Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-08-30
n1isceIlaneons State Items.

of Topeka.
Miscellaneous State Items.
Five complaints were received by the
Railroad Commission at Topeka few
days ago. One was from some parties
three and one-half miles west of st. George,
on the Union Pacific Road, in Pottawato-
switch and side track, and it was put in on
their paying $40 in cash and doing the
necessary grading. Last July, without
any notice, the company removed the
switch and siding, and the parties ask for
its re-establishment.
At a wedding of German couple in
Leavenworth the other morning charivari
party was invited into the house, when
they were attacked with knives and three
men and one woman were badly cut. 1t
was thought J. Kochonowski and Patsie
Rathford would die, as Rathford's arm was
amputated at the elbow and the muscles of
Kochonowski's left leg were cut entirely in
two. Several arrests were made.
The State Auditor has issued a war
rant for fifty dollars to Norton County for
the expense of a Normal Institute.
William @. Whitney, of Cawker City,
Mitchell County, has been appointed JUS
tice of the Peace for Cawker township.
A commission was recently issued to
Everett Walker, of Wyandotte, as County
Surveyor of Wyandotte County.
The Board of Trade recently organized
at Manhattan, Riley County, has been
granted charter.
A cattle-raiser was fined $500 and
sentenced to jail for thirty days recently
by the authorities of Medicine Lodge for
driving cattle into Barber County infected
with Texas fever.
Hutchinson, Reno County, has an I'M
savory reputation. Seventeen slzunks were
killed there in one day recently by one
man.
A colony of Oklahoma settlers, mum
bering 375, have left Hunnewell, Sumner
County for Indian Territory.
The Western National Fair Associa-
ton offers purse of $500 in the amateur
September 5, at Topeka.
Applications fO1, space at the State
Fair, to be held at Topeka, were coming in
SO fast upon the Secretary that he and his
force were compelled to work almost hight
and day to respond 30 them, and attexd to
the other business connected with the office.
breeder in Nebraska, for space for forty
five hogs. A like application came from
Illinois, for space for sixty hogs. Notice
was received from New York that ten of
the fastest running horses from the Grand
Eastern circuit of New York would be on
hand, and three applications came from
Iowa, and two from Kansas, for space to
show up blooded stock.
At Hays City, Ellis County, a few
days ago four saloon men, who had been
arrested for violating the Prohibitory law,
entered plea of guilty on one count, and
promised to quit the business. Each was
fined 500 and costs of the suit, which they
paid. In the case of the complaint lodged
against John M. Stehly, Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of Ellis County, last April,
charging Stehley with being drunk, and
asking that he might be removed by i'm
parchment or otherwise, the jury returned
a verdict of guilty, and the Office was de-
clared vacant by Judge Pratt. The County
Clerk is under the same charge, but would
not be tried this term.
A meeting of the Kansas State Far
mers' Alliance will be held in Sthe City of
Topeka, on Wednesday, September u, 1888,
at three p. m. Every local Alliance is en-
titled to one delegate. Officers, for the en-
suing year are to be elected and questions
of great Importance to the farmer will natuA
rally come up for consideration. This will
give delegates an opportunity to visit the
fair. They will also have the advantage of
reduced rates over all the railroads in the
State. There are now in the State $50 Alli-
ances.
Green Richardson, of Topeka, went
to Ottawa few days ago to sell some
stock, and while on the train proceeding
homeward went to sleep and was carried
past Topeka some two miles. The conduc-
tor stopped the train for him, and getting
off he started to walk back. When a short
distance west of North Topeka, he was met
by two men who ordered him to throw up
his hands. Having nothing with which to
defend himself, he instantly complied,
when they went through his pockets and
relieved him of $40 in cash.
A good apple crop is predicted.
The Kansas land sales this season
viii reach an immense figure. The Land
Commissioner of the Kansas Division of the
Union Pacific reports that the department
has, since January of this year, applied for
patents to 1850 acres in its land grant
and paid the fees for them. It would, how
ever, require some time before the General
Land Office at Washington could issue all
of them.
John Hollan, a professional burglar,
arrived in Topeka few days ago, and tried
to burglarize theresidence of John E. Frost.
BE was captured.
It cost Frank McWhinny S60fo beat
ing his wife in Topeka recently.