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

in honor Of our nations dead let US
scatter the flowers as bright as their
memory and pure as was their deyO-
ton to the starry flag we love,
J. J. Adkins is making things buzz.
He is running two listers. John
thinks this is the corn year. We
hope he is right.
We heard a good Republican make
the remark few days ago, that it
was the hardest times to get hold Of
dimes that he ever saw.
Joe HeSkett informs Us that he has
fOrty-twO young pigs from four SOws.
Not any more dust storms this way
or Joe will have the blues.
We don't wonder that Sedwlck coun-
ty can boast Of big crops. They are
farming Sumner county soil, while We
are left with the light trash from
Oklahoma.
The new store at East Riverdale is
doing a good business. That is, the
young ladies OF this part like to trade
there. A good looking young man
will draw custom.
The game Of base ball last Saturday
between Mayfeld and Riverdale re-
suited in a score of { to s in favor of
Mayaeld. Pitcher for Mayfeld, Rob-
erts; for Riverdale, Nixon.
We are glad to note the interest
the Zyba correspondent takes in the
meetings and Sunday Schools at Ar
gyle and Meridian. We hope there
will be much good come from them.
KANSAS FARMER.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
Correspondence.
SEVENTY SIX.

EpwOrth league was not held last
Sunday evening as Rev. Graham
preached again in the evening.
Rev. Bernstorf will preach at Sew
enty-Six next Sunday afternoon and
is also expected to lead the League in
the evening,
As the wind is taking out the wheat
we will have to plant il to Katfir corL
feed the Kaftiir corn to the chickens
and give the chickens to the preacher
to pay our Quarterage.
We are glad to learn that our old
school mate, L. c. SCha;fer, at Clear
dale, has paid off his mortgage. We
hope that prosperity wont make him
90 back to the Republican party.
Rev. Graham preached a good ser
mon last Sunday morning about
Nehemiah and san ballet and show
ed how the san balletS of today were
dividing the churches. | thought he
hit the Republicans pretty hard
when be said you could not reform
large bOdies-Or instance, the two
old political parties.
There seems to be a misunderstood.
ing about stack Of millet the Seven.
ty- Six correspondent sold. Heacted
as agent for a loan company and sold
the stack to Mr.. Hiatt, and got the
money o. X. Mr.. RiSSell'says he
got the millet of another agent in
Wellington and he got the millet all
OK. Mr.. Hiatt is out his money
and so is the Wellington agent. The
Seventy.Six correspondent is alright
as he got the money.
J. ?. Bowers.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
DR.. Mayhem. Dentist,
over Farmers Bank,
Wellington, Kansas.
ZYBA.

Uncle James Daley made a trip to
Wellington Saturday.
The rain fall for the past month
April, was 2.l6 inches.
BE. Allen has been on the sick
list for the last few days.
Joseph Scott of Peck shipped a car
Of hos from that place last week.
R. c. Brown sold his wheat a few
days ago. He getting ready for the
coming crop.
Frank FOrney lost a fine fat hog
while hauling them to the StOckyards
at Zyba last week.
There will be pie social and en-
tertainment at the Argyle school
house Friday night, May 18th.
The high winds of the past week
have hurt the growing crops to a
greater extent than many think.
Young fruit was badly injured.
Alex Barnes had seventy-hve acres
of wheat in Seventy-Six township
blown out by the winds and has just
finished listing it in corn. There are
a great many Others Who are in the
same fix.
Will Nixon went to Mayfeld Sat-
urday with the Riverdale ball club to
assist them in playing with the
Mayfeld niue. Will joined the Belle
Plaine club and will play with them
this season.
H. NJ. Stevens says that his apple
trees are covered with measure or
span worms. We think they must be
the young canker worms which we
see are reported in some parts of the
state as very bad at present.
We understand that Will Paine the
section boss on the Zyba section
wishes to discnsS the financial ques-
tion with some POpulist. We bet
there are lots of so called old clOd-
hOppers in Sumner that can discuss
this question with Will or any other
g.o.p. tg NJ ever partyl that can
come out and debate. We have in our
mind three men, all farmers, any one
of whom could discuss this question
with ease: R. J. Huklne, James
Mordy and Mr.. Johnson.
THOs. NIXON.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
RIVERDALE.

Hard hitters at west Riverdale
each Saturday.
Joe HeSket went to Hoods pasture
with part Ct his cattle last week.
John Heskett shipped three cars Of
wheat from Riverda!e last Friday and
Saturday.
Henry Vawter has splendid small
field of alfalfa. 1t is the best We
have seen.
Mr.. aad Mrs. Durham speLt Sat-
urday night and Sunday with VIM.
West ana wife on the Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth went to
Wellington last Saturday with some
Kansas produce consisting OF fourty
dozen eggs.
Once again is the hand of time ap-
preaching the mark that designates
the completion Of another cycle anG
the return OF the day made sacred tC
the hand of noble men who in the
hour OF peril laid down their lives fol
the country they loved 50 well. Thel
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
CALDWELL.

F. B. FisK's school closed last Sat-
urday at 1873.
Teachers meeting at the residence
of o. H. Benidict'S, Thursday even
ing.
Homer Aultman has gone away to
school again. He went alone this
time.
R. NJ. Johnston our popular trustee,
lost two fine horses last week with
blind Staggers.
Corn planting is mostly over and
Katfir planting and tending corn is
the bywOrk now.
]. o. LamJdin was seen once more
1t Sunday school. He is so thin he
hardly makes a shadow.
We had a splendid rain on the
morning Of the 18th and terrible
dust storm in the afternoon.
DR.. Noble aud Mrs John Deering
have gone into partDerhip; raising fine
poultry. The first sixty eggs all rot.
ted except one.
We have ninety acres Of corn and
thirty acres Of Kaffir, and every man
in the neighbOrhOOd is planting about
the same-Oue fourth Kaffir.
Q Mrs. John Jordan is thinking OF
starting a notion store in Caldwell,
We think the idea is a good one and
dreams Of farming will forever vanish
from her mind.
Communion services at the Calvary
Presbyterian church at Valley Center
last Sunday and Rev. McQuown was
hired to preach the last Sabbeth in
each month for the sum of $50 a year,
We received letter from Mrs. Ma.
una Algeo, of Tacoma, Washington,
who owns 400 acres Of land in Cald.
well township and she wishes to Sell a
part or all Of this land to suit purchas.
er. She once lived here and went tc
Tacoma sixyears ago. We would like
to see some one buy it and live on it,
as it Is good farm and well improv.
ed.
f. P. LOGAN.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07

aud the small pupils presented their
teacher, While Carter, with a nice
leather bound Bible. Tuis has been a
very successful term OF school.
Lizzie Heasty returned home Sat-
urday from Winfield where she has
been attending school.
Anna Allen has been confined to the
house for several days Cd account of a
very badly sprained ankle.
Quite a crowd Of our young people
attended the Christian Endeavor Lo-
cal Union at Perth Sunday.
John Love and wife and Mrs. DR..
Harmon went to Blackwell the latter
part Of last week to visit their daught.
er and sister Mrs. VanSelous.
The Christian EndeavOr Social given
at Mrs. Aliens last Thursday evening
was well attended. The evening was
spent in singing. recitatiOns and social
conversation.
The Union prayer meeting at this
place has changed from Friday nights
to Thursday nights.
Mr.. Stockins met with quite an &C
cident last week while cleaning out
his well. lie put in dynamite Tues
day evening which failed to do any
good, 50 Wednesday morning he went
down into the well and was overcome
by the gas, but by the timely aid Of
neighborS and doctors he was hauled
up, although unconscious and is still
confined to his bed at this writing.
CRAwFIsH.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07

spend few days visiting her mother
Mrs. Bellchamber.
{. A. Sheldon was on our streets
Saturday.
Miss Maud Darby was at yelling
ton Saturday.
Miss Florence Barton went to We
lingtOn Saturday.
V. T. Heffner and Clyde Reed drove
tU Wichita Tuesday.
DR.. D. H. Roberts is quite sick at
the present writing.
Mrs. 7, {. Andrews spent Monday
and Tuesday in Wichita.
Alex Knot shipped a car load of
hogs to Kansas City Sunday.
DR.. H. o. Harrison was in our city
a few days the first Of the week.
Hugh and Yewell Griffith shipped
FIVE cars Of cattle and hogs to Kansas
City Sunday.
Rev. J. K. Miller returned from E.
dorado Friday where he has been Wis.
iting for several days.
Miss Lillian BransOn of Sharon, O..
T., is visiting relatives and friends in
this community, this week.
Jessie Reed left for Bedford, Iowa.
Saturday where he has accepted a
position in a hardware store.
Call Spargur and Frank Owens star
ted for Southern Iowa Monday.
They will be gone indemnity.
VIM. LOngsides and wife, James
Workman, Miss Norma Leighton and
Mrs. Della Adams went over to the
Walnut fishing Tuesday.
Al Spargur, N. T. Hall, Frank
Phillips, Ed Wilder and W. c. Stick
Ter went over 70 the Walnut fishing
Saturday but they report no luck.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
See that new binder at
R. j. Smiths implement
house. It cuts a swath
twelve feet wide.
MAYFIELD.

Mr.. and Mrs. Bissel left Monday for
Eugeni, Oregon.
Ella Lamb is very low at this writ
ing with consumption.
Lola Cramer Of Wellington is visit
ing friends in our community.
Elsie Freeman and wife came up
from the Strip Sunday to attend
church.
There will be preaching at the
Baptist church next Sunday morning
and evening.
The school It this placed closed
Friday with very appropriate exer-
cises and good dinner. The High
school pupils presented Prof. Easter
with a very nice photograph album
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
DISTRICT Isl.

The wheat is quite short yet.
All our roads are now in good con-
ditiOn.
The telephone company are extend
Ing a branch Of their line to Rome.
COOney Spear claims that he has
the heaviest horse 10 Sumner county.
The mOcking birds and thrushes
can now be heard at all hours of the
day.
Prof. George Wakefield expects to
spend his summer vacation on the
farm.
On Tuesday morning April 18th We
had a rain of 81 Of an inch. By noon
the wind was blowing a gale and the
dust was so thick in places that one
could not see. The dust storm con
tinued for twenty-fOur hours.
A number Of the advanced scholars
from the different schools in this
vicinity have organized night school
to review their studies during the
summer. They meet on saturday
evenings at Rome. Homer Williams
and Jake Anderson were the instruct.
ers last Saturday evening. Prof. Geo
Wakefield will be the permenent in.
StructOr.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07

J. c. Smith expressed two trOttiug
bred weCnling colts from CORTLAND,
New York, 1891 and 1892 These two
stations are standard and faShionably
bred. They will make the season in
Wellington at the stables near The gas
factory. For further particulars call
on J. c. Smith or Phil Conrad. 2t37
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
BELLE PLANE.
f. P. LOGAN.

W. W. Welter was in Kansas City
Sunday.
F. W. FOrney was down from Peck
Monday.
Mrs. Bellchamber was in Wichita
Monday.
Mrs. W. II. Cracker OF Cedarvale
cine in Monday evening and will
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
Old Reliable

ewey store where kept the largest and finest tok Of
watches clocks, ewery, siverware and spectaces Wei
ngton. We guarantee 'eryhing sell be just as re
resented.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-04
THE CENTRAL LABOR UNION'S DOTNGS.

At the meeting Of the Central Labor Union yes
terday Delegate Fitzgerald. of the marble industry.
said that the employers had signed a new agree
ment with the unions for year The scale Of
wages which the employers Will pay for an eight
hour workday is follows: Stone cutters 81: car
vers, "a 80: polishens 50 IS, and helpers s. 30.
Mr.. Harris said that at last organized labor had
won important and substantial victory by union
izng s. Gutenberg & Bros cigar mandatory, al
though II had cost $4,000 20 do So
Mr. Hoadley, of Electrical Workers Union No. D.
said that the Walter VI. Wood Company NAmlted). in
West Broadway. had declared that Union No. 3
men should longer remain In It's employ The
company has n big job a building In
Bleecker-st. and II begins work there
organized labor Will have an opportunity TO assert
itself: If necessary 1t was said. the same action
would be taken there was taken IN relation to the
trouble the Siege Cooper building. where Alex
andcr Bros. the electrical contractors, had been
compelled TO employ none but Union No men.
Mr. Harris said that the life and Limb bill
which provides that screens ana planking be laid
for the safety Of workmen in new buildings, had
passed both branches of the Legislature and
now in the hands OF the Governor. The secretary
instructed to write Governor Merton and
him the bill
New-York tribune., 1896-05-04
SUNDAY OBSERrANCE DISCUSSED.

Following the regular service OF song ana prayer
there was a meeting Of the Womans Natonal SAD
bath Alliance in Calvary Baptist Church Fifty
scventh-s, near .sixth-ave.. last evening. THIS
orrauIz alton which came into existence February l.
1885, has FOR It's objects 10 arous" women TO
realization 0. the periis which threaten the Chris
tan Sabbath 10 enlist womer In efforts 10 counter
ac, these perils and to ASST the American Sab
bath Union by the formation OF womcn's Sabbath
committees" otc
or the members OF the Alliance there were present
last evening Mrs. Darwin II. James president Mrs
Theodor. Weston vcc-prcsident. and Mrs. W. NJ
IFaacs Miss j. II. Knowcs organizing secretary;
Miss NJ tay. secretary; Mrs. Frank X Van Nest
treasurer and Mrs. James fcr~ance auditors
The Rev DR. Robert :. Macarthur presided. and
made the opening address. The Rev. Donald sage
Wackay Of the North Reformed church. Newark.
smoke briefly, and Mrs Shevantabal Nikambe gave
a Ave minutes talk about how the sabbath was
ohscrvcl or rather not observed. in India Her
husband the Rev. Madhvdrav Nlkambe. also made
n five minutes address regarding sabbath obscr-
vance These last two speakers are Hindoo con
vcrts who are in This country studying evangelisc
methods They appeared in native costume The
Key Dr. Joseph H. knowles. secretary or the Amer
lean Sabbath Union. took part In the services
New-York tribune., 1896-05-04
A BIG SHEEP DRIVE.
. portIand OreConlan.

From The Portland OreGOnidli.
r. J. Hagenbarth. who represents the Wood Live
Stock Company. Of idaho and Utah. is making prep,
arat!ons for big drive Of sheep from this secon 10
eastern ranges, says Tho pendleon Eas, East ore ore
gonian" 1t will be the largest band OF sheep ever
sarted its summer drive from Eastern r oregon
Mr.. Hagenbarth has already purchased ioVU sheeP
for the drive. and will buy sl more so that when n
the drive begins there will be about 43Col Ihey are are
mostly yearl.ng ewes. and are destined, part LOT
Southern Montana and part for Dakota. The sheep
VIII be placed ranges and grown some for NUT
ton only. and about Is 90 for wool and mutton The
company represented by Mr.. Hagenbarth has near
quarters In Beaver canyon, Idaho. The sheep have
counties.
Mr. Hagenbarth will employ twenty eight men
and u6e forty-eght horses In the enterprise He has
adopted an idea which will be new among men max
Ing these eastern drives The custom has been TO
carry All supplies in wagons 1t being necessary to
keep the wagons near the sheep, the drive had TO
follow the beaten paths and often the sheep suffered
Tor want or sunic!ent food. They were often taken
oyer @ long stretches where dry dusty plains caused
all supplies on pack horses and can therefore 80
through the mountains. where the grass Is plentiful
ignoring the roads. going anywhere he pleases 50
long as there are trails over which the pack horses
can travel AS they can travel almost anywhere the
sheep can be kept on good feed ali the time and Mr.
good condition and with minimum loss
New-York tribune., 1896-05-04
THE PEOPLES CHORAL UNION.

REHEARSAL FOR TIE CONCERTS TO BE GIVEN
MAY II AND
The Peoples Choral Union and Singing classes are
actively engaged in rehearsing for their annual con-
certs which will take place this year the even
!ngs OF May II and IS at Carnegie Hall. The stage
Is 10 he enlarged so TO hold the l400 singers who
will take part in the concert About forty pieces
of the New-York Symphony Orchestra Will furnish
instrumental music, and there Will be 500 singers
The main part Of the entertainment is to consist
however. of chorus singing. Among the selections
that will be rendered the following when
Egypt Out OF Israel Came" Mendessohn The
Three Pictures" Rubenste!n: "A Calm Sea and
Prosperous Voyage" Beethoven; Ring out Wild
Bells" Dr. Leopold Damrosch: The Kaiser March"
Wagner; Hymn of Thanks" f. Kremser; Two
Resolute Lovers" NJ. Hauptmann. Frank Dam
rosch Will usual conduct.
The Choral Union and the Advanced and Ele-
meniary classes assembled for rehearsal az Cooper
Union yesterday afternoon in large numbers. There
were fully 800 people present Mr.. Damrosch took
occasion TO pay a tribute TO the work and char
acter Of Miss 4. s. Lee. OF the teachers OF the
classes. VINO died last week
The objec, Mr. Damrosch aimed 10 accomplish
when he started the union several years ago was 20
teach i,s members TO read music well a. sight and
the results have been ghy encouraging.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-04
THE UEADHEAD SYSTEM ~ HOTELS

The deadheaG system which has for years been
accepted by amusement managers and railroad OH
cais as a necessary evil, Is gradually extending 10
other lines. The hotel business is the latest 10 be
invaded. AS yet the nuisance has not reached New
York hostleries. but the managers of many hotels.
particularly in Western cities. have begun to Issue
cards emitting the person named therein 10 accom-
nodltions at other than the recognized rates
Among the largest hotels to give passes OF this
kind are the Iollenden. Of Cleveland. and the
Genesee of Buffalo. The passes handsomely
engraved on heavy cardboard OF a size TO ht the
passbooks usually carried by railroad men. The
cards have round corners, an appropriate and we'll
drawn cut for the heading, and a picture OF the
hotel on the back The printed matter is the same
I'm both cases 1t reads
The holder Of this card Is entitled TO a discount
of 20 cents day the American plan on all rooms
sor which the price is s. 80 day and upward. Wnen
accompanied by his wife the charge for her on the
American plan will be So a day. regardless OF the
price of the room occupied, ana on The European
ban her account will be complimentary.
Some OF the persons to whom these cards have
been issued keep them present simply as curiosi-
ties while Others find In them considerable saw,
ing in travelling expenses: Each pass is stamped
with the date and is good throughout the year III
which II issued.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-04
WHY THE WHISPERS had TO GO.
SHAVEN MESSENGER BOYS" A NECESSARY
PRELIMINARY TO THE USE OF THE
BICYCLE IN THE SERVICE

The secret Is out. Several weeks ago the Ameri-
can District Telegraph Company issued edict
compelling all its boys" Juvenile and sene, to
erase from their faces all vestiges Of hair. The
company declared that the purpose Of the order
TO secure uniformity in the appearance OF the
corps OF "mercuries.' but recent happenings have
made 1t clear that this contention only shall
low pretence. and that the order only prepara-
tory to the Introduction OF the bicycle into the
service. The officials Of the company evidently
realized that the appearance of of their hoary
Rip Van Wrinkles astride wheel would be too
much even for the New-York pubic, accustomed
they to strange vagares the part OF their
servants. The sound of the wind playing conceros
through patriarchal boards of the "5oys' as they
flew through the streets of the city would have
added still another weird sound to mngle with the
clang of the cabe-car gong and the rumble of the
festive beer wagon.
The astute officers Of the American District Tele-
graph Company. foreseeng that bicycles were com
Ing, decreed that whiskers must go.
The Introduction of the bicycle for the use OF tele-
graph messengers IS only tentative The company's
officers are going to see whether or not it works,
will only play. Judging from past performances, it
Srom You'd not c. be at al surprising If boy starting
sage to a man at the Battery should preface his
jounrney n downtown with a little spin up to Yonkers
The old "you-press- button and we will-do the
sSp be for y, reading
all over Manhattan Island"
In view of the recent innovation it IS probable
that the Society for the Prevention Of Speed In
Messenger Boys may take some action. Indeed. in
do so. for it is manifesty impossible to ride a
wheel as slowly most members of the S. p. s
streets Of the city Still this ideal rate of progress
may may be approxmated and to this end there are
at which there will be series OF slow races with
magnificent diamond medals for the skiful ones
rate without railing OH or them.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-04
TUNNELLING PIXIES PEAK.
ocky Mountain News.

The engineer has wrought wonders in Colorado
He has enabled railroads TO Climb mountains above
the timber line and bracket trains in the cefts Of
dark canyons over rushing streams He has followed
veins OF precious half m.c below the surface,
and constructed irrigation systems the canals Of
which thread valleys and plains Ike inland rivers
to be tunneed This tunnel will be driven through
the southwestern slope Of the mountain at an aiti-
has an elevation of l4lF feet Ii Will be about
mile and quar;er in Length and Ihe The COS; OF con-
Wilson Il Jackson. Of Chicago. who are TO
complete the M SorK MHm nas months no r9m
Ing executed at an altitude Of more than two miles.
West Beaver. which now now into the Arkansas
River below Canyon City from the western to the
f Of the coorado S Springs Saterworks % system The
waste water Will be turned into the 'Fontaine-qui,
The many thousands OF tourists who annually visit
Colorado Springs and Mantou will soon md this
great tunnel added 10 the wonderland OF the PikeS
Peak region
Colorado Springs owns its waterworls plans. and
the proposed tunnel Is but addition TO that sys-
The system of waterworks which now supplies
Colorado Springs from Pixies Peak has its highest
:, sSsTse m @ tn rsrvS Sr No S an esYn0n OF about
vor No. s. which was small natural lake; An
OF @ M the
Is, eGnveyS 20. again In sn an IN on
pipe i e"s about ua' two miles t to Dead Lake Where is
eenptied over the divide into the open channel OF
braied traveller and explorer. conveys the water 70
Lake Moraine. also known reservoir No. 4. IL
was originally called Mystic Lake" and Is about
to tourists The old Mystic Lake had area OF
about eight acres and was fayorite M resort as
somethlng. Of the superstitous seemed to be as.
socated with its placid waters. sheltered under the
twenty-five feet above the bed Of Ruxton Creek and
one hundred feet back from its bank The geologist
now explains that the lake of glacial origin:
hence. when a dam was constructed and the ola
Mystic Lake became part OF the waterworks
system. the name changed to Lake Morane."
This has Of over ninety acres. and has been
stocked with brook trout. From Lake Moratne the
water flows along the natural channel OF Ruxton
Greek to a point near the Half Way House, whence
route as far as Manitou. Thence II is conveyed In
two pipes the smaller one being tapped at Colorado
City, located between Colorado Springs and Man!tou