People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-07-14

Stella NOfsinger, May Myers; MesSrs.
Frank Fisher, Charlie Garland, DR..
Ed Ebright, Ed Klein, Harry Jordan,
Chas. WATSON, Park Trowbridge and
Charlie Ravens. The party report
most pleasant time. Abundant re-
freshments were had. They arrived
home about o'clock Friday morning.
Cleo Burnette Of this city, and Miss
Marie Schmidt Of Oxford, will be mar.
ried at the home Of the brides par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. John Schmidt, on
Wednesday, August 3. The GENE
mony will occur at high noon. The
couple will begin housekeeping
here Immediately after, residing on
North Jefferson avenue two door:
north Of the Lutheran church. Mis-:
Schmidt Is one Of the county's most
popular school teachers Mr.. Bur
nette is rising young lawyer, with
bright prospects for the future.
Sheriff Gillespie Of Harper county
was in the city Thursday looking fol
two highwaymen who held up the
pOstoff1ce stores at Crystal Spring:
and Danville Wednesday afternoon
The men rode into Crystal Spring:
about 100 O'clock in the Afternoon
and relieved everybody in the place
securing $50 or $40. They rode from
Crystal Springs to Danyille, arriving
at the latter place about dusk. They
held up five men there and were re
warded with about 800. The mer
rode of at their leisure 10 both in-
stances, and were not followed unit
the sheriff heard Of the affair. Ate
the men left Danvllle they rode int
a wOman's yard and one Of them wa
recognized by her. She informed thu
sheriff and he is on their trail.
The crew on the Rock Island south
bound passenger Saturday eyenin.
had thrilling experience with a gans
OF tramps at COrbin. One OF TIT
tramps boarded the train and the con
ductor attempted to put him of
The tramp objected and a fight en-
sued. The conductor and tramp wert
scuffling alongside one OF the coache!
when the tramp struck the conductor
with a beer bottle, knocking hin
under the train. The train wa.
moving and the conductor was rescued
barely 10 time to save his life. ON
Of his hands was pinched by thu
wheels Of the coach. The train crew
by this time came to the conductor!
relief and general fight ensued, sew
eral tramps taking hand in thu
affair. The station agent at Corbil
brought out a shotgun which one o.
the tramps took away from him ant
was in the act Of shooting when one o.
the train crew snatched the gun anC
STRUCK the tramp terrific blow will
it, knocking him nearly senseless
The crew finally dispersed the tramps
The affair occurred inside the switch
tracks at COrbin. A small panic Oc
CURED among the women and child
rem on the train while the fight wa
going on.
Recent releases Of mortgages: J
II. Shore has paid off mortgage 0
sl99.65 on his farm 10 Palestine tOwn
ship. ...E. Brothers has paid off
$50 mortgage on his land 10 Green
township. j. R. Michael has PAL
of $3.50 mortgage on his land il
Illinois township. Geo. R. Mead ha
paid off a mortgage of 800 on his Ian
in Eden township. &c. f. Meeke
has paid off a s4l25O mortgage on hi
land near Belle PLANE. IA.
Wright has paid of 500 mortgag
on bis Valverde township farm. ,. N
&. Thayer has paid of a 800 mort
gage on his land in Morris town
ship John S. Barto has paid o.
two mortgages aggregating 1890 o.
his land 10 Sumner township. .
County Commissioner ]. F. Coco
has paid off two mortgages aggregat
ing s., 800 on his land near Conwa
Springs. j. NJ. Hadley has paid o.
a $3.50 mortgage on his land in Wslto
township. I'D. McEachern has pal
of 800 mortgage on his land i
Greene township. John T. Showa
ter has paid off 81, 900 mortgage o
dis land in Guelph township. Lei
Huston has bought Of Vanson Haw
lots 5 aud 6, block l6, Conway SPRING
for 1850. WIN. Small has purchaie
Of ]. B. Watkins small tract Of Ian
in Creek township.
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