Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-11-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


AtchisOn the other night. He was SCOUTING
cut" some freight cars, and fell under the
wheels. He was missed but few moments.
His engineer went to look for him and found
his body horribly cut up. his right leg
crushed and taken of, and his head mashed
into an indistinguishable mass. He was the
sole support of a widowed mother in st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, where he was we'll known and re-
spected by all his comrades.
James Dougherty, for whose capture
Gov. st. John has offered $500 reward, ar
rived in Atchison the other morning, to find
officers waiting for him, but tbs desrerado
drew two self-cocking bulldog re sslYors and
made the officers retreat and Che passen-
gers scatter, while he fed under cover OF
the darkness over the bridge infss4zEsssouri,
Democrats and anti Prohibitionists
had barbecue near Leavenworth the other
day.
VIM. Croker, farmer, was thrown
from his wagon and seriously injured by
runaway horses near Atchison the other
day.
At Amourdale, the other night, Bessie
Welsh took 3 dose of laudanum and went
into the park to die. She was discovered
in time to save her life. She said her father
her. As measure of retaliation, she ran
away from home and sought to poison her
self.
Detectives of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe arrested James Talbot, under
sheriffiof Bent County, Colo, at Topeka the
other morning. Talbot is charged with be-
ing an accessory of the men who robbed
train on that road few weeks ago, and sus-
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is the man who killed DR.. Stansfield in Col
orado short time ago. Talbot denies any
knowledge of the robbery.
The Board of Trustees of the Kansas
Conference of the Methodist Church have
filed charter in the Office OF the Secretary
Of State. The Directors for the first year
are: o. J. Cowles, D. D., Topeka; j. Den
nison, D. D., Valley Falls; R. Wake, Cen
tralia; P. T. Rhodes, North Topeka; G. S.
Dearborn, Vinland; VIM. Stevenson, Wyan-
dotte; W. Vandurinton, Abilene; j. A.
Simpson, Manhattan, and w. Il. Sweet,
Baldwin City. Place of business, Topeka.
The young reprobates of Wyandotte
and vicinity have inaugurated new system
of thieVing, which is causing considerable
annoyance and Vexation to the citizens.
Two of these little chaps go ahead and tear
o4A al 4OOSO SaC0 CSbCHOSS uOOE
scrapers, pull up staples and rings, knock
on hoops Of beer kegs, in fact tear off any
thing that is iron; they are followed by two
more with bag, who pick up the proceeds
Of the first two and, depositing it in their
sack, skip out.
Gen. Sherman addressed the officers
and enlisted men OF the School Of Applica-
lion, at Fort Leavenworth, the other day,
and spoke with feeling of his faVorite pro-
iect and the gratifying growth it had made.
Mrs. Freylinger, German renting
place near Arkansas City, had difficulty
with her landlord, Mr.. Mole, the other day,
and she shot him dead.
Oklahoma Payne has returned to his
home in Wichita. He complains bitterly of
the treatment received by himself and party
ut the hands Of the Federal troops, and says
that the colOnists suffered damage by reason
Of having their teams, wagons and property
taken from them. A large portion of this
property was returned to the colonists by
Quartermaster Hueston, but not all. The
camp equipage Of the party was almost en-
tirely destroyed by the Federal authorities.
Apple packing goes on with undated
speed in Leavenworth, and the fruit trade
now ranks as one Of the largest Industries of
the place.
The application for writ of habeas
corpus in the case of Emily C. Evans, now
under the guardianship of the Sisters of
Charity in Leavenworth, was heard by Judge
Brewer, Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, the other day. The parents of the
child were married in England, where the
father died, and the mother, who was dis
liked by her husbands people, came to
America and settled in LeaYenworth, where
she was very unfortunate and was found by
some ladies in an old barn, sick and desti-
tute, her children with her, This was in May,
1880. Quarters were procured for her at st.
| Johns Hospital, where the Sisters
| extended her the kindest care. The woman
fingered until September, when death ended
life of suffering and sorrow. She gave her
child to the Sisters, leaving it and them only
a blessing and an admonitiOn to care for the
| little one and bring it up in the Catholic
faith. Three or four months ago an agent
from the grandparents of the child, who
live in England, demanded it, saying that
several thousand dollars had been left to
Emily on condition that she should return
to England and be brought up in the Prot
estant faith. The Sisters declined to give
the child up and the matter got into the
/ courts.
The mangled remains of a young
man were found on the Missouri Pacific
track in Wyandotte the other morning. On
searching the pockets a number of letters
from Lizzie B. West, of Pennington, N.
j., bearing dates of June %, March 10, June
| 8 and September IL, were found. On the
| back of the last letter was found the follow
| ing memorandum, signed George C. West:
''This day duly take VOW not to touch,
taste or handle Intoxicating or strong drinks
Of any kind for the period of one month.
So God will help me to keep this VOW"
The trial of Brashier for the killing of
| VIM. Sterling at Hunnewell resulted in q
verdict OF "murdeT in the second degree"
! The verdict was a surprise to all concerned
in the case, as Brashier's lawyers thought
they had made out 8 pretty clear case of
self-defence, and may be taken as protest
of the people through jury Of their num-
bers against the Wholesale shooting during
the past year in the cattle towns on the
border.
Mrs. Mallonee. who was killed al
the recent railroad accident at Syracuse
was a contributor to the Century maya
zine, and one of her latest contribution
was entitled 1.-The Whistles. " The las