Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-22

the wind storm on Sunday night IaSE
The watches belonging to Mr.. and Mrs
Smith were found some ways away In
the field. The inmates were but slightly
injured Mrs. Smith, how ~ er, was bad
" frightened, and did not regain herself
for several hours.
Seneca Courier Some sneak thieves
were abroad in Seneca on Sunday night
The lock on S. ConWelI's stable door was
picked, and a new buggy harness, single
was stolen. Josh Mitchell also lost sin
gle buggy harness. n. M. Fox had SET
of buggy harness taken. The thieves
seem to have had decided preference
for buggy harness, as no other articles
are reported missing.
Rev. H. D. Dundoy died at Ossawat-
Omie on the 9th ult. The Fort Scott
Monitor says Mr.. Dundoy had lived in
Kansas twenty-eight years. He was a
Methodist minister, and preached many
times when every man in his audience
was armed with a revolver or a Sharp's
rife. It was his privilege to escort Mr..
Horace Greeley from Stanton to Osa-
watomie upon Mr.. Gaeeley's visit there,
to the meeting that organized the
Republican party of Kansas, in May,
1850.
The boiler Of an engine exploded in
the roundhouse of the Missouri Pacific
shops at Parsons, killing two men and
wounding several, and demohshing the
house. The following were the injured {:
J. w. Nichols, fatally; M. A. Slattery,
formerly of Chicago Junction, Ohio, and
Delay LamOnte, an apprentice, who was
on the engine at the time, were blown
through the roof and instantly killed.
The wounded are Mr.. McKinna, leg
broken; Lon Snow, foot bruised; Charley
Tate, bruised and cut in the head. Mas
ter Mechanic Haines was on the ground
and did everything in his power to ale
viate the suffering. The damage to the
company's property is estimated at about
$4,000.
FL Dorado Republican,: E. B. Evans,
who owns large body Of land west of
town which he has enclosed, is exper-
imenting little on artificial ponds. By
constructing a good dam across a ravine,
he has succeeded in retaining a body Of
water covering about ten acres being
eight feet deep at the dam. This is per-
haps the largest artificial lake in this re-
gion. The embankment is wide at the
base, we'll constructed and secure, the
overflow being conducted away by side
bitches. The fact is the subsoil in many
localities in this county holds water like
cement and the loss will only be from
evaporation. We are very confident
that not only will Mr.. Evans be able to
have plenty Of clear water all the year
round, but the growth of cottonwood and
willows around the border of the lake
will make it, after few years, an attrac-
tive spot. We have for years advanced
the idea that ponds or lakes of this kind
are just the thing for our prairies. WO
shall watch this venture with cOnsid-
cradle interest, and will from time to
time chronicle the degrees of success or
failure.
The following is taken from lengthy
report in the Republican of the cyclone
near Garrett: The average width of it's
path was from one to two rods, and al
though the progress was slow its power
was terrific, destroying whatever lay in
it's path. Three and one-half miles north
west of Westphalia it overlook man by
the name of David Matheney, who lives
in that neighborhood, and who was driv-
ing home with a load of lumber. He
was lifted bodily from the wagon, carried
some distance and dashed to the ground,
sustaining several severe internal inju-
ries; the wagon and lumber were totally
demolished and the horses carried about
sixty feet. The next that could be
learned of it was at Capt. Reppert's, who
lives twelve miles west of town, where
it passed through his barn yard and
grape arbor, leVeling everything in its
way: Just after passing across the road
north Of Mr.. Reppert's house it separat-
ed with report not unlike loud peal
of thunder, and disappeared. The coun-
try through which it passed was mostly
open prairie, and further particulars
could not be cleaned. Mr.. Reppert's
people describe it as a dark, funnel
shaped cloud, travelling very slowly and
accompanied by loud roaring noise
similar to that made by train of cars
passing oyer bridge. S. Borror, who
lives southwest of Capt. Reppert's, in the
track of the storm, had a stable which
was neary completed, totally destroyed ;
also sulky pillow and wagon were de-
molished. A young colt was severely in
jured by being carried a short distance.
Mr.. Borror's house was but short dis
lance out of the path of the cyclone.