Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
KANSAS NEWS

rink IN northern Kansas when completed.
At Leavenworth a man named Bailey
fell out of hay loft and broke three of
/ his ribs and received severe internal in
juries.
at Humboldt few days ago. Henry
/ HartWig accidentally killed himself by
/ drinking liquor from a bottle that con
/ tanned strychnine.
/ A man named Newton Trowbridge
has invented a new kind of lamp burner,
for which he has received a patent. He
! is a TOpekan.
Fort Scot Monitor: Miss Sadie Shaffer
Of Fulton, had the misfortune recently
/ TO fall at the skating rink and seriously
! sprain her ankle.
WOodson County Democrat: Bussing
bees are becoming quite common, and SO
are prairie wolves; some of the boys are
/ thinking of arming, they have to be out
so much nights.
The Ministers Alliance is a Topeka
! religious organization which includes
nearly every minister in the city.
They discuss questions concerning the
| betterment OF mems souls at their meet
ings.
Conductor w. R. Irwin, of the Santa
Fe road, was bitten on the hand
the other day by large black spi-
der, and from its effects his hand and
arm became badly infamed and sWol-
len.
Fort Scot Monitor: Jake Confines
store on Wall street was broken into by
burglars and three good watches stolen;
also several watch chains. The thieves
effected an entrance through a back
window.
The skeleton of a man was found in
the timber one mile north of Alma on
Hendricks creek recently. The remains
were identified by the clothing to have
been one Charles Rock. Cause Of death
unknown.
Henry Pitts committed suicide in the
National hotel at Ell Dorado a few nights
since. The coroner's jury found note
on his person directing that his body be
sent to Illinois and $500 in money to his
family.
/ Topeka Commonwealth: Mrs. D. Blan-
/ din, who lives on Quincy street between
/ Eighth avenue and Ninth street, has a
hen which Matched brood Of chickens
| last May. One of the pullets Of that
! brood stole a nest and now has a brood
of ducks.
Two North Topeka gentlemen have
recently sold their large farms in north
T. j N
$50 acres to Adam NeisWender of Ohio, |
for $4,000, and J. @. A. PeytOn sold his
800 acres to Alfred Shafer, Of Dickinson
! county, for $4,000.
Wichita Beacon: Judge Campbell is |
responsible for the following: Mr.. NJ B. |
Light, a lawyer of Sedan, has gathered !
two crops this year from his pear trees. !
The last crop was not so large but was |
just as good. The trees are now in bloom |
for third crop.
A tramp printer named j. Williams, |
entered the Wichita Eagle Office full OF /
whisky and was ordered out by the fore /
man, j. H. Ayres. Williams refused to |
go and Ayres started to put him out, /
when the tramp drew a knife and |
cut seven ugly gashes in the fOreman's |
head.
Fort Scott Monitor: After fourteen
years consecutive service at night work |
! as a cOmpOsitOr upon the Monitor, Mr.. |
John Perry has taken a lay-Off from /
night work. John Is one Of the best and /
most reliable printers that ever worked |
in Fort Scot, and an upright gentleman
in every respect.
Thomas O'ConnelI, of Kingman, was
accidentally killed a few days ago by |
/ falling from wagon. His spinal column /
was broken Just above the shoulders. /
/ He died instantly, and leaves a wife and /
( several small children. A subscription |
/ of $500 was raised by the citizens for the I
/ almost destitute family.
/ MCPHERSON Freeman: Last week seem /
/ ed to be fruitful Of casualties. George
/ Nichols was killed by being thrown from
/ a load of straw and running a pitchfOrk
! through his heart, and later John Eric /
son was thrown from a wagon by rum
away team and had his skull frac-
! tured so that he died in a few min
utes.
/ Kingman Democrat: Burglars are get
/ ting to be rather plentiful in this coun-
| try. A few nights ago they made a raid
/ on Fritz Smitzler's house in Wichita,
and got away with about 5000 in money
and two gold watches. Last Tuesday
night attempts were made to burglaTize
two safes in Cheney. Neither were sue /
cessful.
/ Lawrence Herald Tribune: F. E. He'll
/ strom, of Clinton township, died at his
residence on October 81. Several years !
| ago he received a kick from horse, from
! the effects of which he never fully re- /
/ covered, and which 1t is thought has
/ tened his death. Mr.. HellstrOm was
/ born in Sweden in 1916, and came to this /
/ county about twenty years ago.
Topeka Commonwealth: c. Metz. a sa-
! loon keeper of Burlingame, has written !
/ to a prominent attorney IN Topeka, ask /
/ ing him to prosecute the county ofOsage /
! for $4,000 damages. Metz claims that
/ he was arrested and taken from bed, /
/ where he had been sick for some time, /
and taken to Lyndon and lodged IN Jail. /
/ That he contracted a severe cold, /
etc, and that he ought to have heavy /
/ damages.
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/ teen farmers, appeared in the Peabody 4
! GaestLs. Hunters are hereby warned 70 !