People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-18

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Oscar Bauman OF Arkansas City, was
10 the city on business Saturday.
W. W. Welter, editor of the Belle
Plaine Defender, was in the city Sat.
urday.
The probate court has approved the
sale OF real estate belonging to Olivia
Sanders, deceased.
Ii. +. Keyser, Roy Hitchcock and
Charlie Fisher went to DrurySaturday
night to spend Sunday.
n. E. Whiteside of Guelph town
ship, was attending to business mat
tiers in the city Saturday.
Miss Amy Stiger went to Drury Sat.
urday evening via Caldwell, to spend
Sunday with the campers.
Rear Admiral Kirkland, commander
Of the Mare Island navy yard, died at
Vallejo Cal, Friday night.
Rev. S. D. Motfatt of Winfield, was
in the city Saturday, the guest of his
brother-in.law, W. NJ. Jackson.
The probate court has issued an
order for the sale of real estate be-
longing to ThOs. Meikle, deceased.
Fred Young of Wichita, was in the
city Saturday trying to dispose of the
bar fixtures left here by Lee Stearns.
Mrs. Clarence Lucas of Oxford. was
visiting in the city Saturday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Cope
land.
A report OF the sale of real estate
belonging to Minnie Rider ct al.
minors, has been filed in probate
court.
Shelby Piles folks received letter
from him Saturday. Shelby has
been sick with malarial fever, but has
recovered.
1t is probable that England and
Russia will soon be involved in war.
The situation between those two coun.
tries is very grave.
Jake Allen came in Saturday morn.
from La Junta, COL, with a carload
OF horses which he intends to dispose
of On the local market.
The wellington volunteers are in
the regiment ordered from Camp
Thomas TO Lexington, KY. 1t is
probable that they will be compelled
to walk the entire distance.
Charlie Van Valkenburg, the chick.
en- thief who was arrested here by
Sheriff Heskett few months ago for
wholesale theftS Of chickens, is again
in trouble in Wichita. He was ar
rested Friday for stealing chickens.
There is a small pox epidemic at
Manitou Springs, COL, and the Topeka
papers are warning Tupekans to stay
away from that resort There are
several Wellingtonians there. Color
ado Springs, Cascade and other nearby
resorts are infested with small pox.
City Attorney H. L. Woods swors
out a warrant against Henry Konrad
Friday afternoon for violating the
prOhibitOry liquor law. Konrad was
arrested by Assistant Marshal Milllrd
and quantity Of malt was secured
from his place.
City Marshal Shaver received a tel.
ephone message from Winfield this
afternoon stating that the thief who
stole Brakeman Lew Montfort's SO
gold watch while he was asleep in a
way car near the freight depot Thurs
day, had been caught. The thief is a
negro. He will be brought back to
Wellington tonight or tomorrow.
There is a five year old girl living
just east of Rock Falls, OF, that is a
wonder in the ContOrtion line. She
Can stand fat footed and bend back
ward, touching her head to the floor
between her feet. She can also touch
her shoulder blades together, throw
her arms out Of joint and do many
other remarkable things. Some circus
will hear of her some day and she will
become star attraction.
Real estate transactions: W. ".
Copeland and Dave Downing have
sold their l60 farms in Illinois town.
ship to Mr.. Randolph Of Fulton
county, Illinois. =. Nancy E. Wood
has bought lot in Corbin OF G. r.
Comes. .Luella Stewart has bought
of Maggie Kepner l60 acres of land
near Wellington, and lots s and 9 in
block SO, city of Wellington. . Fred
Parmenter has purchased Of z. W.
Parmenter several lots in the North
west addition to the city of Yelling
ton.
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1t is learned that Pekin and Bel.
GUM have joined Russia and France
| In urging the tsupp-li- yamen IN infIict