People's voice., 1898-08-04

ma Nj. ,. Converse. Glefkey gets
nne eighty and Converse gets three
eighties. The whole consideration
was 5000. Mr.. CuShman will 90 to
Arkansas or southern Missouri to look
up new location. He will leave on
his prospecting tour next week.
For diarrhoea dysentery, collie,
cholera, hux and all summer com
Dlalnts, nothing is so gentle, soothing
and effective, as Beggs' Diarrhea
Balsam. 1t never fails to give relief
and II taken In time will effect a
speedy cure. For sale by H.F. Smith.
A large number OF Epworth
Leaguers met at the Me. church
early Friday morning and were driven
to Krell's grove north of Oxford,
where they are spending the day de-
lghtfuily with the Gypsum JOllity
club. The Leaguers willreturn home
tonight.
81. f. Butcher, formerly of this city,
now superintendent Of the Olathe
public schools, was here Thursday
night. He had been conducting a
normal institute in one of the western
counties, and was on his way home af-
ter short visit with his father-in-
law, o. Q. Weeden, in Greek township.
Beggs' German Salve is used in every
house, writes one man from country
towu. Entire neighborhood use it,
for piles, cuts, burns, bruises and all
skin diseases. The fame OF its cures
necessarily spread from town to town;
the whole people acknowledge its
merit, its healing qualities and its
power of allaying pain. If
]. H. Cox's barn in Palestine town.
ship was burned Wednesday, July q,
about 10 o'clock. Seven hundred bush.
els Of wheat and an equal quantity Of
oats, together with considerable other
stuff were destroyed. The barn was
one Of the finest in Palestine town.
ship. The erigin of the fire is a mys.
terry. The women folks were in the
barn about fifteen minutes before ii
caught fire.
Real estate transactions Tom
Hicks Wright has bought lots l, 2and
3 and the north half Of lot 4, blk. 4
Nye's addition to Mulvane, of Guy
HaythOrn for $50. George Settler
has purchased 24O acres of land IL
Bluff township Of A. Martin for 5000
-. .Druzilla Await has purchased o.
Morris Rowan lots l, 2, 3, 4, s and 6
in block s., new Caldwell, for s275.
Lizzie A. Trekell has bought o.
Franklin Trekell 16O acres of lant
north Of Wellington for $1,000.
The mean temperature for August
compiled from data gathered during
a period Of ten years past, is II de
grees. The warmest August was il
1896, the average temperature beinl
50 degrees. The coolest August wa
in 1893, the temperature being u
degrees. On the 29th of August, tina
year, the temperature went as low a
45 degrees. The average precipita
tion for the month is 3.34 inches. Ii
August, 1888, III inches of rain fell
In August 1896 only 81 inches fell.
Sheriff ]. b. GaDo of Barber county
and City Marshal G. G. Shaver o
this city, arrested Bill Stockton ant
John Day at Bradford, Wabaunse,
county, Thursday, for raping l;
year.old girl in Carthage, Ill. TIL
case is particularly sensational one
Nine young boys are wanted for tn
offenSe. All of them except one haY
been caught. Stockton and Day wer
working on a farm near Bradford
They were taken through here mex
morning to Medicine Lodge to awai
reQuisitiOn from Illinois.
II. II. Case has filed a replevin sui
in the district court against Cit
Attorney Woods and Assistant MAI
shal Millard to regain possession {
the liquor confscated in the raid o
his place several weeks ago. The de
PENDANTS gave a redelivery bond fC