People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-03

from the congregational church OF
this city, and Mrs. Scarrow is a dele
gate from the Ladies' Missionary
society.
Miss Noveline Anderson returned
Monday from Oxford, where she was
called ten days ago on account Of heI
sisters sickness, and has resumed hel
position in Price, Hoge & Co.'S. store
Almira j. DOty has filed suit in dis,
trict court for divorce frcm Cnas
T. DOty. She wants the divorce on
the grounds that her husband is serv-
ing twenty-ODe year term in the
penitentiary.
Orville Long of Argonia, who wa:
sent up to the Hutchinson reforma
! tory in October, 1896, for borrowing a
horse without the owners consent,
was in town Tuesday night on his way
home. He has just been released.
Work on the new telephone line
from Wichita to Kingman is ready to
begin. The line will cost not less
than $1,000. As soon as it is COM
pleted, work will begin on the extern
sionS west of Wellington and to Con-
way Springs.
L. D. FosBett, who was deputy
county clerk under Chas. Sadler, BE-
gan work on Tuesday as bOOkkeeper
for Col. Geo. R. Fultz. Mr.. Foskett
had been assisting in the county
clerks Office since WilfOrd E. Wood
was inaugGrated.
Deputy Sheriff G. e. Shaver re.
turned Wednesday from Topeka,
where he went in company with Sher-
III Heskett with the four prisoners to
the penitentlary. Sheriff HeSkett
stopped off at Topeka on his way
home from Lansing.
A bicycle club was organized Monday
night and the following officers were
elected: Fred POmeroy, president:
Will Anderson, vice president; Festus
NewbOld, vice president: Geo. Hunter,
Jr., treasurer; Claud Whitfield, secre-
tary; Chas. Garland, captain.
Mrs. E. X. Peniwell died at her
home on North Olive street Monday
morning shortly before noon, Of con-
sumption. She was a member of the
Christian church. The funeral was
held Wednesday. Interment was
made in the Mayfeld cemetery.
j. S Dey left over the Rock Island
Tuesday for Akron, Ohio, to take
depOsitOns in the case of J. Sam
Brown, receiver of the American
National bank OF Arkansas City VS..
Barney Sheridan, receiverO the Sum.
ner National bank of Wellington.
The excavations for Clem Spruance's
new dwelling house at the corner OF
Harvey and Jefferson avenues were
commenced on Monday. We under.
stand Clem is to put up a handsome
cottage, with modern improvements
and will make it one of the prettiest
homes in the city.
o. j. Hackney moved out to his
farm Monday. Mayor Seymour Brown
Is moving into the property vacated
by him. W. D. Frautz is moving into
the property recently occupied by Mr..
Brown, and RObt. Buswell is moving
Into the residence recently occupied
by Mr.. Frantz. BuSwell has bought
the latter property.
Mad dogs are extant. A strange
mad dog was operating in the vicinity
OF Perth Tuesday. 1t bit two dogs
for Hiram Hawkins and two for
Frank Moore. 1t went on north and
met death at Chris Hangers. He has
since been Joined in dog heaven by
the four dogs he had bitten.
c. j. StillwelI of Winfield, formerly
of Milan, is back TO Sumner county
again. He arrived Tuesday with his
family and is now putting things to
rights about his new home, the NJ. H.
Kirk property on North A street,
which he purchased. Mr.. Stillwell
will engage in the real estate business.
We are glad to welcome Mr.. Stillwell
to Wellington.
doc" Edwards and Joe Runkle
OF AnsOn, are still in Perry, OF,
lighting for their horses which wele
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