People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-27

son, Kan. DR.. Richardson is thor
Oughly impressed with the advaDt-
ages of the west, and his many friends
in Kansas will be glad to learn Of his
renewed faith in the country west OF
the Mississippi.
The Kansas State Sunday-schOol
association met in Newton Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week. Rev. o. L. Smith Of this city,
will deliver an address entitled The
Sunday-school and Citizenship" be-
fore the association THURSDAY morn.
ing.
We notice Colonel George R. Fultz
of Wellington, Kan, on our streets.
He is one of the great ST hustlerS 10
Kansas. We learn he has been en-
plOyed by some New Hampshire saw
ings bank 10 take charge of their
defaulted mortgages and acquired
real estate. He is a success at that
buSineSS.-Eagle.
At the reunion Of old settlers, held
in DOdsOn's grove in Eden township
last Thursday, a permanent organi-
zatiOn was effected. The following
officers were chosen: J. F. GOOch, !
president, and Joel j. Booth, secre-
tary. Vice presidents were chosen |
from Eden, Conway, Springdale and |
Greek townships and from Eden, in !
Sedgwick county. The old settlers
will meet at DOdsOn's grove once
every year and have jubilee,
The baCcalaureate exercises were
held in the High school auditorium
Sunday night, participated in by all
ministers Of the city. The Choral
union under the leadership of Mrs. l.
/. Scott, furnished the music for the
occasion. Miss Mary Share accom-
panied at the piano. The auditorium
was crowded with peCHe interested
in educational work. l"'rvone took
a deep interest in the exercises, aud
listened with rapt attention to the
sermon Of Rev. j. G. Cunningham to
the graduating class of '97.
When the Santa Fe switch engine
struck and killed MalcOm Mitchell,
the Nebraska stOckman, Saturday
morning, his gold watch flew from his
vest pocket and fell several feet away.
A young fellow picked it up with the
intention of returning it to him,
when man jumped from the train
upon which Mitchell belonged, took
the watch and ran for the train, leav-
Ing Mitchell lying beside the track in
the agOnies of death. The train
pulled ult for Kansas City, and
Mitchell was left dying among
strangers.
The body Of MalcOm e. Mitchell,
the Nebraska StOckman who was
killed by a switch engine Saturday
morning, was taken to Wisconsin Suu-
day night by c. o. DeTurk. The body
was conveyed to the train by the
lodge of Modern WOOdmen. At the
depot the WOodmen funeral exercises
were conducted over the remains.
Rev. H. A. Doughty, pastor Of the
Baptist church, preached short SER
mon and offered prayer for the soul
! of the departed. The body was taken
to Argyle, Wis, in accordance with
instructions from Mitchell's lodge at
HOldredge, Neb,
The board OF examiners have Just
completed the grading Of papers from
the last teachers examination.
Teachers to the number of l0l took
the examination and the result was
43 failures, q third grade, 80 second
and four first grade certificates. Those
who won the first grades were L. E.
Snavely, George Nixon, Herman
Theise and Fred Gardner. Sumner
cOunty's standard Of scholarship is
higher than that Of Sedgwick county.
There were 46 failures there out Of a
total number examined of SO. Super
intendent Mclaughlin requests those
desiring their manuscripts recOnsid-
to appear at his office June 9th,
Miss Lou Bybee came near losing
her life Saturday morning at her
home in the Second ward. She was
working up stairs with some gasoline
and was overcome by the fumes. She
fell to the floor and lay for a long
time unconscious. Mrs. Bybee hap
pened to 90 upstairs and found her
lying still as in death. She was taken
down stairs and medical aid sum.
mOned. After working with her for
some time she regained consciousness
and was soon all right. When first
discovered Miss Bvbee was cold, and
for awhile it was feared she was be.
yOnd help, but restoratiues were
effectual in bring her to life again.
We hear it said that S. V. Clark Is
doing the most thorough job Of sub
Soiling this spring that has ever been
done here. He ran his lister and
subsoiler through the field and then
split the ridge made by the first
furrows by running his lister and sub.
soiler through them and then planted
his corn in the second furrow made,
thereby stirring nearly all the sub
soil in the feld.-COnway Springs
Star.
And this same Clark is one Of those
pesky Pops, who according to Re-
publican tradition land interest,
spend all their time setting on goods
boxes whiting and talking "fenancer'
Rev. o. L. Smith, pastor of tie
Christian church, delivered the
GAR. memorial sermon to a large
audience at the NJ. E. church Sun.
day afternoon. James Shields Post.
No. 81, G AR, and James Shields
| ~ p n No OOQ attended, T., n Lol