People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-03-17

A'OPuOiIIuu pliu1dIlco Ill
Des MOines, Iowa. A young bushes,
man made his canvas solely upor
this issue, and won out by 6, 100 vote:
as against 2,526 for his opponent.
The Ansell Concert Band Co. has
been chartered with the secretary Of
state. Fred Smith received a certi-
fed copy of the original from the
secretary of state Saturday. The
capital stock Of the concern is 81 900
Nora Mccartney VS.. David H. Nc
Cartney is the title of divorce suit
filed in district court Thursday. This
Is the case that was dismissed from
Court ten days ago upon the request
OF the plaintiff. The plaintiff in her
new petition alleges abandonment.
The Mulvane Record says that
AlOnzO Shull of that place raised one
fourth of an acre of onion sets last
year. He got something over forty
bushels. A few bushels rotted, but
he sold 37t bushels at 81 per bushel.
The income was at the rate of $500
per acre.
W. H. Burks, cashier of the Security
State bank, is an old stage driver.
Very few people know this. He drove
a stage in the Cheyenne Valley in
North Dakota, near The Manitoba line.
more than twenty years ago. Mr..
BurkS can tell many hair raising
Indian stories and narrow ESCAPES
from death.
The town of Edinburg, Ind, owns
its own light plant. The people pay
but ten cents a month for incandes-
cent lights. Arc lights are proper
tiOnately cheap. WellingtOn'S streets
would shine like banquet hall with
the amount of money now being paid
for gas expended in operating an cleo
trc light plant.
Ben Trucks, Rock Island engineer
who used to have a run between Her
ington and Caldwell, but who was let
out some four years ago for letting a
crown sheet burn out, has invented a
rotary steam engine. Last week he
was offered $4,000 by a Switzerland
syndicate for a fourth interest in his
inventiOn.-K. c. Journal.
The Rock Island gumbO train has
about completed the work of spread
ing the ballast. Another kiln will be
put in at this place next fall to burn
gumbo to complete the work of bal
lasting the track between Riverdale
and Caldwell. The track is now bal
lasted from Riverdale to the top of
the hill southwest of this city.
Miss Maggie Renick completed
five months term Of school at Ryan
Center last Friday. The event was
celebrated with appropriate exercises
and basket dinner, and a big time
is reported. Miss Renick left for her
home in Wellington that evening,
carrying with her the best wishes of
both the patrons and pupils Of the
diStriCt.-Milan Press.
BIZ. Sheridan has sold the Hughes
residence property in Milan to Rufus
King for $3.50. The proceeds of this
sale will 60 to the credit of the de-
funct Sumner National bank of this
city. The property was part of the
assets of the Farmers & Merchants
bank of Milan, which was branch
of The Sumner National, and which
has paid its creditors in full.
Ray Ferguson arrived from Kansas
City Friday to spend a three weeks
vacation with his parents, Major and
Mrs. Levi Ferguson. Ray looks lit
tie thin yet from the result Of the
operation he underwent for apendi-
citiS, but he is gathering flesh and
strength very satisfactorily. He will
return to Kansas City after his yaca-
ton and resume his studies in medi
cine.
Miss Nancy ShObe closed a success.
full term of school at Rock Falls school
house, last Saturday. The entertain.
ment on Friday was we'll attended.
Miss ShObe was made. to realize that
her efforts in trying to train the young
minds 10 the channel OF nobility, was
appreciated by the parents. She fin