Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-10-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


P. Coles wholesale grocery house one 0
the front windows was broken in and ,
quantity Of goods taken. At Thompson'
hardware store several revolvers and kniYe!
were taken.
Charles and Henry Underestimate
brothers, were seriously injured by a rail.
roader named Gus Flake in disreputabl'
house near Topeka the other day. One O
them had four CHASTITY knife gashes on his
face and head, and the other was bruised
and kicked almost beyond recognition.
John Sherman, of Ohio, delivered an
address to large audience at the Opera.
house in Lawrence the other night, hun.
dreds Of people being turned away for want
of room.
Russian mulberry grows better in
Western Kansas than cottonwood, and
makes good hedges and furnishes good tim
Der.
Lawrence is soliciting subscriptions
| for $4,000 hotel.
| The following charters have been filed
with the Secretary of State: The Lawrence
| Paper Company, OF Lawrence, capital stock
$50, 900; directors for the year,. D. Brod
| erick and Lyman G. Gardner of Lawrence,
and Herman T. Edmunds of De Witt, N. Y.
The Presbyterian College, of Emporia, with
the following Board of Trustees-S. n. ST..
John, Onago; A. H. Horton, Atchison;
John Wilson, Oberln. W. Day, S. F. Nc
Cabe, W. n. Page, Leavenwortb; w. s..
Porter, Fort Scott; P. Fales, OftawaJ VIM.
Bishop, Salina; L. Sternberg, Ellsworth; D.
Kingery, Sterling; j. E. Platter, Winfield !;
j. H. Hewitt, Wichita: p. B. Plumb, c..
Cross, j. 4. Hindy, r. NJ. Overstreet, R. R.
McCandless G. NJ. Swain and S. B. Riggs,
of Emporia.
While ALI Weier and wife were riding
near Lawrence the other day the carriage
wheel struck a rut, precipitating the 0ccu-
pants to the ground. Mrs. Weier was so
seriously injured that her condition was ex-
tremely critical at one time.
The musical festival at Topeka at
tracted large number of guod singers from
all parts of the State, all determined to
make the affair grand success.
The body of an unknown man was
found hanging in an old barn naar Topeka
the other morning, appearances Indicating
that it had been there several days, as de-
composition had set in. The man was ap-
parently about 40 years Of age, feet
inches high, and weighed probably 100
pounds. In one pocket Of his trousers was
found an old purse containing 81, pair of
eyeglasses and pair of small scissors; In
the other piece of plug tobacco, around
which was strip of brown wrapping paper
with the name of R. w. Dodge, Topeka,
on it. Further than this no clew could be
ascertained.
Vanderbilt Bryant, of Wallace, Md,
stopped in Atchison on his way to Pueblo,
Col, the other day, and purchased ticket
via the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe route.
After leaving Topeka he formed the &C
quaintance of three talkative men, who in.
terested him with Colorado mining stories.
When the conductor came around Bryant
searched for his ticket and pocket book,
which were gone, as we'll as a watch and an
express receipt for 800.
Pat Clancy and an accomplice, who
were arrested and convicted of pocket-p pick
ing during the State Fair and have been
serving their sentences in the City Prison at
Topeka, managed to escape the other night.
They made saw from an old case-knife,
and with it cut two of the bars from the
windows. Two other prisoners, charged
with DEMONSTRATING, also tried to escape,
but were caught by the officers.
A. B. Cornell and Wickoff and Foster
were indicted by the United States grand
jury at LeaVenworth, the other day, for al
legged conspiracy in star-route frauds in
Russell County. Wickoff an Foster gave
bonds of 5000 each, and Cornell was placed
in jail in default of $500 bail.
Hugh Corrigan, Missouri Pacific yard
master at Atchison, suffered from chills
few nights ago and for relief purchased a
bottle Of ague cure. Knowing that one
spoonful would do no good, as the direc-
tons prescribed, he took half of the bottles
contents, and in a short while was in terri
Bile agony. The timely arrival of physi-
clan with stomach-pump saved his life.
The Pawnee Irrigation and Water
Power Company, of Pawnee County, has
been chartered by the Secretary of State.
Capital stock, $4,000. Directors-J. w.
Rush, Henry Booth, r. Fl. BOllinger, N. j.
Krusen, II. W. Dusenberry, of Larned;
John Indus, of Pawnee Rock; j. Fl. Rick
seeker, of Sterling, and L. A. Bigger, of
Hutchinson. Larned will be the headquar-
tiers of the company.
Maggie Crowley, a fifteen-year-old
negress, has been sentenced to three
months Imprisonment, at Atchison, for at
tempting to stab a schoolmate.
1u6 0FIu6uCS III GuC Odl6Iu SWITCH IN
vestigation is very much in favor of Camp
bell, the brakeman, and points strongly to
the probability that two tramps did the ter
rible work. A reliable farmer heard
tramp swear that he would get even with
the Santa Fe, and two other farmers swore
that they saw two tramps moving down to-
ward the switch a little prior to the acct
dent.
It will be remembered that about two
years ago forty three suits were brought
against Eldred Harrington, of Brown Coun-
ty, to recover the value of cattle that died
Of Spanish fever, said to have been intro
duced by stock that he brought from the
South to that county. Hon. w. II. Webb,
of Atehison, defended the suits of HarriDg-
ton. The plaintiff was defeated in all of
them. Harrington then brought suit for
damages sustained by reason of attachments
Issued against him. Judge Webb tried the
damage suit at Hiawatha a few days ago
and recovered 1887 for Mr.. Harrington.
-..You know am member of tbs
IRE department, said Biggs. land if
find your young spark in my house, it
will be my duty to put him out. - ''But,
father replied his daughter, ''if you
do, like as not shall have new flame
with a week" Biggs imbered up inn
mediately. Boston transcript.