People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-08-26

the suciety is togive entertainments
each Friday evening from now on.
The club will meet at the homes of
the members. Those composing the
society are: Misses Ella Gilmore,
May Myers, Blanche HOge, Mabel
Cook, Mabel Piatt, Mabel Klein,
Katie Luening.
The great crops in Kansas this year
have started swarm OF travelling
men toward the state from the east.
The business men are being flooded
with cards from eastern Wholesale
houses, announcing that their travel.
ing men are on the way here.
The dwelling house of A. DriehauC,
just south Of town, burned Thursday
night about $50 o'clock. The fire is
believed to have caught from a defect
i've fue. Nearly everything in the
house was destroyed. The loss is esti-
mated at 81 200. 1t was insured for
5000.
County Treasurer Maddy has taken
up $500 Illinois township bond. The
bond was worth liz on the market,
but was secured from the administra.
TOR OF an estate to which it belongs,
at par. The bond came due in 1904.
The township saves s245 in interest
by the transaction.
Miss Mae Gilmore left over the
Rock Island Friday morning for Salt
Lake City, to resume her position in
the Salt Lake public schools when
the term opens. She will stop at
Leadville, COL, en- route, to visit Mrs.
johnson, who was formerly Miss Mos
sic Love of this city.
Senator Forney says the corn in the
sunny side Of Sumner county will
average forty bushels to the acre.
This, in connection with the immense
wheat crop, will make the farmers
wear broad smile. Farming in
Kansas beats running for Office
Mulvane Record.
Attorney W. W. Schwinn and fam.
lily expect to leave about the 10Th of
this month for Salt Lake City to re.
side permanently. Their residence
property on North jefferson avenue
has been rented to Joe Kramer, the
miller, who will soon remove to this
city from Caldwell.
W. E. Wood of Conway Springs.
POpulist nominee for county clerk,
Friday filed his declinatiOn as candi-
date on the Republican and Populist
tickets for county high school trustee.
The central committees of the two
parties will have to put another can
didate on to succeed him.
Geo. J. Miller, living one mile south
and Two west Of the city, brought
wheat to town Thursday weighing
63 pounds to the bushel. This is the
heaviest wheat brought to the Well.
lngton markets this year. Mr.. Miller
has about 5000 bushels of wheat.
nearly all of which will weigh 60
pounds.
State Superintendent Stryker an.
nounces that the old law preventing
thlrd-grade certificates being issued
TO teacher the second time will be
enforced this year. This means that
any teacher holding a third.grade
certificate last year will have to Sc
cure a second-grade certificate this
year or 20 without.
No other country on earth could
stand the long drOuth this country
has just passed through and come out
of it looking as fresh and green as
this does now. Kansas can stand all
kinds of abuse from every direction
and then, after it all, come up smil.
ing and take her place on top of the
heap.-COnway Springs Star.
The Belle PLANE base ball club was
in town Thursday on their way home
from EldOradO, where they had the
stutfin' wallOped out of them by the
EldOradO nine. They played Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday, and
were defeated 10 each instance. The
1rst days game resulted in a score of
70 to l 10 favor of EldOrado; Wednes-
day EldOradO white washed them, the
score resulting IA too. Thursday FL
dorado made Is runs to Belle PLANES
IL.
The Knights OF Pythias lodge, of
which Geo. Washington, who was
murderously assaulted by a man
named Sullivan 10 the Strip several
days ago, is member, received let.
ter Friday ming from E D WI on.
chancellor commander of the X. of P.
lodge at Pond Creek. stating that
Mr.. Washington had recovered con.
seriousness and would in all probability
recover. Sullivan was arrested last
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