Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-05-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS

ing OF the train while in notion was
rearrested at Kansas City the other dav
and taken back to Topeka for confinement.
On the journey from Kansas CITY a gang of
pickpockets boarded the train, and while
plying their trade the officer seized one of
them and threw him to the floor. At this
his comrades jumped upon the officer and
beat him severely about the head with the
butt ends of their pistols, finally overpow-
ering him and making their escape from
the train. The people in the car were too
terrified to render any assistance to the
officer, but he managed to retain Clancy,
and landed him.
Martha E. Clark (colored) was the
other day convicted of murder in the Sec
ond degree at Fort Scott. In November
last an old coloTed woman named Bradley
was found one Sunday with her head
crushed in with an ak. The affair was
buried in mystery, and had been about for
gotten, when this spring Constable A.
Boyce, who had been quietly working the
matter up, arrested Martha Clark and Jack
son Yocum for the murder.
Four prisoners, George Stewart,
Robert Stone, William Riley and John
| Riley, confined in the city prison at Atchi-
son made a successful break for liberty the
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front window was pried up and loosened
| by bending, permitting the body of q man
| to pass through John Riley was supposed
to be the leader of the gang, being hard
| ened character and wanted in Topeka for
attempting to kill his father and two po-
! licemen.
Officers from Nortonville were in
Leavenworth few days ago looking for a
man who gave his name in that locality to
some persons as wager and to others as
! Vinegar. He was canvassing for the Life
! of Christ, and took a great many orders for
! the books at six dollars each, collecting in
| advance nearly 5000, but when the time
| came he did not appear and inquiry proved
! that the statement that the profits accruing
from the orders he took were to be applied
to the Catholic School was untrue. His
victims were anxious to get him.
Joseph Ford, of Adams Township,
has the champion apple-tree of Nemaha
County, if not of all Kansas. He planted
| the tree fourteen years ago. The body of
| the tree now measures four feet around. It
bears excellent fruit, and promises a big
| yield this year.
Superintendent Dorrance, of the
Union Pacific. Railway, formerly of Law
renee, was lately going east in his special
car. A few miles from Collyer Station a
very bright flash of lightning was seen and
on the track ball of fire. AS the coach
passed over the spot, on looking out to see
what it had struck, the coach was. observed
| to be on fire, which was soon put out, and
on examination hole about the size of a
bullet-hOle was seen in the floor, but no
! trace of where the fluid had entered the car
could be seen.
A curious freak of nature can be seen
on a farm near Norton, Norton County.
| The curiosity is calf born without eyes.
| The calf is perfectly formed, active and all
right, with the exception that it has no sign
of an eyeba1.
The number of sheep in Decatur
County has increased from 1881 in 1882 to
$4,000 in 1888, a gain of 900 per cent.
In Topeka the temperance people
were holding enthusiastic revival meetings
recently. They had raised several thou
sand dollars with which to prosecute the
saloon-keepers of that city who were going
ahead with their business under sanction
| of the city. officials in spite of the liquor
law. Proceedings would also be brought
in the Supreme Court of the State against
the Mayor A similar attempt to enforce
the law in Topeka failed last year.
A full meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Kansas State Fair Association
! was held in Topeka few days ago, and
| Hon. E. n. Morrill,, of Hiawatha, was elect
| ed Director and President. An aggregate
of $40, 900 was agreed upon for the speed
| ring, to be distributed to the cities of
| Marysville, Mo-; st. Joseph, Topeka and
Kansas City. There will be seven trotting,
seven running and two pacing races at each
place in the circuit.
Frank A. Minter, alias Walker, alias
Vinson, somewhat notorious criminal.
was taken to Topeka the other day for the
theft of team of horses several weeks ago,
I which he took to Nebraska and sold. On
his arrival there several officers from other
localities endeavored to secure him for
similar offenses. Chief of Police Richie,
of st. Joseph, obtained requisition for
him, but the authorities declined to deliver
! him. Minter was also charged with stealing
five horses in Ottawa County and several
in Missouri. Upon being taken before the
Justice he was held in $4,000 bail, and his
examination was postponed.
Miss Lula Galloway was the first col
ored graduate from the high school in At
Gibson.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the First National Bank of
Seneca to begin business; capital, $4,000.
AS freight train on the Kansas City,
Lawrence & Southern Kansas Railroad was
crossing the Arkansas River at Oxford,
Sumner County the other morning, the ap-
! proach to the bridge gave way and the en-
! CINE and freight car were hurled into the
river. Howard Finley, engineer, was
! killed, and Kelley, fireman, was badly in
! jured, and car of horses were drowned.
! A passenger train had crossed the bridge
| but a short time before.
Young Morse, of Hutchinson, Reno
| County, shot his mother the other day for
a skunk. Her husband had loaded a shot
| gun to kill the depredator of his hen coop
and the boy hearing noise in the coop,
saw a white object and fired, the shot TAX
ing effect in the left leg of Mrs. Morse, his
mother, who had been looking after eggs.
It was feared the leg might have to be am