People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-02

vale.
Charlie Helm came in from Arson
last Saturday to visit his mother over
Sunday.
G.W.ChitwOod was down from Con.
way Springs Saturday visiting his son,
John Chitwood.
Frank Winsor Of Avon township,
sold 1000 bushels OF wheat Monday at
Dalton, for $1,000.
Franklin Trekell left for Kansas
City Saturday night to visit several
weeks with friends.
The advance in the price OF wheat
has added sl5, 100000 to the wealth Of
the Kansas farmers.
Hoods Pills cure nausea, sick head
ache, indigestion, biliOusnesS. All
druggists. 25c.
R. E. CarrOthers OF Seventy.Six
township, was in town Saturday feel
ing pretty well satisfied with wheat
crop of 6,4S4 bushels this year.
L. J. Baker, a well known farmer of
Riverdale, has traded his farm for
land 10 Arkansas, and will remove to
that place sometime this winter.
DR.. Wetzel is very unfortunate
lately with mis- livestock. His latest
loss is a fine Jersey COW, which was
stolen or strayed from his place Friday
night.
By some error 1t was reported
through the VOICE that Miss Maude
Holiday received third grade GER
tiffcate. Miss Holiday received a
second grade.
Neuralgia, and long depression,
cause the hair to turn gray prema-
turely. Halls Hair Remover will
restore the color and prevent the hair
from falling.
Mrs. NJ. W. Adams, wife of the
former Rock Island agent here, ar.
rived from Kansas City last Saturday
She is the guest Of Mrs. Willis X.
Folks and will remain in the city a
week and 60 to Oklahoma on a visit
to friends. Mrs. Adams has been
spending the summer in Minnesota.
Hon. Jerry Simpson remained 10
the city over night and went to Har.
per this morning. He leaves Harper
tonight for Lincoln, Neb., to be pres
ent at the Nebraska State convention
September l. Jerry is one of the
chief attractions at the Nebraska
state cOnventiOn.-Journal, Saturday.
The return game of ball at ArgOnia
Thursday between the ArgOnia and
Harper teams resulted in another vic.
tory for the former by a score of . to
s. Larker, Heron and John Alton
played with ArgOnia, the former
pitching all but the first two innings
of the game, and succeeded in strik.
ing out thirteen MCMILLAN Press
Steve Barner was unable to get bis
wheat tbreShed last week on account
Of the threshers taking in the Chikas,
kia Veterans reunion. He expects
to get it threshed this week, however
Steve has fifty acres just west Of Perth
1t will bring him about 81 900 cleal
money. He rented the land last fall
and SOwed it to wheat as a specula
tiOn.
Prof. M. E. Phillips, dean Of the
University Of California, at Los An
geles, was in town visiting his sister
Mrs. D. P. Wetzel, and renewing ole
acquaintance here. DR.. Phillip.
was formerly superintendent of thu
Wellington public schools. He ha.
been spending his vacation this yea
in Iowa, where he drilled three nor
mails.
John Mordy was "held up" Will,
driving out OF Wichita Thursda'
night. But for the running of hi
horses the robbers would have touched
him for his watch and some waite
melon money. They had mounte,
the wagon, but when the horses begal
to run they crawled out, leaving JohI
to hold the lines much TO his own sat
isfactiOn.-Belle PIaine Defender.
The widow OF Squire Hawley, VIII
was accidently killed near Corbi
seven years ago, was up from her clair
in Oklahoma Friday. Mrs. Hawle
has a large amount of wheat whic
she raised this year. She broke tb
ground and planted most of her whea
herself last fall and was richly r.
warded with a large yield. She wi
now sell it at good price and will b
comfortably fixed the remainder {
her days.
within the near future | thin
Kansas land will command a goo
price" said Land Commissioner job
E. Frost of the Santa Fe. "There