People's voice., 1899-12-28

court baillfi,
Judge W, T. Mcbride was presented
with an elegant ebony, gold headed
cane, Appropriately engraved, by the
November jurors Of the COwley county
court at Winfield Friday,
The friends OF the late General Law
ton have already started 10 rai.e a
fluid to pay off a OTtg9ge on his win
ter home in California. The mort
gage will be lifted too late to do the
brave general any good, but it will
help his kin.
H. Il. Honey and wife arrived from
MankatO Saturday to spend Christmas
with the family Of L. j. Williams.
Mr.. Honey is editor Of the MankatC
Advocate, and Mrs. Honey is a prac-
ticing physician.
Probate court notes: Tie report of
the sale of real estate belonging to
Reuben R. Rogers, deceased, has zen
FLED. -. Henry Massey hgS filed hi9
annual account as executor Of VIM.
Massey, deceased. .. j. W. Yeager,
guardian of Earl McFadden, a minor,
has filed his annual account.
c. j. Stillwell came in from Brad
ford, ILL.,, Thursday, on real estate
business. He brought a couple Of
Illinois men, D. j. Phoenix and Tom
HoweS, with him. Mr.. Stillwell has
onilt a 81 200 home in Bradford. He
will return to Illinois Saturday or
Sunday.
Because the ecliptic and the eoua-
tor are not in the same plane, but are
separated by an angle Of % degrees or
thereabOuts, yesterday was the short
est day and last night the longest
night OF the year. Today, the days
began getting longer. Ordinarily, the
days begin getting longer on the 23i
of December.
Real estate deals: j. NJ. Nestor has
bought of A, E. Mckinley, large
number OF lots in Geuda Springs, for
$780,. Sarah E. Courtrigbt has
bought quarter section OF land in
Caldwell township of W. A. Van
Sickle. ...E. L. Uanaeld has bought
50 acres OF land in Palestine township
of n G. Candeld.
My son has been troubled for years with
chronic diarrhoea. Sometime ago per-
suaded him to take some of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. After using two bottles of the
accent size he was cured. l give this
testimonial, hoping some one similarly
afflicted may read it and be benefited
Thomas c. Bower, Glencoe, o. For sale
by all druggists.
The news Of 2lst: Upward of
2, 800 seamstreSses have been thrown
out Of employment by the decrease in
the demand for soldiers clothing. .
The session Of the senate yesterday
was taken up mostly 10 listening TO
antl-expansion speeches by HOar and
Hale. A Missouri Pacific train was
held up and robbed just out Of Kansas
City yesterday. Little money was
secured D.. Mrs. Noah Brown OF Gin
cinnati, was badly injured by cellu-
loid comb which she was wearing in
her hair, exploding. "A New York
court has decided an interesting case
Richard I. Able sued his brother
Max f. Able, for $4,000 damages for
circulating report that he had been
flirting with woman not his wife.
The court ruled that charges libel
lOus against woman were libellous
against man, and that the single
standard Of morality applies to both
sexes. The defendant had set up the
charge that it was not libellous to ac-
cuse a man OF immortality. :. New
Workers have a new way of getting
drum k: by eating brandy drops The
brandy drops are kept in all the
torres, and sold TO school children, A
handful Of them is enough to intoxi.
cate.
An editor prints his paper to give his
patrons the news Of the day and for the |
money there is in it. He is presumed to |
know of what he writes, and generally |
does. When he writes as he does in the |
Leader Courier, Osceola Mills, Pa, with
out fee or hope of reward, that ''Cham-
berlain's Cough Remedy acts magically, |
and we have found none better in our
household. Ifyou have cough, try i"
it may be accepted as an honest express
sion, worthy of credence. For sale by
all druggists.