Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-21
KANSAS NEWS.


Five liquor dealers we're arrested and
fined 500 each, in Wellington, last week.
Norton county will have this year
million bushels of corn and small grain.
Joseph AIebory was drowned in ten
foot deep pond near Jewell City, while
bathing.
The Aschman Concert Garden at Leav-
enwOrth was burned to the ground.
Loss $1,000.
The Lincoln City Council has in
creased the show license in that town
from $50 to 500.
The Fl. Scott Monitor says that the ex-
tension Of the Chicago & Alton railroad
to Parsons, via Girard is again being ag-
itated
The Gaylord wooden mills are now
running one hundred and thirty spin
dies. The yarn manufactured IS said TO
be Of superior quality.
Morgan Robinson, a prominent bust
ness man, Of Harper, attempted to COM
NIT suicide few days ago with a razor.
Business troubles the cause.
Oscar Halsen and a Mr.. Parfoot shot
City Marshal Rayner and his deputy
of Hunneweu. The cause Of the shoot
ing was an old feud between Parfoot and
the marshal.
A bold attempt was recently made at
Emporia to rob Mr.. J. p. Hall, a stock
man of Lyon county, on the highway
Numerous acts of this kind are reported
in that vicinity.
Wellington is destined to be the best
paved and drained city in the State. The
work being done is the very best, and
there arc now at least 100 men at work
in different portions Of the city.
Dr. J. c. Taylor, physician of North
Topeka, has been arrested charged with
infanticide and abortion. Harry Taylor,
son of the abOrtiOnist, is charged with
having seduced the girl under promise Of
marriage, and he also has been arrested.
Lawrence Tribune: The barn ofJoseph
Parkinson, one and one half miles east
of Vinland, was burned few nights ago.
Four hogs, about $50 bushels of wheat, a
lot of corn, a set of harness, plOWs and
other implements were burned. The
family were at church, and the cause of
the fire is a mystery. There was 5000
insurance on the barn and 5000 on the
grain.
Norton Courier: About two months ago
a ten year old son of Mr.. Rosa, who re-
sides ten miles west of here, while play
ing with puff balls, got some Of the fine
powder of the interior of the ball into
both eyes, causing severe Inflammation
and terminating in opacity of the cOrnea,
and total blindness. He is gradually re-
covering his sight and may do so en-
tirely.
The Wichita Eagle tells the following
with regard to tragedy which occurred
near the north line of Pratt county, a
short time ago: Mr.. I. Daniels, who sepa-
rated from his family during the past
Winter, but who has been boarding with
them for the last month, got up at
daybreak, dressed himself, took his
revolver and went to the bed
where his wife was sleeping and
placed the muZZie to her forehead and
deliberately blew her brains out. Turn
ing to a bed, in the same room, occupied
by two of his daughters, he shot the ED
est of them, inhicting what is supposed
to be a fatal wound, following her down
stairs and firing a second shot at her as
he then turned and placing the murder
GUS weapon to his own head, fired into
his brains.
Atchison Globe A reporters atten-
ton was attracted this morning by a
peared to be a perfect human skeleton.
Upon inquiry it was learned that the
mans name was Charles Wake, an en-
ploye, at the Santa Fe round house, and
the boy his son, Alfred Charles Wake
Twelve years ago the lad, who was as
healthy as any boy of five years, was
stricken with spinal meningitis and
since that time he has never walked
His limbs appeared to shrink instead OF
In ka h,e p.
be about nine years Ofage, but his face
looks old and emaciated. He is seven
teen years of age, and in every sense of
the word q human skeleton. His legs at
the calf could be easily spanned with the
thump and fore finger, not being more
than an inch in diameter. His arms are
the same. The boys health is very bad
and the doctors pronounce his constitu-
ton an exceptionally strong one to live
so long with the fatal disease.
Dodge City Co,rBoy: A hail storm
passed over the region of Deerfield in
Finney county, a few nights ago, which
has seldom been equalled. The editor
in visit to Finney county, first saw the
effects of the storm at the residence OF
Mr.. Miles Lee, where a large field OF
thrifty sorghum was as completely de
strOyed as If thousand cattle had passed
through it, and about two acres of water
melons, many of them nearly ripe, were
almost totally destroyed. We were told
that hailstone fell at the Y y ranch,
which measured at the largest place nine
inches in circumference. The water.
melons were crushed to atoms at Mr.
Lees place, as if a drove of hogs had
gone through them. At Deerfeld about
forty lights of glass were broken. A few
of Mr.. Allen Lees sheep were killed
Mr. Barckley told MS that out near Al
kali Lake, twelve miles north of Sher-
lock, he saw fresh indentatiOns in the
earth as large as billiard balls as if they
were made by hail falling with such
force as to make the impressions and