People's voice., 1900-06-21

CUuuU1, OhlduOLu1, dlO NpiOu VuONS
and dollars column TO Kay county.
Misses Lulu and Dora Rem return.
ed from Lawrence last week, where
they had been attending the univer-
sity.
Miss Daisy Cummings has resigned
her position with jacob Engle and
gone to South Haven TO accept a posi-
tiUn in store there.
The supreme court bill Of costs in
the COunty High school mandam1s
case has been received. The court
costs are only S47.95.
The new telephone company is
stringing the wires on its new poles
Fhe system will Oe in operation ln
the very near future.
MIS-. John Harper spent Friday
ia Wellington with the family Of W.
J. NewbOld on her way from Fairfield,
la, TO Harper to visit son.
Gilmore & Randolph closed a deal
last week for The salelOf the Shields
WhittOn farm near Rome TO Ella NJ.
StitSOn. The consideration was 81, 500,
John w. Haughey's ell, ctiOn To the
grand mestership Of the LOO,F. in
Kansas has been confirmed by com-
pete returns filed In the grand secre'
tary's office at Topeka.
Charlie Lynch has reslgneI ni~ 10.
SitiOn with Ed Hayes, to become
effective within a few days. He will
leave tue 25th inst. for another town
10 accept better position.
G. j. Humphrey has bought the
building on East Harvey avenue
occupied by the laundry. The price
paid was 81 300 The building was
owned by Margaret F. Mcdonnell.
7. j. Garland, who figured for a
while on going 10 Cape Nome, but got
cured OF the fever, will 60 to the Paris
exposition this summer. His family
will visit in Illinois while he is ab-
sent
Clarence Pile Of Wellington, grad
yates today as a ID. in Drake Uni
yersity, at DesMoines, Ia. Invitations
to the Commencement exercises have
been received by a number Of his
friends.
Prof. |. E. Swain left for PaOla
tonight TO conduct the Pacla city
teachers examination. he re-
turned Sunday evening. Prof. Massey
will conduct his class during his ab-
SenCe.
J.F. Randolph, who paid a short
visit to his son, I. j. Randolph, last
week, left for his home in Canton,
ILL.,, a few days ago. Mr.. Randolph,
senior, owns several fine quarters in
this county, among them the Fitz-
hugh farm, forth Of town.
Mrs. j. T. Herrick received a letter
Tuesday announcing the death at her
home in Winthrop, Wash, of Miss
Maggie Thompson, formerly Of this
city. Her death, which occurred May
6, was the result of a rupture Of a
blood vessel of the stomach, due to a
very severe attack of the grip,
F. H. Chenoweth and Anna NJ.
Bartlett were married by Rev. T, A.
West at the home Of the brides par
ents, on East Lincoln avenue, at
p. m. the 18th. The wedding was
very quiet affair, only a few relatives
and friends being present. The newly
married couple drove to the grOOm'S
farm east Of town, where they will
make their home.
Topeka Capital: 'The question
that has been pdzzling the physiology
classes for the past Two days" reads a
Normal Note" in the Wellington
VOICE, "is the emigration of cucO.
cyter in health" It's hard lot-the
life of school teacher; to be com.
PEELED 20 hold down the urChlnS for
nine months in a year and then
wrestle with such questions as this
during the heated term.
a train ran into street car at a
crossing in Hutchinson at II O'Clock
last week aud killed Joe PattOn's
mother. Patton received a message
notifying him of the accident, and
left for Hutchinson next morning. Ii
is reported that three persons were
killed in the accident. Patton is an
empOye of the Hunter mills, and is a
sOn-in-law OF Rev. W. A. Vangundy,
having married Vangundy'S daughter
about a week ago.
Rev. J. G. Cunningham received a
few DAYS ago a package of photographs
from Rev. J. P. Irwin of TungchOw,
China, the foreign missionary pastor
of the Presbyterian church. The pic
lures we're the work of Mr.. irwin
himself, and include views OF the mis-
SiOu buildings, of the city walls anC
cemetery, showing Chinese tombs anC
the manner in which they bury theil
dead. Also illustrations CT the prim-
itive farming methods and imple-
mentS used, and other interesting
scenes showing the common life of thu
people.
Uudisputable evidence that the fish
law Is being regularly violated bl
Seiuers in Slate creek is in the hand,
OF Wellington sportsmen, and some
prosecutions are likely to be made
The law expressly fOrbids the seininl
Of game fish. Some seiners at worI
in Slate creek few days ago had tn,
banks covered with young crOppy anC
bass, too small for use. II this kind
Of business keeps up, the sup ply {
game fish 10 the creek will soon ruI
ou:, and the sportsmen are deter
mined to put a stop to IL,
A remarkable case Of cancer cur
comes from the west side. Mrs
EnSleV Pl9tt. wife OF the nnnltr'