People's voice., 1899-06-22
The Preshvterian ladies' have post.

afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Baptist
church.
For Sale or. Trade-New and Second
hand threshers and engines of all kinds.
-Chas. W. Clark, Box 745, Wichita,
Kan.
Conductor S. WaynCk'S horse is
missing, and he is at loss TO know
whether it was stolen or has Strayed.
For Sale-A good Ten font header
and three boxes. vii! sell cheap if
taken now. John Keir.
We understand that the contractors
will begin throwing dirt for the new
Jail within ten days.
For Sale-Shelled corn, thirty cents
per bushel, cash, at my farm, three miles
south east OF Mayfeld on Mondays and
Thursdays, between ten and three
o'clock.-John Saylor.
The Congregational Sunday school
will hold d moonlight basket picnic
at the home Of Judge Herrlck or
North c street, Friday evening. All
members Of the Sunday school, with
their friends, are invited to attend.
Bring baskets well filled with feed.
The annual picnic of the Middle
division Of the Santa Fe will be held
at Winfield, July p. Que OF the
features Of the day will be a baseball
game between the Newton and En-
poria shop teams. A special train
will be run from EmpOria through
Newton to Winfield on the morning
of the picnic.
For Sale-At a bargain, So acres Of
good wheat land, one quarter of a mile
north of Mt. Hope church, Walter town.
ship. Either on cash payments or trade
for cattle.-Chas. w. Clark, Box 745,
Wichita Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smith left Tues.
lay evening for Philadelphia, Pa.
Al st. Louis they will take steamer
nd 90 down the Mississippi to Cairo,
w., and up the Ohio to Cincinnati,
I'D will visit Mr.. Smiths mother in
IA hern Indiana for awhile. Mrs.
nth will remain In Philadelphia
VeIal mouths under The care of a
'geciaiis' fer deafness. Mr.. Smith
ali return in three weeks.
Robert Gillian, deputy county
tx, visited with his parents near
rtland yesterday. He says the
fl merS in the vicinity Of Portland
I'D binders in their wheat fields in
readiness to begin cutting wheat this
morning. The best wheat ia Sumner
county this year is to be found in the
southeastern part Of the county.
There is talk of a lawsuit ever the
life insurance left by the late G. D.
S0yder. 1t will probably end in talk
as upon investigation it will be found
that it is impossible to keep the bene'
iciaries Damed in the policies from
getting the money.
one or more of the experts Physi
clans land Surgeons of the medica
staff Of the Chicago Curative Insti
tute, who can tell what your disease
or afflictiOn is without asking any
questions, will visit Wellington Kans
THURSDAY, June 29th, one day
only. inquire at Arlington hote
Consultation free. All chronic ant
special diseases successful treated
When the Santa Fe completes tn,
improvements which it will make t,
the Oklahoma division this year, i
will be one of the finest sections 0
: the road. Resident Engineer McCo,
OF Wichita says that the Santa F
! has authorized him to build ninety
five new bridges on the division at
: total cost of $4,000. Many of.thes
bridges are small ones, which tax
the place Of embankments over lUy
j spots which were liable to be washe
t out. Besides the new bridges S3S. 90
will be spent in raising and repairin
t the track and placing it in good con
ditiOn. Mr., Mccoy thinks that in th
D near future, on account OF the heay
n traffic, the Santa Fe will begin I
S rock ballast the entire southern div
4, sion of the road. The main line no,
has rock ballast from Chicago an
+ Denver and it is considered the bes
!. line between the two points. Tb
!, company has authorized the expend
r ture Of s2,7SO,OOO for improvement
aleng the whole system, the larges
3 amount which has been expended i
( a single year for the decade.
4 A gang of masked robbers, probabl
! ten in number, early yesterday morn
D ing, raided the receiving Office, Of th
Fairmount Park Transportation com
pany at Belmont In Fairmount Park
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