People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-01-30

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for Eldorado on business.
Miss COrdia Nugent, of Milan, is
visiting friends in the city.
Come and see me when you have
poultry for sale. ]. NJ. MCKEE.
Born-To Mr.. aud Mrs. S. H.
Prock, Tuesday, a nine pound girl.
Z. W. Curran and wife left over the
Santa Fe for Cripple Creek, COL, last
Tuesday.
L. N. Phillippi, a prosperous mer-
chant of Milan, was In this city Tues
day on business.
]. Byron Cain, Of the Belle PLANE
News, attended the Jubilee Concert
Monday evening.
The little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. L. Spar went TO Wichita Tuesday
to visit with her aunt a few days.
Davis Hughes, aged 49,, of Mulvsne,
and Carrie Grist, aged %, were given
permission to wed by Probate Judge
Ferguson Tuesday.
E. Fl. Middlekauff, president Of the
Sumner County bank at Conway
Springs, was in the city Tuesday,
transacting business.
The Tennesseean Jubilee singers
have an open date next Tuesday
night and will give another concert
in the auditorium here on that even
ing.
John T, Stewart administrator Of
the estate OF Hannah McGown.
deceased, made his final settlement
and was discharged by the probate
court Tuesday.
Jim Dorsey. under sheriff OF Sedg-
wick county, was in the city Tuesday
Emerson Dunn, Noel Faulkner and
John Craig, Of Eden township, were in
the city Tuesday.
W. B. Coldwell and three little boys
were over from Oxford to hear the
Jubilee Singers Monday night. They
we're entertained at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lyman Naugle.
]. W. Haughey arrived Tuesday
from Kansas City, Mo-, where he
has been attending the meeting of
the board Of trustees Of the Odd
Fellows Insurance company.
A. G. Dunn, as administrator Of the
estate of D. G. Dunn. sold a farm in
Eden township, belonging to the es-
tate, to E. H. Middlekauff and w. E.
AtchisOn Tuesday for 81, 4SO.
S. A. Hamblin returned to Newton
last Monday. He is well pleased
with the prospects for a business
location here and will return soon to
make final arrangements for open
ing a Racket store.
The amount of funds which had
been paid out up to the close Of bust.
ness Monday by County Treasurer
Spencer on account Of his distribu-
tiOn was slS,34S.3S and that is only
just good beginning. He and his
clerks were busy waiting on the same
kind Of customers Tuesday.
The United States supreme court
has decided to advance the mortgage
redemption case. 1t will be submit
ted on briefs the second week in
April and the supreme court Of the
United States will take it under ad-
visement at once and settle the vexa-
tious question for all time to come.
A man was arrested at Wellington
for stealing geese. We do not mean
that he was arrested for stealing
lawyers, but geese-geese with feath-
ers on. This explanation is due to
Onr readers who are not we'll &C
quainted at Wellington.-Conway
Springs Star.
Our lawyers are not geese.
Jesse Clay met with very painful,
though not serious, accident Tuesday
morning while driving some cattle
over a bridge near the Rock Island |
stock yards. The horse he was rid
ing slipped and fell, catching Mr..
Clay's leg under him and bruising it |
badly, though no bones were broken.
He is reported to be resting well.
The business of the district court is
about completed. The term started |
out with about 165 cases, but with
compromises and dismissals it has
dwindled down to nothing. Several
railroad cases were settled. Judge
Burnette thinks there will be but
little court business this year. He
doubts if it will be necessary to call a
Jury for the May term. People are
haldpressed for money and are un.
able to 60 to law. This influences
settlements and compromises.
A printing Office is usually consid-
cred rather tough place and the
newspaper worker mighty bad man.
Statistics, however, do not bear out
the idea. OF 1880 convicts in the