People's voice., 1900-04-12

H. F. Smiths drug store.
For Sale-A fine young driving and
saddle horse; perfectly gentle and good
family horse. Chenoweth.
If you want groceries, price them at
Hubbard's, and then tell your grocer the
prices that they are sold at in town.
Darlington & Martin sold seven new
buggies Saturday. This looks as if the
implement business was fourishing.
Fred Vandenburg and wife came up
from Deer Geek, OF, Saturday
night to visit friends and relatives.
Mrs. G, E. Dowis has been in bed
for a week with catarrhal fever and
la grippe, but is able to be up today.
Two male Chester White hogs, ready
for service, for sale. Enquire soon, if
wanted, of H. A. Vawter, Riverdale,
Kau.
The commissioners Of Cowley coun.
jy have offered $500 reward for the
arrest Of the murderers of Operator
D. c. Coates.
Arthur Botkin, son of Simon Bot.
kin, and Miss Blanche Plummer.
daughter of R, F. Plummer, will be
married this evening
Mrs. Phoebe George, an old lady 70
years Of age and mother Of the cripple
George, is sick with smallpox. She
lives in the northwest part Of town.
Charlie Duncan, who formerly lived
in Wellington but who is now en-.
gagged in the lumber business with his
father.in-law at Braman, OF, is re-
ported insane.
Look for sale bills of Chas. 2. Lambe,
five miles east of Wellington, Thursday,
April 10TH. Seventy-four head of cattle,
several horses and other articles too nu-
merous to mention.
Mrs. W. II. G. Bowers returned Sat.
urday ni!ht from near Caldwell
where she mad been attending at the
bedslde Of her sister, Mrs. Ed Gill,
ghu is still very low.
J D Reid of Belle Pl9ine, is in the
city wortuug for ii. Graft. He has
sold bis grocery business at Belle
Paine and will probably make We'll
lington his home in future.
john A. BOokwalter OF El Reno, 0
T., passed through the city Monday
morning on his way to the deathbed
of his father, Josiah BOukwalter, at
indianapolis, Ind. There is little
hope for Judge BOOkwalter'S 'SrecOvery.
He is suffering with pneumonia.
Old Kansas story worked over:
Hotel in small town and dog in front
of it. Proprietor comes out and rings
the dinner bell, and the dog yelps.
"What areyou bowling about?" asked
the travelling man of the dog. "You
don't have to 60 in there and eat"
The uew telephone company had 95
subscribers Monday morning; there
is no doubt that the requisite 100 sub.
Scrlbers will be received. The coun-
Gil will be asked tomorrow night
to grant a franchise, and the new
system will be put in at once. The
new cOmpany's rates are $3.50 per
month.
The NJ. & K. Telephone Co. will
soon have gang Of men in Yelling
ton at work rebuilding the entire city
system. The line will be extended to
FL Reno, when Wellington will have
connection With Kingfsher and other
important towns in Oklahoma. A
metallic system will be put in te
RiDgisher.
Difficulty 10 perfecting title TO right
OF way across Indian allotments in
Pawnee county has delayed the build
ing Of the Eastern Oklahoma road
into the town of Pawnee. In the alb
seuce of further fliction, however, it
is said that rails will be followed BY
the laying Of rails westward from
Guthrie on the Guthrie -Kiugasher
line.
Rose A. Yeager, who died near Ar
gOnia a week ago, willed her personal
property, such as notes, ETC., to the
value Of about $500 to her two brothers
equally. Marshall Yeager of Chicago,
is here looking after the estate. He
filed the will for probate today. The
other brother, Geo. c. Yeager, has not
been heard from In eight years and
his whereabouts sfe unknown. The
deceased owned some city property in
Argorlia. This she wllled to her sis
ter, Mrs. Harriet L. Henderson.