People's voice., 1900-07-19

lOUC OF luis Wleu WTlJIuS OdSh
home.
The court house and tower are being
painted, A little paint will make a
wonderful change in the appearance
OF the building.
Tue Modern WOOdmen's annual log
rolling will take place at Conway
Springs September 5. 1t is thought
that 500 prize will be offered for
the best drilled team in attendance.
TIE American Sugar Refining Com
pany has advanced the price OF sugar
ten points, which makes the price OF
granulated SIX cents net, the highest
price for nine years. The advance
was Immediately followed by inde-
pendent companies.
Reports frJm the drOuth stricken
sections Of Arizona are 10 the effect
that every water hole aud most OF the
wells have gone dry. la consequence
cattle are dying by the thousands and
their shrunKeU frames dot the desert
country OF Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz,
Yuma, COchise and parts OF MaricOpa
counties.
Miss Mary Antoine, a full bloOded
Indian girl, as just been appointed
official typewriter and StenOgrapher
at the Sac and Fox agency. Miss An
tOine bears the distinction Of being
the only full blood Indian woman III
the world who operates typewriter.
She is a rapid and accurate stenog-
rapher.
Wellington is making extensive
preparations for the Sumner County
Jubilee and Wheat Carnival TO be
held in that city, September Is, 20, p.
Sumner county is the banner wheat
county of Kansas, and has crop Of
which she may we'll be proud. KaS
county has been invited and will as
sist in the big Jubilee.-Blackwell
Times-ReCord.
Chas. Stuart, a Santa Fe fireman OF
Mulha!l, OF, has filed suit 10 the
district court in CORley county
against the Santa Fe fer $50, 600 dam
ages for injuries sustained in real
end collision at Mulhall in October,
| 1898. Stuart was hurt in the back,
shoulders and stomach. One peculiar
feature of his injuries is the fact that
he has lost all sense of smell or taste,
The Chicago India Famine RelieI
has raised a fund of over 81 1000, to be
sent the famine sufferers in India
The Bishop Of Calcutta has written
that the missionaries are breaking
down in their efforts to help the suf
ferers, aud has asked for young mer
who will take the places OF mission
aries, who have died or been invalided
to England. 1t is probable a number
Of young men OF Chicago will answer
the call.
Topeka Capital: Farmers in Sum
ner county complain that the thresh
ers are soaking them gOod and plenty
with their charges. ... The state board
Of health mas Issued bulletin to the
effect that the smallpox epidemic has
practically been stamped out. Dur
ing the month Of June Crawford
county reported five cases, Brooks
twelve. Shawnee eleven, Clay one
and Sumner one. The Sumner county
case resulted fatally. None Of the
other cases we're serious. No new
cases have been reported since
June 30.
The regular old fashioned pinkeyt
or influenza in mild form is sweep
ing over this part OF the country
Wichita had a siege Of it recently and
according to the Courier the horse:
are afflicted with the disease in var
iOuS parts of COwley county. Horses
so affected have watery eyes, swOller
legS, are lame and equity. All the
horses in a Winfield livery barn have
had the disease for the past week anC
are now getting over it. They recover
in from three to five DAYS and if they
are not used have little trouble. Iti,
not we'll to heat the horses up while
afflicted.
The Santa Fe railroad is beginning
to feel the result of the immense
wheat crop already. This division Of
the read was 200 Oox cars short last
night, owing to the rush Of wheat tr
the markets Wheat was up agair
yesterday, and great many of tbs
grain men made rush to get wheat
on the market. Consequently all the
cars in sight we're taken, and a short
age Of about 200 cars was announced
last night. Some cars were brought
in from other points, but they did nOt
last long. II the railroads get stalled
this early in the game, what will they
du later on when more wheat and
cattle begin to move?
The Electrical Review says that the
chances OF death by lightning are Sc
small as to be utterly negligible
Having made this comforting asSur-
auce, it then proceeds to upset it al
by the statement that the lightning
rod has no more influence over the
course OF lightning than the color Of
the paint on our houses. 1t offers {
little consolation to the timid in cities
BY the statement that sin place
where the population is entirely coh
ceDtrated and the buildings are clos'
together the fatal results Of LIGHTNING
are practically nil. 1t is in the cOun
try districts, where trees are abund
ant, and hsuses frequently surround
ed by them, that fatal accidents NOR
frequently occur"
: In the Incorporation at Trenton, n
j., Of the National Telephone CON
5 pany is said to lie the germ o: pla
to consolidate the Western UniO
: Telegraph company, the Postal Tele
graph company, the Commercial Ca
tka Dail nol.Dhn.a a0,,-