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STATE NEWS.
Upton county is agitating a fair.

Upton county is agitating fair,
Chattanooga city tax levy is $1,5
Rogersville and Bristol have tele-
phone connection.
Chris Whitehead died in Giles coun-
ty recently aged 81 years.
Grapes are reported to be rotting in
the eastern section of the state.
The Hawkins county normal will be
held at Alum Well academy July 1851,
Cumberland Cap was swept by a
storm that was almost cyclone last
week.
The doors of the lock boxes of Harri-
man post Office were stolen in "broad
daylight"
The great iron pump put in the court
house we'll at BlountVille ruined the
fine water.
Calvin Tone, an Athens boy has re-
turned home from a railroad iaunt with
only one leg
Definite plans for the future of the
Watauga Land company which backs
Elizabethton are being formulated.
Harry De Berry will not be hung al
Memphis for thirty days, Governor
Taylor having this long reprieved him
The East Tennessee educational as
ISOLATION is preparing for big meet a
Sweetwater the 2Sth, Goth and 3Oth inst
Memphis merchants are petitioning
Tennessee senator's to try and land cot
ton ties, burlaps and bags on the FREE
list.
The intended acreage of the Tobacco,
crop of the state has been reduced b,
dry weather, otherwise the outlook i
good,
Dan Harris, colored, of Nashville ha
been sentenced to hang ON Septembe
3rd for the murder of Lizzie Edmond
son.
1t is said that Capt. George lie Ro.
Brown commandant of the Universit
of Tennessee, has selected Rogersvill
for his future home.
At Hickory With, near Memphis
small boys rocked passenger train an
the passengers were frightened so the,
thought it hQld-up.
GAINESVILLE and Greeneville Tobacco
men are deeply interested in the Regi
tobacco resolution which only lacks til
Presidents signature to become Law
A reorganization of the Tennessee
Central railway was effected at Easl
vile. The name of the road was chang
ed from railroad to railway and tire
new directors and vice president wer
elected.
Mynatt Leach was tried ct Clinic
last week for the murder of John L
Hecka A motion for a new trial wa
overruled and the death sentence We
pronounced against Leach, fixing IL
date of execution on the 23d day {
September 1897.
: Through Congressman Brownlov
John W, Gardett, colored, of Cock
county, has recently received an az
pointment as q laborer in the postoffic
department at Washington D. c., at
salary of $500 per annum. This is th
first colored man who has ever receive
: government appointment from Cock
county.
Three hundred and sixty-five thou
sand bushels of wheat, representing
cash value of $4,000 have been pul
: chased by two mills alone at Colun
bia. 1t is estimated that the crop
Maury county will yield from 800, OF
to 1,0OO,OOO bushels, not one-third (
which has been put on the market.
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Your Intelligence.

Your intelligence is questioned by the drug
gists who tries to influence you to let him bot
tie anything when you ask for DR.. Bells Piue
Tar Honey. No druggist can put this up for
you-he cannot put mp anything like it-it is
not to be had in bulk 1T is to be had only in
25c sos and 81 bottles There is nothing Just
as good" as DR.. Bells Pine-Tsr-Honey. Avoid
those substitutes with similar sounding names
When you buy DR.. Bells e-Tar-Honey. see
that the bottle has never been opened and that
il bears the picture and testimony Of Good Old
Granny Metcalf" and the name Of the E.
Switzerland MedicineCompauy, Fountain Park.
Paducah, Ky.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29
News Notes.

Stocks are iaming in the New York
market
New York cotton was fairly active
last week.
The Queen Regent of Spain has par
doned 1903 Cubans.
Another Administering expedition has
safely landed in Cuba.
Internal revenue Office shows gain
for the past year.
Fourteen people were killed in a re-
cent Minnesota cyclone.
The United States silver Scent piece
was first coined in 1851.
There are already 1900 horseless We
hicles in the streets of Paris.
National council of education was in
session at Milwaukee last week.
The value of Tennessee's wheat crop
for 1897 is estimated to be $5, 900, 900.
Hawaii and Japan are still negotia-
ting over the immigration question.
A Robertson county, Tenn, citizen
has begun operations on goose ranch.
Wants 10000 geese as starter.
New York merchants are reaching
out for great fall trade. They have
secured low railway rates to New York
for buyers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29

Owned trick mule in 1876. Owned
a South African diamond mine in 1885.
Owned $500, 900, 900 in 1895. Commit
ted suicide in 1897. That is the record
of Barney" BarnatO.
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Blu ckIen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises
ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tettor, chappcd
hands, chlblains corns and all skin eruptions
and positively cures piles or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box,
For sale by Mcfarland & Co.
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Need Small Farmers.

What the south needs is small farm
ers to engage in diversified agricultural
pursuits. do not believe that there is
any country on the habitable globe,
climate or location considered, that will
make as good terms as the south will to
industrious farmers. 1t may be affirmed
that there is nothing that section of our
country will not produce except, posi-
bly,, coffee. They produce all the cereals
wheat, rye, barley, corn-vegetables
Of every description, while cotton grows
everywhere. The south abounds in
opportunities for manufacturers, having
an abundance of raw materials iron,
coal, lumber, granite and cotton. =
Hon. Patrick Walsh in the Indepen-
dent.
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The first bicycles came from England,
but American designers and mechanics
have taken the lead and our wheels are
admitted throughout the world to be
unequaled. Their export this year has
increased threefold.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29

itDoubtless the reason the republicans
don't slaughter the trusts is because
they think the latter are not yet fat
enough to kill. Chicago Dispatch.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29

DR.. Cady's Condition Powders, are
Just what q horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price %
cents per package,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or sc.
II G. G. Q. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
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A Free Ticket To Texas
WantedAn Idea ! r.: s: !: s : ;as;

Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth
Write JOHN wEDDERBURN q CO., Patent Attor
neyt Washington. D. c.. for their 81 800 prise oel
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Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that Co
tain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sytem
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, In buying Hail.
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t is
taken internally and made in Toledo Ohio, by
F. J. Cheney g. Co. Testimonials free,
~ Sold by druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29

No g. Pullman Sleeping car Bristol to Knox.
vile, Knoxville to Chattanooga and Chatta,
nooga TO Atlanta.
NO. ., Pullman Sleeping cars Bristol to
1hgttanooga and New Orleans, also Pullman
Union sleeper Chattanooga TO Shreveport
No II, carries Pullman Sleeping car Morris,
Town 10 Chattanooga, and from Chattanooga
to Atlanta
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29

Nos. II and II carry Pullman Sleeping
Cars between New York and Nashville via
Ashevlie
Nos, Is and 16 carry Pullman Sleeper5 be-
tween Norfolk and Nashville and New York
and Salisbury
All trains run daily.
w. H. GREEN, Gen Supt Washington, D. C,
J. M CULP, Traf Mgr. Washington, D. c.
w A TURK, g. p A Washington, D c
C. A. BENSCOTER,AG. Chattanooga Tenn
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{, Tennessee & Western N. c. R. R

In effect june It'll 1897. at 7;GO O'Clock a. m,
[VEGtp\NT NI,t, -s,a;Y,y. ,,i,---'
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29

NO II, carries Pullman Drawing Room Bune
sleeping car Chattanooga to Now York viz
Ashevllle.
No carries Pullman Sleeping cars Chatta.
nooga to Washington and New York viz
Bristol
No 10 carries Pullman Sleeping car Chatta.
nooga to Asheville and Knoxville to Bristol
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29

No. 4 carries Pullman Sleeping car Knox.
vile to Cincinnati via Hartman Jet & Q& G.
No II Pullman Sleeping cars Knoxville tc
Louisville and Cincinnati via Jellico and L &
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-07-29

NO. 49, Pullman Sleeper Cincinnati to Jack
sonville via Q & Hartman Junction Knox
vile and Asheville.
No. II, Pullman Sleeping ear Cincinnati and
LOuisYille 70 knoXYllle wa l. j. N and Iellicn
People's voice., 1897-11-18
OVER THE COUNTY.

Literary societies are being organ
lied for the winter.
Conway Springs is endeavoring to
organize lecture club.
Milan gets daily weather report
from the Harper signal service station.
The prairies of Sumner county are
Speckled with new fam houses aud
new barns.
The entertainment season at Ar
gOnia vii! be ushered in with a con.
Cert by the brass band.
County C,erk-elect W. L. Wood has
resigned SS postmaster at Conway
SPRINGS. His successor has not been
namcI.
The farmors around Conway Springs
nave banded together in an agree
ment to keep nimrods IF their farms
this winter.
The A.O.U.W. lodge at Mu.vane is
sending out circulars to neighboring
lodges asking aid for James Helbert,
who IS bind, para;yzed aud penniless.
All The freight crews running be-
tween Conway Springs and Coffey.
vile now have their clay over" at
Conway again, instead Of at COffey.
vile.
The population of Hunnewell was
increased last week by the arrival OF
a man and woman from Fort Worth,
Tex, who weighed 7S4 and 693 pounds
respectively.
Fred Lane of Mulvane, is in Wich.
ita undergoing Treatment for his eyes.
The physicians have successfully
grated skin from his lips to the in.
side OF his eyelids.
Conway Springs is overrun with
bOOtieggers and jOintists and the com,
petition is so warm that the price OF
liquor has fallen within the reach Of
the humblest citizen.
The Star advises the people Of Con
way Springs to load their guns and bt
ready to give warm reception Il
outlaws should any Of that class O
citizen, pay visit TO that town.
A deer was seen in a wheat field il
the vicinity Of ArgOria last week.
farmer shot at il and it ran north
Jumping wire fences, and disappeared
among the sand hills OF the Chikaskij
river.
"Doc" Tarbill, the Conway Spring
JOintist. was arrested last week an
fined $50 for violating the prnhibitOr
law. He has appealed the ease and
Will cOme up at the next term Of dis
trict court.
AL Moss brought TO our Office Wed
nesday a curiosity 10 the shape Of tw
'clusters Of sweet potatoes. One Q
People's voice., 1897-11-18
Shot by Paddy Shea.

Ed Dawson OF Wichita. was shot
Monday morning by Paddy Shea.
the prize lighter and proprietor of a
saloon and disreputable house IN the
pa liking house district. Shea is now
IN the Sedgwick county jail and Daw.
son lies in the Wichita hospital in a
cOmatoSe state, with three wounds in
his body.
DR.. NJ. W. Cave, who attended Daw-
son, states that the wounded man told
him that he had fight with Shea in
the afternoon, during which he
received pistol wound in his arm
and lost pOcketbOOk containing
about 800. Later in the evening he
returned and demanded his money,
Shea began 10 beat him and shot lin
in the back three times.
Shea had trouble with his wife a
few weeks ago and she left him. she
had since been living with Dawsnn
while Shea had taken up with another
woman. Shea runs an acedemv oI
scientific boxing in connection with
his resort. He makes the following
statement: Dawson went 10 m,
Mace Of business at 4 O'Clock Man
day afternoon, armed with revolver
and attempted 10 shoot me. canght
the muzzle Of the revolver and a scuf
fle ensued. Dawson got me down
when Officer Gamble came in and sep
People's voice., 1897-11-18

Tyson, deceased. has been filed in
probate court. There is balance for
distribution among the heirs of
$272.Ol.
Miss Mayme Hill returned to her
home in Wichita on Monday, after
an extended visit iu the city with
Mrs NJ. L. Sparr.
Charlie Branaman, son of DR.. A.
Branaman, formerly of this city, is
working ia the National Bank of
Commerce in Kansas City.
Gail and see the Y ray Mouday and
Tuesday, December Och and 7th. It
costs nothing TO look through yourse f
or Count the bones in your hand
Miss Alice Hinchcliffe has returned
to her school south o. ArgOnia, after
a short visit in the city with her par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hinchcltfe.
Druggists permits TO sell intoxica-
ting liquors for medicinal purposes
have been issued TO L. L. Constant Of
Belle Plaine, and J. E. Shaw of Mul-
vane.
If you are interested in yourself or
your fJmiy call and see DR.. Goes
special examiner at the Hotel Arling-
ton December 9th and 7th, two days
only.
Harve CoverdaIe is having a fine
rubber tired buggy made to order.
When completed it will be the finest
pleasure vehicle ever seen on our
streets.
Free examination by y ray appar-
atus at Hotel Arlington on December
CTS and 7th. Avail yourself of the
opportunity and learn ifyuur disease
is incurable.
An examination by the Y raw will
determine surely whether your disease
Is durable or not. Call at the Arllns
ton hotei December 6 h and 7th anC
see this wonderful invention.
See the Calendar Clock Kitcher
safe. The most convenient thing OF
earth, at DR.. Campbell's building OF
Washington avenue. Clark & Harms
berger dealers for Calendar Clock saf
GOmany. :
Thanksgiving is coming. Now.
want turkeys, ducks. geese and sprin.
chickens. Rush them along: do No
wait to be last, Prices are now e,
tabliShed, turkeys 6 cents: ducks
cents; geese Il cents; spring chicken
A centS.-J. NJ. Mckee. 4s
Dr.COe's Sanitarium, of Kansas Cit,
Mo-, is the largset in the west an
its unusually largel elpractice, its man
convenlences and its long staudin
gives it great advantages in the sue
cessful treatment Of all forms {
, disease. A representative of tht
Sanitarium will be at the Arlingto
People's voice., 1897-11-18

hotel on Monday and Tuesday, Decem-
beT 9th and 7th. Free examinations
by Y ray apparatus.
George II. Grouse left Tuesday for
Cleveland, o.. to visit his aged father,
who is stricken with paralysis. Mrs.
Grouse has been there for several
weeks. They will return in about
two weeks.
For the convenience Of the citizens
and manJ patrons in the vicinity OF
Wellington, one nf DR.. Goes special
examiners will he at the Arlington
hotel on Monday aud Tuesday, Decem.
Der 9th and 7th, withan y ray appar-
tns, where he will be glad TO give any
information you may desire concern
ing The methods Of trea ment at his
saniiarium. Call aud see the doctor.
Consultation free.
The Wichita Eagle doubts the story
told by the Caldwell l6-year-Old mil
liners apprentice TO the effect that
she was robbed by hack driver in
Wichita. The Eagle says it is i'm.
probable that girl Of that age was
sent TO Wichita To purchase millinery,
and still further improbable that the
girl would rntruSJ her purse to a
Wichita jehu. The Journals mar
ratlye OF the girls experiences was
correct in detail, Notwithstanding
the doubling Eagle, the Wichita
chief of police and his force Of alleged
detertlves. The glrl was sent to
Wichita to make purchases OF millin-
cry according TO instructions from her
employer, She was young, it is true,
but sufficiently intelligent to carry
out the instructions of Mrs. Conner.
After being rubbed in the city The
girl became frightened and naturally
her first thought was to get home.
Sue was plucky and having no money,
made the trip as far as Wellington On
fOOt.-Jourual.
People's voice., 1897-11-18
In nrmOriam.

The following resolutions were
adopted by AuchDr Lodge, No. .,
Knights Of PythilS, wellington, Kan.
saS, al It's meeting D: November Is.
1897, relative TO ine death Of B. 2.
Hiligu>s:
WHEREAS, The Supreme Ruler o.
the Universe, ~ lis Infinite wisdom.
and mercy. has removed from lhis
earth another uf our faithful mem Dfls
Bro. B p. HlllgOSS, and
WHEREAS, We regret very deeply
tue luss Of so generous aud Kind
hearted a knight; one VINO was alwayS
attentive and wide awake TO Pythian
duties; loyal and Jealous member nf
our beloved order; therefore be il
Resolved, That we extend 10 the
father, brothers and sisters OF our de-
parted brother our sincere sympathy
in their sad hour or bereavement: and
be it further
Resolved, That Anchor Lodge. No.
9, Knights Of Pythias, yelling on.
Kansas, has 10 his untimely deaf h
lost one of its most valued members;
and be it further
Resolved, That copy of these reso.
lutiOns be presented To the relatives
Of the deceased, a copy be furnished
the city papers, and the same be made
part Of our records.
FRED L. NAUGLE,
E. B. ROsER,
NJ. R. MCLEAN,
Committee.
People's voice., 1897-11-18
Administrative Sale.
To all whom 1t may concern:
p. WYCKOFF.

To all whom IL may concern:
NOTICE is here by given. that In uursuanoa
~ OF an order issued out Of the rrohsts
court of Reno county. Kansas. autLUrizins
and empowering the under. igned TO ,,ll ,hee
following descri5od real estate. hr;opoine ~
the estate Of John b. Brown. neceas, a ~.
the payment OF debts due from said estate'
VIII at IOOclOck a. m. on the 18th day az
december, A; ID. lSg', IN Reno county. Kansas
al the front door OF the building used az n
court house In the city OF Hutchinson
oner at public sale the following real estate
tO-wit: S''"'o'
An undivided one-Laf Interest I'm ON, IL,
~ IN q. K. GOdfrey's addition Ia We,'snoe
Ton, according 10 the recorded plat therant.
also tnat part OF the northeast ous rt,r -.
section II, township 81! range / wes, he
ginning 1T the southeast corner "a said
northeast qusrter and thence rnnT inc
west on bali section line 649H feet tbencs
running north SGl5 feet. thence running
east oisf feet, and thence running south
SoO'S 10 place OF beginning. both tracts ae-
sregatlnH ID acres more or less. ly;n~\1
Kansas, ''ateYof
SAID sale to be made to the highest fs,tse-
preserving the right 10 reject anv anS III
oids) and Of the amount 10 be rece .vod .,,, W,
salu srle the whole sum to be paid In fbe
purchaser cash in hand ''1 ~ 'ue
Dated this 9Th dayof November. A n ,er
AZ ALMlhA BROWN,
Administrators.
First pablished in the VOICE Nov II 1907
People's voice., 1897-11-18
The Greatest Discovery YET.

W. NJ. RepIne, editor Tisklwa, ILL.,,
"Chief." says: 1--WE won't keen house
without DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. Ex-
perlmented with maby others, but
never got the true remedy until we
used DR.. Kings New Discovery. No
other remedy can take its place in our
home, as 10 it We have certain aud
a sure cure for coughs, colds, whOoping
cough, ETC." II is Idle To experiment
with other remedies, even if they are
urged on you as just as gOod as DR..
Kings New Discovery. They are net
as good, because this remedy has a
record of cures aud besides is gdarau-
teed. 1t never fails 10 satisfy. Trial
bottles free al +. B. Sny drug
store. 3
People's voice., 1897-11-18

them contained twenty-five well de-
veloped potatoes, large and small, all
adhering to the original vine or root,
and hanging in IA cluster like grapes,
the other contained few less. The>c
specimens furnish good idea OF the
growth Of this nutritious aud popular
tuOer.-New Era.
People's voice., 1897-11-18
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

C.B.McAlliSter of Belle Plaine, was
here Tuesday.
James Hall of Conway Springs was
here Tuesday.
sam McKown was here Monday
from Caldwell.
fyOu love your wife, buy a Calen-
daT Clock safe for her. If
F. P. Banter of Whitman, was Wis
iJor in the city Tuesday.
Speare Lambe left Wednesday mort
ing for Carlisle, H., on a visit.
Visit the High school Friday and
see the regular work Of the school.
Read DR.. Goes double column
ad. On another page of this paper.
DEL. A. Rea of Riverdale, trans.
acted business in the city Tuesday.
John Blatner Of Kingfsher was here
Tuesday. tie is visiting Henry Har-
baugh.
r. A. Anderson, the butcher, went
to Medicine Lodge Tuesday morning
on business.
Prof. Emery W. Earhart of Oxford,
was here on Monday, returning home
that night.
George ". and Archie Morrow OF
Cleardale, transacted business in the
city Tuesday.
Ex-County Treasurer NJ. B. Keagy
was up from Oklahoma Monday trans.
acting business.
c. G. Curtis will address the County
Hirh school Friday morning of thi:
week. Hear him.
Have you been there? At The
Arlington hotel to see the Y Ray
December 9th and 7th.
Have you seen the y ray? Free
examination at the Arlington bote
December 9th and 7lh.
W. J. Num- has purchased Tn,
Wells quarter section of land twt
miles north of Mayfeld.
Mrs. L. L. Barton and Miss Heller
LawleSs of Belle Plaine, were'viSitinJ
friends and shopping in the city MOI
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hess of Oxford
visited in the city Tuesday, tht
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Cope
land.
Every teacher in the county ShOult
hear President Taylor at the audi
tOrium Friday night November l9sh
Admission free.
Mrs. Kate LindIey has rented til
John Wetzel property ON Sylvia
Heights and will open a boardin
house for high school students.
The final account of John Wilson
administrator of the estate of Elyir
People's voice., 1897-11-18

arated us aud disarmed DaWsoa
Dawson went away, procured another
revolver and came hack later. and
kHrcked at the back door. ] said:
who's there He said: The kid
lie came around to the iron, door and
made a gun play. was too swift and
shot first. ] shot in self defense"
People's voice., 1897-11-18
WANT COLUMN,

HOR sALE.-The |OICE has for saie note
:or $50. drawing 8 per cent interest from
jane /, ls91, payable in professional o vices
h' II. B. Wilson x Co, pateIt solicitors.
Washington. ID. G. We will sell this note at a
liberal discount. II you aie in need of the
Hrvices OF phtert attorney 1t ill pay you
Usher
People's voice., 1897-11-18
Winter Your Stock.

have M abundance OF rough feed con
i-iing OF cane. kafflr corr. prririe and MIL
1T hay. corr stalks and wheat pasture as
Tcll as grain, will sell the feed outright or
AXE horses 90 winter reasonable and biy a
horse or team for my pay aud ay differ
encn.~lsaac W. PHILIPPE, Alert. D T For
the lamp lighter.