People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-06-16

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and that the Missouri Valley Bridge
Co. built it and replaced it once before.
The county examining committees
report shows Sc applicants for teach
ers' certificates. Sixteen OF The appli.
cants failed. A first grade certificate
was issued TO one applicant; second
grade certificates were issued to four
teen applicants, and twenty-five re-
ceived third grade certificates.
John N. Ray, who lives in he Strip
south Of the old TX ranch, was shot
accidentally Saturday afternoon. He
and nis hired hand we're in the yard,
and seeing a rabbit, the hired boy got
the rifle and shot at it. The ball
struck a rock, glanced and struck Mr..
Ray 10 the right breast near the nip
pie. DR.. Roberts was called and
dressed the wound. The shot proved
fatal, a, he died yesterday morning.
The funeral will be held hiSmOrning
at the residence, conducted by Rev.
Holmes OF this city. Mr.. Ray was a
widOwer, his wife dying a few years
ago.-Caldwell Advance.
A. A. Cone was down from Belle
PLANE Saturday. He says a man and
son, with three horses, attempted 10
drive across Ninnescah river bridge
south OF Belle PLANE Friday after.
noon and narrowly escaped drowning.
One Of the hsrIes was lest. The
Others were saved with much Difficult
ty. The water in the Minnesota is
right up to the bridge. The man, his
SOD, the horses aud wagon were
washed from the approach while they
were attempting to reach the bridge.
The outfit was kept from being car.
ried to the middle Of the stream BY
lodging against wire fence.
City Marshal Rowan OF Caldwell,
was In the city a few hours Thursday.
he came I'D on the Santa Fe with
Sheriff Heskett and returned on the
Rock Island. He hoped to find Andy
PoulsOn, one of the men believed to
be responsible for Judge Thomas
death. POulsOn, Finch and Ellison
skipped out Of Caldwell when the in
dignatien Of the Caldwell people be.
gan to manifest itself. They are
believed to be hiding around in the
vicinity Of Caldwell until the affair
blows over. Poulson was seen at Cor
bin Thursday morning. Ellison and
Finch were seen twenty miles west OF
Caldwell Wednesday.
About sixty tramps came from the
north on the local freight yesterday
afternoon. They were one division
Of an army Of 24O that came to New
ton in the morning. When the train
men ordered them to get of the train
they just laughed and asked them
what they were going TO do about it.
The train boys tried to fool them
here by telling them they were going
back to Newton. About a dozen Of
them got of, but the majority said
they would as soOn 20 back to Newton
as any other place. These remained
on the train, which was backed to the
north end Of the yard, and then came
down at such speed that the ones
who got of could not get on again.
Mulvane Record.
Late real estate transactions: T.
N. Nolan has bought 50 acres Of land
10 Greene township Of J. c. McManis,
for 500. Francis L. Beard bought
100 acres OF land in Eden township OF
Nellie T. Groves for $500. . DR.. L.
F. Harmon has bought 16O acres OF
land in Sumner township Of A. K.
Bispham for q $50. John B. Tritt
has bought Of Andrew D. Moon 100
acres OF land in Wellington township,
for 81, 500. =. John Wertz has bought
two lOtsin South Haven Of Joseph
CrOnkhite for s4OO... Joseph Cronk-
bite has bought of John Wertz 40
acres Of land adjoining Belle PLANE,
for $3.50. Sarah c. Herrick has
purchased one acre of land adjoining
Wellington on the east Of S. P. Her
rick, for $500. John L. Sears has
sold to Elmer Sears l60 acres Of land
in Bluff township for $1,000. W. L.
Cutbhert has sold to Ida A. Fisher
lots Is to %, inclusive, in block 80,
Belle PLANE, for $3.50. James Ward
has purchased a small tract Of land of
B. G. Horton, in Lower South Haven
township, for $50.
The board disqualification adjourned