People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-09-07
Money On call went up from ? 20
per cent in New York yesterday.

The Septen. Der tax sale was held
Tuesday. There were 250 tracts sold,
against 325 last year. This is the
lowest number on record, aud is an
evidence Of prosperity and faith in
Sumner county.
Turner Barnett made a raid on the
pump house grove Sunday and fright
ened the wits out IF eight or ten crap
shooters. He secured their names,
and warrants will probably be issued |
for their arrest.
Mrs. R. T. Hackney and Mrs. ThOs. |
Wynn and two children Of MedfOrd, |
OF, are visiting their brother, John |
Engle, today. They will 20 to Rome
tonight on visit to their parents. |
journal 5.
Several soldiers passed through |
Wellington this morning over the
Rock Island, on their way home from |
the Philippines. They live near To
peka, and are members of the Twen-
tieth Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Pittinger went
to Kansas City last week to reside.
I Mr., Pittinger will be succeeded as
jeweier for Ed Hayes by Mr.. Beeler of
Pleasant Hill, Mo, who is expected
to arrive soon.
Final naturalization papers were
issued to hughena aud Christiaua
Mclean, both of Caldwell, today by
Judge W. T. Mcbride. They were
Canadians, and subjects of Her Maj
esty, Queen Victoria.
The Conway Springs Truth has
been crushed to earth. The good will
and subscription list have been sold
to the Conway Springs Star and the
publisher will 60 into some other
kind of business to make a living.
r NJ. Strickland, Chas. Breedlove
and Frank Mcintyre were released
from jail Tuisday, Strickland is the
Oxford harness cutter. Breedlove
and Mcintyre were city prisoners.
They were Sin" for drunkenness.
The excursion to Blackwell Sunday
was fairly well patrOnized by Yelling
tonianS. An extra coach was at
tached to the train at this pace, to
accommodate the crowd. The train
pulled in from the north with seven
coaches.
A man named J. NJ. Reynolds,
plumber, was severely burned on the
hand and arm Tuesday by explosion
Of gasoline furnace, while working
10 the Hitchcock residence. He saved
the house from destruction BY carry.
ing the burning furnace out.
Mr.. Fred Baldwin, Wichita's lead
ing photographer. has opened a gal
lery over the p0stOffice at Wellington.
Kansas. viii be open Thursday and
Friday OF every week. The best work
that money and skilled woIkmen can
produce will be made at our studio.
D. ]. Evans, the Newton expert who
is inspecting the watcrworks plant.
says wellington will get a bargain if
she buys the plant for S5O,O0O He
finds 1000 worth of pipe line in the
uptown district, to say nothing Of the
auxiliary equipments, standpiDe, etc.
The school board at its meeting
discussed the question Of teach
ing drawing in the schools the coming
term, but nothing was done in regard
to the matter. Its probable, how
ever, that drawing will be added to
the course Ct study in the higher
grades this winter.
Judge W. r. Mcbride granted a
divorce to Mary Jinks from her hus.
band, f. NJ. Jluk<. today, and restored
her to her mad'n name. The petit
ton of Olive Dennis for a divorce
from James Dennis was refused, the
judge believing there was not sufic-
ent cause for divorce.
The press agent for Syl Dixon's Ok.
lahoma exhibit car says 100000 people
went through the car at the Des
Moines state fair. The car was at
Des MONIES f0ur days. Imagine 25,.
900 people neglectlng the races and
crOwding up to pumpkin and castor
bean exhibit four days.
Mrs. James Bebb returned Sunday
morning from visit to her old home
in Scotland. Her husband met her
here and they spent the day with the
family of Alb Sherman, going to
their home near BramaL Sunday eve.
nIpg. Mrs. Bebb went through a
spell of typhoid fever while in Scot
land.
The infant child of Geo. R. Fultz
died in Wichita Monday. 1t was
twenty-four hours old. The remains