Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


of La Cygne, Linn County, recently by put
ting in an appearance with thirty thousand
young fish, which were planted in the
Marais des Cygne River at that point.
Atchison has 1862 scholars in the
public schools this year, against 400 last
year.
The salary af the Chancellor of the
State University has been raised to s., 600
ayear.
Mayor Nicely, of a Kansas town,
signs himself as .'servant of the commune
ty."
The body of Hilton, the Santa Fe en-
gineer who was killed at Coolidge recently
by the train robbers, was taken to Milwau-
kee for interment.
A young man named Stewart, living
in Anderson County, swallowed an iron
handled pocket-knife recently.
Fred BOrnhouser, proprietor of the
Choctaw House, cheap clearinghouse
and saloon of Leavenworth, killed himself
few days ago while in drunken fit, by
placing revolver in his mouth and firing.
The cause is unknown, but he had been
drinking heavily, and is said to have had
domestic difficulties.
The wheat crop in this State is
threshing out much heavier than was ex-
pected, and the State Board of Agriculture
has revised its former estimate of this crop,
and it will now aggregate fully $4,000, COO
bushels. The corn crop of Kansas is esti-
mated, and will reach fully 200, GOO, 900
bushels, and will be the largest ever pro-
duced in the State.
William Long, a private in the Fourth
United States Infantry, was mortally
cd q faT1r of yOTfG1
by Policeman Sutton, while resisting ar
rest. On the holding of q Coroner's in
quest the jury found: ''That the deceased,
William Long, came to his death on the
night of the 30th of September, 1888, from
pistol-shot fred from the hand of George
Sutton, policeman of this city, and that
said Policeman Sutton fired in defense of
his own person, and in the faithful dis
charge of his official duty"
James Williams, q Leavenworth
brute, beat his wife in most inhuman
manner few days ago, injuring her so
that she may not recover. The Police
Judge exhausted the penal infection on
him.
S. NJ. Greeley, Treasurer of Saline
County, died at Salina September 80, aged
thirty three.
The crop of sorghum in Pawnee
County this season is something enormous.
| Farmers are advised to see to it that none
of this feed for stock is caught by the frost,
as it will all be needed the coming winter.
The hay crop is unusually short this year,
and thus there will be double need for the
| sorghum. ALI kinds of stock thrive well on
| this feed.
The Gaylord Herald says the potato
crop this year is simply immense.
James j. Seeley, Assistant General
Ticket Agent of the Sonora Railroad, died
| a few days ago, while on a special train,
between AtchisOn and Valley Falls.
The Lawrence Gazette says that the
farmers on the Wakarusa bottoms are in a
! great strain to know how to gather their
corn this fall; there are very few step-lad-
ders, and these being all engaged, there is
! but one chance left, and that is to hire
small boys to climb the stalks and throw
| down the ears. This will make corn-gath-
ering very expensive.
Atchison has "Come Home Early
| Club" at which red Rhine wine, white
Rhine wine and champagne are served.
The Davis County Fair was quite sue
cessful, the receipts being upward of $500.
John f. Orr, of Emporia, was the success
full contestant in the bicycle race.
The Governor has appointed Gilman
E. Jopp, of Providence, Rhode Island, Com
missioner of Deeds for Kansas, to do bust
ness in Rhode Island.
j. L. Weatherholt, a well known
young man of North Topeka, has been ar
rested on the charge of forging check and
uttering the same.
The recent apportionment of the bus
mess of the Post offices throughout the
country makes Topeka the only Office of the
first class in the State.
The Shawnee County Sabbath School
Institute recently held an interesting series
of meetings in the First Presbyterian
Church at Topeka.
The Germans of Topeka duly cele-
brated the bi-centennial anniversary.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the
Kansas Academy of Science will be held
at Topeka, on Wednesday, Thursday AMI
Friday, November 81, % and %, 1888.
William Sullivan, young farmer
whose home was near Lawrence, was muir
dered on the road between that city and his
farm few nights ago. The motive for the
crime was robbery, but the murderers weie
apparently frightened from their work az
ter killing the man, as his money and vain
abIes were untouched.
John Hurless, formerly of IllinoiL,
met his death in Garden City, Sedgwick
County, recently, by accidentally taking
bedbug poison.
| Rev. DR.. McCabe was elected Pres,-
dent of Emporia College, but declined.
Considerable damage was done By
the recent severe storm in Jackson County
The Reformed Presbyterian Church edifice
/ at North Cedar was completely destroyed
A severe wind at Council Grove, Nor
RS County. few evenings since blew down
! the walls of six three-story stone buildings
| just being erected. One wall blew over on
| the hardware store of Gibson & Davidson.
MASKING the roof and the first floor, precip