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

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Ten bars soap for rs
cents at Wyatt Bros.
Mrs. L. E. Smith came over from
Oxford last Thursday, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith began housekeeping to-
day in the E. n. Andrews property
on North F street.
The business in the office Of register
of deeds is picking up wonderfully.
A good proportion of mortgage re-
leases and real estate transfers 90 to
make up the items.
Two pounds good COf-
fee for rs cents at Wyatt
Bros.
All bridge and building men on this
division Of the Santa Fe will here
after work ten hours day. They
formerly worked nine hours. This
order covers the water service.
Be prepared to relieve your children
CT Group and sore throat by having in
The home Begg's Cherry Cough Syrup.
Good for the old as well as young
Sold by H. F. Smith, druggist, Att
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
d. +. Smith. All
1t is rumOred that this division of
the Santa Fe will soon be put un1er
Superintent Barnes of Chanute. The
Santa Fe is making a great many
changes lately and they are likely to
do most anything.
R. NJ. Hess, assessor of Falls town
ship, made his returns Friday. Heas-
sesSed his township in thirty-One days,
the shortest record for Falls. His re-
port shows al increase in population
of three over last year.
The many freshetS this spring will
likely prove a blessing in some por-
tions of the country in killing off the
mosquitoes. 1t takes stagnant water
to breed mosquitoes and there are very
few stagnant pools left in Kansas.
Prof. H. F. NJ. Bear went to Alva
last Friday, where he delivered a lee
ture on school topics before the Alva
Lecture club that night. The profess
SOr's reputation as lecturer is no
longer confined to the state. He is
becoming as much in demand down
in Oklahoma as at home.
William Num- of Mayfeld, has Just
sold the rent wheat from four quarter
sections of land which he owns, for
Sl,5lS. He realized that much in
clear money The crop was grown
last year. Last year was rated as a
poor wheat crop year, but Sl,5lS is a
pretty good yearly income for a single
crop grown on a section of land. Mr.,
Num- is so firm in his faith in Sum-.
ner county that he has just closed a
deal with W. A. Rem, the real estate
agent, for another farm.
When j. L. KSe left for May6eld
last Friday to experiment with his
carrier pigeons, Gus Hamel and Ed
Herring watched for their return at
Mr.. Kisses home in the Fifth ward.
The pigeons, seven 10 number, were
turned loose at Mayfeld shortly after
1920 o'clock, the time for the arrival
of the train there. At 1892 five of
them flew into the barn here, making
the trip in less than twelve minutes,
or at speed of about fOrty-tive miles
an hour They came directly home.
Two Of them failed to show up.
/ Jacob Engle's dry goods store was a
palace of beauty last Friday
when his spring millinery opening was
in progress. The ladies were out in
full force admiring the beautiful dis
plays. To a masculine eye il was
hard to choose between the dry goods
and millinery departments of Mr.. En-
giles store, but the ladies were notice
ably interested more in the spring
styles of millinery. Miss Maggie Wal
ton has proven herself queen in the
department, Her rare taste
is evident throughout the displays.
The spring of '97 surpaSseS all other
seasons in millinery lines and Mr..
Engle has some of the choicest fash
ions in bOnnetS this year. The &C.
casion was made delightful by some ex-
cellent piano music furnished by Miss
Calista Martin and Mrs. Ed Smith.
At the business meeting of the Bap-
fist church held last week, it was de-
cide1 to celebrate the eighteenth an
niversary of the organization of the
church in this city, on May p next in
a manner be6tting the occasion. Rev.
Douohtv suppeSted the idea and the