People's voice., 1897-07-22

but the amount this year was so small
that the treasurer concluded to pay
the taxes himself and rely upon the
delinquents to reimburse him. Other
Kansas counties and Eastern traduc-
ing newspapers especially will take
notice that Sumner county doesn't
have to issue delinquent tax war
rants. We're paid up,
George Piatt, the S.year-old son of
j. 5. Piatt, sustained severe cut on
his foot while playing near a we'll in
the vicinity Of his home in tue Third
ward Friday evening. He and a
playmate went to the well, which had
been recently made, after a drink Of
water. They ran upon the pile Of ex-
cavated rock and dirt aud young
George stepped upon a broken bottle.
The right large toe was almost sew
cred by the cut.
L. J. French returned Thursday eve
from Enid, where he went on business.
Mr.. French had business within a
mile Of w. A. Caldwell's claim near
Concord, o. T. When he arrived
there he was surprised to see Silva
Forsyth lying in the shade of a black
jack, and still further surprised to
learn that they both had left yelling.
ton on the same train and had biked
it from Enid to Concord within an
hours time of one another without
either OF them being aware of the
fact.
d. ?. MunSOn, through his attor-
ney, filed suit today in district court
for a legal separation from his wife,
Mary j. MunsOn. The plaintiff
alleges that they were married in
Mcdonald county, Illinois, Novem-
Der l6, 1870, and lived together until
February 26, 1896, when his wife de-
serted him at his hCme iD Ryan town.
ship, going to Mdy6eld, this county,
thence to Wichita. and thence to Par.
sons, Kansas, where she now resides.
Plain5iff asks for divorce and Gus
tody of their two children.
People who think travelling is the
most delightful thing on earth, should
have been at the Rock Island depot al
$50 o'clock this morning and seen the
crowd of Christian Endeavorers that
went through on their way east from
California. They were the most mis-
cradle, dirty, uncouth, and unkempt
looking lot Of excursinnists that we
have seen for many a day. The long
ride through the southern portion of
the United States had evidently worn
them out. They were crowded to.
getherin immigrant cars like so many
cattle, and their lot certainly seemed
anything but happy one journal.
Miss Mayme Peck entertained
party of her young friends at her
home, corner Of Third and f streets.
Friday night, in honor OF Miss Mona
Thompson Of Wichita, who is visiting
here. A light course OF refreshments
were served the guest. A novel feat
ure Of the evenings pastimes was a
floral love story game, which was in
the form Of poems with blanks left
for the rhyming name of some
flower. This game proved to be
quite interesting, and tested the floral
culture Of Miss Peck's guests in an in.
nocent and amusing manner.
Curt Felkel had COW to die a few
days aeo from hydrophobia. A mad
dog passed through the neigborhood
about the beginning OF harvest, and
was killed at or near Wellington,
which he suppOses bit his cow. He
says that in April, 1896, a mad dog
bit number Of dogs in the vicinity
of Danville. Four of these dogs that
were known to have been bitten by
that mad dog, the owners would not
allow to be killed, and the dog which
he supposes bit his COW, was one of
the four dogs. Two Of the other dogs
have been known to have fits and the