People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-17
LOCAL EVENTS.

j. D. Grant and wife were in from
Milan Wednesday.
Ed T. Hackney went to Topeka
Wednesday night.
Miss Bessie Hemptill is confined &c
her home with la grippe.
Mrs. Ca. Kier Of Oxford, was shop
ping in the city Thursday.
Mrs. D. W, VanhOrn has recovered
from an attack Of the grip.
Judge ]. NJ. Doubleday went to his
farm near Caldwell Thursday.
Uncle Billy Colzine of Caldwell, was
IN the city Tuesday on business.
W. S. Warmers family have recover.
ed from a Seige with the measles,
]. A. Scandrett Is able to be about,
after tough seige with the grip.
Mrs. Herschel Gray Of Riverdale,
was shopping in the city Tuesday.
C, ROup, at Wyatt Bros, will
buy your poultry and pay good prices.
NJ. l.. HaWorth AMI wife of Belle
Plaine, we're visitors here Wednesday.
G. NJ. aud Mark Riggs and John
Doty Of Oxford were here Wednesday.
Geo. Friend, Jr., and John Chestnut
of Cicero, are visitors in the city to-
day.
Bring your poultry now to II. G..
Roup, agent, at Wyatt Bros. Good
prices.
Lineman Kise completed a tele-
graph line into Brapan,' o. t.,
yesterday.
The banks of Wellington will be
closed next Wednesday, Washing
toms birthday.
Sheriff Heskett took VIM. Patter-
son, the wheat thief, to the peniten-
tiary Tuesday night.
S. P. Kramer is building a new barn
and fence on some lots back of his
residence in the Third ward.
Misses Clara Lawrence and Maude
Hitchcock returned Sunday evening
from Topeka and Lawrence.
A. NJ. Laux and two children, who
moved to Wellington from the vicin-
ity Of Perth last fall, are sick with
the measles.
The fire fend seems to have it in
for Winfield. Two fine Winfield resi-
dences were destroyed by fire Mon
day morning.
Tom Richardson will leave the last
Of this week for Houston to resume
his duties at that place. His family
will follow him later.
Miss Mona Tubbs, formerly Of
Wellington, holds a clerkship in tile
legislature under Representative
BurkhOlder Of Marion.
Henry Shapcott, proprietor of the
general merchandise store at River
dale, made an assignment If his stuck
to his creditors last Friday.
A US. patent to l6O acres of land in
Greene township, issued on May Is,
1876, was fled by Commodore Binkley
Tuesday, with the register OF deeds.
For all operations or diseases of eye,
ear or throat (only) including glass
fitting, see. DR.. Jameson Wellington.
Reference, any Wellington physician.
it's
The seven year old son OF John
Sears, living in northwest Wellington,
died suddenly Wednesday at noon, in
spasm. The funeral was held Thurs
day.
Miss Mabel Maddox, stenOgrapher
at the Etna mills, has Comet to Garden
City 10 visit friends and relatives.
Her place is being temporarily filed
by Miss Gertie Young.
Excursion to Sabine Pass, Calves.
ton, Beaumont and Houston, Texas,
March 7th. Cheap rates and a big
time. For particulars see Black &
Martin, Wellington, Kan.
Dave McKowan, formerly OF Wei
lington, was married at Winfield
recently to a Mrs. Todd. Mr.. Nc
Rowan is at present employed at the
Alexander mills in Winfield.
The public sale of Mrs. Eliza Jane
Wright's personal property occurred
at her farm northeast of Wellington
Wednesday. She will move to her new
home north Of the Staub property, al
once.
G. R. Lohr was thrown from de
livery wagon drawn bya runawa,
team, Thursday morning, and dragged
nearly a block. His legs were badl,
bruised, but no serious injuries wer,
. sustained.
Judge Mcbride Tuesday sentence,