People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-06-09

Gil w 1ile LouI duu eAplIeu INSTANTLY
She was taken into the sleeping Car
until she reached Caldwell, when her
remains were transferred to the south
bound express aud taken back TO
| Waukomis.
| W. z. Spicknal returned Thursday
from a business trip TO Medford, OF.
He says rain is badly needed In the
vicinity Of Medford. All the late
rains missed them down there. A
heavy rain early In the spring packed
the ground very hard and the dry
weather since has injured the wheat
considerably. Instances of this kind
10 Oklahoma are scarce, however.
| Ofthe teachers In the city schools,
Misses Jennie Rosecrans and Nellie
Palmer will spend their vacation In
the east. Miss Dora Summervllle will
probably spend the summer In Colo.
radO, and Miss Lee Burcham will visit
her parents on the claim In Oklaho.
ma. The other teachers will probably
remain at home. Prof. Bear and wife
will spend the summer In Wellington
and Paola.
Engineer Chas. Weddle returned
from st. Louis Friday night where he
had been IN attendance at the big en-.
gineers' convention. He states that
much business of importance was
transacted, among which 1t was de.
cided to build a new home on the
farm owned by the B. Of L. E., which
is located near NATION, Ill. Mrs.
Weddle, who accompanied him to St.
Louis, preceded him home several
days.
c. D. Burnette, acting city attorney
Of Oxford, raided Isaac Munn's Joint
at Oxford Thursday and arrested the
proprietor Oh three charges: the sale
OF intoxicating liquors, maintaining
a nuisance and running a billiard par.
lOr and joint without a license.
Mum was convicted short time ago
on the charge of violating a city ordl.
nance Of Oxford by staining the win
dOwS Of his place of business. A
quantity Of liquor was seized. In the
raid on his joint.
Taken from the assessment rolls:
There are 10 acres of irrigated land In
Sumner c0unty-l5 acres in Jackson
township, 2 acres In Sumner and in
Conway. There are $3.50 acres Of
corn growing, 81, los acres oats, 300, 7l3
acres of wheat, 2,549 acres Of rye, and
2,O35 acres Of alfalfa. The amount OF
old corn on hand March l was $50, l40
bushels; wheat, 3S5, 594 bushels, The
number Of acres of meadow prairie In
the county Is l24,6O4. The value OF
poultry and eggs marketed during the
year prior to March l, is S85, 1853; gar.
den products, s4,SS6; pounds of butter
made in the county during the same
period, 5l2,57S. The number OF horses
In the county is 1921; asses, 2,346;
mich cows, 9,2OS; sheep, 1871; swine,
1886. The value OF all animals
slaughtered during the year prior to
March l, is 1921 ,254. Value OF horti-
cultural products marketed, s6,245.
There are l50 stands Of bees In the
county, which produced 10 pounds of
honey. The present cash value Of
farm improvements is s9,l4l; farming
implements and machinery, sll4,2OS.
A dispatch from Arkansas City says:
Yesterday at noon VIM. Piper shot
his wife at Perry, Oklahoma. Piper
Is the man from whom the child was
stolen at Geuda Springs last Friday.
He went to Perry yesterday and 10
Gated his wife on q claim three miles
south Of Perry, with the child in her
possession. He made an attempt to
get the child and she tried to protect
the little one. Piper drew q revolver
and shot her twice, being so near that
the baby, whom she held in her arms,
had lite face badly powder burned.
After shooting her returned the re-
volver to himself and fred two shots
into his own body. A dispatch from
Perry this afternoon says Piper died
there this morning and bis wife can
not recover. This evening the body
Of Piper was brought TO the city
on the train. About q year
ago Piper and his wife sepa.
rated, she taking the child with her.
Later he kidnapped the baby and took
1t to his parents, near Geuda. Last
Friday she forcibly took the child
from his parents and went to Perry
and yesterday saw the ending Of the
trouble when he fatally wsunded his
wife and killed hlmseli.-Journal. I'd.