Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
KANSAS NEWS.


to build larger school house.
Atchison Patriot: Steel rails for fifteen
miles Of the Central Branch have been
received, and viii be put down at once.
This will make seVenty-hve miles on that
road between this city and Watervllle.
Marion Record: The election in Clark
and Durham Park townships last week,
DO vote bonds IN aid Of the st. Joseph q
Rio Grande railroad resulted IN favor Of
the project by a vote af A to in the last
named township, and q to IS in the for
mer.
Atchison Globe: A little eight year old
son had his leg broken last evening
while swinging with number Of other
boys at the residence Of Justice Drury,
on Division street. DR.. FergersOn was
called, and set the limb. He pro-
nounced the break bad one.
The Cedarville Star tells of a cyclone
near that point that struck the house Of
4Gr. Harvey, tearing it to atoms and kill
ing baby and severely injuring the
other members of the family. Other
people in the neIghborhOod were hurt
but not seriously injured.
Washington Republican: Never before
in history of Washington has there ever
been such large stocks of goods been laid
by the merchants. In every branch OF
business the size Of the stock usually car
ried is increased to almost double the
size Of former years.
Sedan Journal We understand that
the body Of a cOlored man, who was bur-
ried in Little Cana township only a few
days ago, has been taken up by some OF
our leading physicians for the purpose Of
making a thorough examination and
analysis, as it Is thought by some that he
was poisoned.
Harper Graphic: There is a constant
stream Of white topped wagons passing
through town going westward. man
coming in a few days ago said he count
ed thlrty-One teams IN going fifteen
miles and when he reached town there
were as many more on the streets. The
Western counties will be full before the
Winter closes.
Wyandotte Herald: Judge L. D.
Browne, Of QuindarO, brought us in some
chestnuts which he grew upon his farm
at QuindarO. They are the first we have
seen that were grown in Kansas and are
of the variety known as the Spanish.
Judge Browne planted his trees 20 years
ago and they have been in bearing for
the past eight years.
lola Coacrant We hear complaints that
persons west of the river are killing
that some one ships them from lola. 1t
is bad enough to have quails killed at any
time, but 1t is an outrage that they should
be slaughtered in violation Of law. Farm
.ers should report to the proper authori-
ties all parties they see violating the
game law.
Wellington Standard: Col. II. @. st.
Clair Hon Il. A Hubbard Amos Cam,
and w. F. Cuthbert, represented the
Sumner County Fair in the Circuit meet
ing at Wichita recently. A circuit was
formed including the counties of Butler,
COWley, SeCgWick, Sumner, Kingman
Harper. If each fair will do its duty
they can assist each other, and make the
circuit big success.
Clay Center Dispatch: In Judge Will
sons district, comprising the counties of
Clay, Marshall, Cloud, Republic and
Washington, one thousand five hundred
divorces were granted during the twelve
years or one hundred and twenty-five a
year. The principle grounds for divorce
in these fifteen hundred cases were
abandonment, most Of such being
brought by the wife.
Fredona Times: We earn that a bright
little lad named Noble Thomas, aged
about nine years, was killed in the mill
at GullfOrd on Tuesday of this week.
He was playing about the machinery,
when he was caught in a belt and car
ried to the ceiling, where his brains were
dashed out, killing him almost instantly.
We believe the unfortunate little fellow
was an orphan, his mother having died
but a few weeks since.
Wichita Beacon: The little Swear old
daughter of Chas. EichOltz, living about
two miles southeast of the city, met
with a very bad accident. While play
ing in the haymOw it fell through a hole
to the ground, about ten feet below, sus-
tanning very bad bruises on the face and
arms and the top of its head was very
badly cut, one of the gashes being about
three inches long and penetrating to the
skull bone.
Harper SeatineJ. John Mcclure, living
six miles east of Anthony, had his right
arm shot and so mangled that immediate
amputation was necessary by the acct
dental discharge Of a notwithstanding
shotgun. He took hold Of the gun by
the muzzle and was placing it in his wag-
on and when the old gun got in good
sweeping range of his arm it went OF.
Thus it will ever be until the old muZzle-
loader is condemned to everlasting ban
ishment.
Mr. Eli Payne is making warm and
strong canvass for the county supeTinten-
dency of Reno county. And now the
news comes that Theodore S. Gallagher
is a candidate for similar position in
Morris county.
PittsbUrg SIneIter: There was q serious
accident on the Gulf road Just this side
of Cherryvale. A culvert gave way after
the engine had passed over, and the
baggage and mail cars went down into
the water. The creek was swollen by
recent rains, and 1t is said that the mail
agent, who was severely bruised by the
fall, narrowly escaped drowning. In