People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-26
LOCAL EVENTS.

city tuesday.
NE. Whiteside was up from Port
land Tuesday.
Geo. Lewis was down from Conway
Springs Tuesday.
f. NJ. Stanley was up from Greene
township Tuesday,
]. ]. Stevens, the Dalton grain
dealer, was here Tuesday,
Over 100000 acres Of wheat are
growing in Sumner county this year,
The GAR. memorial sermon will
be delivered Sunday afternoon In.
stead OF Sunday evening, as stated
elsewhere.
County Superintendent J, W. Nc
Lagghiiu and wife attended the COM
mauCement exercises Of the Caldwell
schools Monday night.
Miss Lille O'Brieu arrived Tuesday
morning from Caldwell, where she
has Just finished a most successful
term as teacher in the city schools.
Rev o. Z. Smith of the Christian
church viii preach the baCCalaureate
sermon far the graduates Of the
County High school next Sunday even
ing.
Next Sunday is Pentecost-Whit-
sunday Rev Pugh will preach in the
Lutheran church In Wellington at II
am. The holy communion will be
administered after the sermon. No
preaching at night. Preparatory
service.ol Saturday, 18th, at3p.m.,
after which there will be business
meeting
The new church Of the United
Brethren in Christ, OF Corbin will be
dedicated to the worship Of God, Sun.
day June 5th. The dedicatory service
will Be conducted by Bishop j. S.
Mills of Denver, COL, beginning
promptly at 10 o'clock am. A cordial
invitation is extended to all who are
interested in the Masters work.
Chas. E. Heisel, pastor.
VIM. S. McDaniels called on the
VOICE to say that he named Downs
township himself, Mr.. McDauiels
carried the petition for the organ
izatiOn Of the township and presented
same to the board of commissioners.
They accorded him the privilege Of
naming the township and he called 1t
Clowns" after his native township In
Mclean county, Illinois.
The commencement exercises OF the
Caldwell city schools were heldMonday
night. A number from this place at
tended There were eleven girls and
one boy graduate. They are: Lille
Barnard, Fawnie ColsoD, Anna Ely,
Mamie Kearney, Ethel Kinnear, Edna
Lewis, Alice Miller, Bessie Moore,
Mabel Neal, Minnie Swartzel Jessie
Williamson, John Deering.
DR.. Geo, W. Ward has opened up a
dental office in Wellington, over the
Wellington National bank-in DR..
Smiths old dental rooms. Reference
has been made heretofore in the
VOICES columns concerning DR..
Wards graduating with high honorS
from the Kansas City dental college,
He has finally decidedEto open up in
his profession at his old home. The
VOICE hopes to see him prosper. Hi:
card appears elsewhere.
F. D. Hunt, commercial agent Of
the K. c. o. & S. Ry., andmfamily, Of
Clinton, Mo-, arrived yesterday morn
iugon visit to 7 E. Purdy and family
Mr.. Hunt learned the railroad bust.
ness under Agent Purdy while MIR
Purdy was depot agent at GrenOls
nearly fourteen years ago, Twt
warmer friends than these two gen
tie would be hard to find. Mr.. Hun
returned home yesterday evening
while his family will visit in the cit!
for several days,
A cyclone visited Panhandle, Tex.
Monday night and did'much dam
age to Santa Fe railroad property
So far as known no one was hurt. 4
remarkable feature OF the cyclone
this spring is the absence Of fatalities
Seven box cars were blown from tn
sidetracks and left standing on tn
prairie by the storm that night. Con
siderable track was torn up, delayin
all trains. A well derrick was blow
quite distance and left lying acros
the railroad track.
The Republicans Of Kansas will B
panied to learn that every city 10 tn
state is now using state school book
with the exception Of Topeka, wher
a law suit is pending. About fifty Q
them refused to use the state book
until use for year so clearly demon
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