People's voice., 1900-03-29

remaining in Wellington until the
close Of school but is unable to find q
vacant house in Wellington.
A railroad signal is said to have
been invented by a man in Omaha.
which is claimed TO be good one. Ii
systematically operated by the train,
and is so constructed that a moving
train signals all other trains Of its ap-
proach, and if moving train fails to
obey the sigma, the train failing to
obey the signal is stopped, and the
train that throws the signal is in tuID
signalled aud stopped in case of dan
ger. These signals protect all trains,
both from head end and rear end col.
lisiOns, at stations or between stations
either moving or at rest. II a switch
is open, the train is signalled and
stopped if they do not obey, and
people are protected where highways
cross railway tracks.
The santa Fe telegraphers have
been turned down second time by
the management of the road. At the
conference in Chicago this week Vice
President'Barr took the same stand
as taken by General Manager Nudge.
and refused to make any OF the con.
cossiOns asked for by the grievance
committee. The committee announ-
ced it would take the demands of the
operators to President Ripley as soon
as the Santa Fe executive returns
from California, The operators have
not yet INDUCED in threats of a strike,
but their determination to take their
demands to President Ripley shows
great persistency. They are asking
increases In individual salaries
amounting to 100000 per year and the
right of the general chairman to die.
tate promotions.
Real Estate deals: S. Krout has
bought an 80 acre farm In Guelph
township Of Alfred Bookwalter for
81, ,425. ...H. E. Jessup has bought an
so acre farm near Argonia of Lyman
Cook. W. Fl. Hubbard has bought
a house and lot in Conway Springs Of
F. A. Ruse for $3.50. Il. L. Houston
has sold house an lot in Conway
Springs tOJ. c, Dudley for 5000.
Henry Amman has bought a lot in
Mayfeld Of Elizabeth Hart for $50.
Lucy W, Gilfllen has bought twelve
lots in Hunnewell of G. L. Helbling.
for S2S7.50. George Horton has
bought five lots in Caldwell of Frank
Ward, for SIS. Il L. Thurston has
bought lot in Conway Springs of j.
NJ. Harper for $40.
A new brick sidewalk is being built
from Herrick & Rogers law office to
the corner north, 1t is cut of line
with the walk in front OF Herrick &
Rogers Office. Whose fault is it.?
Why are not the walks laid right?
Either Herrick & Rogers walk was
not laid right, or the new walk is
being laid wrong. Cases of "jiggered"
walks are seen in every part of town.
Why is it? Why are the walks not
laid right in the first place? 1t seems
as il every man who puts down a walk
locates it according to his fence line,
Instead of his lot line, and the result
is a lack o, uniformity. Why don't
the street and alley committee, the
city engineer, the street commissioner
or some other city authority put a
stop TO it? Why not have the walks
put down right while I'VE are at it?
Why lay crooked or unsightly walk?
Why not do things right?
Last Sunday morning while little
Bennle, the seven year old son of Mr..
aud Mrs. B. F. Miller, who lives lu
The Scribner property on Usage street,
was flying a kite on a vacant piece of
ground west of the house, he stepped
of backward into an old we'll. He
fell about 40 feet but received only a
few bruises and fractured limb. 1t
50 happened that the we'll was dry or
he probably would have drowned.
Nose Hatfield happened along just as
the boy fell into the we'll. he gave
an alarm and 10 a few minutes the
whole neighborhOod was aroused. The
father went down the we'll on the
rocks until nearly to the boy and
lowered rope. He had the buy place
his foot in loop and holdiast to the
rope and he was soon pulled up out OF
the deep hole, looking more like a
dead boy than live one, The little
fellow is getting along nicely and will
be out in few weeks.-Caldwell Ad-
vance.
The new Rock Island electric head
lights are wonderful. They are used
now on all Rock Island passenger
trains running through Wellington.
They throw light several miles, il
desired, and it is possible to distin-
unich Ohiaafc m tho troot, o e..oo. i.