People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-08
LOCAL EVENTS.

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DR.. Melvin Collins and wife we're
over from Oxford Monday.
George Kinney has decided lots IL
and IL, block 81, Wellington, to Mary
Wordan.
Bring your poultry to T. G. Roup at
Wyatt Bros store.
Mrs. Stella Lucas accompanied ner
father, W. NJ. Copeland, over from
Oxford Saturday. She returned home
Sunday.
Miss Brummett, who has been stay
ing with the family Of Simeon Green,
returned to her home In Mayheld
Sunday.
Joe Amick, I'D Wheeler and John
Matson went to Mayfsld Monday
to do a job of plastering foriW' T.
Brown.
Sunday mornings wind storm took
off a portion OF the roof of the County
High school building ten by three
feet. Turner Barnett and a force OF
men repaired 1t at once.
Rev. Thos. Penick conducted relig.
ious services for the Cumberland
Presbyterians at Mayfeld yesterday
morning. Rev. Penick has not been
very strong for several weeks.
Prof. ]. ]. Ansell is negotiating
with two clarinet, one cornet and one
saxaphone players to come here and
open cigar factory and join the band.
They are expected here this week.
Tuck Finch has asked the commits
sioners to release him from jail,
claiming that his incarceration is the
result of spite work and prejudice
He promises to go to work to support
his family if released.
Mrs. Mary Roser is laying vitriHed
brick walks on the south and east
sides Of her residence property in the
Third ward, 2l5 feet altogether. She
will lay brick walks in the yard, as
well.
Mrs. Geo. Brewer, accompanied BY
her sister, came up from Jefferson, o.
T., Sunday morning to take medical
treatment of her physician, Er. j. NJ
Hunt. She has been quite .OO1y f0I
several weeks.
Hon. W. Il 1AIA! 81.
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be gene few ia
Miss Harriet Louise
day for La Sale, ILL.,, j
schools in which she he.
employed for the term Vt g."
From La Sale she will 90 to \ psi
lanti, Mich, to spend her vacation.
Cards are out announcing the ap
preaching marriage of Prof. Ernesi
G. Hickey OF Cripple Creek, Colo, to
Miss Cora Ebright, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. A. o. Ebrlght Of Yelling
ton. The event will occur 10 this city
the l4th inst.
The Belle PLANE encsmpment tf
Odd Fellows has requested the Wei
lington canton, I.O.O.F,, to come
there the night of July IA and install
their new officers The installation
will be public. Ten or twelve mem
bers of the canton, headed by Geo. T.
Pitts, will 90 up and officiats at the
installation.
The city is putting down vitrifsd
brick walk in front Of residence at
the corner of A street and Lincoln
avenue, owned by John T. Stewart
Stewart refused or neglected to lay
the walk when ordered to do so by
Street Commissioner Bowers. Street
Commissioner Bowers is apparently
treating them all alike, and il he
keeps up that policy he will win the
respect and admiration Of the public.
John May, tramp, was fined in
police court Tuesday for disturb.
ing the peace OF :. Fl. Thomas and
family, living near the Rock Island
tracks. May threatened to shoot
Thomas's dog, and threatened to
shoot Thomas when he interfered.
The tramp also frightened the
Thomas children by his offensive con.
duct. Steps should be taken to rid
the city Of tramps.
An ugly looking cloud came up
from the west Sunday morning
between 10 and II o'clock, bringing
wind, rain and lightning with it. The
wind unrooted Charlie Jaggsrs' house
In the north part Of town, and blew
away the porch. Many trees In differ.
ent parts Of town were blown down.
The corner of Will Gressel's house on
East Eighth street was blown of.
One of the west windows 10 the second