People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-05-18

ae'' W. .. MaySe opened MASONIC
school OF instruction in Arg0nia
Thursday night, to last few days.
The best meal in town, at the Rock
Island Restaurant, kept by W. r.
Anderson. tt
The case of the Board of Education
VS.. Clarence Benton will come up in
district court the 18th inst.
R. ]. ScOfeld and wife went to
Wichita Friday morning to attend the
travelling mems convention there.
Miss Lula PomerOy returned Thurs
day from seven months visit in
Joliet, III.
Miss VERNE SDabgler OF Perth, is
the guest of Mrs. G. E. DOwis and the
Misses Bartlett.
Mrs. A. B. Erhart has returned
from Harper and will again make her
home In Wellington.
When you patrOnize an advertiser
see that he knows you read his ad In
the VOICE.
Harry Renick has secured a position
in the hardware department of the
Racket.
j. E. Barnes, the paper hanger, has
his own vehicle. He will d. work in
the country anywhere. If
The assessor Of Guelph township
has made his returns. Guelph gained
80 In population the year past.
That distress after eating is cured
by Hoods Pills. They do not grippe.
Is cents.
General John B. Gordon Rugged
and kissed Mrs. jeff Davis at the Con.
federate reunion the other day,
amidst great applause.
Lucy A. Gee was divorced from N.
]. Gee by Judge Mcbride Friday, on
the grounds Of drunkenness and neg.
lect. The parties live at Milan.
A Wellington woman took a dose of
poison few nights ago with suicidal
intent. The doctors saved her life
with difficulty.
For threShiDg machines, call on D
W. Walker, agent for Nichols &
Shepard Co., at G. W. Mines grocery
StO re. %
Every day OF the week is celebrated
by some religious sect as a holy day:
Christians Use Sunday; Greeks, Mon.
day; PerSians, Tuesday; AsSyrians,
Wednesday; Ely ptians, Thursday;
Turks, Friday; Jews. Saturday.
A Christian Scientist of Wellington
became sick a day or so ago, and sent
for physician. Christian Scientists
usually boot at physicians; their
principal belief is that all ailments
can be cured by faith.
G. W. Hedrick, assessor of Seventy.
Six township, made his returns today.
He reports twenty-four dogs owned
by George Johnson Of that township.
Seventy-Six gained 81 in population.
The Ministerial union is arranging
for the matter of open air union ser
vices this summer, which will likely
begin early in July. The grounds
formerly used foropen air services are
now occupied, and it will be necessary
to secure another place for holding
them.
A. f. Hatfield, a grain merchant OF
Rome, was in the city Friday Oh
his way to Caldwell to attend the
commencement exercises of the Cald-
we'll schools that night.
There will be meeting Of the
Democratic Central committee Of
Sumner county in Wellington on
Thursday, May %, The presence Of
every member or The committee i,
earnestly desired, as matters OF i'm
portance concerning the fall cam
paign will be discussed.
Barney Sheridan returned Friday
morning from his trip east. He i:
suffering with lame back, caused by
a fall in his office at Paola while try
ing to catch a squirrel.
Mrs. F. NJ. Emerson of Alton, Ia
mother or Dr. L. ". Emerson, Is IN
the city on a ten days visit. She is
II years Of age ard travels alone. She
visited relatives at Liberal, Kas.,
prior to her arrival in Wellington.
The story OF May Twins fast run
from Chicago to Kansas City over the
Alton railroad has aroused the ire OF
Jerry Black Of the Santa Fe, who has
issued a challenge in which be says he
can give any competing road between
Chicago and Kansas City az hour,
advantage and beat them out. W.
are Santa Fe people down here, anc
will bet that Jerry Black makes his
word oOod If anV railroad accents the