People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-08

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S. M. Dick has been appointed local
coal oil inspector.
Miss Bertha Carr went to her home
10 Riverdale Tuesday morning.
Us. Forsyth OF the JOURNAL is lay
ing of uursiog a boil on his hand.
Sumner Whitson, wife and baby
returned from Enid, OF, Sunday
evening.
Mrs. W. NJ. Ready returned Sunday
evening from a visit to friends In
Kansas City.
]. NJ. Grifice has accepted the
agency of a windmill repair concern
for Kay county, Oklahoma.
Miss Lulu Holiday, niece Of B. F.
Spar, came up from Guelph Tues
day morning to attend the normal.
L. E. Mcknight Of Caldwell, who
has been studying law with Herrick
& Rogers, for several years, was ad
mitted to the bar Monday.
Miss Jennie Sites, who has been
spending several weeks with her
friend, Miss Florence Penick, re.
turned to her home In Pilot Grove,
NO., Tuesday.
Miss Edna Shobe, who has been
attending school here and visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Mary ROSer, went TO
her home in Enid, OF, Tuesday
to spend her vacation.
Mrs. Fred L. Naugle and children,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
s. Dunkin, came up from Edgewood,
OF, Monday, to pack Mrs. Maui
giles household goods for shipment
from Wellington.
Rev. ]. Fl. Long, formerly Of Milan,
lost all OF his household goods, resi-
dence, barns and outbuildings by a
cyclone at Alvaretta, Woods county,
Oklahoma, May, q. None of his
family were injured.
A whole coach load Of negroes came
In on the Southern Kansas from Guth.
rie Tuesday and layed over here
Tuesday. They will go TO Braman
tonight to work on the Santa Fe ex.
tension from Hunuewell to Blackwell.
An endless chain introduction social
will be given by the Epw0rth League
next Friday evening. This social
will be given in hynoT OF the Normal
>. lentS wir ire invited to attend
81. Ur;h LeaguerS. The
4i. n il 2 in the parlors Of
chrrch
. !. -: AID wife went to
go rn attend the we'd
90 e BIIHrtte's sister, Miss
: >..,i T. Erck Hedberg Of
NcwkiTk. 0. T., which occurred at
hi!h NOON. Mr. Burnette returned
this morning., Mrs. Burnette remain.
ing for several days.
TIE Council Monday night passed an
ordinance permitting Geo. 81. Hunter,
ChaS. W. Hunter and Will Vols to
erect electric light wires and poles
along certain streets, from the mill to
their residences. The residences OF
George and Chas. Hunter and Will
Vols will be lighted with electricity
from the mill dynamo.
There is a law requiring cities TO
publish quarterly statements Of their
financial condition. This law has 10
the past been ignored in Wellington,
but 10 the future it will be observed.
The council has instructed the
clerk and treasurer to prepare month
ly statements for publication between
the 18th and 18th of every March,
June, September aud December here
after, beginning with the present
month.
The city council is thoroughly alive
as TO the sidewalk question. At the
meeting Of the council last night sew
eral important legal points were sub
mitted to the Law and Ordinance
committee with view Of strengthen.
ing the city in the stand it has taken
to compel worn out walks to be re-
built by the owners Of the AUDITING
property, or by the city if the owners
fail to do so. A sidewalk fund was
created to help carry out this latter
purpose.
The Wichita Beacon says of Prof.
G. 81. Blume, formerly Of wellington:
Professor Blume and family and Mrs.
Blmberger and daughter will leave
this afternoon for Hot Springs, South
Dakota, where they will play during
the summer in the Evans hotel, the
biggest house 10 that health resort,
which Is growing in fame every day.
The management of the hotel showed
bis appreciation Of real music when
he sent to Wichita for 1t and there Is
no doubt but what Professor Blume
and Mrs. Bamberger will add greatly