People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-01-06


paid their taxes. The Frisco owes
taxes for two years. Deputy County
Attorney Herrick Is making strenuous
efforts to collect the tax and the pros.
poets OF his meeting with early sue.
cess are Aattering.
G. Fl. Lohr is agent for novel con-
venience for people who drive. 1t is
third.person buggy seat. 1t is fas.
tened TO a slender frame which
sits fiat 90 the buggy.seat, and is ele-
vated. II Is a great convenience
when three persons desire to ride in
seat. 1t saves crowdiDg or bearing
the weight Of the third person on the
knees. 1t sells reasonable and ought
to find many purchasers. 1t is manu-.
featured by the Third-Person Buggy
Seat Co., of Cincinnati, o.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Wood moved
their household goods to Wellington
Wednesday and they leave for that
place this morning, having turned the
pOstOffice over to c. W. Davis last
night. This worthy couple will be
greatly missed at Conway Springs
where they are held in the highest
esteem by everybody, without an ex.
ception. Mr.. Wood made the best
postmaster we have ever known and
we predict that he will make a record
as county clerk of Sumner county that
will extend his popularity to every
corner Of the county.-COnway Springs
Star.
B. f. Allen Of Gordon, bought o.
McNalr & Alexander OF Ashland,
August 26 last, through their agent,
j. G. TrOutman Of this city, l35 head
Of steers. He arrived at home with
them September and rOughed them
until November Is, then put them in
the feed pen on full feed. He fed
them As days and took them to the
Kansas City markets December 81.
They weighed l,l3O pounds and sold
for 1856 per hundred. The cattle
paid the cost prize and gave Mr.. Allen
sl,937 for his feed. He says they
made him more clear money than any
lot Of cattle he ever fed.
Asa M.Black closed a deal yesterday
morning with Grant COOksey and
r Pete DiederiChsen of Caldwell, where
] by L. A. Kempton, proprietor Of the
KemptOn Komedy Ko., which appear
q ed at the opera house here three
nights last month, becomes the Ownel
Of the opera house at Caldwell. Cook
sey and Diederichsen bought tht
Caldwell opera house only a few
weeks ago and cleared a neat sum by
the deal. The house was in a much
. dilapidated condition when they pur
chased it as speculation. Abou,
$3.50 was spent on improvements or
! the interior. Kempton now owns tn,
y building and all Its equipments.
y j. ]. Ansel aud wife are expected
to arrive Friday night from Canada
Mr.. Ansel will have charge OF tn,
band under the new organization
He is renowned cornetist and bant
leader. A number Of other exper
e bandsmen will arrive soon and he'll
e to make the band a success in th
~ future. A meeting will be held 10 tn
u band room next Tuesday night, wheI
u board of directors from among th
: business men OF the city will be chose
. aud the band organized as a public in
stitutiOn. The band contemplate
q giving a concert early in February
d which will be followed by an Iris
Ie comedy Of home talent 10 March. 1
% this way the band expects to It'd
,r itself over unit, the summer concerts
B. when II will be put upon . SCUM
'f financial basis. The Wellington ban
will soon be the foremost band 10 th
,f state.
~ Tuesday about 8 o'clock q uumbe
re Of lady friends OF Mrs B. F. Spar
Y marched 10 her home with well lille
}. baskets and succeeded In completed
.. surprising her in honor Of her birtl
"a day. The ladies took possession {
y the dining room and the large dinin
table soon groaned under the weigh
lie OF good things To eat, which the ladie
II had prepared. After Mrs. Spar ha
le sufficiently recovered from her su
T. prise the ladies presented her with a
De elegant vase as remembrance, whic
III was highly appreciated. After suppe
lg the ladies spent a delightful eveDiD
.h in social conversation until late hOu
Of when they left for their homes wish
e, ing Mrs. Sparr many more such happ
o. birthdays. The ladies present wer,
al Mesdames F. A. Amsden, Geo. 7
Pitts, H. W, Andrews, A. G. Barrett
- o. ]. Hackney, 5. A. Mcdonald, job
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