People's voice., 1900-07-05

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@. E. Elliott of Wellington, owns
the mOsU valuable business corner In
Enid, and is having two story orlck
erected thereon.
Kansas City Times: On July Wei
lingtOn will become the owner OF It's
WaterWOrks plant and an effort will
be made t0 keep it out Of the hands
Of the politicians,
Capital: All Wellington merchants
have a rubber stamp with which q
reminder of the Sumner County Jubi-
lee, to be pulled off September l0, 20
and p, is branded on every package
or bit Of correspondence that is sent
out Of town.
There will be no union open air
meetings this year, but union meet
ings will be held at the different
churches each Sunday evening, in-
stead. This arrangement will COM
mence next Sunday. The first meet
ing will be held in the Methodist
church.
England has more trouble on her
hands: a rebellion has broken out in
the island of BaratOnga, in the south
seas. The rebellion is Of such pro-
portion that if it we're not for the
South African war and the Chinese
disturbances it would create world
wide comment.
Every Kansas man breads election
night. Kansas has the poorest meth
Od on earth of counting ballots. Here
is a chance for real reform, and if
some political party will put in a
plank advocating the adoption OF
counting machines, it will get our
vote.
The attorney general has rendered
an opinion to the effect that registers
of deeds are entitled to % cents for
filing or releasing a chattel mortgage,
and no more. 1t is also held in the
same opinion that for entering any
instrument upon the general index,
both direct and indirect, the register
is entitled to a fee Of 10 cents.
A new position has been established
under General Superintendent ReSSe-
guie of the Santa Fe proper, which
will carry the title of general super
visor Of bridges and buildings and
water service. E. Mccain, for the
past three years foreman Of bridges
and buildings of the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe at Cleburne, Tex, has been
given the appointment. McCann's
headquarters will be in Topeka,
Geo. Washington is in a sanitarium
at Wichita taking treatment for
lupus, sore caused by a bruise re-
CeiVed on the hand while protecting
himself from an asSailant on his claim
q couple Of years ago. A lupus is a
cousin to the cancer. The bruiSe was
received on the palm Of his hand, but
the lupus appeared on the back of his
hand. A letter to Mrs. Washington
today states that he is getting along
nicely and will return home in two
weeks.
An American, so the story goes, was
once questioning a Chinaman as to
the reason iOr many Of the customs
which seem absurd to US. At length,
after long endurance, the Chinaman
replied: "And now, my dear sir,
would like to ask you question
which has puzzled me greatly, Will
you kindly tell me why Americans and
Europeans wear two useless buttons
on the backs Of their cOatS?" Unable
to answer, the American raised the
question at home. Investigators set
to work, and what do you think they
discovered? Long ago, when every
gentleman wore sword and had to
hang it from belt, these two buttons
held the belt to the coat. Years
passed; men became more civilized
and left the sword to soldiers use:
the belt went out of fashiOn-for men
are as particular about fashion as
women, but the two buttons were left
to this very day.
Geo. H. Bloom and wife will leave
shortly after the 18th Of July for
Sheridan, WyO., to remain for one
year. Mr.. Bloom desires to take a
long rest, and furniture dealer in
Wyoming has offered him SIS a month
whenever he wants to work. He will
work and loaf just as he feels like it,
returning to Wellington by easy
stages next summer and stopping of
at Yellowstone Park, Salt Lake City,
Denver, Manitou and Colorado
Springs. One object Mr.. Bloom has
in view in going west is to collect a
debt.of $1,000 from John W. Young Of
Salt Lake City. Young is a son Of
Brigham Young, the great Mormon
leader. In 1887, Bloom was running
q big furniture store at Deming,
NM, the American terminal Of q
proposed Mormon railroad-the Dem.
ing, Sierra Madra & Sinaloa-which
was to run from Deming to point
south Of TopOlobampo bay on the
western coast Of Mexico. The Nor,
mons had established colonies in that
part Of Mexico where they could prac
tice polygamy to their hearts csu-
tent, and the Utah Mormons were
fast leaving for the new settlements,
The railroad was to be built by the
Mormons, and general offices were
opened in Denver. Bloom furnished
the general offices and never got pay
for it. For some reason the road was
never built and the Denver office:
were abandoned. Bloom has since
been trying to collect his bill from
John W. Young, who was at the head
of the proposed railroad, but without
success. He has kept the bill alive
aud will find out during his stay il
the west if there is any way OF getting
his money, The D., S. NJ, & S. rail
road was abandoned after it had beer
graded as far as Lake PolomaS, in Ole
Mexico, and is now used for a wagon
road. The grade is said To be almos,