People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-17
LOCAL AND
PERSONAL

l. Z. Roup pas the nlSItst lldIket
price for poultry. Call and see him.
George Taylor, the famous Missouri
murderer, is SAID to be located at
WeatherfOrd, OF.
RI. Rem and j. L. Meils left this
morning for their homes in Illinois.
after several weeks visit in the city,
Alfred E. Barry has bought quar-
ter section of land near Conway
Springs ofG, NJ. mckinney for $500.
Sheriff Shaver has located horse
It COrbin which was stolen from man
named ConrOy, living near Mulvane,
Mays.
T. c. Roup will call for your poultry
and pay the highest market price. Leave
your orders at G. Z. Sommerville's,
Wyatt's old stand.
Tom Richardson and family are ex-
pected up from Houston, Tex, in
few days TO spend week or so at
Geuda Springs for his health.
Mrs. Cora Barclay and niece Miss
Vera Ester of Caldwell, who have
been visitiIg the family Of Elder T.
Houston, went to Winfield Monday.
Jack HASTE returned from the
ElinwOod vicinity this morning,
where he had been adjusting hail and
wind losses. He says the wheat there
is nearly a yard high, and is being
hurt by rain.
A vein OF gold ore 81 feet wide is
said TO have been recently opened by
the Portland Gold Mining Co, of Colo
radO Springs. This is the largest
vein, all mineral, ever opened in any
mine in the world.
Look for sale bills of sale of D. F.
Garnand, on May oath, nine miles south
of Wellington, seven head of horses
twenty-three head of cattle, complete
outfit of good farm implements and
other articles too numerous to mention.
From present indications harvest will
begin in Ibis county very soon after June
Ist. Unless something unlocked for
happens the crop will be enormous.
Many are expressing doubt about Sc
curing sufficient help to harvest the grain.
The total rainfall up to I o'clock
this morning was 81 inCIes, making
206 inches since 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. Nearly quarter of an inch
Of rain has fallen since I O'Clock this
morning. Sumner county has expert
enced rain Ct forty hours duration,
with hardly let-up.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Peasants and
daughter, Miss Myrtle, who have been
visiting the family of W. D. Frant2
for several weeks, will leave tomorrow
morning for their home in FL Paso,
III. Mr.. Peasants boughta good l6C
acre farm adjoining the tOwnSite OF
Dalton, few days ago.
There will be an Old Settlers picnic
at J. K. Dodson's grove near Conway, on
May ,3rd. Addresses, music, declama-
tons, dinner and OLD settlers love feast are
the important features of the program.
A splendid program has been prepared,
and cordial invitation is extended to
everybody. Come with we'll filed has
kets.-By Order Of Program Committee.
Elgle: The Kansas sky is a senti
ent thing. This week the wheat
needed rain. The Kansas people
never said a word. They didn't notice
it even, aud the SKY seeing that
clOuded up and raiued. In the old
days when i didn't rain the Kansan'
got out and grOvled, tickled the sky
to death and made it tighten up anC
hold water like a glass bottle.
The Pyramids of Sumner county
will give an all day picnic at Fonda
park, Wellington, next Tuesday. Tit
Arkansas City lodge has been in
vited, and several hundred members
of the order are expected in yelling
ton for the occasion, II the weather Il
favorable. Alright a big ice cream
aud strawberry supper will be served
in the armOry.
ave have heard much about the
force Of habit" says the Lincoln Sen
tinel, but never heard Of a bettel
Illustration Of it than the following
lone day last week three men who haC
doubtless been accustomed to COINS
into the Robinson barn to take theil
drinks, were seen to 90 to the place
where the barn had been, and aftel
manifesting some discomfort anC
casting about to see who might b
looking, took out their bottle anC
proceeded to empty it. The drinl
wouldn't have tasted right anywhere
else.
The average income Of a physician
10 large cities on this continent MAJ
be placed at $1,000, 10 the smalle
towns at 81 500, and 10 the rural dis
tricts at 81 200. Two or three New
York physicians are said to MAKE
over 800, 900 year, five or six abou
$50, 900, but the average income, al
though rather higher than 10 Chicago
and in other American large cities
does not greatly exceed $1,000 yearly
The two most successful Wellington
physicians average from $1,000 Il
5000 year.
1t developed that the rObber killed
at Caldwell last week had a little NOR
respect for the property Of a farmer
than for the funds OF railroad, O.
jewelry OF a telegraph operator
Before abandoning the horse stoleI
from Farmer Brown, the rObber pen
ciled note and fastened it to tn
halter on the horse, which read: "Thi
horse belongs to a farmer about sil
miles southeast Of Anthony, pleas
return to him or to the city marsha
at Anthony. n-Anthuny Bulletin.
The Santa Fe is thinking of re0uC