People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-05

way III usually taxes dOOuU Two hours |
to get an engine ready to 20 out. The
old bellows and hand blowers have
been discarded for the place OF com.
pressed air. The fues in the station
airy boilers are cleaned with air. The
oil is transferred from the drums In
which it is shipped into tanks by
compressed air. New machinery
has been added and the old machinery
remOdeled.
Luxuriant growth item from the
Belle Plaine Defender: "a living,
growing easel adOrus corner of the
nome OF Benz. Vanderwork. Some
time ago they purchased an easel
made OF green cottonwood limbs,
which had been painted aud gifted,
leaving tasty appearance. Now IL
is covered with growing sprouts, some
live or six inches long with well devel-
Oped leaves. 1t is indeed a curiosity
and pleasing to behold"
Owing to the band not having time
to get their men out, there was no
music at Capt. Grinstead's rally Friday
night. There was a large crowd pres.
eat, however, and several persons en-.
listed. Rev. B. f. Pugh made a pa.
triotic speech. Capt. Grinstead now
has 80 recruits. The additional
names are: Henry Collins, John S.
Rice, j. E. Gray and Will Sullivan Of
this city, W. NJ. FleIaing of Medicine
Lodge, W. S. Heath of Kiowa, and
Sherman Shull Of Argonia.
A dispatch from Albuquerque says:
The control OF the receiver OF the
PecoS Valley road will terminate, and
the road be delivered to the new COM
rany at II o'clock on the night OF
April 80. As is already known, the
contracts for construction work have
been let, and the work will begin at
the Amarillo end promptly on May /.
| The road will be constructed in sec
| tiOns, and as fast as one section is
completed 1t will be turned over by
the contractors to the construction
company and put In operation. The
contracts call for the completion OF
the entire line of road by December
18th,
: Mrs. Mamie Friend of Cicero, wife
of Geo. Friend, ST., died about
o'clock last Thursday OF cholera NOR
bus after three days illness. She wa.
a sister of Mrs. ]. M. Hunt of thi:
city. Mrs. Hunt had been at her bed.
side since her sickness. Mrs. Friend
was quite well known in Wellington
, She visited Mrs, Hunt and Mrs. G. G.
Shaver in this city last SATURDAY.
and Sunday, and took sick the follow.
ing day. She was about As years of
age at the time of her death. The
funeral was held at the Christian
church last Saturday at 2:3O o'clock
conducted by Rev. o. L. Smith. In
terment was made in Prairie Lawn
, cemetery.
] The burlesQue jack advertisement
oil Governor Leedy being exhibited by
a few members Of the ex-guards, ant
, printed iD the Mail last night, |:
about as raw as anything ever sent
through the mails by Jerome Entre-
. kin, and Saltier than any jack adver-
tisement ever posted in a livery barn
These obscene cards were printed and
circulated by Tinkham Bros, who
usually devote their time to more
pious cal.ings. The publication OF
the card was coarse insult to every
-. woman and girl likely to see CODY OF
the Mail, and was a fragrant violation
. OF the postal laws prohibiting the
transmission OF obscene matter, az
! well as a reflection upon the char
; acter Of the more decent members Of
the guards.-Journal, Friday.
Rev. Wicker Of Caldwell, had
the sad misfortune yesterday to
, lose his mind as the result OF
, grief over the impending death
: of his daughter In Virginia. Mr.
, Whicker Is janitOr Of the Caldwell
public schools. For some time bis
daughter In the east has been gradu
ally failing 10 health. YESTERDAY
morning he received a telegram stat.
ing that che was very low. The blow
apparently unbalanced bis mind and
began to act in a strange manner
He procured blank piece OF paper
and showed 1t to his friends, telling
them that 1t was telegram announc-
ing the death Of his daughter. His
friends took him TO Virginia last
night, In the hope that the sight OF
his daughter would relieve his mind
Of its burden and restore him to bis
mental balance. 18th.
J.L.Goodrum Of Mayfiel was In the
city Saturday attending the live stock
association meet. He tells OF an odd
incident which occurred at his home
Friday night. Shortly after dark he
noticed the oil 10 his lamp acting as II
Ii were about to explode. 1t was
seething and the flames were lutter.
ing 10 threatening manner. He
called to his daughter, who was near
the lamp, to throw 1t out OF doors.
| She picked up the lamp and hurled
it through an open window. The
lamp struck black cat and exploded,
setting fire to the feline. The cat
ran under the kitchen, then under q
corn crib, and was trying toget under
the barn, when one Of bis boys over
took 1t and stamped 1t to death. A
search was then made to discover II
the house or corn crib had caught FIRE
but not aspark could be discovered.
| The doctor may be a good old man,
but even 81, medical examinations
and the ''local.application" treatment
lare abh0rrent TO every modest woman.