People's voice., 1900-01-18

to Wichita.
A. P. Dennis has sold to ]. F. Jones
l6O acres Of land in Valverde town.
ship for $3.50.
]. G. Haskell OF Lawrence, was
elected president of the State Histor-
ical society at the meeting held 10
Topeka yesterday.
Wanted-Honest man or woman to
travel for large house; salary SIS monthly
and expenses, with increase; posi-
lion permanent; inclose self-addressed
stamped envelope. Manager, $50 Cax-
ton bldg, Chicago.
Tor Sale.-The southeast quarter of
section 2l, township 32, range l, west,
one mile and four blocks west of
Washington avenue, Wellington.
Price reasonable and time given on
part payment. For further informa-
tion, inquire Of Tom Dickinson, on
said farm.
The remaining assets of the old
State National bank were sold at
public auction at the office of Hack
ney & Pitts Saturday afternoon. They
amounted to about 100000 and were
sold to John 7. Stewart, the highest
bidder, for the sum OF slOl. The
other bidders were Geo. H. Hunter,
W. Fl. Vols, I. j. Garland, John
Stetler and E. g. Trowbrldge.
Sheriff G. G. Shaver received word
Tuesday from the sheriff of Garfield
county, Oklahoma, that Alb. Hill, the
f0rger, was wanted at Enid for forg
cry. The Oklahoma officers will be
given a whirl at him when Sumner
county gets through with him. They
have sure case against him at Enid
1t is reported that the north room
occupied by french & Hitchcock has
been sOld. The price paid is under
stood to be $1,000. French & Hitch.
cock will be compelled to move, and
are endeavoring to secure double
rooms either in the Standard, Press
or Arlington block. As the rooms in
these blocks are all 10 use, a general
shaking up and moving abautis likely
to occur.
Geo. SommerVille assumed the
proprietorship of the Wyatt Bros. )
grocery Monday morning. George is a
hustling young business man, and his
efforts will unquestiOnably result in
greatly increasing the business done
by this reliable old house. John
lngle, who worked for Clayton g.
Pfeifer, has accepted a position with
Mr SOmmerville and commenced work
this morning.
Harry ClaytOr will enter the en-
cplOy of the Security State bank Feb
ruary as bOokkeeper. 1t was ex-
pected that he would either sell mis-
interest in the grocery business to
Geo. Pfeifer or the stock would be
consolidated with some other grocery
but the announcement is made that
the business will be closed out. Clar.
ence Pfeifer is yet undecided as to
what he will do in future.
want to let the people vino suffer
from rheumatism and sciatica know
that Chamberlain's Pain Balm re-
lleved me after a number of other
medicines and doctor had failed
1t Is the best linlment | have ever
known of. a, Dodgen, Alpharetta,
ga. Thousands have been cured of
rheumatism by this remedy. One
application relieves the pain. For
sale by all druggists.
Alexander Majors, well known
throughout the west as the origina-
tor OF tue Pony Express, and the first
man to conduct complete overland
mail service, is dead in Chicago. he
was Sc years Of age, and one of the
firm of Majors, Russell & Waddell,
which established a freightiDg busi-
ness acresS the Great American desert
from Independence, No., to Santa Fe.
on the old Santa Fe trail, and from
LeavenwOrth to San Francisco, on tie
Salt Lake trail. Five thousand men
were in his employ aud 10000 oxen,
besides an endless chain OF pack mules
were utilized in the heavy transport
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