People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-11

Ine Old organization diSSOlveS and the
new one is formed, Wellington will be
the headquarters Of the association.
The meetings will be held in Fonda
park, this city, and it will be quite a
thing for the town.
The people of Rome and the vicinity
have called a meeting at Rome next
Thursday evening, June 18th, for the
purpose of organizing a non- partisan
club for the discussion OF the financial
questions of the day. Judge Ray and
Ed Hackney have been invited to
address the meeting.
Pliny Simpson and Charles Garland
are the proud owners of a new tan
dem bicycle, procured at Wichita
on Monday. 1t is a Rambler and
geared at 50 inches, with a drop
frame to admit of skirted riders.
This is the first tandem ever brought
to this city and is quite a novelty.
The sight Of it is known to make
several biCycleCeusistS blush.
Some little boy about four years old
amused himself and tried the nerves
OF the people around the Union depot
sunday eve by jumping on the track
and allowing the incoming passenger
engine to approach within a few feet
Of him before getting out of the way.
If it had not been for the caution Of
the engineer, who slowed up to al
most a stop in spite of the little fel-
lows "bantering, 'he might have been
reposing under mound OF green sod
by this time.
Judge Lyman Naugle, of the VOICE,
returned from Clay Center Sunday
evening, where he attended the Pop
uliSt Editorial association. The
Judge reports heavy rains all through
western Kansas from the Nebraska
line to Sumner county south, and says
corn, wheat and oats are growing like
POpuliSts. In fact there is so much
water the farmers cannot cultivate
their crops, which accounts for the
rank growth of everything. Mr..
Naugle speaks in glowing terms Of
the hospitable people OF Del Valeu-
tines town and holds pleasant rec
ollectiOn of the gentility of the
sturdy yeomanry of Clay county,
Daily Postal-Card.
The Bi-Metallic League meeting
Tuesday night was we'll attended.
The silver question in its various
phases was discussed pro and con.
Geo. I. Pitts opened the discussion by
a speech drawn upon the question,
GLOW and Why Will Free Silver
Benefit the People" The speaker
offered many new Illustrations TO
prove his belief in the good results of
The free coinage Of silver. He was
followed by j. S. Dey, who briefly
touched upon the question in another
light. Judge Ray and others spoke
briefly and earnestly in favor Of silver.
The meetings are growing in interest
and much good has already resulted
from the leagues discussion Of the
all'impOrtant money question.
Miss Lillian WoTden, who is we'll
known 10 this city, having formerly
been teacher in our schools, but who
has been at Pueblo, Colo, for the
past two years, will sail for Europe,
IN company with a party Of friends,
on the l7th, where she will spend her
summer vacation. She goes first to
Liverpool, then to South Wales for a
few weeks stay on the seashore, after
which she will visit friends for some
time at the Isle Of Man. She will
then rejoin her party and in their
company see the sights Of London
town, and visit, perhaps. other conti-
Mental cities before returning to
America. Her many friends in Wei
lington wish her pleasant voyage,
a delightful vacation aud safe return.
Wellington sent quite delegation
of visitors to Wichita Monday morn
iIg. Fiity-four tickets were sold.
With the number who went up on
Sunday morning, this large addition
made quite delegation OF We'll
, lingtonians in the Peerless Princess.
Among the ffty-four who occupied
the extra coach put on for the accom-
mOdatiOn of Wellington people to the
Wichita blowout, we noticed Messrs.
and Mesdames A. Graf, Geo. Fl.
Hunter, John T. Stewart and chill
dren, MeSsrs. w. ]. Newbold. S. S.
WoOdcock, Arch Bohanna, Andy
Richards. ]. r. Davis, ]. S. Forsyth,
Ed Tinkham, Ed Smell, Clarence
Wenger, Keith Cox, ". R. Spicknall.
W. S. Longman, W. T. Brown, Of May
field, c. j. Carver, ]. 1. Edwards,
Glen Spruance, T. H. Rouse, Fletcher
Price, = Ferris, John Staub, John
Saylor, DR.. and Charles Elliott; Mrs.
w n Raruaff cfstar on1 do..-l..