People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-01-06

Warmers literature Of thirty vu ms
to be placed in the high >cho,' / -
to be paid for out Of the iibrar,
preparation fund made al tie o.
meeting. TIE price of the set i, $50.
Frank Burk, formerly a baker IA
this city, has recently opened a bakery
on Ninth street, Kansas CITY. Nr.
Burk fell sixty feet trum the convpn.
tiOn hail in Kansas CITY not lug ago.
but was not seriously njurei. He
was painting on the buidinl a tue
time Of the accident.
The following officers were insta ed
10 the Improved Order OF Red " n
for the ensuing term, at their ega lar
meeting Tuesday uight: B.k.WIlson
sachem; c. D. Snyder, senior saga.
more; G. W. Ward, Junior >aga ore:
A. c. Adams, prophet; c. E Pri.a,,
lst sannap: ]. E Hutchiusuu. 2 >.u.
nap.
The regular January term Of d.
triCt court began Monday m.frlrg at
9O'cOck. The only bu>i.,s> ans
acted was the healiugOT m.iipn-, d
the additional assignment Il d exc.
Judge Mcbride granted divorce u
he case # Hurt VS., Hue There
viii be no jury cases heard uu., jan
uary II,
/. S. johnson and J. NJ. L.ru- Il
we're released from the cou.f9 j.I
Tuesday afternoon upon %
from the county commi>sio. o..
johnson and l rson wer b ;egh 4
for the costs Of their trial Iu.y
were in Jail for stealing wheat b =
longing 10 A.A.RichardsOn, last sum
mer.
Charlie Begley, living on N.rrH
Jefferson avenue, butchered a bog d
couple Of days ago, and thit ugltI
placed the meat 10 box in hi
yard, to let it cool before sailing IL
down. During the night SOM III
principled scOundrel entered the
yard and stole every bit Of TIE meat.
There is no clue to the thief.
There is considerable complaint
made over the county on account OF
the fragrant violation Of the game Law
by Wellington people. 1t is said that
parties there have been buying and
shipping game contrary to law. If
this he true the county attorney
should give the matter little atten-
tiun.-COnway Springs Truth.
Sumner Whltson received a tele-
gram yesterday, informing him Of
the sudden death at Atglen, Pa, OF
his father, Theodore WhitSon. There
were no particulars of the death ia
the message. Mr.. Whitson left this
morning to attend the funeral, which
will occur next Monday. The de.
ceased is well known in Wellington
and was here'ast summer on a visit to
his son.
The board Of education Monday night
at their meeting, was informed by
. the ianilOr that The furnaces Of the
Third ward had about Outlived their
usefulness. The board inspected the
furnaces and found that two Of them
were almost burOed out. They de
cIded that something will have to be
done in regard to the matter as soon
as school closes in the summer. 1t is
probable that new furnaces will he
placed in the building before next
fall.
During the football game yesterday
between the Indians and Wellington,
some of the rOOters got over the lire
into the field. la a rush, Springer Of
Wellington, came in contact with
Sam Davis, Sr., the popular bus
driver, with such force as to send Sam
into The hedge fence, Sam got his
back full of hedge thorns, and has been
trying all day today to fnd dentist
who is willing to extract the short
thOrns, which he was unable to find
with his angers.-Journal, Tuesday.
| A great many business men 10 Wei.
lingtOn are giving away money, aud
don't know it. The money is pnt into
revenue stamps, and placed On bank
CHECKS. Quite number OF checks
have been presented to the banks OF
this city lately which bore two 2 cent
revenue stamps. or course it is not
intentional, but it occurs just the
same. Some Of the bank checks now
have the revenue stamps printed on
the center of the checks, and the
people have not all got onto the fact
yet, and are placing another stamp on
the corner Of the checks. Watch
your checks hereafter, and don't blow
yourself by placing another stamp on
them when they already have one.
The city council met in regular
monthly session Monday night-six
| members nrasant Tbara NOT baino