People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01
Miss Anna Abel Of Perth, was visit
ing in the city Saturday.


Bascom O'Hair OF South Haven, was
10 the city Saturday.
W. R. Spicknall returned from Ell
Reno Friday last night.
Sidney Bohanna returned from Ok
lihoma Friday night.
Geo. Saurs Of Rome, was in the city
Saturday.
T. j. Rinehart of Conway Springs
was 10 the city Saturday.
D. L. Pierce Of Milan was a visitor
10 the city Saturday.
Ira E. Parker has bought the Con-
way Springs Truth and has made it a
Republican paper.
Mrs. Fl. ]. Farmland grandchildren
went to Enid, o. T., Friday morning
10 Vlslt relatives.
The meeting to organize railroad
Y. NJ. G. A. was not held Friday
night for some reason.
A. Adams has sold l60 acres Of land
In Osborne township to 7. S. Broyles
of Cowley county for $1,000.
W. ]. Num- has bought 50 acres of
land in Ryan township Of e. DemOss
of Grant county, Oklahoma, for 81, $50.
The railroads will give free trans.
pOrtatiOn to bands to the WoOdmen's
convention in kansas City in June,
from competing points.
County Surveyor George c. Stayt0n
has shaved off his WhiSkers and his
most intimate friends hardly recog
nlze him.
1t is announced that R. L. Pegram
md Miss Mary Palmer of the County
High school will be married the Stb
# June.
County Superintendent Massey has
received the books containing the
course of study for the normal instr
tute. They Can be had for ten cents
Park Trowbridge and DR.. T. H.
Jameson left Thursday evening fol
Colorado. They intend TO form 3
partnership and 90 in business there,
Re understand,
Tom Patton, cousin Of jim
Patton, who gained uOtoriety in the
lam us Anderson Gray Hypnotic
murdcT case, is in Jail in Wichita fol
drunkenness.
Probate Judge Staftlbach ha:
issued an order for the sale of persona
property belonging to the estate Of
Fred Schimilfenig, deceased.
Rev. D. Fl. SCarruw left Friday
for Peabody, where he will jOir
his wife and go to Topeka 10 reside
temporarily until he receives an ap
pointment to the pastUrate Of SOME
Congregational church.
One of the questions before The
teachers at the recent county examin
alton was define tariff and name
two kinds" One of the teachers
answered it as follows: Tariff is tn
duty collected on imported goods; th,
two kinds are specific aud varioloid,
The advanced class in shorthand
and typewriting at the County Higi
school presented their teacher, Prof
". Devaughn, with a handsomel
bound copy CT LOngiellow's poem
Friday.
J. Beams, living half mile nortl
OF Zyba, was here Saturday and in
Toned the sheriff that a horse, buggy
two sets Of harness and saddle an
bride we're stolen from his barn Fri
day night. He suspects young ma
and the sheriff is lOokiD gfOr him. Th
thief drove towards Wellington wit
the stolen outfit.
County Treasurer Maddy has re
ceived a check from the master i
chancery for Sc, 2s95O for the oil
Frisco railroads taxes for the veal
1897 and 1898. This amount WIS
; per cent of the taxes charged agains
!, the road for those two years, and
: all the county will ever get, accordiD
to an order Of the United States coul
made last fall. This winds up th
cOunty's wraDgle with the receiver
Of the Frisco road for unpaid taxes.
State Journal; There will be
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