People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-04-30

W OuO "HOCI' - ely OHO Odu uO
something. Now is the time to ad-
vance the interests Of Wellington.
Ed Hackney is over from yelling
ton today, shaking hands with old
friends. Ed has decided to take the
law as his life'S work and is over here
looking for the footprints Of his
Uncle Bill.-Windeld Courier.
The Episcopal bishop of this diO-
cese was in the city Monday night and
confirmed several candidates. This
congregation has decided to buy a
building and have it moved on their
lots On South Jefferson avenue.
This Office is in receipt of tickets
to the Kansas Musical Jubilee, to be
held at Hutchinson, May %, q, 2S, 20.
PrOfS. Frederic W. Root and W. c. E.
SeebOeck, of Chicago, are named as
special attractions for this festival.
Word has been received in this city
that Sylvia Forsyth had accepted a
position in the register of deeds Of
flee at Colorado Springs. Will Tay-
lOr is at Salt Lake City and in all
probability will be home within the
next ten days.
Mrs. G. L. cellars and niece, Miss
Mabel Haskell, left Tuesday morning
over the Santa Fe for Rockford,
Illinois, where they expect to visit
with friends and relatives for month
or six weeks, after which Miss Haskell
will leave for her home in Colorado.
Robert Sea, Pliny Simpson, Charley
Amberg and Charley Garland were a
party of cyclists who rode to Oxford
Sunday, returning same evening.
The last four miles of the home run
was made in ten minutes, which is
very fast time. The boys say that
Pliny came near fainting before the
city was reached.
Quincy Barnes had quite an excit-
ing time on South Washington ave.
nue. Sunday night. The horse he was
driving became frightened at a bicycle
and suddenly whirled to one side,
breaking the shafts and almost up
setting The buggy. The horse be-
longs to the Rush livery barn, to
which place it was Immediately taken.
A local club of the National BIZ
metallic Union was organized in the
council rooms Tuesday evening. The
following permanent officers were
elected: C.C.Curtis, president; Judge
F. H. Gilmore, vice-preSident; Judge
j. BOOkwalter, treasurer; Fred Bo-
hanna, secretary; Jas. A. Ray, lee
turer. The organization will meet
every Tuesday evening.
Benz. Missildine, who is one of the
Oldest settlers in this neck of the
woods, says he has never had such a
prospect for wheat since he has been
in the county. His early wheat is
just ready to head out and is a vast
sea Of waving green. Mr.. Missildine
lives just far enough south to be in
the fortunate district that got Mon
days sOaker,-Oxford Register.
Miss Jessie Ferguson, who has
been a teacher in our city schools for
several years past, will leave next
Friday for Council Bluffs, Iowa, where
she will visit friends for some timeI
She will then 60 to Kentucky where
she has sister living, to spend part
OF her vacation. Miss Ferguson has
many friends 10 Wellington who re-
gret her departure, and hope she may
decide to returnin the fall and resume
her school duties here.
Two men have been going the
rounds today selling a box of soap for
81 and claiming to give a prize Of
set Of dishes, consisting Of lO4 pieces,
a fine mantel clock or a parlOr lamp to
each purchaser, the dollar to be paid
at once and the prizes to be delivered
in the future. A lady visiting In the
city from Eureka, ILL.,, recognized the
scheme as great flake" that had
been worked in her vicinity, and con-
sequently she warned several parties
here. The authorities were notified,
out on aconunt of inSufficientevidence
representative men were not arrested.
A number of our citizens have been
taken in and are mourning the loss of
their dollars. 1t is we'll to think
twice before patrOpizing peddlers who
offer everything for nothing.
E. +. Pember arrived home Tuesday
morning from Galena and other east
ern Kansas points. Mr.. Pember has
been prospecting in western Missouri
and eastern Kansas for the past three
weeks. During his absence he con.
nected himself with the North Star
mining company at Galena, and was
made its president. This company
Is incorporated under the laws of
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