People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-12-30

Wellington, of which the deceased
was a member. DR.. MandigO was
formerly a druggist at Milan and was
well known in Wellington.
The stone wOlk on the new city Jill
has been completed, and the wooc-
work will be finished in few days.
II will be the best city jail Yelling
ton has ever had, when it is completed.
See our line of china, lamps, water
sets, fancy dishes; don't fail to see the
gold crown, it is big Improvement,
adds very much to the looks OF a lamp.
We are the only house in the city
that have the gold crown attachment.
Wyatt Bros.
Major and Mrs. Ed Hayes drove to
Oxford Tuesday evening and assisted
in the installation exercises OF the
Oxford Masonic lodge. After the ex
ercises we're over the lodge members
and visitors enjoyed a banquet at the
hotel. An enjoyable time is reported
to have been had. MIR. and Mrs.
Hayes returned home next morning.
James and Newt Mayo and William
Patterson of Oxford, charged with
wheat stealing, had preliminary
hearing before Justice L. d. Chaddon
In the county attorneys Office at the
court house Wednesday afternoon.
The prisoners were bound over to the
January term of the district court in
the sum of $500 each. In default Of
bond they were taken back to Jail.
The Baptist Sunday school held
Christmas exercises at the church
on Tuesday night. A very interest
ing program, consisting Of a Sunday
school anthem by the choir, songs by
the different classes OF the Sunday
school, recitatiOns, dialogues, etc,
was rendered. After the exercises a
Santa Claus appeared. aud distributed
the usual presents Of candy, nuts and
other Christmas goodies, to the
scholars. A good time was enjoyed
by all present, and the little ones
we're made happy by the event.
County Treasurer Fl. Ma1dy will
turn the tax books over to the county
clerk tonight, and the penalty will 60
into effect after today. If you
haven't paid your taxes yet, you had
better rush up to the court house and
pay them before the treasurer's Office
is closed this evening. The past two
or three months have been busy ones
for Treasurer Maddy. During the
last few weeks he has had so many as
s'stants 10 the office that they could
hardly move about without stepping
on each other, but he will have a
slight breathing spell now, to which
he is justly entitled.-J0urnal, 28th.
Sam Smith, the Sumner county out
law, who was convicted of murder in
Butler county, recently, in connection
with the Andover train robbery, will
take an appeal to the supreme court.
His claim is that he was brought into
the state on trumped up charge
which amounts 70 kidnapping; that af-
terward he was arrested for robbery
and the case dismissed and arally be
was arrested on the charge Of murder
upon which he was convicted. His
COUNSEL contend that the law is that
no man can be brought in a state and
the court get Jurisdiction to try him
on any Offense except thatupOn which
he is arrested, The defense will ask
to be released upon a writ OF habeas
corpus, because the district court of
Butler county did not have any juris-
diction to try him for the offense up
on which he was tried. II this fails
the case will be taken to the supreme
court for other errors at the trial.