People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-06-10

found his team standing on the street
and put it in a livery stable for him.
Tuesday morning the team was
taken out Of the barn and he started
to 60 home, but changed his mind
and went TO joint instead, where he
remained all day. Heliyes southeast
Of town.
Powerful saline and other drastic
purgatiyeS should be strictly avoided,
except in extreme cases. When an
aperIent is called for, take Ayers
Pills. They restore natural action by
imparting strength and tone to the
bowels, and their use is always at
tended with good results.
Charlie Brown, son of Mayor S, n.
Brown, while working with the Moni.
tor-PreSs job press Tuesday morning,
mashed three fingers o; his right hand.
The bone Of the second finger was
splintere1 and may necessitate the
amputatiOn of that member. The
first and third fingers were mashed
quite severely and he will be laid up
for some time on account of the acct
dent. The injury is very painful.
The Select Knights elected the fol-
lowing officers Monday night for the
ensuing term: John Kier, CON-; Frank
ROthtrOck, V. Com; W. G. Whealey,
Lieut.. Com; C. j. Carver, Rec; E.
Barrett, Rec. Treas; Joe Conner,
Treas; W. 7. Mcbride, S. b.; s. S.
Wright, o. g.; II. H. Case, g.; W. B.
Tracy, s.; V. c. Sleeper, P. E. Bar.
rett was elected representative to the
grand lodge, and W. E. o. Rush was
chosen as alternate.
Rev. E. A. HOyt delivered two ex.
Cellent sermons at the Methodist
church Sunday. At the morning
service he spoke on the harmful use
OF the tongue INDUCED in by the peo.
pie Of this age. At the evening ser
vice Rev. HOyt resumed the series OF
sermons commenced several Sundays
ago on the Drama Of a World, his SUBJ
Iect last night being the present
Scene-Life," which was handled in
an able and interesting manner.
The child Of Ida Watkins was
adopted by Mrs. Alice Davis In pro.
bate court Tuesday. The mother
was brought into the court room and
she signed the release papers to her
child. She claimed Alva as her home,
stating that she had been living with
her brother at that place for the past
year, and the court doubted its juriS.
diction in the case. In order to allow
Mrs. Davis to adopt the child Miss
Watkins then claimed Sumner county
as her home.
We notice from reading some Of the
recent special press dispatches from
Topeka, that the fusion politicians
are actively engaged in fixing up q
slate for the fall OF '9S. One OF the
conditions Of said slate is to retire
Hon. j. D. BOtkin, congressman-at
large, to make room for one David
Overmeyer. 1t is early to discus:
nominations but we want to drop a re.
mark at this time that these "axers'
are doing business without proper au
thority. The people are going to dc
their own nominating and the work
of political trlcksters will not be rati'
f1ed.-Medicine Lodge Index.
The formal announcement of the
new bank, the Security State Bank,
appears elsewhere in today's VOICE
They will open for business in the
Sumner National corner next Tues
day. The building and furniture
are being put in good repair, tn,
windows are being ornamented with
signs, and everything put to right.
for an auSpicious opening. The cap
ital is s25, 900, all paid up, organized
under the new state banking law
The names of the directors were
given last week. T. J. Garland ha'
been chosen president, H. F. Smith
vice president, and W. H. Burki
cashier. The names OF the directors
are such as to give the new bahl
strong prestige; it has splendiC
location, and will doubtless become
one of Sumner county's strong
institutions.
The thiity-frst annual catalogue o
the University Of Kansas has JUS
reached US. We observe that the uni
versity holds its own in point of at,
tendance and 10 other respects. Thi
year'sieDrollment fOOts up the graDt
total OF 1904 students-morc than 1O
above last year, and the largest enroll
ment so far recorded in the history o
the Institution. Among the new fea
lures we note the organization 0
the Graduate school, which is TO hay
charge Of work leading to higher de
grees. By act Of the legislature,
diploma from the School Of Law o
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