People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-18

"'H6 olCOi hCl DdUy, duu Will T6-
turn and make her home with friends
in this city.
The committee of the Farmers Al
lance held a meeting yesterday and
decided to fight the suit of the Planu
Harvester Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Sackett of Con-
way Springs, came in Saturday and
visited friends and went on to South
Haven Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Lynch returned
on Monday from three weeks visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Bingner near
MedfOrd, o. T.
Mrs, Robert Bolton, wife of the ex.
Santa Fe rOadmaster here, is in the
city from EllinwOOd, visiting the
family of NJ. L. Spar.
Governor Leedy Saturday reap.
pointed Hon. W, ]. Lingenfelter of
this city, as a member of the Hutch
insOn IefOrmatOry board.
The city council Saturday night
ordered Chuck Adams release from
jail, provided he would agree to work
out his poll tax on the streets.
Mrs. Jack Gill and two children
drove to Conway Springs Monday to
join her husband, who is running
blacksmith shop at that place.
A man almost dead with consump-
tiOn was taken through in the bag
gage car Monday morning to Alva,
OF. He had been in Colorado.
Mrs. Kate Chapman of Chicago.
who has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
W. S. LOngman fOr some weeks, re-
turredhOme Monday morning over the
Rock Island.
The Winfield Courier remarks that
simultaneous with the appearance OF
the Methodist preachers in Winfield
chickens are beginning to mysterious
ly disappear.
The preliminary trial of Ed Faulk.
enberg AMI Bill COulsOn, the Caldwell
horse thieves, has been set for next
Saturday al o'clock a. m. before
Judge Gilmore.
The City Of Cameron, Mo-, has pur-
chased its light plant, including the
power house and everything else con-
nected with an electric lighting
system for 81, 100.
A. A. Richards spent day or so in
Kansas City last week and then left
for Washington in the interest of his
for the Wellington post
office. He returned home Monday.
Carpenters and painters are at work
on the residence property recently
purchased by DR.. Hand of Illinois,
and the doctor and his family will oc.
cupy it as soon as their household
goods arrive.
A water pipe bursted Sunday at
the top of the stairs leading to Odd
Fellows hall, doing considerable
damage to plaStering and wetting up
some clothes in the rear of Joe
Smiths store.
Ray Ferguson came down from
Kansas City Sunday night to visit his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Ferguson.
Ray is studying medicine in the Kan.
sas City Medical college. The term
has just closed.
The county treasurer recently paid
a county variant dated September 2,
1873. 1t was issued for SLIGO in favor
of James Parker, and was found
among the effects of the late W. H.
Hitchcock of Belle Plaine.
DR.. Hunt was called to Medford ON
Tuesday to attend Mrs. HI. Hackney.
She is dangerously i'll with catarrh of
the stomach, but the physicians think
they can have her ont in a short time,
a though she is very sick.
Under law recently passed by the
legislature, the city clerk, city mar.
shal, street commissioner and city
attorney are required to be elected.
This puts new phase onlocal munio.
ipal affairs. The law is in effect now.
Lyman Naugle returned this morn.
ing from Port Arthur. He is enthus.
iastic over the outlook for this
southern port. The first issue of the
Port Arthur Herald is being printed
today and sample copies will be re-
ceived here about Friday. Journal,
Wednesday.
The people of South Haven and
Caldwell will be glad to learn ttat
the Frisco road is soon to begin run
ming trains between Arkansas CITY