People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-02-04
OVER THE COUNTY.
Belle Paine wants a bank.

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Ijail.
The South Haven schools appro-
priately observed Kansas Day.
Hoy thieves are working industri.
ously in the northwestern part of The
county.
A mad dog was killed on Bascom
IO'Hair's farm east Of South Haven,
last week.
The protracted meetings at the
Mulvane Evangelical church closed
Wednesday.
Predictions for next years fruit
crop are little late 10 coming to the
front this year.
The COrbin NJ. E. church caught
fire last week. Ii was extinguished
before much damage was done.
On account of the lack of funds the
school term at Conway springs may
be cut to seven months this year.
The South Haven New Era thinks il
is all right fer the county to make a
business of catching seducers and
making 'em marry.
The Working Band of the Oxford
Methodist church will give a mite
social at the hume Of Miss Mary Dobbs
Wednesday evening.
Robert Weller of ArgOnia, had the
misfortune to receive painful injury
tc one of his eyes by the accidental
discharge Of a shell while he was out
hunting.
Mr.. ONO of Rome, who has been
careful observer Of the weather and
signs for many years, predicts that
we will have a wet March and April, a
cool summer and good crops of all
kinds.
j. W. Twyman, living northwest of
Mayfeld, lost twenty-five fine ducks
one night last week, through the
depredatlons of the coyotes with
which that section of country is said
to be infested.
A Conway Springs merchant runs a
page ad in the Star. 1t is changed
every week and is full of price quota
tions. The other merchants haven't
much hope Of trade getting better
until he quits advertising.
A little Squib in the Kansas City
Journal one day last week said that
Robert Collins had been arrested on
suspicion of having burglarized bar
Der shop. At once suspicion started
the story here that it was "our Bob"
DR.. Collins went to Kansas City and
with W. B. COldwell hunted Lawyer
Bob up. They found him at work
and he had not heard of the arl est
Oxford Register.
j. G. Post is the name of a preacher
at Mulyane who thinks he has solved
a problem. Last week he induced
Senator PETER to introduce a resolu.
ton in The United States senate
which provides that whenever the
supreme court shall decide that any
act of congress is unconstitutional it
shall be the duty of the court to nc.
tlfy congress, as the president does
with a veto message. Then, if cong
ress passes the bill again, by a majJr-
ity vote, it shall become a partof the
constitution.
The little boy of Mr.. and Mrs. R. H.
HanSbarger whose face was so badly
mntilated by the discharge of a shot
gun, was taken to Wichita this week
by DR.. GOldSberry TO have his eyes ex.
amined by an Oculist. We have not
beeI able to learn just what the ocu.
list said, but it is rumJred that he
told them there was no hope and that
he was totally blind. Considerable
interest has been taken in this case
here, and there is much sympathy for
the little fellow. 1t is sad case. in.
deed.-COnway Springs Star.
j. Byron Cain of the Belle Plaine
News is the youngest and prettiest
editor in the county and when he goes
to Wellington the girls down there
get Gnelr opera grasses and optical ill.,
struments focused upon nim and keep
them there as long as he is in sight.
Byron is tender-hearted and it hurts
him to think that he can't take all of
them and that some of Them must
finally be sorely disappointed and
heartbrOken. Byron should either
stay away from Wellington or the
girls there should look the other way
when he is in tOwn.-Conway Springs
Star.
A New Loan Scheme.
1t is possible that the school fund
commissioners of the state of Kansas