People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-14

weeks stay with her sister, Miss
Margaret Walton. Her daughter,
Miss Maude, will remain a week or so
longer.
The Invincible ball club played a
match game of ball with the colOred
nine of this city at the grounds out
by the round house yesterday.
The score was 10 to 2 in favor of the
InvinCibles.
Miss Luella Harris will spend con-
siderable part of the summer with
her brother Dwight near Mayfeld,
to the city each Saturday
to spend Sabbath with her parents.
She went out yesterday.
S. C. Burnette, Sam WoOdSOn and
NJ. H. Collins, committeeman from
Caldwell, were in the city attending a
meeting of the Democratic county
central committee Tuesday.
All the old soldiers in the county,
whether G. A. Rs or not, are cor
daily urged to join in the parade and
exercises in this city on Memorial day,
May 30th. Tell all your old soldier
friends.
A letter received on Monday from
MedfOrd, o. T., says everything is
very dry down there. as they got only
a sprinkle Saturday. The wheat is
nearly all gone and is being plOwed
up to plant corn.
The rain Saturday morning extended
over the entire western portion Of
Kansas and as far west as Panhandle,
Texas. Rather heavy wind accom-
panied the rain west of Woodward,
o. T., but did no extensive damage.
Mrs. ]. B. Gelbach, wife of one Of
Perth'S most enterpriSing merchants,
died Monday afternoon at o'clock,
carried away by that dread disease,
consumption. The funeral took place
Tuesday at 2 p. m., under the auspices
of the A.O.U.W. Lodge of Mayfeld.
Ivan Rogers is almost unrecOgniz-
able now by his best friends, on
account Of having lost his mustache.
We don't know whether the strong
winds are responsible for its disap.
pearance, or Ivan is hiding out, and
shaved it off tOpreserve his incOgnitO,
j. N. McDavitt received three
double burner reflector gas lamps
Monday morning for the band. They
are beauties and if they make as good
a light as their appearance would in
dicate, the boys will be happy. The
old lights were hardly strong enough
The Oxford Normal offers a prizt
OF s. to the student in the C grad,
making the best average at the nor.
NAL. 1t also offered a scholarship II
the teacher receiving the best grad,
for a third grade certificate. Thi
was won by Miss Grace Lowery, o
Conway Springs.
Your attention is called to tn
sworn statement Of the Wellington
National Bank made to the Comp
troller Of the Currency under date o
May 7th, showing the bank to be il
excellent condition. One feature
especially noticeable and marked an
shows the confidence the public hsv
in the bank, We refer to the deposit
which exceed in amount the combine
deposits Of any three bankes in tn
county, l
Two prodigsls, in the persons 0
} Will Taylor and Silva Forsyth, n
turned Tuesday from their exten
sive wanderings. They like Salt LAX
City all right, but They saw abou
half a hundred former Wellington pee
pie, including Al Woods, Tom Hicl
: man aHd Others, who all seem to b
doing we'll. Every one out there
interested in mining, even to the he
tomale man on the street. Ed Mors
has about 5000 shares of good minin
stock.
Emmett Ward rode over from VIII
, field on his wheel on Monday an
continued his journey to Mulvan
that afternoon. He reports that
saw no field Of wheat which woul
not make a half crop il il rained SOOl
and many fields were YET undamageC
The condition of the crop aroun
j Winfield is very similar to Sumnt
] county. The best field he saw on III
D road was about one mile this side
Oxford. 1t was about eighty acrt
a and almost perfect, nearly headed Ou
q Miss Edith Leonard, one of We
I lingtOn's most popular young ladie
= and who has been a teacher in oil
city schools for two years past, le
Il on Wednesday for Butler count
: where she will visit friends and rel
h tiyes for a few weeks. She will the
T. 60 to Illinois where she will sper
J. the next year. Miss Leonard, by h
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