People's voice., 1899-06-22
LOCAL EVENTS.


the city Thursday.
Adam Wolfe was up from Guelph
Thursday.
Chas. F. DOhring of Milan, was
in the city Thursday.
John Patton Of Valverde, was a
visitor in the city Thursday.
T. B. Spencer, Conway Springs
constable, was in the city Thursday.
Lee Evans Of Mayheld, was a Wis
itor In the city Thursday.
The Belle Plaine Defender has
changed to a five column quarto.
The Conway Springs Truth has
changed proprietors again,
r, B. Brown Of Zybd, brother in.law
Of Robt. Collins, was here Friday.
The annual readjustmsnt Of post
offices was announced Thursday. The
w ellington postofflce was increased.
A gang Of safe blowers Is said by
the police to he drifting toward south.
ern Kansas from the east.
W. H. Scnulte OF the Security State
bank, is In Havana, ILL.,, on a two
weeks visit to his parents.
A. H. Threliall has bought two
acres of land near Mayfeld Of ]. b.
Martin for $3.50.
]. E. Bissell has bought fourteen
lots in block s, Milan, Of Peter Mider,
for $50.
The Chikaskia Veterans reunion
will be held in Dayton's grove this
year August %, %, "a and Is.
The Cowley county census returns
show the Dumber Of births for the
year ending March l, 1899, exceeding
the number Of deaths two to one.
Mrs. T. c. Ellis and children came
up from South Haven Thursday
on a visit to the family of her brother
G. A. Gambrill.
Reliable information comes from
Corbin TO the effect that the mills
which were burned Monday night,
were set afre.
John c. Gaunt has bought two lots
Of Geo. H. Hunter for $50 and two lots
OF Il. NJ. and ]. E. Tilson, in Perth,
for $40.
c. D. Burnette and DR.. W. NJ. MAI
tin we're in Oxford Wednesday, called
by the serious illness of the formers
sister-in-law, Miss Augusta Shmidl.
She is improving.
The trustees Of the NJ. E. church
at Conway Springs have bought three
lots in' block 4, Conway Springs, of
Nellie A. NedrOw, paying 500 there
for.
In our writeup Of the Hickey
Ebright wedding Wednesdays issue
Miss Ida BarndOllar was given as one
Of the bridesmaids when it should
have read Miss Maggie Barndollar.
Lafayette H. Finney ha, COM
menCed an action in the district
court to vacate University Place addf-
tion to the city OF Wellington. Do
you know where university Place"s:
Mrs. Ida T. Riley and children
moved to Wellington Thursday from
Freeport, Harper county, and are
residing on North Poplar street near
the County High school building.
A number Of ''green goods" circu.
lars reached Wellington Thursday
They came through the mails. Any
person answering these circulars ID
likely to get sent over the road.
For threshiDg machines, call on D
W. Walker, agent for Nichols &
Shepard Co., at G, W. Mines grocery
store. 25
Jas, Fl. Franklin dentist ONCE ovel
Buttrey's shoe store. II
Rev. ]. W. Mclaughlin went Il
Horton Thursday to assume his
duties as pastor Of the Free Baptisr
church at that place.
]. T. German, who was on the gov
ernment survey in this part OF the
country in an early day with the lat,
Orville Smith, died recently in LO,
Angeles, Cal.
Charles MsllaI, farmer living il
the Strip few miles south Of Cald
well, brought q pig TO town few
days ago that was curiosity. Th,
pig, or pigs, whichever 1t may b,
termed, has two bodies, eight leg
and feet, one perfect head, two eye
and two ears. 1t was such freak o
nature that John Schaeffer embalme,
it and has /, on exhibition in hi
store.-Caldwell Advance.
The action Of the city council
Wednesday night in hiring "specia
policeman" to collect delinquent Occl
-o2;o, taxo, Il tha Act hlundar n