People's voice., 1900-08-02

W. M. Copeland.
Two threshiug hands working iu the
neigh6orhoOd Of Perth are suffering
with smallpox, and are Quarantined in
barn.
Mrs. j. 7. Herrlck and two sons.
Harold and Walter, will leave TO.
morrow for Mackinac, Mich, to Ospend
the summer.
). H. Brown and family OF Perth,
have moved to Wellington, and have
rented the Fultz residence property
on the west side.
A freight conductor was lately
grumbllng to brakeman. "Don't
chew the rag so much" the brake.
man said, you'll get lint in your
lungs"
There Is some real news in the tele.
graph today. The king of Italy has
been assassinated, and the report that
the legations are safe ln Pekin has all
but him confirmed.
The following are the Epworth
League delegates TO the district con-
vention to be held at Winfield in
August: Miss Maggie Vineyard, Mrs.
MI. Fills, Dewitt Dey, E. E. Brown
and Rev. j. G. Hall.
Asa Barnett OF Conway Springs. sits
up nights ln the hope OF learning good
news from Conger Barnett's people
used to live so near COngeT's that the
women folks borrowed kitchen sup
plies OF each other. Topeka Capital.
Miss Grace TiltOD, formerly of Ok
ford, and quite well known in Wei
lington, died at Enid Monday from
a terrible burning received about a
week ago by gasoline explosion.
Her remains we're brought here yes.
terdav on their way to Oxford for
burial.
Misses Lucinda Replngle and Ute
Kirk went tn Wichita this morning.
in response to a telephone message IN
Miss Replogle from Miss Kate A.
Chase to come and see her. Miss
Kirk had just returned from South
Haven, and met Miss Replogle at the
depot when she got of the .rain and
thev went on to Wichita on the same
train.
Oscar Nossaman, a son Of Lewis
NOssaman, the old soldier who was
declared insane, is here from the
Kiowa and Comanche country in the
Indian Territory for the purpose of
taking his father home with him.
Young NosSaman lives about twenty
miles southwest OF KlOwa, the new
town in the Kiowa AID Comanche
reservation. He left with his father
this morning.
Mrs. D. D. VanTuyl lnee Fannie
Worden) formerly Of Wellington, died
at her home in LeavenwOrth at mid
night last night Of a hemOrrhage Of
the lungs. The deceased was a bride
OF less than seven months. She was
married to Mr.. VanTuyl in Oklahoma
last January and made her home
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
WordeD Of Wellington, until the early
part Of July. Mr.. and Mrs. Worden
will leave for LeaVenwOrth tonight to
attend the funeral.
The idea that decorations for the
Jubilee flower parade, such as ribbons
and paper flowers, will be expensive is
a mistaken one. A few pennies will
buy enough paper to make flowers
enough 10 decorate a carriage, and a
few nickels will purchase all the
ribbon that is needed. All this will
be explained at the meeting to be held
at the council chamber next Wednes-
day afternoon, the object of which is
10 explain the rtoi decorating. The
VOICE hopes to see a dne represen-
tatiOn OF Wellington women at the
meeting.
A large crowd heard Rev. VIM.
Longs sermon at the Methodist
church Sunday morning, in COM
memoratiOn Of his S8th birthday aud
the 56th anniversary Of his minister
ial life. Those who heard his ami
yersary sermon a year ago, say the
veteran minister's sermon yesterday
was stronger than the previous one.
His memory failed him only once
yesterday in quoting scripture, but it
came TO him before he was through.
The sermon showed remarkable
power Of thought in a man SS years Of
age, and all who heard it feel amply
repaid.
A thief stole Charlie Elliott's har-
ness from his barn in the north part
Of town Monday afternoon and
walked through town with them op
his arm to Aubrey's livery barn,
where he sold them TO an employe Of
the barn. The tneft was discovered
about supper time, and the city mar
shal at once commenced a search for
the thief at the Rock Island depot.
The thief was discovered 10 the weeds,
aud hot chase was started after him.
A number Of people joined In the
| NuooSi WuiNu oOOu slOU w UllC plUpUI-
tlons OF a genuine man hunt. The
fellow succeeded 10 eluding the off.
GERS by diving In the weeds and crawl.
Ing away from the crowd. The crowd
finally dwindled TO three, Officer Cox,
Ev Atkins and Chris Glaman, who
kept up the search until II o'clock.
The fellow finally got away.
The following dispatch which ap
pears In the daily papers, may have
more significance for Wellington than
appears on its face. II true, IL may
force early work on the inevitable
Amarillo-AlbuQuerQue extension:
Plans have been perfected whereby
the Rock Island will obtain the short
est route between Chicago and Los
Angeles and become a competitor of
the Santa Fe. The present terminus
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