Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-09-11

lady who ate ten pounds of cheese at one
sitting, washing it down with a glass of
ice water and dOughnut. Pretty tail
eating that.
Mrs Maria Humphrey Of Edwards
vile, WyandOtte county was struck by
lightning while out IN a storm. 1t is
thought that she can not recover as she
is In a very bad condition.
Miss Lydia Linn, Miss Snivelv and
Miss Hutsell are candidates for the nom
ination of County Superintendent Of
Public instruction, before the Cherokee
County Democratic Convention.
The young ladies of the Congrega-
tiOnal Church Of HiaWatha, Brown
county, have organized a society called
elected President; Grace Moon. Secre-
tary; Gladys Foster Treasurer.
A lady at Arkansas City claims that
while picking plums the other dav she
saw a snake fifteen feet long and about
as large around as the circumference of a
stOVe-pipe. This same reptile has been
seen in numerous other places in that
vicinity as long as four years ago.
Howard Grip: Young ladies know all
about guns. We heard two of them dis
evening".
Said one: 81 don't know whether it was
a rife or a gun he shot with" @Pshaw,"
said the other, ANYONE ought to know
the difference between them. A rife is
ever so much smaller than a gun. know
because papa has a rife and brother has
a gun"
A very distressing accident occurred
at Humboldt, Allen county, a short time
ago. The freight train coming South at
1 o'clock was cut in two on the hill Just
! North of the depot, the front portion run
ming ahead to do some switching, leaving
the hinder portion to follow on slowly.
Two daughters of DR.. Wakefield, aged
about y and IA years, had taken dinner
to their father in town and were return
| ing home east Of the railroad. They
waited until the front part of the train
had passed, and suppOsing it had all
! passed, they stepped upon the track
when the rear portion Of the train came
upon them, and both were knocked down,
one falling with her neck across the rail
and her head was completely severed
| from her body, the other had one arm
cut off. Both fell between the rails and
some twelve cars passed over them. The
wounded one got up after the cars had
! passed. but tainted soon afterward and
was taken home at once. She will, IN
all probability, recover.
Topeka Commonwealth Miss Lulu Pen
! field, the tWelVe-year-Old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Penfield, narrowly es-
capped a sudden and horrible death a few
! days ago. It seems that she was playing
in the second story hallway above Glenn
/ ents & Chaffee's clothing store, and
dropped a roll of music on the slzy-light,
which up there is surrounded by a rail
/ ing two and half or three feet high.
! In trying to reach over the railing and
! get the music back, she lost her hold and
fell through the skylight down on a pile
Of goods in the store below, a distance
Of sixteen feet. The horrible crash and
! jingling Of glass frightened everybody in
the store almost out of their senses
After falling on the pile Of goods and
breaking a strong table that they were
! lying on, the girl rolled to the floor, and
! lay there senseless until picked up and
carried out. Falling on the pile of goods
is all that saved her from being killed
| instantly.