People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-12

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1879, A,D.-The board of county COM
miSsiOners of Sumner county met in
special session pursuant to call Of the
chairman, at the county clerks Office
on Saturday August Both, 1879, al l
o'clock pm. Present Samuel Balm,
chairman; H. T. Simmons cOmmSs-
Toner and Stacey B. Douglass county
clerk.
+ And now comes David Mcdaniel and
ffty-six Others by petition praying
for the formation of a new municipal
township, to be composed Of township
80, south of range 2 west. Said pc
titiOn being in all respects legal, il is
therefore ordered by the board that
the municipal township OF downs
be and the same is hereby set off ~ d
organized. II is further
ordered that the first election in said
township be held on the 4th day Of
November, A. D. 1879, at the scnoul
house in District No. l0O"
At the first election the records
show that the following parties re-
cei7ed votes as indicated: Trustee,
VIM. Mcdaniel "a, z. #. Houston 49,;
clerk. Albert Neff As, R. L. Prayne 20;
treasurer, J.E. Harrison 80, John Lott
81; Justices of the peace, W. Smiley
So, f. E. Murray 46, W. II. SanduSky
%; cOnstableS, J. S. Barclay g., "
Lindsay So, S. Jones "a, f. Hayman 4.
For county sheriff, L. X. Myers 80. J..
M. Thralls % and J. f. JuStuS 10.
There was no state ticket in the
field.
The following parties have serve' as
township officers in the order named:
TruStee-Wm. S. McDaniels toul
years; John Carson, one year: A. NJ
Laux one year; James a. Crisler Two
! years; David McDanielS, 3yearS: E. f.
y Mickey six years; S. a. McBeth pres
ent trustee.
Clerk-Albert L. Neff three years
Samuel A. McBeth, one year; Geo. A
Thompson, one year; j. S. Barclay
one year; A. NJ. Laux, two YEN
David Mcdaniel, one year: VIM. VI
Barton, one year; Ezra Fuss, two
years. G. A. Thompson one year; "
E. Harrison, one year; John Kinis,l"y
one year; G. W. Whaley two years
Frank Cole, present clerk.
TrCa,urer-J. e. Harrison, one
year: John Lott, one year; John NJ
Benuelt, one year; Eli Rasdall, ont
year; VIM. Smiley, three years; 6. W
Whaley, three years; j. NJ. Skaggs
two years; A. NJ. Laux, two years; Z
T. Houston. one year; c, NJ. PrdUl
three \ ears present treasurer.)
The territory comprised in Down
township was part of Jackson uhti
y the year 1879.
EARLY SETTLERS.
The first settler was John Wells
who came in ~. He lived on the ole
homestead until his death whlcI
occurred Il few years ago.
In '73 others came among whom
were George Thompson from Illinois
Richard and Robert Latimer wit
their sister from Missouri, aud D. +
Hehebower fir ON Virginia. Mr.. Hehe
bower, or uncle doc" as he is ia
military known to his friends, is
brother of our present state treas
urer. William Adams came in Y
from Illinois, Hiram Hawkins frol
4 Kentucky and Malcolm McEacher
| from Canada in rs. In rs the settler
became more numerous. There wer
William, David and Zach Mechanic
John Gaunt, William Smiley, JAIME
TilsOn, Bill Getty, James Harrison
John Larkins and the Hannan
Nearly all are still living in the home
they beagau to build years ago.
In common with the settlers
other townships they have. endure
hardships, grasshopper and drOugh
some With faith in the country and
feeling that it would all be right
the end; Others because they cOui
not get away. Nearly all hauled graf
to Wichita, timber from the territUr,
and for amusement they would gatht
buffalo bones from the prairles
perhaps join in the chase, for even
that time there were few Of thes
noble animals remaining in til
yicinity-a miserable remnant con
pared with the vast herds which bu
a few years before roamed over the;
prairies. Antelope were quite plent
and the little animals were freQuentl
seen scampering away with the spec
N, of the wind at the approach
danger.
Robert Latimer recalls going on
hunt with party from Wellington
u,hau warp pune ten DAYS and kille