People's voice., 1900-03-29

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smallpox.
Lafe Burger, the auctioneer, left
Monday on an overland trip II
Blackwell, Medford and other Okla
homa points on business.
! w. S. Pile is in very serious con
dition. He has hemorrhage Of tht
lungs, and his death is looked for
He is growing constantly weaker.
The Second ward citizens are com
planning that the Horton boys, whit
are under quarantine, are not obey
ing the quarantine rules, but 90 away
from the house and premises and ruG
about town whenever and wherever
they please.
The W. r. G. initiated the follow
ing Saturday afternoon: Mrs. RObt
Earle, Mrs John Nichols, Mrs. Thos
Cook, Miss Lulu jenkins, Mrs. Alice
Mcintyre and Mrs. VIM. Herrell. Re
freshments and delightful social
time followed.
The Oklahoma supreme court has
decided that county seats can be
moved by vote of the people. The
decision was rendered in the MedfOrd.
Pond Creek contest. This gives the
county seat to MedfOrd. The decision
has caused good feeling at Blackwell
where steps will be taken at once
TO take the county seat from New,
kirk.
W. NJ. Ferguson OF Wellington, Ks,
was in the city the 2lst on his way
home from Cupid, Okla. While there
he bought 1900 head Of three and four
year old steers at $50 per head from
Wicker Bros. 1000 of them are for
spring delivery, and the balance in
the fall, cattle to be delivered at
Woodward. This is the largest sale
reported in this vicinity this SPRING
Woodward News.
At the Presbyterian church Sun
day the minister gave out one hymn,
the choir leader gave out another, and
the organist mistook the number, the
result being that three different
hymns were being sung and played at
the same time. The result was rather
amusing to some, and embarrassing to
Others. The same thing occurred al
the Methodist church, except there
were only two tunes going.
The PopuIlst county central COM
mittee held meeting in Wellington
Saturday afternoon and issued call
for a county convention to select dele
gates to the Great Bend congressional
convention and the Clay Center con-
Vention TO select delegates for the
national convention. The county
convention will be held April 10
The primaries will be held the Satur-
day previous.
A man talks about owning his bust
ness But, as matter of fact his bus
mess owns him. His whole life is reg
ulated by the demands of his business.
The time at which he rises, his break.
fast hour, the time given to meals, are
all determined by business obligations.
He rushes through lunch because he
cant spare the time from business
to eat leisurely. He won't take rest
because he is needed at the store OF
Office He is in fact an absolute slave
to business. The results which follow
this slavery are to be seen on every
hand. Men dyspeptic, irritable, nerv'
Gus, with drawn faces, and hollow
eyes, sit at the desk or stand behind
the counter until they collapse in a
fit of sickness, or are taken away by
heart failure. Those who cannot es
cape the exactions of business will
find a friend in DR.. Pierce's Colder
Medical Discovery. 1t strengthens the
stomach, increases the action OF the
blood-making glands, increasing the
vitality and physical vigor. 1t makes
men strong, and prevents those bust
ness break downs which so often ter
inmate fatally.