People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-03-04
OVER THE COUNTY.

"Ai' hdiSu VI AiSOuioi uiOW uilusCll
for farm Saturday.
Mr.. Wardrop Of Hunnewell, ought
to be a good man to negotiate peace
with Cuba.
Mr.. Storms Of Morris township, is
guarding against them this spring
with cyclone cave.
Miss Lilly McPhail Of this city, has
secured position as compositor on
the Conway Springs Star.
Plain Bill Smith of Conway Springs,
manages to keep hold on society by
spelling his name Smythe.
A Caldwell doctor reports twenty.
eight babies in a month down there,
but offers no plan TO stop it.
George Jackman, who was a resi-
dent of Argonia about ten years ago,
is now a missionary in Honduras.
n. SOnes is to Conway Springs what
Harve HOrner is to Caldwell. This is
intended as compliment to SOnes.
DR.. Hooper exposed spiritualism at
Argonia Wednesday night, and Fri
day the Clipper exposed DR.. Hooper.
]. EmmOuS of Milan, is putting in
his spare time working at a system OF
irrigation on his farm. He'll be rich
some day.
S. S. WOOdcOck and family will
move back to Mulvane 10 the near
future and will occupy the Frazee res
idence.-Mulvane Record.
The city marshal of Mulvane ar
rested an Indian boy Wednesday eve
ming who was running away from the
Indian school at Lawrence.
Mr.. Beltz of Mulvane, is entitled to
one as the champion jack-of-all trades
in the county. He is preacher, law
yer, inventor and mechanic.
One of the things the farmers in the
western part of the county always do
when they visit Milan is TO 90 around
10 the Press office and drop a dollar
on subscription.
John Richardson and AL CObean
came down from Wellington 10 dou-
BILE rig Wednesday as goat herders; at
least they brought fodder in a big
bOy-SOuth Haven New Era.
No use trying to kill an Oxford man
by shooting him In the head. A fel
low tried it on Jim McCracken of the
Lindell hotel the other night, and
the bullet glanced off and lost itself
in space.-South Haven New Era.
We know but little and can seldom
hink of that, but we have well
grounded belief that it is the man
with brains who usually knows aud
guards against a common daDger-any
fool cll trust to luck.-AphOrism
from E. L. Cline.
Until recently strangers couldn't
walk the streets of Mulvane without
being guyed by a lot of fat-headed
Reubens. A fellow slapped one Of
them SO hard last week the conclusion
in the air stopped the town clock, and
now the street manners of the Center
is materially improved.
The South Haven New Era pays
this compliment t. Prof and Mrs. H.
f. NJ. Bear: "Prof. and Mrs. Bear
drove down from Wellington last Fri
day evening after school and returned
home the same night after the lee
ture-a hardship that few would be
willing to submit themselves to graf
uitously. 1t is evidence sufficient
that Mr.. Bear has educational matters
very near at heart"
Mis-. Lizzie Griffin of Wellington,
district president of the Womans'
Foreign Missionary society of the
NE. church for Winfield district,
came out from Wellington last Satur-
day morning and remained till Mon
day evening looking after the inter-
eStS of the society in this part of the
county. She attended the missionary
tea at the home of Rev. j. H. Smith
Saturday evening, the two meetings
at the Me. church Sunday morning
and evening, aud went to Milan Sum-
day afternoon and attended a mission
AIRY meeting there.-ArgOnia Clipper.