People's voice., 1899-04-20

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friends attended with their families
and bad a good, old fashioned time.
A. A, Enders of Caldwell, goes tt
ElizabethtOwn, Pa, to spend tht
summer. He has lived in Kansas fol
many years and now wants to take &
rest and 60 back to his boyhooC
home.
Conductor r. E. DOweIl returned tC
Wellington Tuesday mornin- a't-r a1
absence Of nearly three months, dur.
ing which time he visited in the
northern part Of the state and iu
Kentucky.
D. n. Caldwell went TO st. Louis
Sunday to attend the commence.
ment exercises of the graduating c,d, S
of the Missouri Medical college, which
were held Tuesday night,Of whioh his
son is a member.
Ex-Attorney-General Boyle leaves
Kansas and goes to Kansas City, No.,
to locate in the law business. This
deprives Kansas of one of its best
and most sought for candidates for
governor in 1900.
Claude Bridgenan Of ArgOnia, who
has been travelling for an eastern gro
cery concern, quit his JOB here Satur.
day and left for Kansas City to enlist
in the United States army for service
IN the Philippines.
All of the engine men that can be
spared are being sent from here to
Arkansas City for service. Reports
from the latter place are to the effect
that that division is doing an enor-
nous business at present.
The clothing firm of Sparr Bros.
was dissolved Saturday by mutual
consent, B. F. Spar buying the inter.
est of his brother, John R. Sparr.
The latter is undecided as to his fut-
ure occupation or location.
City Assessor Stumpf of Caldwell,
made his returns Monday. They show
the assessed val1e OF Caldwell city to
be S59,623. On the face of the re-
turns Caldwell has gained 200 in pop
ulatiOn since March |, 1898.
OFT Knave, John Boon and L. Y.
KoOltz plead guilty to assault before
Squire ChaddOn Monday and were
fined and released. The boys got of
easily, but the lesson taught them will
probably cause them to reform.
W, c. Coleman, an engineer on the
New Ore4ns Pacific railway, shot and
killed his fireman, H. Y. Lagon, in
the engine cab about midnight Friday
night. Coleman surrendered. The
men had been on bad terms for some
time.
Its reported that another disgrace
ful drunken b:awl occurred at the
notorious resort south Of town Monday
night. The sentiment of the com.
munity is becoming strongly in favor
OF pulling this resort and driving the
occupants out of the county.
Col. G. j. Carver brought from To-
peka last week number of copies of
the roll of the Kansas volunteer troops
in the SpaniSh-American war, and
distributed them among the boys.
The roll is published by authority of
a resolution adopted by both houses Of
the late legislature.
More Inquiries in regard to Kansas
are being made now than ever before
and Wellington ought to have a good
supply of reading matter on the sub
Iect to send in reply. The Special
illustrated Agricultural and His
tOrical edition of The VOICE will
supply this deficiency.
There is much profit to all branches
OF business in putting the advantages
Of a city and county before the great
public, and the only way to do it is
through the use Of printers ink.
The city that is kept before the pub.
lie is the one that will ultimately win
out. The Special Illustrated and In.
dustrial Edition of The VOICE will
help toward this end.
A young farmer whose correct name
we are unable to learn, was held ur
Saturday night between l and
O'Clock on the Hunter switch anG
relieved of Sc in money and pocket
knife. He reported the matter tC
Night Marshal John Millard and 8
search was instituted in the suburb,
of the city but no suspicious charac-
tiers cluld be found. The victim live.
eight or ten miles southeast of The
city, and had come to town Saturday
night looking for good time.
Railroad officials occasionally receive