People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-08-03

The total number Of new recruits
cow enlisted for the Philippines is
6,O3l.
The Mccormack Co. is building the
largest binding Irvine plant in the
country at Chicago.
Jake Allen is building a cement
sidewalk in front of his South Wash.
ington avenue residence.
Gu. Stilwell and c. G. Carpenter
have opened a real estate Office in the
rooms under the Farmers bank.
Mrs. E. A. Miller and Mrs. c. Ash
went TO Blackwell, OF. Friday morn
ing to visit relatives and friends.
Capt. Burgess of Wichita, is in
Wellington today posting notices OF
The GAR. reunion at Wichita Sept
ember 10 tu q, inclusive.
The latest report of the where
abouts Of Lyman Naugle is that he is
In Cambridge, Eng. Fred Naugle is
now living at Lathrop, Mo-, and is
interested In a paper there.
Judge ]. W. Chapman is having an
addition built to his East Harvey
avenue residence, and a new roof put
on it. The house will be reprinted,
repapered, aud improved generally.
T. R. Mordy's name will be present
ed at the Republican convention to be
held in Wellington on Tuesday, Aug
ust s, for commissioner OF the Isl
district. Mordy lives at Belle Plaine
A steamer on the River volga, Ger
many, sank Wednesday, and l55 per
sons were drowned. The sinking was
due to collision, and the captain Of
the sunken steamer has been arrested
for disregarding signals.
Sumner Whitson is moving today
from the Augustine property to thu
F7antz property on the west side
W. A. Darlington, who lived in TIT
Frantz property, is moving into TIT
residence vacated by WhitsOn.
| Amos Hess of Newton, and 7. M
Erb OF Harper, were in the city Thurs
dBy attending the meeting of tn,
Wellington Creamery Co. The com
pany has decided to make certain
Improvements 10 its plant here.
The Enid, OF, Sun states that Mr.
and Mrs. Victor I. Stamp 1.-THE latte
formerly Miss Stella Newton Of thi
;ity) will remove to Santa Fe, NM
his physicians having ordered chang
OF climate for the benefit of MI
Stamps health.
II am going to take a little run gu
West" said Kansas man to an &C
quaintance. Colorado or CalifOI
MAJ" inquired the acquaintance
"Neithel," scornfully replied th
Kansas man, manila. *. c. Joul
nal.
MONDAY morning W. B. Goad left a
this office an irish potato weighin
twenty two ounces. 1t came frOI
small homegrown seed not cut
which is the only way Mr.. Goad like
10 plant them. We don't believe thi
pot 10 can he heateu anywhere
Belle PlaiuS Defender.
Billy Bolton Of the Woodwar
News, Was in the city Frida
~ his way home from the Nation,
Editorial association excursion
Canada. Billy had his kodak wit
him, and he had gotten in such
habit Of taking pictures, that h
could not resist the temptation
take "shot" at some of the girls G
the depot plOtfOrm here.
: Ten of the tracklayers who hay
E been working on the Blackwell exteI
= sion, came up from that place tn
2 morning and will 90 to Guthrie tn
v evening to visit their families. Tht
4 will return to Blackwell the first
next week to begin laying steel Il
), the road from Blackwell to Tonkaw
i which will commence about Wedne
4. day.
! Engineer Robt. Boswell, who liv
| in the old Thompson property opp
site the Methodist church, is puzzl,
over the manner in which several
his shade trees have died. The tire
were large, and healthy looking uni
4 few days ago, when they began
die without any apparent cause. II
leaves look as if they had been shri
eled up by fire. No one seems to
able to explain why they died.
Agent T. E. Purdy Of the Santa F
has written to the officials Of the roI
asking that an excursion be run
Blackwell, OF, some Sunday, SO tn
Wellington people may have an o
pOrtunity Of visiting the thrivil
little town at the end of the exte