People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-25


per acre cash rent. Corn is worth
only Is cents, hogs 1926. Wheat and
clover are frozen out. l have seen no
country 10 which would rather live
than old Sumner, and those who are
there had better stay"
An exciting runaway occurred at
Seymour's livery barn Friday after.
noon. Mr.. Seymour had just hitched
D. P. Michael's spirited dun team to
a buggy for some ladies to 60 out rid
ing, and while he was holding the
horses in the barn they dashed
through a crowd of men and boys,
dragging Mr.. Seymour into the mid
die of the street. He was in a dan
gerous position and turned loose OF
the lines. The team ran south end
continued its fight to the eastern
part of the city, where they came to a
halt. The buggy was damaged con-
siderably, but the horses came out
without scratch.
The Euchre club met with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Smith on West Harvey ave-
nue. Friday night and enjoyed pleas
ant evening playing progressive
euchre. 1t was l O'Clock before the
party broke up. Mrs. James A. Ray
won the first prize for the ladies, and
j. W. Haughey captured the first
prize FOR the gentlemen. Those pres.
emf we're Messrs. and Mesdames ]. W,
Haughey, ]. a. Ray, c. A. Gambrill,
c. E. Elliott, W. T, Mcbride, D. P
Wetzel, Will Vols, Ora Graf, VIM
Gelino, E. F. Higgins, Ed Smith
Mesdames D. W. VanhOrn, A. Brana'
man, A. G. Haltiwanger; Misses Efie
Smiley, Ida and BlaHch VanhOrn,
When Mrs. Almira Doty was
brought over from Oxford last spring
on the charge Of being an accomplish
to the ruin of her own daughter, she
left her baby in the care Of her broth
er-in-law, John DOty, Of Oxford,
Immediately after ner release from
Jail several days ago she went over tC
Oxford after her child, intending tC
return to Wellington with it anC
bring it up under her own care. The
DOtys a. Oxford refused to give VI
the Child and she returned to this
city and sued out writ Of habeaS
corpus to obtain possession Of il
Last night Sheriff Heskett went over
to Oxford and returned with the
baby IN company with Mrs. John
DOty 20 appear at the hearing, which
was set for l o'clock in probate court
today. The case came up at the ap-
pointed time, hut Judge Doubleday
continued the hearing until O'Clock
next Monday Afternoon, at which
time he will decide whether to turf
the child over to its mothers care
Daily Journal, Thursday.
Nowadays when women are trying
TO do everything it is not strange thai
many things are over done. 1t is moi
strange that there are all kinds o.
physical and mental disturbances. |
the woman who is doctor, or a law
yer, or a journalist, or in business
would not try to be a society woman
too it might be different; but the wo
man who knows when she has done ;
days work has yet to be born. Usual
ly a woman's way is to keep doing IN
til she drops. Working In this way ha
manifold evils. The most common
trouble resulting from over exertiOn
either mentally or physically, is con
stipation of the bowels, with all it
attendant work.
DR.. Plerce's Pleasant Pellets are tn
most effectpal remedy in the market
They work upon the system easily
naturally. There is no unpleasan
nausea after taking them. No grip
ing-no pain-no discomfort. The
are composed of materials that e
through the system gradually, collect
ing all impurities and, like the goo
little servants that they are, dispos
ing of them effectually.
There is always warm place in tn
bottom of our blood pump for tn
woman who has her windows orn;
mented with house plants. This kin
Of a woman has good idea of wha
biscuits, pancakes, puddings an
chicken pies should be. This sam
woman has the old fashioned ide
that a mans lair was intended as
protection to his head rather than t
, afford a hand hold. She also uses th
broom for but one purpose. Anothe
Of her old style theories is that be
husband can do the voting all righr
And there is something about thi
kind of a woman that causes a man
recall the memory of his mother. Sh
plies household duties cheerfully, a
the time humming an old, old son
that you heard when a boy. Whe
she speaks the room seems to put o