Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-14
KANSAS NEWS.


The Oberlin ElJe complains that school
land is being sold In large bodies, instead
Of quarter sections, In Decatur county.
Geo. Morris. a fourteen-year-old boy,
was killed while jumping on moving
freight train in the Union Pacific yards
at Lawrence.
Burr Oak Herald: A little child of Mr..
Ludwig Berg, aged years and3 months,
got badly scalded with hot water Mon
day, and died from the effects.
Nickerson Register: A gentleman living
at Hutchinson said in this city last Sun
day evening, that there were no less than
$50 cases of sickness in that city, and one
or two deaths have lately occurred.
ST. Boyd, station agent at Edwards
vile, Douglas county, jumped from a
moving freight train at Lenape1and was
probably fatally injured. He was taken
to the Railway Hospital at Kansas City.
Commonwealth: Col. n. S. Goss left
for Cape Cod on about the 9TH inst.
on bird hunting expedition. Before
returning home he viii attend a meeting
of the United States OrnitholOgical So
ciety.
Atchison Globe: A Bracke, who put
twenty German carp minnOWs into a
pond 60Xl00 feet, two years ago last No
Vember, reports that they have multi
piled to a tremendous extent, and the
pond IS literally alive with young carp
now. The old ones weigh five and six
pounds.
Louisville Republican, Mineral Springs
are to be improved soon. The water will
be raised by means of an elevator of
some kind as high as the west bank, and
a bridge will be built across Iron Run on
either side of the spring so one can
can drink from the spring without get
ting off the bridge.
Topeka Commonwealth: Mr.. B. F.
Chase, Supervising Examiner Of Pensions,
for this district who, in the late shuttle,
division and Encouragement of pension
systems was transferred from st. Louis
to this city, arrived here a few days ago
it'll his clerks and part of the official
documents, records, etc. Mr.. Chase has
sixteen clerks employed under him.
Fritz Steinmiller, a youth aged about
fifteen years, attempted to board the
train few days ago, at LeavenWOrth,
KS, before 1t stopped, and, missing his
hold was thrown under the trucks and
in an instant he was ground to a shape
less mass. The train was at once stopped
but to no avail, as the cruel wheels had
already done their work.
Baxter Nea0s: The special election held
here a few days ago to decide the ques-
ton of issuing $4,000 in bonds to i'm
prove the Spring River water power by
putting in a dam and wheels, resulted in
an almost unanimous vote for the bonds;
there being but three ballots against
them in the city. A very light vote was
pOlled, however. This insures the sue
cess Of an enterprise which will give
Baxter a decided advantage over neigh
boring towns and double her population
in few years. The construction of the
dam will be begun at once and complet-
ed as rapidly as possible. The power is
to be transferred by cable to the points
desired.
Atchison Globe: The thirteenth ami
versary of the settlement of Kansas is to
be celebrated at Bismarck Grove during
the first week in September. The man
ayers have extended invitations to all
the living eX-GOVernOrs to be present on
the occasion, and participate in the GER
emOnies. 1t may not be generally
known that Kansas has had eight Gov
errors, including the present chief mag
istrate, and that they are all living In
order they stand: Charles Robinson,
Thomas Carney, Samuel j. Crawford,
James M. Harvey, Thomas Osborne,
George I. Anthony, John 2. st. John
and George w. Click. Our long line of
Governors seems to be a line of long
lived and hardy men. They have all
good and honorable records. Governor
Robinson was our war Governor, and is
now a large and successful farmer. Gov
ernor Carney was for a long time the
foremost merchant of the State, and is
now a highly honOred citizen of Leaven-
worth. Governor Crawford won laurels
In the war, and has since served his
State most creditably as its financial
agent at Washington. Governor Osborn
numbers his personal friends by the
thousand, and is now the minister to
Brazil. Governor Harvey was United
States Senator, and is now a large far
mer. Governor Anthony helped build
the Mexican Central railroad, and still
lives" Governor St. John is the leader
of the temperance crusade in America.
Governor Click is administering the
the State Government at Topeka.
TVeLlingtOnian: A good story is told us
of a young man living at Milan. in this
county, who has dog which has a hab-
it Of sucking eggs. The habit grew on
the canine until it came to be an intol-
cradle nuisance. The owner sought a
druggist for a chemical preparation that
would break the dog of his bad habit.
The druggist readily complied, and tax
ing an egg made an opening in the shell
and introduced the remedy. The young
man sought his egg-sucking dog to give
him the dose, but he was not fortunate
enough to find him. Laying the egg
in the cupboard, at home, he went about
his business, until a convenient Oppor-
tunity should present itself for offering
1t to his dOgship. In the meantime some
neighbors called to see the young mans
mother, who, unfortunately, was sick,
and requesting the indIspOsed house
keeper to allow them to assist in her
household labors, were directed to do
some cooking for the family The guide
ladyes" bethOught them to make a cake