Of the board of education of the
city of Caldwell. We are glad to SEE
him rise.
John Builta sold fifty-One head of
hogs at ) cents per pound. They
brought him a little over $500. Hog
raising beats raising wheat foul
inches high at 30 cents a bushel and
six bushels to the acre.
We had a light rain on the 10Th
It makes the corn grow. Wheat and
oats are past redemption. Some j:
pass heading, while some that i;
headed the heads are white. Dat:
are heading from six to eight inche,
high.
F. p. LOGAN.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21

D. m. They have invited the other
Sunday schools to assist 10 the exer.
lciseS.
Frank Rhodes preached at Rome
Sunday afternoon. This will proba.
bly, be his last sermon among US.
The wheat is improving but there
is yet room for improvement. 1t is
heading out about loot high. Oats
the same. The corn is growing RAP
idly; weeds the same.
The railroad company are putting
an iron cplvert under the track Oh Ed.
VanHOrn's farm. 1t is made of three
cast-iron pipes about twelve feet long
and three feet in diameter.
Rome is on the boom. They have
their Main street graded, telephone
poles along the sidewalk and tele-
phone Office at the store, all without
using any improvement bonds.
We have never seen the jack.rat.
bits so numerous as they are this
season. We often see three or four al
once. When travelling along the
road you can see them at almost any
time.
We had rains on FIVE days last week.
Some Of them were Soakers as those
can testify who were caught in it.
The showers were Of a local nature,
lighter west and heavier east. Here
we had total Of an inch and half
A few miles east it rained enough to
start the streams 10 running.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21

mental music by Miss Amelia Pratt
and 0. H. Attebury; essay Benefits
Of an Education" by L. W. Gray:
duet by Miss Josie Pratt and 0. H.
Attebury; History Of the Perth
School" by H. E. Gray; Prof. Bear
gave very interesting talk to
the graduating class, after which was
the presentation of diplomas by W. S.
Davis and the benedictiOn by Rev.
Pugh.
The close of the Perth schools last
Friday was a grand success. The
patrons came about the noon hour
with well filed baskets and were not
very long in fixing table. After
dinner order was called by the teach
er, W. S. Davis, and very interest
ing programme was rendered, con-
Sisting of readings, recitatiOns, vocal
and instrumental music. The Perth
cOrnet band furnished some very ex-
Cellent music. The school presented
the teacher with a silver cup and
saucer as token of respect. W. S.
Davis is one Of the finest teachers
that the county has. This is his
third term at Perth and We think
the school board had very good judg-
ment in hiring such teacher and
could not do better than to give him
another term at Perth.
The young folks in Perth and vi
cinity went picnicking last Saturday
to Burch'S grove taking we'll filed baS-
kets. They reached the grove about
the hour of noon and the first thing
was dinner. The afternoon was spent
10 swinging and social conversation.
Leaving the grove about shutdown
they went to the home Of Prof. W. S.
Davis and his sister Miss Jennie and
spent the evening in games of differ
ent kinds. Those present were as
follows; Misses Jennie Davis, Auna
Schwartz, Minnie and Elva Abel,
ANA Stigers, Helen Slower, Anna
Jacobs, Anna Wynn. Martha Thomp-
son, Mona, Jessie aud Lucy Mcdaniel,
Cora, Jessie and Luly Lindsay, Rena
Adams, Della Bailey, Anna and Viola
Allen, of Mayaeld and Minnie Corder,
of Wellington, and Messrs. W. S.
Davis, R. May, R. Wynn, S. c. Adams,
John Lush, c. F. Slower, Ed. and
Burt Whaley, L. W. Gray, Frank
Adams, James Slade, John Crisler,
Elmer and John Mickey, and l. NJ,
Jacobs. They all report a grand
time.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
NIILLERTON.

VIM. Struble and Nora Hemps-
meyer we're married at the residence
of Hale Smith, last week.
The Viola nine will play game at
MillertOu next Saturday the 23rd
with the Geneva pine. Come ont
and See the game.
Some of the MillertOn boys witness
ed the ball game at Viola last Satur-
day between Viola and Norwich
which ended in victory for the lat
ter by a score of 5 too.
Miss Matte Niece, Of Belle PLANE,
who formerly taught at the Bloody
Run school, was here visiting friends
last week. Miss Niece will probably
teach the Bloody Run school the
coming season.
The change in trains makes it very
inconvenient for people here, as they
have such a short time in Wichita,
but Conway Springs is tickled over
the change as there will be no time
for the people of that town to trade
in Wichita.
We notice some of the cOrrespon'
dents to the VOICE have expressed
their opinions concerning the big ele'
vatOr scheme at Wichita; so VT
have the same right to express ours
In the first place We think the idea Of
building this elevator in Wichita is
enough to condemn it as it is a fact
that nearly every building built OF
this plan 10 Wichita ends in stea
for some capitalist from the people
The watch factory there is an exam,
pie of this. We have yet failed to SCI
why this big elevator would help U:
any.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
PERTH.

The ball game was almost fizzle
last Friday evening, between the
Cookie Burr nine and Perth. The
umpire decided the game in favor
of Perth.
The Commencement at the Luther
an church Friday night was well at
tended. The following programme
was rendered: Prayer by Rev. Pugh;
music by the orchestra; address by
R. 7. Simons Of Caldwell, subject
Character Building; vocal solo by
Miss Mary Slade; essay. Beauties Of
Nature by l. NJ. Jacobs; instru.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
Correspondence.
CICERO,

Mrs. Martin Ellis will have quilt
ing bee on Tuesday.
Mr.. Hit attended church at Har-
mon Center Sunday,
Rev. Summerville preached at Mt.
Zicn Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. A. Botkin has been quite i'll
but is reported some better.
Rev. W Z. Broadcast of Mulvane
preached at Harmon Center Sunday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Morris and
younger children are visiting in
Wichita.
Mrs. Reuben LawleSS brother is
visiting her this week. He is from
Cherokee county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fanchier spent
Sunday at the poor farm, the guests
of the Superintendent and family.
A letter received from Isabella, o.
T., reports very windy, dry spring.
Oats no account. Wheat poor and
short.
A. I. Montgomery is up from west
of Manchester, o, T., and he reports
no rain yet TO revive the crops
Wheat is bad off.
A wonderful rain reached US Fri
day morning accompanied by hail.
On the line mile south there are nc
traces of hail. We also had a heavy
shower in the afternoon and again
Saturday afternoon. The soil is very
wet with US. Some considerable
washing is reported but as a. whole
the rain is Of untold benefit.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
Last Monday at 8 o'clock the spirit

Last Monday at o'clock the spirit
Of Mrs. Josie L. Gelbach passed TO lis
maker. A cloud is thrown over Perth
a nd the surrounding vicinity. Mrs.
Josie L. Gelbach was well known
since young girl. She was always
Jolly, kind and sympathetic, not
thinking so much Of self; in fact she
was just like a southern girl, full Of
fun, and wanting everyone to enjoy
themselves. She leaves a husband
and one little girl. She is one Of
seven sisters aud is the sixth TO be
taken home. Mrs. Leslie UOOmbs is
the surviving sister. Mrs, Gelbach
was 26 years old. She leaves host
Of mourning friends. We extend our
siucete sympathy TO the bereaved
family.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
DISTRICT l5l.

Miss Nellie McMannis, daughter OF
John McMannis. died Sunday morn
ing.
Pastures are in better condition
than they have been in the past few
years.
There will be a lecture and other
exercises at Bethel next Sunday at 2
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
PERTH.
We had a good rain Monday.

We will have a favorable wheat
crop.
o. Fl. Attebury has returned to his
claim in the Strip.
Quite a lumber were fishing Sat-
urday and report fine time.
w. S. Davis and sister are moving
back to the farm near Mayfeld.
Rev. Torbit preached an excellent
sermon at tee Union church Sunday.
Samuel McNair aud Lawrence
Heron attended graduating exercises
in Perth last Friday.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-21
F. X ROBBINS, President. NJ R. MCLEAN, Cashier
The 70 aaer's Bank.
Organized Under State Banking Law Wellington, Kansas

Requires publish statements about five times year.
Individual responsibility sj0O0OOO.
Our deposits from individuals and fuuate little We handle
county funds
capital and surplus carry cash and gilt edge securities
We feel that offer safe deposit for money equal South
Kansas.
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RESPONSfBLE.
.HLLTdOIH

What do you regard as the most re- liable weather report, professor?'' Thunder "-T!t-B
 She-What q thing habit is He-I judge so. ] knew several of your sex who formed the habit years ago of be- ing 22 and they have never broken it'' Buffalo Times.
 "Is your last name Walker, Sam my?" Nav. Walker was me name when l was born an they didn't call me Sammy till four weeks later Sam my's me last name, mum. '-Exchange. Doctor (to page boyl-Who was the gentleman who called just now? Page boy--Smith, sir? Doctor-What's that You should say MT. Smith. Page boy Please, sir, didn't know he was mar ried.-Judy.
 What sent that dog away bowling sop asked the 'possum. "Oh," said the porcupine, "he was nosing around for information and I kindly supplied him with a. few oints."-Indianap Journal.
 Changed. can remember
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 Wool-"Some people have trouble with their mothers-in-law; I am happy to say that mine is an angel" Van Pelt-"Allow me to congratulate you; mine was quite i'll at one time. but she got we'll ''-Harlem Life.
 Your poem," said the editor thoughtfully, seems to me to lack something' "Oh, yes" replied the confident young man. q know what that is Indeed. And what is it?'' Publication. n."-Washington Star
 Ambitious Actor-'I have been stu dying the role of Hamlet for three years. Do you know any way I can get my impression of the character be- fore the public?" Manager Cooking him over)-''Yes; buy a theater."- Puck
 Did I ever tell you how got licked in school once?" No" Well, I got it. You see, half a dozen of us boys ar ranged to jump on the teacher at giv- en signal and You were the only one that jumped?" Exactly!"-Chica- go Record.
 '[To continue the money discussion, g remarked Snaggs, will you please tell
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ELEcrR1c oARs rN LONDON.

Electric cabs will soon be mysterious ly and wonderfully rolling about Lon don. A joint stock company has been formed, called the London Electrical Cab company, Limited, with capital of 15o, 900 pounds, in shares of one pound each. A most influential board of di- men we'll known in connection with electrical matters. A large number of the electric cabs will soon be fitted up. The electric supply companies will CO., operate with the new company in the provision of the motive powerg
 The electric cab has the pneumatic tired wheel It is heavier than the or dinary cab, The motor apparatus is nearly over the cab and the driver sits in front instead of above and at the rear as in some of the cars now in use. The new cabs are to be fitted with &C., cumulators carried beneath the body of the vehicle charged to propel it at least forty miles Q day, though accumulators can be charged so as to enable the cab to cover twice that distance. Dcpots are to be established in various parts of London, including the immediate suburbs, and when the driver sees that there Is danger of the power giving out he will go to the hearst depot for fresh accumulators.
 It will probably not be long before electric cabs are running all over New York, and not much longer before they are running all over New Haven. Their advantages over the present style of cab are so plain and so numerous that they will soon be appreciated. In time there will probably be few horses in the streets of cities. With the horses out those streets will be safer, cleaner, and less crowded.
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s.TS

President Cleveland has said the United States lis" and he knows, or ought to, for he Is President of the United States and has refused degree from Princeton. In his message the other day he said: ''The United States has nevertheless @ character to main tain as nation" Further, though the United States Is not a na- tion to which peace is Q necessity, 1t is in truth the most pacific of powers, and desires nothing so much as to live in amity with all the world"
 Some will think that the good old doctrine of State sovereignty is at tackled by '1s'' instead of "are" and some will think grammar is attacked But neither State sovereignty nor grammar will suffer greatly. The United States is a. nation, one and in- divisible.
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vided with 0 certificate showing wheth- CT he has ever been convicted of crime, felony or misdemeanor. Even If the record Is perfect In this respect, permit to sail will not be given if it is known that the emigraut comes in such a way as to violate our contract labor law. Idiots, insane persons, paupers, or per sons likely to become @ public charge are absolutely denied passports, Those who are blind or of defective sight dumb and blind, crippled or weak minded are not to be granted passports unless they have some one in this country able to support and willing to take care of them.
 This is proper. Good and sound Ital- ians are needed and wanted here. but bad and unsound ones are not.
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G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
Preparations for National Assembly at
 Buffalo.

Preparations for National Assembly at Buffalo.
 | The thirtylirst national encampment
 of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Buffalo in 1897, will in all 1 probability be the largest assemblage of veterans since the close of the war i with but one exception, the encamp-
 ment held at Washington in 1892. The | citizens committee which has been ap- | pointed to make the arrangements is doing all in it's power to make it an | event which the citizens of Buffalo will never forget. The committee es- 1 inmates the number of those who will 1 visit that city at 300, 000 The execu- 1 tive board, of which Augustus F. Scheu | is chairman, has decided to publish the rules governing all sub-connittees. | The badge committee, of which T. T.
 Randall is chairman, has selected a
 badge for the use of the delegates, but the design is for the present kept se-
 cret. The music committee has been
 authorized to contract for such bands
 as it may deem necessary at an ex- pense not to exceed S2, 300
 There are now 3S3,00O members of
 the order, but they are passing away
 at the rate of 5000 per annum. Many | thousands of comrades living in the | middle. southern and eastern depart | ments, who could not afford to attend | the encampments held at Pittsburg, Louisville and St. Paul, will be present The ex-prisoners of war and naval veterans are expected to be present in | large numbers.
 It is the sense of the executive board that the encampment be held during | the week commencing August g. A
 resolution to that effect was passed at | a recent meeting. Applications from posts for permission to quarter at the
 school houses and other public build | ings are being sent to the chairman of the committee on accommodations daily. General James E. Austin, chairman of the committee, is arrang-
 ing to procure halls, and has under consideration proposed floral and en- | blematical displays in the public parks The Central Traffic association has already unanimously recommended to
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THAT SILRpLES

Isn't 1t well to go a little slow in this bond business? Wouldn't 1t be wise for instance to wait until consolidation makes the greater New Haven and just what is needed in school matters and other things becomes more apparent? Of course we want a surplus and we are bound to have one, but there is no such hurry as some seem to think. This week bonds to the amount of $750,000 have been started It is a grand beginning, and we shall all feel proud of the credit of our beloved New Haven when we sell the bonds But be it re- membered that those who make haste to get a large surplus fall into snare Let us not hurry, therefore, but pro- ceed in this matter as conservative New Haven ought to proceed. What's the use of being a small United States in the matter of bonds and 8 surplus until we have become really united with the surrounding country? The more territory the more security for the bonds and the wider the blessing of a surplus
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bankrupt, the hotel and contents, in cluding the elevator, were sold under foreclosure. The purchaser of the ele- vator refused to surrender it, on the ground that the contract of the Roch- ester firm with the hotel proprietor was @ conditional bill of sale, and of no effect against the chattel mortgage be- cause it had not been filed. A referee also held this view, but the court de- cldes that an agreement to manufac- ture personal property does not require filing, and that the chattel mortgages in question were not a lien on the prop erty.
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the Joint Trafn association a rate of one cent mile, and thirty-day limit. The commander-in-chief will have his headquarters at the Hotel Iroquois, also the national president of the W, R, C.. and the national president of the La dies of the G. A. R. The department of New York expects to have 10000 veterans in line, and will have a large reception hall and headquarters in Elliott Square. The department com manders of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have secured quar- ters at the Tifft house.