Wellington Weekly Quid-Nunc from Wellington, Kansas • 8

PERSONALS. C'ommtrcla Cluu. As was announced before hand, the club met last night in the opera house, the adjourned meeti rig of citizens from Saturday night beijug merged into the regular club meetii jg. Quite a goodly lumber of our citizens were present, notwithstanding the in clement weather The acting president of the club, W. Black, called the rseet-ing to order, ai id as the secretary was somewhat late Mr.

Neal, chairman of the committee to visit the office of the Topeka railroads in regard to the construction of the union depot was called upon to report. Mr. Neal made a full and most interesting report, Mr. Curtis, who was one of the committee was absent, and the other two members Hon. J.

W. Hamilton and Mr. Neal spent nearly the whole day on Monday Tliat Committee. The committee appointed at the business men's meeting on Saturday evening last, to solicit for unds, succeeded in raisins $172.50 in a few hours yesterday. The $1,500 will be raised without difficulty and perhaps more.

Christian Cliurcli Revival. The Christian church was packed last night to its fullest capacity to hear Rev. Crutcher'on the question, "What Must I do to be Saved." One confessed Christ. The public are invited this evening at 7:30. Come early that you may get seats.

Excursions Mr.W. J. Nelson, of this city, has perhaps had mora experience in running excursions from the East, than any other man in Sumner county. lie will address the meeting at the opera house this evening on the above subject, all should go to hear him. 11 From Tuesday's Dally.

L. J. Watson was over from Argonia yesterday. Jessie Derrick came in from Chanute yesterday. Ed.

Jeffries, of Belle Plaine, was in the city yesterday. Al Davis went over to Argonia on business yesterday. A. M. Walker, of Hunnewell, visited the capital yesterday.

John M. Pingle. of May field, was on our streets yesterday. Capt. McWhorter was in the city from Perth yesterday.

C. E. Allen came over from Mayfield on business yesterday. Silas Beal came down from Conway on business yesterday. Geo.

Richards came down from Lon-. don township on business yesterday. Noble Clald well, an insuranca man from Winfield was.in the city yester-day. D. L.

Crowder was among others Conway citizens who had business in the metropolis yesterday. Jas. Brewster, E. C. Galloup, J.

D. Russell, B. F. Jenkins and A. A.

Richard all of Oxford, attended court in the city yesterday. Fropi Thursdays Dally. John Parks, Hunnewell, is in the city. Tom M. Kibben has gone to Chanute on business.

M. Musgrove was up from South Haven yesterday. J. M. Holliday was in from Harmon township yesterday.

W. Thorp is looking after business matters atFredonia. 4 Captain E. J. Knhn.

of Mulvane was in the city yesterday. W. J. Newbold has hung out his shingle as an abstractor. Mrs.

J. M. Henderson, of Corbin, is the guest of Mrs. J. N.

Thorp. A. G. Forney, of Belle Plaine, was in the city on business yesterday. J.

M. Blanpied, of Belle Plaine, attended court in the city yesterday. Judge Lambdon, of Caldwell, was in the city yesterday on legal business. Geo. Long is working in the register of deeds office, with his brother, at present.

Mr. Ira J. Scott is confined to the house with a severe attack of the quin-sey. A. B.

Chism leaves the city to-day for Great Bend on business for his company. W. R. Marshall ex-county clerk of Reno county, is visiting with E. Ora-hood.

Mayor C. C. Curtis returned home-yesterday from a business trip to Kan-sac City. W. A.

Jarrett, deputy U. S. Marshal, was in the city yesterday from The Country Kltor. There is an idea in the minds of many who ought to know better, that the "country editor' stands on the lowest platform of the profession, and that he who is employed in any capacity, no matter how humble, on a metropolitan journal is his superior. There is no greater mistake.

An editor who has held important chairs in metropolitan offices, and who had the reputation of having been successful remarked: "I do not hesitate to write the leaders of the most important journals, but I would tremble to undertake the management of a village newspaper." There is no place in the profession so difficult to fill as that of a country editor. In cities a man who can do one department well, bothers himself about no other. Nor need he, he gets the knack of his specialty and continues at it. But the country editor 'must be good in all departments, he must be well read on all subjects, he must be able to discern the trend of the public mind in politics, religion and social topics, he must discuss agriculture and anarjhy with equal precision, he must be fluent on polemics and politics, he must write of the president and pumpkins, he must mind men of high degree and descends to things of low estate, in short, he must be an "all-around man." It is this that make the position of a country editor so hard to fill, It is this training that makes the good country editor such a splendid manager for a metropolitan daily. There is no place, except in a country office where such all-round training can be had.

The position of a country editor is not held in the esteem it should be-Country editors are not respected as they ought to be. If a family can afford only one paper, let that be the home paper, for it concerns a family more to know what is being done in its own county than it does to know the news of distant places. The city paper can not give, and does not pretend to give, the local news that its readers must have, but the good country paper does give a very fair epitome of the world's news. No other publication can supply the place of a good paper. If both can "not be retained if either the city journal or country newspaper must go let it be the former, for nothing can take the place of the local paper.

Ex. Commercial Club. A typographical error in the Quid-Nhxc of Sunday morning, made the time of the meeting of the club on Thursday evening. The club regularly every Tuesday evening. The meeting will be this evening in the opera house hear the report of the committee appointed on Saturday night Last.

The citizens of the city should turn out en masse to this meeting. with General Manager Goddard, of the Santa Fe, and Sirperintendant Barnes, of the Southern Kansas, in Topeka, dis" cussing the question. They found Mr. Goddard somewhat sore at first over the manifestation of the people of Wellington. It was however, an easy matter to convince him that the people asked no more than they had Ijeen led to anticipate by the expression of the officers ol the road at the time the bonds were voted, and both the managers were anxious to please the people here by doing all in their power to build such a depot, as would not too seriously conflict with their own wants and necessities.

It is true that they had made their plans to build a one story depot, but the plans were shownthe committee and was found to be for a depot large, commodious and very beautiful. It could not be built at a cost of less that or $12,000. Tne committee expressed decidedly the sentiment of the people for whom they were representatives in favor of a two story depot, and the officers conceded the request, and adopted plans for a xwo story depot. Marriage License. The following couples were granted license to wed yesterday.

Joseph Green, aged 22, and Lizzie J. Leonard, aged 15, both of Caldwell. Simon F. Dobe, aged 21, and Marion Matson, aged 10, of Argonia. Fred M.

Fisher, aged 22, and Elmira Burkinshaw, aged 17, of Wellington. The last named couple were married at two o'clock in the afternoon at the residence of the bride's uncle, Mr. Thos. Swan, on Forth street, J. N.

Fisher officiating. About twenty-five guests were in attendance, and the Quid-Nunc joins them with best wishes for the newly wedded couple. Wm. Ash, cf Avon township, was in the metropolis yesterday. N.

Gust, of Muiyane, was attending court in the city yesterday. S. S. Kincaid, of Perth, was in the city yesterday on business. P.

B. Hall and wife, returned home from Belle Plaine Sunday evening. Martin Armstrong, a Milanite, mingled with our citizens yesterday. J. B.

Kinsey, from Sumder township was a visitor to tha city yesterday. G. V. Bussard, of Oxford, transacted business in the metropolis yesterday. D.

C. Young, of the Winfield Telegram attended court in this city yesterday. Messrs. W. R.

Spicknall and Wm. Thompson visited Belle Plaine on Sunday. S. O. Harris and T.

A Metcalf, were in the city from 76 township, yesterday. Rolla Seamans, of Kansas City, is visiting his father's family in Avon township. Henry Atticks, of Wichita, was looking after business interests in the city yesterday. H. P.

Butcher, a young pedagogue from the north part of the county spent Sunday in the city. Chas. A. Newman and wife spent Sunday in Caldwell, the guests of John W. Nyce and family.

M. S. Thrailkill. formerly of Wellington, but now of Harper, returned home yesterday after a visit to this city. W.

L. MeKee, one of the good na-tured denizens of Belle Plaine, was the guest of M. J. Kain in this city Sun day. --O.

C. Bogger and wire leave for Chica-gb Saturday, to attend the Chicago niuety thirty one bag- The building is to be thirty by feet. The two story part will be by sixty-two with a sto.iy ell 28x30 for IotheRtsht Direction, It is not what Wellington has been, or what she perhaps just now is, but what she can be made to be by the exercise of due energy and the putting in of proper work by her citizens. Every Wellington-ian knows that we have here all the blessii.gs in the way of natural advantages, kind Providence has-bestowed on any city west of the Mississippi river. All that is necessary now to make the city advance most rapidly, is the "proper ad vertising of her adyantages to the world.

To see Wellington and Sumner county, is to be enraptured with them. Then the work necessary is to induce the thousands in the eastern states, who are planning, a trip to Kansas to make this city and county their destination. That this woik is to be done now, the steps of our citizens; the meeting Saturday night and the meeting held last niot; the detirmined liberality of all in aid of the work to be done, all these things are evidence most abundant. The signs of the times are constantly most encouraging. The gods help those who help themselves, and we might also add, the railroads do too; and the railroads are the gods of commerce in these latter days.

When a city the size of Wellington can raise $1,200 at a single meeting for the purpose of helping along the highest interests of the city, there is the grandest reason for encouragement. It must also be taken into consideration that this meeting was hardly advertised at of two hundred and fifty per sons present, there were not twenty -five who knew before they reached the hall what the object and intent of the meeting was. But the people of Wellington all know full well that they have a most goodly city. They know that large railroad corporations and other capitalists with magnificent enterprises in view are waiting with much interest to see what Wellington is going to do for herself, and if her people manifest a disposition as they have by this action of heirs, to put. their shoulders to the wheel and improve their advantage that the capitalists are ready to invest their money and push along their enterprises in our midst.

Every loyal citizen of this city is benefited by the action. The laboring men are encouraged by it, because it-means business. The farmers are encouraged by it. He knows it means the growth of Sumner county, the adyance in the price of his farm, the growth of every line of business which will aid him in finding a better market and a greater assurance of his property. The mechanic is encouraged by it because he knows that it means the growth of manufacturing interests, and a mar" kef; for his labor.

The merchant is encouraged because of the assurance he has of a large increase of population and the certain incresse of bis business. In fact such a display of determined zeal and loyalty, is encouraging to all, and is the percursor of a general boom to every line of business which has or can find a legitimate place in the city and county where so many adyantages exist. Some of our people have felt discouraged ov3r the lifelessness of our business men during the winter months. But all doubt as to their deternmi nation is now dispelled. A new and bright face has been put on everything.

Already men go up and down the streets declaring that business has improved, that everything is looking up, and that the spring boom is upon us. The boom this year is going to be a substantial one. There will be.no rash speculations, no lots or farms sold on options. No charging of fictitious prices, but a buying and selling for keeps and for improvements. Wheat never looked more promising at this season of the year.

The prospects for the farmers were never more flattering. Immigration is already coming in upon us, and the sun of prosperity for the year 18SS has already risen high in the heavens. Work then is needed, and the proper work is all that is needed to give our city and county the pre-eminence they are justly entitled to. We are ready to work now, and haye shown that we are by the aetion taken last Saturday night. Congressional Committee.

The Congressional Committee for this district will meet in Larned on Monday next at two o'clock" p. to make arrangements as to the time and place of holding the Congressional Con C. lim C. The "Kansan" circle will be postponed gage and express rooms. It is to have a slate roof and be larger and a more complete depot, than any other in the state for depot purposes only.

It is to have all the modern convenienc es. to be heated by steam furnace and have complete plumbing arrangements. The good effect of the yisit of the committee to Topeka, and their efficient ser- until Wednesday evening, Feb. 22d, at which time Washington's birthday will be celebrated by the members of the circle in costumes of "ye olden tyme." We expect to have present with us, Lief yice was duly appreciated by the. meeting, and a vote of thanks to Mr.

Neal and Mr. Hamilton was passed unanimously. A report was made by the secretary of the club, of the proceedings of the last three meetings, and the action of the club in regard to the excursions medi E. M. Borum, manager of the Arlington billiard parlor, went to Kansas-City on business last night.

W. A. Corey, who was visitiug with his father-in-law, E. Orahood, left for hi home in Kingman last evening. Mrs.

E. N. Andrews returned from Chillicothe, where she has been visiting her parents the last few weeks. G. W.

Wright, A. M. Kirby, A. S. Constant and others, from Belle Plaine, were in attendance at court yesterday.

D. W. II. Dunham, now a resident of Bentonville, Arkansas, is in the city looking nfter business interests and greeting old friends. Chas.

P. Hall, telegraph operator at Conway Springs, was in the city yesterday on a most' pleasant mission the nature of which will be found elsewhere. Erickson, King Phillip, Martha Washington, Dame Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle, Hiawatha, Minnehaha. Noko-mis, Pocohontas and many others. National airs will be sung, the rooms will be appropriately decorated and a grand good time is expected.

The meeting is to be held at Mrs.Maggards. E. A. Maggard, President. tated, and which inaugurated the meeting of last Saturday night.

Also a report of the finances of the club. The Atheneum, to perfect themselves in the treasurer also reported. There being some doubt expressed by one of the audience nota member of the club, as to the good faith of the action, aud the judicious expenditure of the money contributed, a motion was made that the secretary and treasurer be re The Change I Com lug. The distinguished traveler, De Toc-queville, whose wise discrimination led him to make many just conclusions of the state of affaire in the United States said: "I had irreafc fnnfidpnrft in Atnprirft study of stenography. M.

L. March, formerly abstractor for Fultz Millard of this city; now a resident of Argonia, was greeting friends on our streets yesterday. Fred Belcher, now an employe of the Wells, Fargo Express Company at Kansas City, spent Sunday and Monday with friends in Wellington. Dr. Campbell is having his store room on Washington avenue refitted for the reception of drugs.

It will beopened with a new stock sometime soon. Henry J. Raymond, a brother of Mrs. T. J.

Burk, is stopping with his sister, while he enjoys the rare climate of Kansas. If the latter proves congenial he will remain indefinitely. J. M. Purcell, proprietor of the Phillips House, made himself a most useful and ornamental present yesterday in the shape of an elegant gold watch, pur chased from H.

P. Hall, the jeweler. We received a pleasant call yesterday from Mr. C. L.

Schultz, editor of the Winfield Visitor. We found Mr. Schultz to be a pleasant and entertaining gentleman and were pleased to make his acquaintance. Messrs. A.

P. Johnson, Chas. Meinke C. Young, S. Kleeman, L.

H. Webb and Drs. S. R. Maish and.

N. K. Pembroke, were all over from Winfield yesterday to attend the trial of Burt R. South Haven anil Jackson Items. The winter term of fschool closed the first of February at Clark's school house, and at Rome about the same time.

Sacramental services held at the Presbyterian church at Rome last Saturday and Sunday. The meetings were of unusual interest. There were four additions to the church. The meetings at the Bethel M. E.

church are still in progress at this writ ing. They have received over a dozen members during this meeting. The most of them are heads of families, and among the most influencial of the neighborhood. Dr. Walling preached at the Rome school house last Sunday.

Elder Thomas Po pen well is holding meetings at the Clark school house last week and this. Miss Carrie Wile, who has been teaching this winter at the Star school house near Hunnewell, spent Tuesday at home. Where the township line road and the telephone road cross at the corner of Harris' farm, it is necessary to make a curye in each road to avoid Shoo-Fly Creek, which makes a bend at that point in order to cross roads. During one of the dark foggy nights we had lately, Elder Poppenwell and his father were returning from meeting. It was so dark they could not see the road, or their horses.

They missed the road and landed in the bottom of the creek, which which was dry. They went down a bank eight or ten feet high and very Fortunately neither one was hurt, and and only slight damage to the buggy. Joshua Heizer and hisbride have gone to house keeping on their farm joining Clark's sehool house. Every one should be ruited with the weather as we have all kinds. It was 70 in the shade on Monday, and wild geese were flying north last Sunday.

The social event of last week was the wedding of John Rhinehart and Miss Eva Muchley. The ceremony was pronounced by Rev. Williams, pastor at the Presbyterian church on Tuesday evening the 9th. There was a large number of friends and acquaintances present to witness the event: After the ceremony the intimate friends and relatives met at the brides mothers, and partook of a bountiful supper. On Friday, Mr.

George Rhinehart gave the in-fair dinner. The newly married couple have rented the Todd farm near Jackson Centre, where they will make their home. They start on the journey of A lloltl Burglar. The residence of Luther Shobe, on South Washington avenue, was entered by a burglar yesterday morning between live and six o'clock. The first one of the family who was apprised of the presence of the prowler was Nannie, the four teen -year-old daughter of Mr.

Shobe, who occupies a second story room in the northwest part of the house. She states that she awoke sometime letween five and six o'clock, and discovered a man standing near the side of her bed. She was too badly frightened to scream, and so remained perfectly stifl. After watching har for a few minutes the burglar crossed the room and began looking through the drawers of a bureau on the opposite side of the room. Soon after Mrs.

Shobe called to her son John who occupied a room adjoining that of her sister, to get up and build a fire. Upon hearing this the burglar beat a hasty retreat, after which the family was informed of the visit, but too late to do any good, as the bird had flown. Careful investigation revealed the fact that a ladder had been used to reach the second story of a veranda at the south side' of the house, after which it was an easy matter to gain the roof of the kitchen and to raise a window leading into the second story of the house. The man had removed his shoes and the tracks made by his bare feet were plainly visible on the tin roof of the kitchen. Taking every thing into consideration it was a bold move, and does not resemble the work of a novice by any means.

The only strange thing connected with the affair, is that nothing was taken but this would probably not have been the case had the thief not been frightened away in time. quired to give bonds for $2,000 each. Hon. Hannibal Smith, the treasurer, moved an amendment, that the treasurers bonds be $20,000, and the motion prevailed. The committee on soliciting subscriptions, reported in full, and ten minutas were devoted to making up the amount to 1,500 which was done in a short time.

The committee was instructed to continue their work. A committee consisting of Judge Walker. Ab Shearman and Capt. Myers, was appointed to collect the subscriptions. It was resolved that every person who had subscribed $5 and over should be entitled to a membership in the club by signing the constitution and bye-laws, and that a meeting be held in the council chamber on Tuesday evening in which all members could participate, to decide on the best means to gain the advantage of the coming excursions.

The following resolution was passed, offered by Mr. Sea. Resolved; That we have heard with profound satisfaction the report of the committee sent to Topeka to confer with the officials of the Santa Fe and Southern Kansas Railroads, and we heartily thank them for the spirit of fairness, justice and liberality manifested by both General Manager Goddard, and Supt. Barnes toward our representatives, and we regard their courteous treatment as 'an indication of their kind feeling towards the city of Wellington. After a few interesting remarks by E.

J. Nelson, the club adjourned to meet Tuesdaynight. Greer, charged with manslaughter, The case was set for trial on February 27th. until I saw congress." This celebrated' traveler saw only a Democratic congress and if he lost confidence in this country from the actions of the congress he saw, what would be his opinion should he be living to visit the present congress. His-opinion was formed from the facts he-had gained, that so few of the best men of the country are found in the Democratic party.

The leading men in the Democratic party are those who live by politics. They care less for the pu blic good than they do for their own selfish interests. They enter politics to gain power. They want power that they may make money. Those men in this country who have an intelligent interest in public affairs and have the keenest desire for the public weal do not belong to the Democratic party, but the Republican party.

The country just now has fallen into a pit, but the good sense of the people realize the situation and will surely boost them selves of the difficulty this blessed year of 18S8. The fault is not in the staid and sure princiolea of the people or of the government. Neither is it in our institutions. Time and progress in this country have developed such enormous political machinery that if management has become one of the chief occupations, and the manner in which the Democracy have managed it the past three years aud haye controlled it through congress for the past ten years has only corrupted and demoralized public and private life on every side. But now moral sentiment is rapidly gaining the ascendency.

The corruption of the governmen-' tal management of this administration is seen and known and felt and as the better part of the people are thoroughly aroused we have every reason for confidence that they will correct these things. The people see that they are now contending for the mastery with corruption and unless they gain the day nothing but ruin portends. They will be victorious and the Republicans of this country will hold the reins of administration for the-next twenty years. Mr. II.

of Oxford, was in the QuiD-Ncxc office yesterday. He informed us that he had dehorned 500 head of cattle already this winter, among them the herd of W. Green, of Valverde, and other stock men. Mr. Vandervoort is a practical hand at the business, and those of our farmers who want their cattle safely dehorned will do well to write him.

We acknowledge a pleasant call yesterday from Ed S. (Colonel Mulberry Sellers) a former prominent newspaper man of Missouri, but now a postal clerk on the Kansas City Ft. Scott Gulf rail road. Mr. Vance, though a young man, has occupied a number of lucrative positions in our sister state, vention.

The committee apointed by the Sumner county club to attend that meeting to secure the holding of that convention in this piace should be on hand. Dos Case. The Oxford dog case claimed the attention of the court a greater part of yesterday. The title of the case was the city of Oxford vs J. J.

Stevens, the defendant being charged with having harbored a dog on his premises without paying taxes on the same and in violation of the ordinances of the city. The evidence in the case was concluded at 4 o'clock last evening and the attorneys submitted the case to the jury without argument. The verdict was, not guilty. 1 The Leavenworth Sun kicks with Xot Guilty. In the case of Ban Ward, charged with an assault with intent to kill, on the person of N.

A. Henry, the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. There is a Dr. in a northwest Kansas town who has a monopoly on his profession and seemstobe working it for all there is in it. A man recently called him a liar whereupon the Dr.

was riled and proceeded to "do up his defamer in a manner closely allied to that of John L. Sullivan. man had gotten both eyes draped 'in mourning, his nose flattened out like a pancake and his spinal column almost dislocated the Dr. proceeded to dress his wounds after which he presented a' bill of $13.95 for services rendered. Band Organization.

married life with the good wishes of their many friends. Oliver Rhinehart went out to Gray county last July and took a claim. He was at home attending his brothers wedding. The band met and reorganized last evening. This is a good move and we wish the boys success.

Wellington has always had one of the best bands in Southern Kansas, and it may be depended upon that the boys will continue to hold a place in the front rank. great vigor against the proposition for the council of their city to appropriate $1,200 for the purpose of properly ob. serving the fourth of July. While it is a little early to begin plans for Fourth is well informed on the topics of the day and is a pleasing conversationalist. From Wednesday's DallT.

Ed Bishop was down from Conway yesterday. T. B. Malernee, of Belle Plaine, was in the city yesterday. J.

T. Casey was in the city from Conway Springs yesterday. Frank Rumor was in the city yesterday from Illinois township. D. W.

Horner came down from Belle Plaine on business yesterday. Henry S. Mclntyre, of Arkansas City was on our streets yesterday. of July celebrations, we are inclined to Miss Kittie C. Wilkins, who is called "the cattle queen of Idaho," owns between seven and eight hundred horses, and nays they are much easier to take car of than cattle.

They show more intelligence in pawing away the snow to get at the grass, and they bring better prices. Miss Wilkins is young, a fine horsewoman and a thinks life in Idaho deligdtful. The Supper. The supper given last night bythe young ladies of the Presbyterian church for the benefit of the Y. M.

C. was well patronized, and a pleasant time was bad by all. We did not get the amount taken in, but presume from the attendance there were satisfactory Court IVoteg( Brewster vs Carr et al. Judgement on the verdict against plaintiff for costs. Plaiutiff excepts.

City of Oxford vs J. J. Stevens. Trial resumed and proceded with. Witnesses testify.

Case given to jury after which they retire in charge of a sworn baliff. think that the Sun looks at the matter in the right light when it favors raising the amount needed from business men, who will be benefitted by the move, instead of collecting it from the tax The Winfield I citizens-of that town who have subscribed money to pay the leader of their band and have failed to pay up. Winfield has her affections centered on a. brass-band and a westernleague base ball, team..