People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-01-20
A new term of school began Monday

education law is responsible for tn
number OF new students entered
Several changes were made in til,
teachers. Miss Nellie Palmer wa,
transferred to the First ward in tn,
loom formerly taught by Miss Dori
Summerville. Miss Carr takes Mis-
Palmer's room in the Third ward
Miss Fannie Worden takes Miss Carr.
room, and Miss Summerville takes thu
room formerly taught by Miss Wor-
den. The total attendance today il
all wards, was 75s, or an average Of
"a pupils to the teacher.
Clarence Carl, a witness in the
Meade and Million wheat stealing
cases, was arrested Thursday on a
warrant sworn out by County Attor-
ney Rogers before Justice Of the Peace
e. Cox, charging him with perjury,
Carl lives three and half miles
north and FIVE miles west Of Black
well, OF. He had been hanging
around here all week as a witness for
the defense in the Meade and Million
cases. During the trial of Meade,
the defense used him in attempting
to prove an alibi. Carl swore that
Meade was six miles west of Caldwell
at the time which it was proven
Meade was at another place. Car
was placed in Jail.
Deputy Sheriff c. c. Shaver
armed with restraining order, went
to the home Of Lou Spencer neal
Mayfeld last Friday and assisted
Mrs. Spencer in getting her clothe.
from her home, from which she anC
her baby were driven by her hus-
band Thursday. Mrs. Spencer die
not have sufficient clothing to protect
her body from the blasts OF winter
and her husband refused to let hel
enter the house or to give her cloth
ing. She came to the city and in
voked the aid of the court, with thu
result that an order restraining be-
husband from interfering with bel
while she took her clothes away from
the house, was granted.
The man who stands idly By anC
sees the life fading out of his wife,
face, sees her health going, sees he
becoming old and faded and wrinklet
when she should still be in the perfect
enjoyment of vigorous, useful health
is either less than a man or else doe
not know Of tie remedy which vii
bring her back to health and strength
Perhaps her husband cannot persuad,
her to go to her doctor, because sh,
naturally breads the inevitable "exam
nations" and "local treatments. H,
can persuade her, if she needs per
snasiOn, to take DR.. Pierce's Favorit,
Prescription. This truly wonderful
medicine has cured hundreds O
women after the best physicians hav,
failed. 1t has been in constant US,
and tested every day for thirty years
II isn't an experiment, there are NJ
CHARGES about it. 1t is a certain cur,
for all arrangements, weaknesses
irregularities and diSplacements Of 10
ternal organs peculiar to women.
A letter received from Lew Mile
at Sheridan, o. T., recounts a blood
less but thrilling encounter which he
and the family Of H. L. Miles hat
with a catamOunt. The animal came
into the yard just after dark and tn,
wat III dog madeisuch fuss about hi
catship's intrusion on his domain tina
Mrs, Niles ran out of doors to SCI
what the trouble was. The varmin'
which was eitherlvery hungry or vic
iOus made a savage leap at her ant
she sought refuge in the house. Lev
and Hart made the next tour OF in
vestigation and found the animal il
the tree with the dog baying at il
Justify. Hart went after the gun ant
while gone the cat made a hanI
movement and retreated for tall tim
Der with Lew and the dog in hot pur
suit. The dog and cat had severa
rough and tumble encounters, but tn
gun which had been brought to tn
front could not be used to any advan
tage for the very good reason tina
some times the dog was on top an
again it was the cat, like the Irish
mans ride down hill on the log. Tn
catamount was at last chased to
bridge where IL was finally lost, an
the disappointed hunters returne,
home to spend the night 10 dreaming
OF fierce and bloody encounters wit
bears, pauthers, red dragons and octo
pus, in which the gun was invariabl
not loaded or was pointed the wron
way to kill the beasts, while Eckel