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

Some OF the histories OF the civil
war Darrate the thrilling escape from
an Amy prison of a blind man and a
cripple, the cripple riding on the back
of the blird man and directing his
footsteps, The cripple now lives in
Mulvane. His name is James Stew.
art. He was 10 town Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Garland and
daughter, Miss Edith, bid their Wei.
lington friends good bye Wednesday
and left over the CIR l &P. for Mem
phis, Tenn, to reside. During their
long residence In Wellington, Mr.. and
Mrs. Garland have made many warm
friends, whose best wishes will follow
them.
Mrs. Johnson, the Pond Creek WON.
an who has been tried ard acquitted
OF the charge Of numbering her hus-
band, and is now under arrest on the
charge Of numbering a former hus
band, has been granted a change of
venue to Garfield county, and the case
will come up at Enid in about three
weeks.
Harve COverdale, AL Russell and
Charlie Schwinn have had fine road
wagon for use in fishing and hunting
excursions, male to order. 1t was
standing out in front Of the carriage
factory this morning when some low
down sneak chalked the inscrip-
tiOn on the bread box: BREAD Box,
Nit"
Mrs. M. E. Brunson received a tele.
gram Thursday announcing that
the remains Of her daughter, Miss
Margaret BrunsOn, were again DELAYED
enroute from San Francisco to Wei.
lingtOn. The second delay occurred
in Nevada Wednesday on account of a
wreck. The body is expected to
reach here Saturday.
The station agent at Hunnewell
was visiting In Rome the other night.
He missed the train. Mounting a
bicycle he made break neck race to
reach Hunnewell before the train.
But the train beat him, and finding
no one to receive the mail or baggage
at the station trundled along, the
swcat'lathered agent getting 10 a few
minutes later.-Eagle.
Probate Judge Staffelbach Wednes
day received letter from a citizen OF
Huron, O., asking for blank applica.
tion for marriage license. The fel-
low evidently wants to get married
and doesn't want his friends to catch
on. He can secure the license here BY
swearing to the necessary questions
before a notary public in Ohio and
forwarding the application and fees.
N. W. Frantz has completed the
construction of an ingenious regulat-
ing time piece for use in his jewelry
store. He has attached a watch with
the very best movements to the ma.
chinery of an ordinary clock and the
clock is 80 constructed that with Que
winding it will run for thirty DAYS,
The clock winds the watch automat.
ically every II hours. This makes an
almost perfect regulator.-Conway
Springs Star.
Representative Lawrence has writ.
ten County Clerk W. E. Wood to the
effect that the bill to reimburse Sum-
ner county for the money advanced
for the Kansas display at the Omaha
exposition, has passed the house, and
he thinks it will pass the senate also.
Representative Lawrence also writes
the pleasing information that Sumner
county is one Of the very few counties
In the state that owes the state no
delinquent taxes.
The bond Of affection between child.
rem is often rs strong as between
parents ADD their offspring. This
morning Miss Edith Garland's school
mates from her room, TO the number
OF forty or fifty, accompanied her 10
the r OK Island depot to bid her
goodbye upon her departure for Mem.
phis, Tenn, to reside. As the train
pulled in every one Of the children
burst into tears and cried all the way
back to the school building. 1t was
pretty and touching incident.
Miss Ida Barndollar entertainr d
the social committee of the Epworth
League at her home 10 the First ward
"Wednesday, and served a delightful
oyster supper. Games, music and
other social pastimes entered into the
enjoyments of the evening. There
were present: Misses Helen Cox, Net.
tie Cox, Wayne Hackney, Eva Hib-
bard, Ida Barndollar, Maggie Barn.
dollar, Emma Barndollar and Mel
lie Holbrook Of Winfield; Messrs. Wal.
ter Forsyth, Victor E. Creighton,