People's voice., 1899-04-13
LOCAL EVENTS.

security State Bank. tf
Poultry wanted at all times g
Wyatt Bros. by T. c. Roup. II
A good piano to exchange for goot
gentle driver. Call on T. c. Roup a
Wyatt Bros II
A. Harlan has been appointed ad
minstrsiOr OF the estate Of the lat
Howard Harlan.
Bring rour poultry to Wyatt Bros
Grocery. l will pay the highest casl
price.-T. c. RoUP. tt
Ed Larkin up from Corbin Saturda,
and reports the wheat in good condi
tion. All it needs is warm weather
Harve Horner was defeated 70
mayor of Caldwell, but his brother, E
A. HOrner, was elected mayor Of Lead
vile, Col.
For threshing machines, call on D
W. Walker, agent for Nichols s
Shepard Co, at G. W, Mines grocer!
store. 25
We have it straight that the Santa
Fe will soon begin work on the exten
sion from Braman via Blackwell Il
POnca City.
Mrs. J. D. Share returned to he
home in Alva, OF, Friday morning
after pleasant visit here with hel
daughter, and friends.
Frank Pemberton and sister, Mis-,
Hazel, came up from Ell Reno, OF.
Friday night to visit relatives ant
friends for few days
Tom German, the missing Guelph
township farmer, was found working
on section near Ponca City, OF.
Friday. lie was taken home.
Word has been received in WelliDg
ton TO the effect that Miss Mimi,
Shaw, formerly OF this city, Is crit
ically i'll at Emporia, her home.
VIM. HardenbrOok has SHE'D hi
cas'er early into the political arena
He is out in "A circular asking for tn,
Republican nomination for sheriff.
As soon as the material arrives
Lineman Kise expects TO commeDc
stringing another telegraph wire frOn
this place to Amarillo, Tex. Thi
brance will then be equipped will
three wires.
Jack Hastie, Jr., Tom Pearce ant
Clyde RuniOn, who eGlisted in th,
regular army at Wichita, have lef
for San Francisco, and from there viii
embark for the Philippines.
L. W. Johnson, the aucti0neer o
Rome, has had seventeen years ex
perie1ce. II you want anyone TO or!
a sale, dates can be arranged at thi
office. Terms, S.; over $500, one Pc
cent. 16
The son of former Live Stock Agen
Cline Of the Southern Kansas was her,
today with a car of goods, on his wa.
to Hunnewell, where he has Bought |
ranch and will try farming aud cattle
raising.
The Wellington Enrampment o
Odd Fellows has received an invita-
tion to 90 to Wichita the night o.
May 2 and witness the comforting Of
the three degrees by the HalsteaC
degree team.
Clyde RuniOn was the only yelling
ton man to pass the medical examin
alton at Wichita Thursday for enlist
ment in the army. The examination
is very severe, and only very few OF
the many applicants are chosen.
Miss Matte SwOpe of Rverdale,
died Friday Of spinal meningitis,
She was 10 years Of age, and had many
friends in Wellington Tie funera
was held Sunday morning and bur al
was made In Prairie Lawn cemetery
Festus Newbold came dCwn fror
Kansas City Thursday, where he ba'
been working for lumber yard fol
several months past. He went t.
Blackwell, OF, on Monday to work
in f. A. AmSden's lumber yard al
that place.
Major Hayes has placed big hOri
zOntal gasoline engine in the cellar
under his drug store, and will use il
to turn ice cream fretzers and to keeI
fans going in the store room above.
He is also figuring on putting iu
electric lights If a suitable dynamo
can be secured.
County Treasurer Maddy reports
tax collections for January, February
and March to be $3.50 81. Or thi.
amount, s2,O99.52 goes TO the lSS scboo
districts in the county, 1855 tC
the townships, sj2552 to the cities
and $500 OF to the state. The remain
der goes TO the different county funds
about 5000 Of which goes to the COUNTY