People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-05-31

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Of sale June q, July !, 8. 9, 10, IS,
Augusta. Final return limit, 0ctO,
Der 81.
Ms. J. r. Britton received a letter
from her husband, Jack Britton, Mon
day, 10 which he said that the
Cape Nome party expected to leave
Seattle for Cape,NOme.Tuesday. The
Centennial has arrived at Seattle.
Jake Behringer, d we'll known clti-
zen OF May6eld and Miss Myrtle
league were married at the home of
the bride east Of Mayfield Sunday
afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock. Rev. TnOs.
Penick Of Wellington, performed the
ceremony.
J. w. Haughey has heard from a
number u l.O.0.F. lodges that nave
rote1 Oh the grand lodge candidates.
lie is getting about twO.thirds OF the
g0te. II be keeps up this lick he will
be elected grand master Of the DAD
Fellows by a large'vgte.
There was a large attendance and a
good program at The Memorial day ex-
crcisas YESTERDAY. The speaker Of the
day, the Hon. Claude Duyal, was highly
complimented on all hands. His speech
which was replete with patriotic senti-
ment, in every way appropriate and ab-
solutely free from everything partisan or
Objectionable, will be given next week.
Time does not peimir giving it this.
Cupid" muses. Deacon Shaw,
used to knock around in song and
poetry. Now he sits in the shade ana
adVertiSeS. About d year ago duifeT
in Franklin county who waited to
love aud be loved in return advertised
for wife. The al brought the de-.
sired result. Now the buffers brother
wants to get married and is adyertis
ing"
Two Brooks engines, numbers GOl
ard SO, Game 10 Saturday night for
service on this division. Another
Brooks, No. 500, came in on POS this
morning from Arkansas City. No.
.2l4 a Mcqueen, which has been work
lug here. was sent to Arkansas City
60 take the place Of the 500 Three
more Brooks engines are to lie sent to
this division for service.
The program for the Modern Wood.
men memorial day exercises June Il
has been completed. The exercises
viii be held in the auditorium at 3
O'Clock pm. Special music will be
feature. The services will be con-
ddGted by Rev. L. E. StauffeT, assisted
~ the Ministerial union. The lodges
at Perth, Riverdale, Mayfeld ana
Dalton have been Invited 10 particl-
pate in the exercises.
The GAR. memorial sermon was
preached by Rev. ]. E. Mccain,
pastor Of the Congregational church,
Sunday afternoon at 2:3G o'clock at
the Methodist church, assisted by tue
Ministerial union. The G Ar. and
W.R.C. attended the services in a
body, and the church was crowded
with friends Of the two orders. The
sermon is pronounced to be one of the
best memorial sermons ever delivered
in Wellington.
Among the changes in the base
ball rules for this year are the follow
ing: The double umpire system has
been done away with, and hereafter
there will be bat one master of TIE
field The new home plate is made by
filling in on each side Of the angle
facing the pitcher 50 a. TO form a
square front, The batsman will not
receive his base when the pitcher
makes balk, the only penalty being
the advancement Of the base runner
one base.
TIL elite Of the city OF Wellington
is disposed TO make the most Of the
architectural beauties and restlul
accommodations OF the city. Recently
the city completed a twenty Thousand
dollar jail, and the quality folks forth
with held reception within its hos
pitable walls, and many Of them ex-
perleuced the chilling thrill of being
locked up for few minutes. 1t is
doubtless all right and very proper,
but one can't help but wonder at it,
Anthony Republican.
S. S. Clark, the Caldwell imple-
ment dealer, is erecting the largest
ware room in the state. 1t is
stone structure j0xlO0 feet, with doors
wide enough for a circus parade t.
pass through. The floor is Of vitFiies
brick, LAID on bed of crushed rock,
cinders and sand. The building is
Almost fire proof, there being 10 wood
used in the construction except the
pillars to support the roof, and deck
upon which to store repairs. The
floor contains 10000 vitri6ed brick.
An old IriShman had a narrow eS-
care from being run over by freight
engine at the Rock Island depot last
night. He wanted to 60 to Blackwell
and went to the Rock Island depot by
mistake. AT the depot he wandered
aimlesSly over the tracks almost
tO'ajly Oblivious of his surroundings,
A freight engine switching in the
wards came within an ace OF catching
him. the engineer stopping his engine
just in time to prevent running him
down. The old man was put 10 the
bus aud sent to the Santa Fe depot.
The baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class Of the County High
school was delivered by Rev. DR.. ]. G.
Hall, the Methodist minister, at the
auditorium Sunday TO a crowded
house. The graduating class occupied
a reserved space, and the faculty and
a large number of County High school
students were in attendance, as well
as hundreds Of Wellington people and