Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27
miscellaneous Items.

The Holiness camp-meeting Of the
Free MethOdists, held at Walnut Hill, on
the Sangamon River, in the outskirts of
Topeka, recently, was well attended, and
was said to have been very interesting.
Citizens of Emporia, Lyon County,
have contributed $4,000 to the fund for
founding the College of Emporia.
DR.. T. j. Wheeler, Of Howard, Elk
County, will open large breeding estab-
IshmenU at that place for thoroughbred
hogs, horses and cattle.
On the farm of Mr.. Stephen Jex, in
Marion County, the product of sixteen and
a half acres of wheat was threshed, yielding
74915 bushels, or an average of over forty
nine bushels per acre.
John J. Hall, of Emporia, the Kan
sas breeder of Holstein cattle, had opened
dairy at that place, where he holds his
cattle. A late sale of the imported COW
Dorrit and a bull was made to S. T.
Counts, Wakarusa.
Miss Mollie Mundia, a saleswoman
in Small, Ramsey & VOORHEES, dry goods
store, at Leavenworth, startled her COM
panions few days ago by being found by
them in an upper story in a half unconscious
state with note tightly clasped in her
nandSs Inc nOUG contained CnO 1OllOWlIlR:
81 am tired of life" She asked one of them
about noon how much morphine would kill
woman, but did it in joking way. Near
her was found an envelope marked NOR
phine, which had contained three grains.
She was in a dying condition. Her mother
wished her to marry man WI Jm she did
not like. She is nineteen years old and
very pretty.
Michael LANCE, of Morrill,, Brown
County, a laborer on the st. Joe and West
ern Railroad, accidentlv fell beneath
train at Seneca, a few days ago, and died
in about one hour. He leaves a wife and
ne child.
There are nearly $4,000 members of
the Grand Army of the Republic in the
State, an increase of eighty two per cent.
in six months.
The wool-growers of the State held
meeting at Topeka few evening ago, and
among other business adopted the follow
ing: Resolved, That we, the members of
the Kansas Growers Association,
earnestly protest against the reduction of
duties on wool at the last session of Con-
gress, and request our Senators a41 Repre-
sentatives to use all honorable means in
their power to restore the former tariff and
to prevent any or all actions detrimental to
our interests.
The annual meeting and reunion of
the Association of ex-PrisOners of War is
to be held at LeavenwOrth, October II.
The Topeka Polo Club won the game
with the Kansas City club few nights ago
by two straight goals in eleven and eigh-
teen minutes respectively.
The editor of the Atchison Champion
is candidate for Governor and his asso-
ciate editor is a candidate for Secretary of
State.
At Lancaster, Atchison County, while
several children were playing in house
recently, Mrs. Rehstein happened to pick
up a self-cocking revolver, the result being
the instant death of the young daughter of
a neighbor.
The regulation size of catalpa leaves
in Ottawa County this season is 16x16
inches.
Mcpherson, Mcpherson County, has
just built water-worls, for protection
against fire, at cost of $1,000.
The Commissioners of Ellis County
have decided to tax the telegraph wires
running through that county at twenty
FIVE dollars per mile.
State Fish Commissioner Gle SAYS
there is no State in the Union that has as
many miles of streams habitable for fish
within its borders as Kansas.
Two men in Marion County, named
Freedland and Mathoit, fought each other
with pitchforks a few days ago. Freedland
got it in the neck but may recover.
The Kansas Agricultural College
now has four breeds of hogs on the farm,
viz: Essex, Berkshire, Jersey Red and
Poland China. The last two named have
recently been acquired.
Light frost, but no damage.
Among the visitors at the State Fair
was Shoughnosh, brother of Sloughonisse,
Chief of the Pottowatomies. Shoughnosh
wore an embroidered nightshirt outside his
leather Ieggings, which were decorated
with beads and colored quilts. He wore
ssPrince Albert' coat over ali and his head
was covered with felt hat ornamented
with feathers.
A saloonist of Dodge City recently re-
ceived 500 barrels of liquor in one consign-
ment. The liquor traffic in Kansas is fall
ing of ~ since the prohibition law took
effect.
A post-ofice has been established at
Oklahoma Kingman County.