People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
County Exchanges.


Grace and Birdie Kier. Of yelling.
ton, and Pearl kellogg, OF Vernon.
were in Oxford Monday aud rented a
place and will keep house and attend
the normal.-Oxford Register.
The Oxford Register objects to the
Belle PLANE News calling Oxford a
dlied-up town. This is only a slang
name the dear BOYS" have for a town
that don't sell whiskey. - don't get
angry. brothers.
Maclanded at New York on the 24th
ult., and from there went 10 Niagara
Falls, thence to Chicago. The next
place Of locating with any Dtrmanency
will be Charles City, Iowa, where they
will visit for time. and can be adj
dressed with every assurance of re.
ceiying the miSSiye.-OxfOrd Register.
Mrs. Il. Barrett went over 10 Wei
lingtUn last week TO attend the school
entertainment at the auditorium. but
owing to the stampede which was
caused by the threatening storm con-
diti0uS, met with disappointment.
She remained over to hear Prof. De-
Motto Saturday night.-Oxford Reg
lister.
Conway Springs has a colored porter
at the Missouri Pacific depot there,
who can direct the wayfaring man to
the nearest joint in six different kinds
of language. 1t must be next thing
70 deiirium tremens 10 hear a darkey
talk Dutch or the native Irish. Won
der if he can chop-chop in Chinese
New Era.
With the the wind blowing gale and
/ the air filed with dust, sand aud
gravel it has been 10 easy matter to
gather news the past two days.-Mi-
Ian Press.
Such little things as this should not
bother a Kansas editor. He can 20
out and wait for the wind to turn
something up or until things get to
blowing his way. He can then return
full OF sand and with plenty Of dust
in his pocket. =
! Hall Game, the English author. saws
the superiority Of American women
( arises from their being placed on a
pedestal and wOrshipped by American
men. It's brick houses to shingle
that Hall can't name anything more
worthy Of being put upon a pedestal
and bowed down TO than the average
American woman. God bless her and
help her to maintain her superiority.
Belle PLANE Defender.
/ J. NJ. Morgan has invented a stop
short continuance TO be used in con-
nectiOn with the fywheel 10 & smiths
bellows, which runs forward with
lightning rapidity but positively re-
fuses to back up. II the frog in the
ciStern had only had J. Ms. invention
rugged onto him, theprO6lem that has
for many years racked the brains Of
many Of this nations great would
shortly have been solved. A patent
has been applied fOr.-Oxford Register.
D. A. Espy received a prospectus
from Geo. R. Fultz, who is located at
Colorado Springs, this morning. 1t
shows some valuable mining property
that is being opened up and belong.
ing to the company. The company
is known as the Warner Gold Mining
Co., with a capital stock Of l,0O0,OO0
shares, par value 81 each. Geo. R.
Fultz is president; Chas. H. Winters,
secretary, D. e. Willard, assistant sec.
rotary and VIM. c. Warner, treasurer.
The Wellington people still hold in
memory the terrible cyclone Of 1892
and the sad destruction which it
wrought. The auditorium was
crowded last week Is hear the annual
school entertainment, but at the ap-
prOach Of storm cloud they took
fright and stampeded like a flock Of
sheep at wolf raid, dashing ont into
the rain and frantically racing tsr
home. This is not a thing 10 be
laughed at, but rather is il 10 be
depBred.-OxtOrd Register.