People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-08

4hO my al NOle uOOlS lOu6O 4hOuuug
night initiated Mr. and Mrs. Al
Brumley, Mrs. ]. NJ. Ready, Miss
Marguerite Ross and Glenn BOOkwal-
ter. Seven applications for member
ship were received.
The city election in Oxford Mon
day resulted in the defeat of George |
]. Hess, the Mark Hanna of Oxford |
township. Hess headed the Citizens |
ticket for mayor, and the wags put up
John Porter against him. Porter was
elected over Hess by three votes.
Harry COnners, brother Of George
Conners of this city, is in the city to
day from Weeping Water, Neb. Mr.,
COnnels has been running a newspa-
per at Weeping Water, but his health
became poor and he is looking for a
location in this part of the country.
Naturally fair compilations would
be the rule rather than the exception,
as unfortunately it is at present, if
the ladies would wholly abandon
cosmetics, and more generally keep
the blood pure and vigorous by the
use Of Ayers Sarsaparilia, the only
reliable blood purifier.
Stevens & Son, in the old foundry
building are doing a great business
with the feed mil. The farmers are
learning that they can get just what
they buy, pure and unadulterated.
Their prices must be satisfactory from
the crowds that are patranizing them.
If you have not yet tried them you
ought to do so. 2tl3
The house of Everett MAggard of
Oxford, was entered by burglars one
day last week and ransacked. Two
fine suits of clothes, Colts revolver
and considerable jewelry was taken.
Mr.. Maggard and family wer, away
from home part of the week and the
theft was committed during their alb
sence, the exact day not being known.
The officers have no clew to the guilty
parties.
Miss Ida HerriCk occupied the
pulpit of the Methodist church at the
evening service Sunday in the place
of Rev. HOyt, who was unwell and
unable to preach. Miss Herrick is
deacOness in the Methodist church,
engaged in hospital work 10 Omaha,
Neb. Her sermon that night was on
the topic, "The Foolish Virgins. Her
sermon is highly spoken of by all who
heard it. She is an interesting and
fOrcible speaker.
NJ. T. Funk. Citizens candidate for
mayor Of Belle Plaine, was elected
over N. P. Tuttle, the Republican
candidate, by two votes. Joshua
Wright was elacted on the Citizens
ticket for police judge by a majority
Of one vote over c. Surge, the Repub-
lican nominee. The Citizens ticket
was elected in its entirety with the
exception of four Of the cOuncilmen.
There were only 10 votes cast in the
election, good proportion Of them
being women.
There are a great many worthless
judgments on record in the probate
| Judge and district clerks Office which,
unless released soon, will be listed by
the assessor and taxes will be collect
ed on them, in accordance With law
passed by the recent legislature.
Some of the judgments have been sat-
isfed, but they are not released on
the records. All parties concerned
should make a note of this and take
some steps toward avoiding an unnec-
essqry taxation.
A lady walked into one of the gro-
cery stores in this city Saturday and
ordered pound of green coffee sent
to her house. A new clerk Was told
to fill the order, and Of course he
thought the coffee should be ground.
He worked away half an hour at the
coffee mill and then asked fellow
clerk what the trouble was. The
mean clerk told everybody else in the
store about it and the noyitiate was so
thoroughly beaten when he realized
the joke was on MIN, that he quit
work to escape the taunts of the en-
plOyeS of the store.
Grandpa Anderson sustained quite a
serious injury at his home, corner Of
f and Seventh streets, about O'Clock
on Monday. In attempting to fix a
trap door up stairs, be lost his balance
and fell backward, striking on his
right hip and fracturing the hip bone.
He thinks he fell on the sharp edge of
stove pipe, which was lying on the
floor. DR.. Splitter was called and
dressed the injured member. Mr.. An
dersOn is resting as easily as possible
under the circumstances. Owing tU
his advanced age be will have slow