People's voice., 1897-11-18

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coat with brass buttons. Wore brown
overcOat and sharp pointed shoes.
Snail, red, water Spaniel dog follow
closely at bis heels.
County Treasurer Maddy informs
US that the tax collections for the first
ten days in November this year are
S5,536.l7, a; against S3,2O4.17 for last
year, which goes TO show that the
people Of Sumner county are just now
in possession OF plenty Of money.
The opening date of the Belle Plaine
lecture club, which was to have been
filled by the Wellington Concert Co..
Saturday evening, was postponed in
definitely, on account Of the inability
of the company to fill their engage.
ment by reason of Will Purvis' sick.
ness.
You may eat cheap food and not be
seriously hurt by it; but you cannot
take cheap Dedici es without positive
injury. II you Use any substitute for
Ayers Sarsaparilla, you do so at the
peril OF your health, perhaps of your
llfe' Insist on having Ayers, and no
other
Mrs. S. n. Brown entertained a
small number of her friends at tea
Friday night. The evening was very
enjOyably spent in social pastimes,
games, etc. There were present
MesSrS. and Mesdames A. f. Cobean.
Geo. T. Pitts, II. W. Andrews and Fl.
A. LOper.
The jury in the case of the State VS..
Tom Merrill, charged with assault.
upon Mrs.G. H. Stuck, failed to agree.
1t stood five for acquittal and one for
Conviction. The jury was out several
hours. County Attorney Rogers has
not decided whether the case will be
given another trial.
E. H. Middlekauff was down from
Conway Springs Saturday. He says
the lone desperado who held up Fred
Mummey's store at Milton the other
afternoon, secured only s. for his
trouble. Other statements of the
amount Of money the highwaymau
secured, are as high as SEQ.
At st. Louis, Mo, the 10th, Miss
Minnie COverdale, formerly of this
city, was married 10 Frank BeasOn.
who is connected with the St. Louis
Republic. Miss Coverdale is a niece
of Harvey Coverdale Of This city, and
has many friends here who join in
wishing her much happiness.
7. W. Fritchman of jackson town.
ship, returned Thursday from five
weeks visit in Dade county, No. He
says time are much harder there than
here. The wheat crop was a failure.
The corn crop is very light. Oats
made only about half crop. The
dust is from four to six inches deep
there.
j. H. Meyer of Conway Springs,
drove TO the city Wednesday and took
home with him a load of Kramer
Bros. flour. Mr.. Meyer says the peo-
pie of his neighbOrhood are watching
the flour war in Wellington. People
are coming from all parts Of the
county to buy flour on account of the
low price.
A telegram received last Thursday |
from Mel Wyatt at Kremlin. OF.
states that his nephew, Will Cooper,
who was shot and killed at Kremlin
Wednesday morning lost his life at the
hauds Of Joe Helm Of this city. The
elegram stated that the killing WAS
Incidental. No further particulars
were told.
Pliny Simpson, manager of the foot
ball Geam, is endeayoring to match
game with the MedfOrd team for
Thanksgiving. The game will be
played at Medford. Wellington has
40 enclosed football grounds and il is
very unlikely that many games will
be played here this season because
they could not be made to pay ex-
penSes.
A Rock Island freight train Jumped
the track near Renfrow, OF. FRIDAY
nigh.. The engineer was instantly |
killed. The entire train was badly
wrecked. 1t was necessary to build
track around the wreck to allow the
passenger trains to pass. We were
unable TO learn the rame Of the dead
engineer. Particulars Of the wreck
are rather meagre.
The W.C.T.U. reception at the
home of A. A. Richardson in the First
ward last Wednesday afternoon was
largely attended. Refreshments were
provided and an excellent program
relating to temperance work, was
rendered. The affair proved very in
teresting to the temperance workers
and eemented the members more
firmly in the struggle for the success