People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-02-11


in hand and teudered Rev. Smith a
unanimous vote of thanks for his dill
gent labOrs and in token of their love
and esteem for him.
In probate court Monday, Maria j.
Frautz, widow of the late II. j.
Frantz, relinquished her right to adj
minister the estate of H. ]. Frantz,
deceased, and upon her prayer Will
liam A. Rem was appointed admin
iStratOr. The court ordered him to
furnish bond in the sum OF $4,000.
Charley Levinge, who left yelling
ton January 3 for Ireland, has not ar.
rived at his destination. A letter
from his parents to Joe Smith reveals
the fact. He sailed from New York
January 9, and should have arrived in
Ireland about the 10Th of January.
No word has been received here from
him.
Now is the time to plant tomato
seed, if early tomatoes are wanted.
They should be transplanted two or
three times so as to get as much root
as possible. They might be trans
planted once or twice in pots or boxes
before being set out into the ground.
We give this Cd eminent authority
and it seems ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Clipper.
George NJ. Byers, auditor for Whit.
man, Barnes & Co., of Akron, Ohio
was in the city Sunday, the guest
of his old friend, Jesse Ask. He went
to Kansas City Monday morning. Mr.
Byers used to be a real estate plungel
10 the early days 10 Kansas, and al
one time owned the townsite Of Clear.
water and numerous other valuable
tracts of land.
l will trade the registered Perche,
ron stallion, Cyclone No. 643S IN. D.
COvell's raising, 5 years old, weight
1000 pounds, in fine condition, sound
and healthy and a good feal-getter fol
a stallion of the same breed. Reason
for trading, all my stock is related tC
him. Call on or write VIM. Dugan,
Corbin, Kan. Residence, five miles
east and one south of COrbin. tf2c
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smith gave very
pleasant party to a few of theiT
friends at their home Saturday even.
ing. Refreshments were served and
the evening was spent in social pas
times. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. A. b. Speed, Mr.. and Mrs. E. F.
Higgins, Mrs. D. W. VanHorn, Mrs.
Mcintyre, Misses Blanche aud LYDIA
VanHOrn, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smith,
Mr.. george Wood.
Mrs. GeOrgeana Myers was Mond az
granted a divorce from her husband.
c. H. Myers, on grounds of abandon.
ment. She was .iven the custody OF
their youngest son, William, and res.
tored TO her maiden name, GeOrgeaua
Hall. The defendant was further Oh.
dered to pay costs, and barred from
any claim to or interest in the plain,
tiff's real or personal property. The
parties live in Mulvane.
Prof. Geo. Wakefield has declined
the offer of a clerkship under Warden
Lands of the state penitentiary. He
was an applicant for librarian, but
contrary to reports received and pub
lished in all the papers to the effect
that he had been appointed to that
position, was unsuccessful. 1t was a
clerkship that was offered him, which
he declines in order to retain his posi-
tiOn with the Wellington schools.
Corn was selling on the streets Sat-
urday for l6 cents. This is II cents
higher than any other market in the
county, and is one of the reasons We'll
lington is catching so much of the
distant farm trade lately. 1t pays to
give the farmers a good price for their
products. For every cent Wellington
beats down the price of produce, the
merchants here lose a dollar in the
long run, and the reverse is equally
as true.
0. H. P. Mcdowell, formerly a
South Haven citizen but now a resi-
dent of KingfSher county, o. T., was
here Saturday. Mr.. Mcdowell is the
Republican member of the Kingfsher
board of commissioners, which is
made up of formerly of Sumner cOun.
ty men. Abe Mayhem, formerly of
Caldwell, and James B. Davis, form
erly of Jackson township, are the
other members of the board, both of
them being Populists.
The annual meeting of the Christ
ian church occurred Thursday night.
Considering the bad weather there
was a large turnout. Rev. G. n. Sims
of Wichita, presided. There were re-
ports from all departments of the
church, showing the existence CT an
active, healthy condition all around