Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-09-07
pERsONAL AID GENERAL.

A VEIN of coal three feet thick has
been struck at Nation, Ills,s at a depth of
9O4 feet. 4fshe shaft has cost 500, 200. szs'i1
as=al1EsE1ygzlfeEi to death
byza traia at LexinstepS md, Aug. 80.
"A CONTROLLING interest in the COM
mon stock of the Hannibal & st. Joe is said
the owaers Of the BurliHgton road ut a fig
ure ten points too high for acceptanee5
A COURIER in Arizona, who rode 126
miles in thirty two hours, reports that the
victim of the murder at Rancho Gahilan
was not a. G. Hesfng, as reported, but his
nephew, who had been sent 70 Hermosillo
for money to pay the miners. It is believed
that several persons were engaged in the
SEVEN cows are reported to have died
of Fexas fever at Niagara Falls, and rigid
quarantine will be established by the. veter-
mary inspector of the Deminions "a
4 METHODIST preacher na med Bedall
fed from Beallsville, s0 with young SER
want girl, the other day, leaving his wife and
three children utterly destitute
IA FREIGHT car was thrown from the
track at the half-mile iron bridge over North
River, on the Canada Pacific. road ,asbetween
Montreal and OftaSpa, the eother day. ssThe
erect was 10 sendsa spa n Of Greet into the
water. The engineer put on the utmost
pressure and broke loose, sending five cars
into the river and leaving twelve standing
on-the brink of the ;ehasm. Motives were
lost.
p, MATHEW WILLARD, of Palo, Ionia
County Mich, has been arrested on, the SER
iOus charge of poisoning his wife, in May last.
Foul play was surmised at the time. Recently
NH ards store burned. and he was suspect &
ed of setting it onfre to get the insurance
This led to the disinterment of Mrs. Mil
lard's remains, and an analysis of the con-
tents of the stomach showed a considerable
quantity of arsenic. Willard is wealthy, I'D
has good family connections. F-E Is kT
JAMES CRUHfLER and wife, of HamiI-
ton, Ont, went to Niagara Falls the other
day, and after drinking too much sought
rest near the bank of the river. Next morn
ing the woman was found in tree ten feet
over the edge of the bank and the man s
niangted remains on the rocks $50 feet be-
meath. - - - - 81 ~ 3 e
Two boys, named Lyman Bears and
Samuel Reynolds, 1uarreEed in a boat near
Peru, Ind, Aug. 81. Both fell overheard
and were drowned.
DIR. ISAAC B. sCLAYToN, charged with
killing Freeman Lester and acquitted, was
assassinated near Goodman, Miss, Aug, 3d.
His body was riddled with buekshot.
The Hotel Brunswick, the Pleasant
House. Central Hail, and a dwelling, at Old.
Orchard Beach, Me-. were fired, by an in
cendary, Aug. 81. The inmates escaped in
their night Clothes losing their money and
other personal effects.
"A. sHEEP-HERDER named Thompson,
who recently allecame= insane,s literally tore
out the eyes of an aged lady named Reby,
at her house, eighteen miles from Austin,
Texas, the other day.
JOHN FEALMTER begged for lodging
at the station house in Vincennes, Ind, the
other night, and next morning was found
dead on the floor. The cause of his death is
a mysterys though tits supposed It was the
result of heart disease. az 2 = -
MIKE POWERS, a railroad watchman
at louisville, Ky, had some trouble with
five tramps the other day. ( His body was
| found soon after, with bullet-hole in the
! head.
GEORGE ROGERS, aged so, killed his
wife ana then committed suicide by ;shoot-
! ing, at HaVerhill, Mass, Aug. 30. N
The Michigan Republicans have re-
nominated Gov. David H. Jerome.
LIZZIE SELDEN, the little daughter OF
Wm. @. Selden, of Brooklyn, Ny. kid
mapped some days ago, has justbeen restored
| to her parents. 1.-The woman who abducted
the child is young and rather good-lo dkinR.
Her name is Maggie Kappa she. is % years
Of age, single, and resides at % Park ave-
nue., Brooklyn. She said she did not steal
the child, but found her in Greenwich
street, New York. AS she did not read the
4 papers she knew nothing of the where
'abopts aof ITS parehts..s,s Her q arrest was
brought about through iafornlati on given
Detective Shaughnessys by Charles Nc
+ Laughlin, a young man who knew her and
/ was with her when she had the, child. The
| detective found her in bed with the child
/ by her side. When,toId she was under ar
rest she wept. She was taken to the station
and Mr.. Selden was sent for. When he saw
his child he nearly faintedY his eyes filed
| with tears, and as he clasped her to his
bosom he sobbed: "My little darling, Iehave
found you at last!'i. The little one cried
s'Papa," and kissed him over and over
again. The scene was very affecting. Mrs.
| Kappel visited her daughter at police head
| quarters, and answers the description of the
woman who was at first reported to have
| stolen the child. Maggie had been arrested
! fosslarcepy. Her picture was taken and
| shartIy afterRard She; was brought before
the court. She pleaded not guilty and was
| remanded.. -A<A Ftft stcl'5 ~ ri I
/ The British steamer Lake Nepigon,
from Liverpool for Montreal Is aground on
the Irish coast. The passengers were saved.
AN order has been issued from the
Post=ofice Departments stopping the.deliY=
cry Of money orders and register I'd letters to
! parties conducting q fraudulent t'Institu-
ton for FeebleSAlinded Children,o at En-
glewood, Cook County, Ill.
TIE reception to Mrs. Old John Brown
at FarBell Hall, Chicago, the other night, in
connection with the effort to raise money to
! buy her homestead in California, was at
tended by about 1 ,000 persons, and was Pc
cuniariiy successful. 'i'' 80
ANDREW BYERs, aged As, a carpen-
ter living in indianapolis, informed his
wife, when he went home the ether evening,
that he Intended to shoot himself Mrs.
Byers followed him Into the room IN time to
see him place revolver to his breast and
send ball through his heart. Death was
instantaneous. He had been dissipating for
several days. and had frequently threatened
suicide. At Elkhart, Ind, George Spen-
Ger, vel -kno sFn travelling ptysician. e.
capped 6haheial eEnbarrassment by taxing