Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-10-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Doth QfeSSeQ handsomely and seemed to bC
very proper persons they were at once re.
teeiVed in ".society." Mr.. Warren an
nounced himself as "Claim Adjuster of thu
Burlington tS Missouri and Kansas City,
Fort Scott g Gulf Railroads, with headquar.
tiers at Omaha" A short time ago the pail
Suddenly departed for Oregon, and it ha.
:. been learned that the woman was a Mrs.
Melicin, who had been saved from suicide
on the death of her husband, by Warren
who Is waiting for divorce from his wife,
whom he left destitute in Wichita with foul
children on her hands. To make matters
worse, T. j. Logan, of Omaha, arrived in
town the other day, charging Warren with
having swindled him out of $1s, 900 by mis-
representations and theft, $4,000 OF which
was cash. Iaa t-:l Ts,ro aa,a
| Thomas Ponto, an aged Frenchman,
died from foul air while digging well near
Atchison the other day. -.
Burglars have been. doing well about
Atchison.
The grange store at Pleasanton, Linn
County, has made an assignment for the
benefit Of its creditor, r. Benjamin Ellis.
The liabilities are estimated at $40. 900, and
the resources at $500. y i -ul5
! 5a Governor st. John has deposited in
the aTchiveszof the State Historical Society
the pen with which the joint resolution SUBJ
hitting the prohibition amendment was
signed by him, March 1, 1879, and with
which he also signed the prohibitory law on
February 10, 1881.
The State School Fund Commission.
ers have purchased within the last eighteen
months, as an investment for the perma-
nent school fund, about $4,000 worth OF
| bonds. .-G E.s
One of the most exciting cases ever
tried in Sedgwick County was settled in the
District Court at Wichita q few days ago.
Hannah R. Carter, a young girl, brought
| suit for $4,000 damages against T. NJ. Lane,
awealthy citizen, alleging criminal assault
and abortion on his part. The evidence de-
velopes series of crimes and cruelty al
most without parallel. The courtroom all
through the trial was packed, and the
crowd could not be restrained from APP
plauding the points made by plaintiffs
! counsel. The jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiff for Sc, 900. The excitement was
intense and there were frequent threats OF
! lynching. Lane has been arrested for per-
| jury on complaint of Miss Carter. Pending
examination bail was fixed at $4,000.
At the session of the Grand Lodge OF
Kansas Odd-Fellows in Topeka The other
day the Secretary read report showing that
there are,now in operation in the State 19J
! lodges, fifteen new ones having been char
| tered during the year. The total member
ship is s,S5s, ar iRcrease of 93G oveE lasA
years The receipts of subordinate lodges
for the last fiscal year have been SIG, 1O1 Ii,
an increase of $I1, 449.3O. The total assests OF
subordinate lodges amount to $2I3, 076. The
amount paid for relief during the year was
$40, 32S. 81, to which must be added the reg
ular relief, 81, 047.92, grand total of $12, :.
1868
The Union Pacific directors have
| transferred the Leavenworth s. Lawrence
branch to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad Company. The Santa Fe men have
sold to the Union Pacific the Topeka &
Leavenworth road. The Santa Fe and Union
Pacific are to be Jointly interested in the
Lawrence & Carbondale road. The Santa
Fee will now operate continuous line from
LeaYenworth the entire length of the Kan
sas City, Lawrence and Southern Railway.
The Secretary of the State Board of
| Agriculture has issued the following sum-
mary of his forthcoming crop report, giving
the population of the State and product OF
the principal crops: Population for the
year 1881, 932, 5OG; population for 1892, $780,,
700. Winter wheat for the year 1882, AGO.
745 acres, yielding SO, 949, 1893 bushels; spring
wheat, 49,, 522 aefcs. ], 791. 446 bushels; corn,
AL ,536 acres, 157 zoos, 722 bushels; rye, 24,-
662 acres, 4,456,4OO bushels; oats, 500. 23g
acres, q, 946, 2S4 bushels.
The Presbyterian Synod of Kansas, at
its recent session, resolved TO enter at once
into the work of establishing college Of a
high order at Emporia. The citizens OF
Emporia, through their committee, Hon.
z. B. Plumb, Chairman, have offered thirty
eight acres of land near the city, containing
beautiful site for college. and $50, 200 in.
money. The Synod is TO raise $4,000 with
in specified time, and is to go forward in
the matter of endowing the institution.
Auditor Bonebrake has drawn the
following warrants on the State Treasurer:
For the maintenance OF destitute insane per-
sons in Leavenworth County for the quarter
ending September 30th, 1882, 81, 057. 80. For
the maintenance of insane persons in AtchI-
son County for the same quarter, $3.50.
| At the last meeting of the Kansas
State Horticultural Society. one apple
grower from Leavenworth County stated
that he had an orchard of 1900 Missouri
plpplnS JnaL Oh Tue HlIu year lTOIu planting
Welded 1890 bushels, and that the past year
1881, the sixth-he had gathered 1900
bushels and had sold them Tor enough to
pay for the cost of the entire orchard.
The above variety is the only one that bore
a full crop. the past season. in Kansas and
Missouri.
From the figures received at the Office
of the State Superintendent Of Public In
struction it is shown that the edutionai In
sttutions of Kansas started out the first Of
this. month with an Increased attendance.
The State University had over 500 pupils,
the State Normal over 800, the State Agri-
cultural College over 800, and the Baker
University shows the greatest increase OF
all, having on opening day about 275 attend
ants.
Kansas has received from the general
government in the last ten years $3.50, 1856. 0s
on account of the per cent. claims and
S274. 1877. Os on account Of the sales OF public
Somebody in New York is evident
" irving to introduce new fashion. A