People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-09-08

the result of his experiences in the
tropical Cuban climate.
Theodore Cochran, colOred, who
stole Brakeman Lew MOntforts SO
gold watch from a Santa Fe way car
in the railroad yards several weeks
ago and was captured in Winfield,
plead guilty In district court Tuesday
morning to grand larceny and was
sentenced to the Hutchinson reforma.
tory.
In the window OF Emil Roser's Jew
elry store are exhibited several photo
graphs OF the Pecos Valley railroad
entering Canyon City, Tex. Engineer
Charlie Marsh aud Fireman Noel
Wilder pulled the first train into
Canyon City. One Of the photographs
shows the train just after it arrived.
The pictures are quite interesting.
A labOrsr was killed by lightning
near Argonia on Sunday night. He
was one Of 4 threshing crew. When
the storm came up he with three or
four Others were running for a barn,
and the unfortunate man was struck
just as he was entering shelter. His
name could not be learned. He lived
in Missouri.
The Maccabses initiated F. X. Rob.
bins and Jesse Clay Mocday eve, after
which refreshments were served and
IA program consisting Of addresses,
songs, recitatiOns, ETC., was rendered.
The Wichita degree team conferred
the degrees. They came down on the
1871 Rock Island and were met at the
depot by the band.
The thermometer stood at SO de-
grees Tuesday morning at I o'clock
cool enough for an oyercoat. The cold
wave was the most welcome thing Of
the year. Monday night was fearfully
hot before the fall in temperature.
The wind blew hard and brought a
scattering rain, followed by a cold
wave from the north.
Pray & Thomas delivery team ran
away with the driver, j, E. Rinehart,
yesterday afternoon in front Of his
house in the Third ward. The horses
turned around aud tipped the wagon
over upon Rinehart, iniuring his
back slightly. The team was caught
10 front Of Giles Davis boarding
house. The wagon was badly torn
up, but the horses were not hurt.
Charlie Lynch received a telephone
message from Joe Stetler at Wich-
tia yesterday, announcing that Basel
the l3-year.O)d son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stetlsr, was fatally injured while
hunting near Peabody Tuesday.
The boy was brought to Wichita for
medical treatment and examination.
The doctors found four or five per-
foratiOns OF the bowels and pro-
nounced the injuries perhaps fatal.
The details OF the affair are not
known, except that the shooting was
accidental.
The gentlemen, Messrs. Evans, Vim
cent and Lewis, who were cut a wees
ago last Friday at the social given by
the Christian ERdeavor society al
, Colonel Lewis home, are rapidly re-
covering. Mr., Lewis is able to attend
school and the wound in his shoulder
has nearly healed. Mr.. Evans is ablt
to sit up in bed and will be able within
a few days to be out among his friends
Mr.. Vincent is having the worse tim,
, Of all of them. His arm started Il
heal quite rapidly, but broke on
again and he had several hemOrrhages
He is able to walk around, but canno
work. 1t will be at least two week
before he will be able to have the US,
Of his arm.-Eagle.
The following tax deeds were flIeC
, with the register Of deeds yesterday
: Sumner County TO Chas. WOrden, lot
l, 2, 3, 4, 5, g. 5, 9, 10, IL and II, il
block l3, city Of Wellington. Sum.
D ner County 10 The Milford Saving
Bank, lots and 2 and the Ell OF tn,
] nwt OF the net, 81, 80, 3w ...Sumue
: County to The Milford Savings Bank
tracts OF land in Wellington, Creel
aud Seventy.Six townships, and lot
3, 4 aud 5 in block IL, Fultz & Mil
: lard's addition, aud lot q 10 block "a
and lots 10, 20, q and p In block |
. city of Wellington. Sumner Ceunty
, to L. NJ. Roach, the sw4 Of %, 80
| 2w.. Sumner County to George Kin.
ney, lots 7 and 5 in block "a, lot IS il
block So, and lots I, s, 9 and 10 in blocl
, 49, city Of Wellington.