Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-22
nriscel1aneous stare Items.

ton to the $500 offered by the city of EN-
poria and the $3.50 offered by Lyon County.
Governor Click, as the State Executive,
has offered $500.
A large meeting of the Kansas State
Stenographers' Association was held in To-
peka recently. The following officers for
the next six months were elected: R.
A. Henderson, Topeka, President; ]. o.
Popenal Topeka, Vice-President; N. H.
Loomis, Salina, second Vice-President; J.
S. Macabe, Topeka, Secretary; G. j. Baker,
Topeka, Treasurer.
Two prisoners-one horse thief, the
other a forger-escaped from the Jail at
Lawrence a few nights ago by saving
through the iron bars of their cell and then
digging hole through the jail wall.
Mr.. and Mrs McGinnis, of Minneap-
oils, Ottawa County, having too many chill
dren to support, concluded to kill some of
them off. A little girl was rescued by
neighbors just in time to save the child's
life.
Otis Page, fifty-fve years of age, has
been living as a hermit near Medicine
Lodge, Barbour County, for four years.
He communicates with none of his neigh
bors and discourages all visits from them.
A few days ago mad dog was seen
on the streets in Robinson, Brown
County. The dog was pursued four miles
and often shot at and hit, about a dozen
shots being fired in all. It was also pierced
with pitchfork, but still lived, its mad
ness seeming to increase its hold on life. It
jumped into the window of one house and
out again, biting no person. At Mr.. Ben
janin Smyth's it bit two valuable horses
and was at last killed. Mr.. SmYth imme-
diately gave away the horses to persons
who knew all the facts. Last year Mr..
Smyth lost twenty-eight hogs from the
same disease. This is a pretty heavy tax
for one man to bear.
Four Junction City Davis County,
boys, Samuel Durbin, Bob Swartz, Els
worth Durbin and Newton Lodge, left
Junction City for hunt, taking a quart of
gin with them. They consumed the gin and
slept all night in the woods. In the morn
ing they went in pursuit of ducks. In firing
at a flock Bob Swart's gun missed, and be-
ing in the rear of the other boys, he raised
the gun to take aim on the wing, and not
getting it as high as he supposed, the charge
entered the back of Ellsworth Durbin's
head, killing him Instantly.
The Harris Grove Cemetery Associa-
tion, of Nortonville, Jefferson County, and
the Christian Church, of Havensville, Pot
tawatomie County, recently fled articles
of incorporation with the Secretary of
State.
The Social Science Club of Kansas
and Western Missouri convened in Topeka
on the Sth. The officers of the club are:
President, Mrs. G. H. Cushing, of Leaven-
worth; Secretary, Miss A Brown, of Law
renee; Treasurer, Mrs. R. M. Tunnel, Of
Manhattan.
The officers of Company A. Kansas
State Troops of Topeka, have received their
commissions.
A charter was recently issued to the
United Presbyterian Church of Chicaska,
| Sumner County.
| Notaries' commissions were recently
| issued to the following: W. NJ. Benefall,
| Bross, Kingman County; Geo. D. Farrar,
Cherokee, Columbus County; Jacob Mare
more, Raymond, Rice County; Geo. H.
Hyde, Leavenworth County; Fred G.
| Hunt, Winfield, Cowley County; James j.
Hit, Topeka, Shawnee County: E. G.
| Clark, Mcpherson, Mcpherson County;
Joseph F. Culver, Emporia, Lyon County;
! F. L. Drinkwater, Longton, Elk County; G.
H. Ingleield, Peru, Chautauqua County;
John L. Bentson, Gilbert, Ford County; @.
| E. Morrell, Kirwin, Phillips County; S. r.
! Werwick, Jewell, Jewell County; E. NJ.
Forde, Emporia, Lyon County; Jno. e.
! Urmston, Leavenworth, Leavenworth
| County; J. M. Steele, Emporia, Lyon
! County; G. A. Alexander, Topeka, Shaw
nee County.
The fine and costs of John Wand,
convicted of selling liquor in Marion Coun-
ty, amount to between 81, OOO-and 1000.
T. P. Koelzer, of Nemaha County,
recently found a lot of mammoth fossil
teeth on his farm.
The sorghum mills are running on
full time in the far western counties.
Mankato (Jewel County, citizens are
subscribing a fund toward the establish
ment of public library.
Six men were arrested recently in La
! Cygne, Linn County, on charges of violat-
ing the Prohibitory Liquor Law.
The earnings of the State Penitentiary
at Leavenworth for the month of October,
were 81, 1924, and the expenses so, 2JS.31,
| leaving a balance of s., 057.I3. The amount
of coal taken out for State institutions was
| 1879 bushels, the amount of sales of coal
for the month was 1888 bushels.
Rabbit scalps bring a premium.
During the Jefferson County Fair at
| OskaIOosa two sharpers from Atchison,
| Howard and Turner iran game of hazard
and the boys say, swindled in the conduct
of the game. One day recently they went
back to try it again, and were arrested and
taken before Justice Stanley, when they
! paid what money they claimed to have, SIS,
and agreed to leave town, and left.
Hon. James Marvin, late Chancellor
of the University of Kansas, has been ap-
pointed by the Secretary of the Interior
superintendent of the Indian Schools in
Lawrence.
The Kansas Art Association has fled
! its charter.