People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-22
CITY AND COUNTY.

Chattel mortgages still hold sway.
-Four were filed before noon Monday.
Farmers from Eden township report
wheat up and looking fine. They say
that it covers the ground.
W. R. Wallace of Belle PLANE was
here Tuesday; he thinks Belle Plaine
township will give its electoral vote
to Mckinley.
Jennie Holiday, Administrative of
the estate Of James Holiday, de-
ceased, filed petition for the sale of
real estate yesterday.
W. H. Hitchcock, one of the pioneer
merchants Of Sumner county died at
Belle Plaine Monday. His death
was caused by kidney trouble.
Justice Cox is carrying a sample
Republican dollar around-32 to |;
dollars worth of silver in dollar,
1t is nearly as big as a cart wheel
A Bryan club has been formed by
eighty Yale students to testify their
non-parJiCipation in the recent dis
order during the next Presidents
speech there.
According to the Conway Springs
Star, the best free silver speech which
has been made there this campaign
was by J. B. Chapman of Ottawa,
Kansas Wichita Eagle.
Ed Hackney, candidate fol repre-
sentative, will speak at the LOvett
school house, three miles west of Wei
lingtOn, Friday evening of this week
at 1870 o'clock. Everybody come.
Judge I'D. McCue Of Independence,
one Of the most eloquent and logical
Democrats in the state, will speak at
Conway Springs on next Monday
night at Sp. m, Everybody in tt at
section of the county ought to hear
him.
Mrs. Robert Jarvis, who was thrown
from wagon at the rally last Wed
neSday, sustained more serious in
jurieS than was at first anticipated.
She lives near South Haven. 1t is
feared that she was internally injured
and may not recover.
W. NJ. SaSher returned on Monday
from a two weeks trip to Cincinnati
and other points east, He says there
will be no doubt of Kentucky going
for Bryan, and there is certainly a
reasonable show for Ohio. He thinks
Indiana will 60 for Mckinley.
G. L. Reed of the Mulvane Record
returned from Colorado Sunday.
where he has been since June lst.
He is enthusiastic in his praise of
that country. He left ]. Byron Cain
Of the Belle Plaine News still ram
bling around in the mountains.
W. NJ. Ferguson came in from Ken.
lucky on Monday and left again for
Texas on cattle trade. He saws he
saw a Bryan parade in alittle county
seat in Kentucky with 27SO Bryan men
on horseback. He says that is tie
way kentucky is going for Mckinley.
Jerry Simpson is out west again.
He drove thirty miles to Ulysses Tues.
day and made an afternoon speech,
then to Hugoton where he made a
night speech, aud then TO the railroad
tocatch night train making ninety.
five miles Of overland travel and two
speeches in one day. He will be here
on the 3lst.
W. S. Nelson received a letter from
J.S,Epperson Monday morning. Just
when Mrs. EppersOn was getting suf.
hciently over her paralysis to be able
to look forward to her journey home
she was taken with a severe spell Of
pneumonia, and there seems but little
hope for her recovery.
Services next Lords day at Chris
tian church as follows: Bible school
9:45, A. A. Richardson, superintend.
ent. Preaching IL a. NJ; subject
Christian Courage" Christian En-.
deavOr, $50 p. m. Preaching, 40
subject, Second Commandment o.
the Decalogue." Visitors welcomed,
%. L. Smith, pastor.
The news is confirmed that tie
Frisco railroad running west Of Ar.
kansas City to Anthony has ceased
operation. Their contract for carry.
ing the mail expired Sunday night at
midnight and on the following day
every train west of Arkansas CITY
was annulled, station agents dis.
charged, and all furniture removed
from the depOts. Not a wheel is
turning west of Arkansas City. This
leaves the towns along the line in a
bad plight; with the exception Of
South Haven and Caldwell they are