People's voice., 1899-04-20

representatives to the state fedora
tiOn Of clubs which meets at Junction
City the first week in May.
Wanted-An agent in each town
ship in Sumner county, to sell an
entirely new sewing machine attach
ment. Money in it for the right kind
Of an agent. Address, l.. S. Geisen.
dOrf, Clearwater, Kans. 16
There came near being a serious fire
on North B street Saturday at noon.
Someone was burning trash and the
high wind scattered the fire into the
yards nearby. The fire was fnally
put out after some very hard work.
The early closing movement has
already begun in neighbOring towns.
The Wellington clerks should take
steps looking to early Closing at once.
The early closing policy is a good one,
both to the proprietor ard his clerks.
J.G.Campbell was in Winfild Friday
night. He was one of the judges 10
the OratOrical contest between Fair.
mount and S.W.K. colleges. Fair
mount came out victorious. Mr..
Campbell returned Saturday morning.
Misses Bessie and Florence O'Hair
of Greencastle, Ind, who have been
visiting their aunt, Mrs. Asa NJ.
Black, left for their home Thursday.
They went from here to SOath Haven.
where they took the Frisco via St.
Louis.
A picnic dinner was given at Pearl
school house east of Wellington, last
Friday, it being the last day of most
successful term Of school taught by
Miss Clara Davenport of this city. A
number of people from Wellington
attended.
The Wellington Gun club went to
Oxford Friday and engaged in a
shoot with the Oxford club. The Ok
ford club is said to have wiped up the
earth with the Wellington club.
Harve COverdale made the best score
OF any of the WellingtOnianS.
The suit OF Alice Barnett VS.. the
K. u L. of F. lodge has gotten into
the telegraph columns of the metro
p0litan papers, with a few misstate.
ments to the effect that the plaintiff
lives at Wichita and that Robt. Sea
was killed in a recent hattle--sup-
pOsedly in the Philippines.
J. W. Taylor Of San Francisco, who
left this county for California about
fifteen years ago, is back here on a
visit to his brOther-in-law, Geo. W.
Friend Of Cicero. Mr.. Taylor repre-
sents company which is making up
a colony of farmers to locate govern.
ment homestead lands on Cooks Inlet,
Alaska.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. RaSdall and Mis-. S.
E. DOwis of Perth, left over the Rock
Island from this place last Thursday
for points 10 Kentucky on visit.
Mrs. DOwis, mother of Greene Dowis
OF Wellington, goes TO Barbersville,
and Mr.. and Mrs. RaSdall 90 to Eliza
bethtown. They will visit indefin.
itely at their old homes.
The first open air band concert of
the season was given at the corner of
Washington and Harvey AYES. Friday
night. Although The evening was
quite cool, large crowd thronged
the streets and enjoyed the music.
The band has kept in good practice
all winter, and begins the summer
concerts well trained and thoroughly
in practice.
ln almost every neighbOrhOOd there
is some one whose life has been saved
by Chamberlain'S Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, or who has been
cured Of chronic dlarrhoea by the use
of that medicine. Such persons
make point Of telling of it when.
ever opportunity offers. hoping that
it may be the means of saving
other lives. For sale by all druggists.
DR.. Ray Ferguson returned to Kan.
sas City last Friday, after a pleasant
visit Of two weeks in the city with
his parents and numerous friends.
DR.. Ferguson has accepted the posi-.
tiOn OF surgeon at the German huspi.
tai, Kansas City, for year. At the
end Uf That time be will probably
take up his permanent residence 10
Kansas City.
o. G. Knowles household goods
have arrived from Topeka, and he
aud Mrs. Knowles and baby are ex.
pected 10 few days. They will
occupy &. F. Luening's residence,
corner of Fl and Fourth streets. in.
stead Of the Gilmore property. Will
Kueneke'S parents are c0ming back
tO Wellington from ST. Louis and will
pnpunv tho Gil p,nra nrono..r