People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-26
Sure Of @ Cure
OVER THE COUNTY.

f o. and Lem Wilson Of South
Haven, were here Wednesday paying
their taxes.
A. L. Barner, the giant Of the Mn
nescah valley, was here from Belle
Plaine yesterday,
DR.. S. W. Splitter was called to Perth
Tuesday to attend Or. J. c. Weber,
who is quite sick.
Moses Quinn and his new s0ninlaw,
B. F. Lake, were in from the western
part Of the county yesterday.
Henry Hansen and W. T. Nell
benny were up from Geuda Springs
yesterday paying their taxes.
Another negro has been hung in
Kentucky. He pushed a boy OF a
train, and both legs were cut of.
County Attorney Ivan D. Rogers
and wife returned Tuesday from a
few days visit near Conway Springs.
CouAty Clerk W. E. Wood and wife
went to DodsOn'S grove in Eden town.
ship yesterday morning to attend the
old settlers picnic today. They will
be absent until Friday.
O. W. Julian was in from Milan YES
terday. He reports a little damage
done by hail in that vicinity just a
week ago. He says the wheat in the
vicinity of Milan will average 40
bushels this year.
Police Judge C. D. Brunette, as
iactiDg city attorney Of Oxford, ar
rested Isaac Nom at that place Tues
/ day for frosting the front window.
OF his joint. Nom plead guilty ant
it cost him $3.50.
! A barn on Benz. Misseldine's farm
south Of Oxford, burned Tuesday
afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock
The extent Of the loss and origin o.
the fire are unknown,
Mrs. II. R. Wightman fell from th,
top Of the steps leading from he
kitchen, the other afternoon, and sus
stained painful bruises, She held
butcher knife In her hand at the tim
and miraculously escaped serious in
| jury.
= Mail Clerk Alexander, who run
throughlthis place on the Rock Island
will never c1me any nearer being hurt
and escape, than he did at the depo
. last night. As the train pulls int
( the depot the mail clerks usuall
J swing'from the side rods of the ca
and alight near the mail box on th
run. Last night the depot platform
was blOckaded with twenty or NOR
e trunks, placed so GEAR the edge Of th
: platform that the coaches did no
D miss them two inches. The trail
from the north was late aud as
came laundering into the depot, Alex
. ander, as is customary, stood on q foo
: rod beneath the door Of the mail ca
e preparing to alight. He was In th
. act Of putting his foot to the board
J on the platform when he noticed tn
8 trunks less than three yards ahead O
: him. 1t would have been certain In
J lury for him to aiight and he barrel
had time to get himself back into th
, mail car door before the trunks wer
S reached. He swung himself quick,
!. up and rested on his knees In the doc
t until the trunks were passed, when b
:. could no longer maintain his position
s and fell out Of the car. The train hal
by this time slowed down, and be wa
not injured. Mr.. Alexander is a rela
!. tive Of A. A. and W. A. Lichtenber
ger OF this place. Narrow escape
] from injury and death are frequep
s at the Rock Island depot. Many o
). them never get into print. The frs
!. serious accident at this place will cos
S the road at least money enough +
J. build decent and respectable pla,
!. form.-JOurnal, Wednesday.