People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-07
WELLINGTON SUMNER COUNTY, KANSAS THURSDAY OCTOBER 7

OF administration, as provided by
law.
The condition of Slate creek has
neeessitated the water COMPANY shut
ting of the water used for lawn pur
poses. The street sprinkler was shut
OF Monday and The town will have to
stand the dust uutil it rains.
S. B. Carter drove down from CiCer5
Tuesday aud assumed charge Of hls
duties as partner with Willis K.
Folks In the grain business. MIR.
Carter went to Hunnewell that night
to look after some business matters.
Major Levi Ferguson will take
charge Of The pOstOiiice about OCtO-
Der 20. He has appointed A. b.
Cheever as his assistant. john Hack
ney will be retained in the office for
awhile under the new admlnisGra.
tiOn.
If your child is puny, frettul,
troubled with glandular swelling, III
1amed eyes, OrSores On the head, race,
or body, a course OF Ayers SarSaparilia
is needed TO eXpel the sclOtui0uS
humOrS from the blood. The sooner
you begin 10 give this medicine The
better.
Mrs. E. n. Perkins arrived from
Hutchinson Tuesday to make her
uOme here with her husband, who is
emplOyed as miller at The kraner
mills. Their household goods arrived
last night and are being moved into
the Harlan property On East Harvey
avenue.
G. A. Van Hail, the leading druggist
OF butler, Mo-, writes: I'VE are havi0g
splendid success with Begg's Blood
Purifier aud Blood maker. 1t is one
OF the best sellers We ever had and
gives satisfaction to all who have
tried it. We take pleasure IN rec
OmmeDding it," H. +. Smith. 40
G. Ii. Felt received Sl,C9l.G5 for his
third of the wheat crop oil MS quarter
section Immediately North OF Rome.
The whole quarter yielded 4,lOO
bushels. He figures that the enJIre
crop paid for the land aud a guOd
round $1,000 over. How is that:
Rev. D. Ii. ScarrOw, the new pastor
Of the Congregational church, arrived
from Topeka Saturday night. Rev.
ScarrOw preached his initial sermon
under his new paStUrate on Sunday
morning. The sermon is very highly
spoken Of. Rev. and Mrs. ScarrOw
viii not 90 to housekeeping at pres.
ent.
j. w. Anderson of Muivance has
placed his dates for public safes IN the
hands Of the VOICE. He is splen-
did auctiOneer, has had many years
experience. He will cry all kinds of
sales. Wien you need an aucJiOneer
come right TO the VOICE Office. We
Can fix your date absolutely and print
our bills.
J. H. White, sun Of II. n. White
Of Guelph township, who was men
TONED in the VOICE one week ago
as suffering with yellow fever at
Ocean Springs, Miss, has recovered
and arrived recently from New Or
leans TO visit his parents He is an
editorial writer on the New Orleans
Daily Item.
Eph Love and family returned on
Monday from tile vicinity of HiSe-
vile, Ky, where they went about a
year ago TO reside. Mr.. Love tells
the same old story of hard times and
poor crops in the east and expresses
himself as heartily glad to get back
to Sumner county. He thinks Kan
saS is the best country on earth.
Hank Lights house, near Millerton,
was burned last Wednesday evening
n one of the contents were saved, ex-
cept some money. Mr.. Light was
away from home, al his father.in-
laws. Henry Lowman. when the lire
was discovered. No insurance. His
cave also burned with all his canned
fruit.
j. B. Turpin Of Geuda Springs,
brought to this Office Monday few
East India mammoth tree beans
which he raised this summer. The
beans are twelve inches in length aud
resemble the catalpa bean. Mr.. Tur.
pin raised about five bushels this year
as an experiment. They are the first
beans OF the kind ever raised in the
state.
Tue preliminary hearing of Charles
Meade and J. A. Million, charged
, with stealing harness from ex- Probate
Judge J. W. Chapman OF Valverde
township, was held before Squire Cox
Wednesday. They were bound OIer
TO the district court in the sum OF
$500 each. Neither Of them we're able
to give bond and they we're takeI
back TO jail.
Charlie Weddle has received a letter
: from A. B. YoungstOn, assistant
grand chief OF the Brotherhood OI
. Locomotive Engineers, stating that ht
, will pay TO the lodge here an ofiiciq
| visit in the near future. Mr.. Young
stOu is quite an exalted parsonage il
brotherhood circles, and his visit tC
! this city will be OF much interest anC
pride to the local railway employees
Five. or six certificates of Republi
can township nOmlnatiInS were filed
with the county clerk Saturday after
noon before the expiration OF the
twenty day limit. There are only
o eighteen Republican township nnmi
> nation papers filed altogether The
r POpulist nomination papers are all il
, except fur townships. Three Of the
Republican townships were thrown