People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-25

secured Hon. j. ID. BptKln 10 speak
on August 81. and Hon. w. J. Bailey
to speak on September l. Gov. John
W. Leedy will address the reunion on
the 30th inst. Hon. W. E. Stanley,
Republican candidate for governor,
will also address the reunion. His
date will be fixed later.
William Sells has sued Lewis and
Peter Sells, shOwmen, owners Of the
Sells circus, for $4,000 damages,
alleging defamation Of character.
"Willie" Sells was known as the sou
# Allen Sells. brother Of Lewis and
Peter, but when Alien Sells died his
brothers made The claim that willie
was not their brothers. son. Yong
Sells WIS at that time bareback
ri3cr and owner OF a circus. He
claims the Sells brothers have pre-
vented him from getting employment.
Saturday the Western Uaion Tele-
graph company will begin the con-
strucrjan Of new line from Wichita
T., Crife vile, taking in the towns Of
Winfield, wellington. Caldwell and
Arkansas City. This will he the third
new line Of this year out OF Wichita
fnr tie sUuth. aud alnCg with the Goa.
Strncfion Of the new telephone lines
indicates mure than any other one
thing the new prosperity to Wichita
A force of probably twenty men
were put to work Saturday morning
and theliBe completed in d few days.
Eagle.
A special from Harper, dated the
10th inst, says: Ursel Finch, who
enlisted in the same company with
Oscar Fisher, the soldier in tue
Twenty-frSt Kansas who was arrested
twice fer deSertiOn, writes home that
the reports Of Fishers offenses have
been greatly exaggerated. Finch
read letter on the witness stand
from his cOmrade after his first de-
sertiOn, 10 which he said he was not
hiding but was visiting his brother at
Philadelphia and hoped to get trans
ferred to the navy. His accounts
with the canteen are straight.
Fisher was a State Normal school
student and had a fair reputation
at Harper,
About one month ago my child
which is fifteen months old, had an
attack Of diarrhoea accompanied by
vomiting. l gave it such remedies
as are usually given in such cases,
but as nothing gave relief, we.sent fol
a physician and it was under hiS;care
for week. At this time the child
had been sick for about ten days and
was having about twenty-five opera
tiOns of the bowels every twelve
hours, and we were convinced that
unless it soon obtained relief it would
not live. Chamoe:lain's Collie, Cholera
and DiaIrOhOea Remedy was recon-
mended, and l decided to try it.
soon noticed change for the better
by its continued use a complete cure
was brought about and it is now per
fectly healthy-C. L. Boggs, Stump
town, Gilmer Co., W. V. For sale BY
all druggists.
The court house kangaroo court hat
considerable fun with County Sur
veyor Geo. c. StaytOn Saturday. Mr.
Stayton keeps his office open only or
Saturdays and consequently was in
ignorance of the existence Of the kan,
CARGO court, which was organized less
than week ago. He was arrested by
the sheriff on number Of charges
the principle one being for lounging
under a shade tree on the court house
lawn. Among the other charge:
against the surveyor was that of hay
ing an aroma OF new mOwn hay about
him, and another was for harboriag a
nest OF bumblebeeS in his whiskers
Mr.. Stayton was nonplussed when
brought into court, and demanded a
jury trial, but was informed that nc
jury was needed, as the court was
} organized only to convict. A senterct
Of two watermelOns was imposed upon
the unfortunate surveyor. The grand
jury was in session this morning try
ing to study up a charge agains;
County Treasurer Maddy, when tina,
official got wind Of it and went before
the Judge and plead guilty to being
alive. The court fined him two
watermelOns, the usual fine. A cast
docketed for tomorrow has Probate
Judge Doubleday charged with per-
forming a marriage ceremony thi,
afternoon 10 which the groom stooC
up with his hat on and in his shirl
sleeves.-JOurnal, p.
Kansas Col0red Troops to &c to Cubs
While sitting in Governor Leedy',
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