People's voice., 1899-04-04

Harry Porter, LOnbie Shaver, Car
Tegder, Geo. Schaurer, Newton Fran
bers, Ferry Williams, Earl Bright
Henry Epperson, Johnnie Bowers
Marsh Porter, Mr.. and Mrs. o. E
Winger OfWellington, ,andPaul Merris
of Cicero.
Ray Ferguson came down from Kan
sas City Friday, to visit his parents
and friends here for couple OF weeks.
Ray has been rendered the position oil
house surgeon at the German hospital
at Kansas City, which he will accept
for year. He thinks he will prob
ably locate 10 Kansas City perman-
emily.
New trees were planted in the park
west of the union depot Saturday.
Agent Purdy is making every effort
possible to better the appearance OF
the depot and grounds. Besides these
improvements at the depot, Mr.. Purdy
has personally superintended the plan.
ting of row Of trees around each OF
the pens at the stock yards.
1t now seems probable that the Geo.
Nichols, who was wounded in the
fighting at Manila, was not the Geo.
Nichols who formerly lived in We'll
lingtOn. A George Nichols went 10
Manila from Kansas City, and the
Kansas City papers are claiming that
the wounded man lives in that town.
Personally conducted excursions to
all points east, via Great Rock Island
Route. Leave Wellington every Sat-
urlay. Pullman Tourist Car rates
81 90 to Chicago. $3.50 to Buffalo and
s4.OO to Boston. Reserve your ac-
cOmmOdatiOns early. Get full par
ticulaTs Of agent or write to E. W.
Thompson, A G.P. & Ia, Topeka,
Kansas. 10
Miss Florence A. Piper of Emporia,
is at the Arlington. She is well
known to many of our citizens, having
studied dentistry with her cousin, DR..
Ewing Smith, late Of Wellington.
Miss Piper has fOrsaken dentistry for
the field OF journalism, being special
writer for the New York Sun, London
Graphic and other prominent papers.
Miss Piper Is here in connection with
the special illustrated agricultural
and industrial edition Of the Voice.
Rev. S. B.tMordy, now in charge of
the Corbin circuit Of the United
Brethren church, is in the city today.
Rev. MOrdy was sent to Wellington
some weeks. ago blythe U.B. confer
ence at Winfield, to take charge of
the church here. he found 40 U.B.
church here, and very few members.
Meetings were held at private resi-.
dences until Rev. Mordy became dis.
couraged, and quit. Later he sue
ceeded the U.B. minister on the Cor.
bin circuit, who in the meantime had
become discouraged also, and quit.
DR.. B. c. Geeslin Of Ashton, one of
the attending physicians in the small.
pox scare in the southeastern part OF
the county, was in the city Monday.
He reports thirteen cases Of smallpox
In the Bitter Creek vicinity. All
Of them will get well, and most OF
them are able to be up. The man
Bluett, who was one of the first to
break out with the disease, is now Oh
his twenty-ninth days sickness.
Great patches Of flesh as large as a
mans hand, have fallen from him,
leaving the veins and arteries esexpOsed.
DR.. Geeslin says he will get well, but
his recovery will be slow. There we're
only six or seven cases OF genuine
smallpox, the rest being varioloid.
Those who were exposed and Then
vaccinated escaped the disease except
in very light form. DR.. Geeslin and
a young man at Ashton who were
exposed TO the smallpox, isolated