People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-05-13

preached in the auditorium, and all
the ministers Of the city are expected
to participate in the exercises.
J, L. Myers, the laundryman, is
said to have been a heavy loser in the
recent bank failure at Hutchinson.
The United States supreme court
has knocked out the Berliner tele-
| phone patent, and the Bell company
will have a monopoly Of the field ff-
teen years longer,
VIM. Painter and Bradford Harris
Of Eden township, were in yeSter-
day. They say Eden never looked
prettier than this year, and that is
saying good deal for Eden.
Charlie Cooper has resigned his PC
SitiOn as wiper at the round house.
He has secured a position as stone
mason on the addition to be built to
the Hutchinson refOrmatOry.
Mrs. Lizzie Griffin returned Monday
morning from Caldwell, where she de-
liVered an address Sunday night before
the WOmans' Foreign Missionary
society Of the Methodist church.
DOry Clevenger has quit the dairy
business. His successor, w. P. Tritt,
took charge Monday evening. Mr..
CleTeDger will locate in Oklahoma
and enter the mercantile business.
Ex-Governor Lewelling has decided
to ignore those charges Of corruption.
That is undoubtedly the best way
to dispose of charges that are too
hot TO handle.-Kansas City Journal.
D. L. Pierce of Milan was in the
city last week and renewed his sub
sCriptiOn to the Voice. Mr.. Pierce
has just recently moved from Whit
man to Milan, where he traded for
fine farm
Be they new or be they tough, all
bicyclists have broken skin enough to
warrant purchase of BeggS German
Salve, and he is wis as Solomon who
trusts its healing power. Kept by
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Leslie COOmbS of Perth, was up yes
terday. Since the death of his wife he
will break up housekeeping and is
having sale bills printed advertising
the sale of his household furniture
next Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Richardson and
child returned to their hOmein HOus-
ton, Tex, Monday morning. Tom ex-
pressed himself as greatly delighted
over the prospects for abundant crops
in Kansas this year.
Willis X. Folks returned from Otta-
wa Monday, where he and Mrs.
Folks went Thursday last to attend
the state association Of Congregation
al churches. Mrs. Folks did not re-
turn until Tuesday.
Ladies, if ycu would know of posi-
tive cure for all female diseases, write
to the CoOnley Medical Institute, box
PIG Kansas City, Kan, for free trial
box Of Orange Lily" Lady in charge
of office. Agents wanted.
H.S.Palmer, formerly of Drury, was
in the city on legal business Monday.
Mr.. Palmer was for many years one of
the best farmers and most respected
citizens of Sumner county. He now
resides at Alvaretta, OF.
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Monday about II o'clock a. m. Win
field and vicinity was visited by ter.
rife hail storm, destroying cOnsidera-
bic fruit and breaking window glass.
At South Haven half-inch of water
fell in about fifteen minutes. Wich-
ita experienced a heavy rain about
noon.
A heavy washout at Ell Reno Mon.
day delayed all trains from six to
eight hours. The north bound Rock
Island, due here at 9:43 that night,
went through at 6:l0 next morning.
The train due at S:l5 next morning
reached here after 2 o'clock that after
noon.
Mrs. Clara Fl. Hazelrigg, state Sec
retary of the boards OF the Christian
church, stopped in the city Monday
on her way home to Topeka from
Medicine Lodge, where she had been
on church work. She was the guest
Ol Mr' anu MIS-. Lyman Naugle over
night.
Nearly three hundred feet of Santa
Fe track near New Salem was washed
into corntleld Monday night about
o'clock. The eastbOund Southern
Kansas passenger which left here at
$40 o'clock Monday night was held at
Winfield until next morning on ac-
count of the waShout.
The Epworth League of the NJ. E.
church, is making arrangements to
celebrate the eighth anniversary of
} its organization, which occurs May Is,
next Sunday. The members of the
league will make efforts to get all the
: old people out to the morning service.
, Rev, u, A, HOyt will Dreach a sermon