Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-28
KANSAS NEWS.


Ottawa, Franklin county is a city of
$500 inhabitants.
A prominent livery man, of EmpOria,
has purchased a 81, 800 hack.
-Four or five new school houses or to
be built in Allen county this year.
An attempt was made to wreck a train
at Garrison, Riley county short tune
ago.
The Osborne creamery is manufactur-
ing about $500 pounds Of butter per
week.
Wichita needs another hotel and an
attempt viii be made to satisfy the de-
mand.
There being a house to rent in Mime
apolis, thirty-tWo applications were made
for it.
There are seventy-fve teachers in at
tendance on the Greenwood county In
stitute.
A $1,000 floral hall will % erected by
the Clay county Agricultural Society
this Fall.
Osborne county reports the arrival Of
a large number Of immigrants there a
few days ago.
nearly one hundred men are employed
on the new buildings now in course Of
construction in that city.
wv. Norris one of the wealthiest and
most influential farmers of the STATE
died suddenly at Topeka a short time
ago. He was worth 100000.
A two weeks old town in Sedgwick
county, called Bayne, has, besides its de-
not = hard ware store elevator h1TIId-
ing which is to cost $4,000, two scales,
a pOstOthce and lumber yard.
Sedan Journal: Mr.. E. E. Crane, who
resides about eight miles southwest Of
this city, brought to this office a petri-
fed snake about eleven feet in length,
which he discovered while digging q
milk cellar.
A four months old baby was discov-
cred floating down the river at Topeka, a
short time ago. 1t is thought that it is
the child of Lavina COnnel, and it being
one born out of WedlOck she threw it
into the river. The inhuman mother
has not been arrested.
John Brooke, a thirteen year old boy,
was caught IN the elevator of the Rolf
cracker factory at LeavenWorth, and
killed. The head was mashed to Jelly,
and the shoulder bones broken and man
gled, and as the body was drawn from
the space when the elevator was lowered,
it presented a sickening sight
Lawrence Journal Alice Almont. a
three.year-Old, won the three-y ear-Old
race, recently, at Ottawa, Ill, in a field
of nine entries. She was second at Ia
Sale, her first race aftera long shipment
and last week beat her victor in THREE
straight heats. La Sale was her first De
feat, she winning all her races in her twp
year-Old form. She was raised here and
sired by 3. a. Smiths AlmOnt Pilot, dam
by Erie.
Osborne Farmer: The number of tim
Der filings held in this county is growing
smaller and beautifully less year after
year. Many are hOmesteaded by new
corners, who purchase a ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
and will be added to the number of pro-
ductive farms in the county. But a small
percentage of all the timber filings made
viii ever be proved up on as such the
trouble and expense of raising trees
being much greater than is generally
supposed.
Salina Journal: A sad accident hap
pened at the railroad a short time ago.
A Russian named Yost was upon a mOE-
ing construction train, when his little
girl, about 3 years old, attempted to so
to him. The little one fell under the car
wheels, which passed over the upper
part of its head, producing immediate
death. The verdict of the cOrOners Jury
was that the death was accidental
caused by no negligence or carelessness
of the railroad company.
Dodge City Times: 1t is generally
known that the south and southwest
part of Ford county have received many
new settlers within the past year. Each
Eaffl lam ant pnlovnvv no. a j.,
scheme and the several sections of these
portions Of the county have railroad
prospects. There is one settler in old
Meade county" who settled there In
1867, before the Indians were driven out
of the country in anticipation of a rail
road. He is still living in hope, and we
believe his hopes viii be realized.
Andrew Stiff, son of a wealthy Swed-
ism farmer, Of Salina, was shot and killed
by employee named John Moline. As to
whether the shooting was international
or accidental is unknown. They were
talking together pleasantly, Moline hav-
ing a revolver in his hand belonging to
Stiff, which he was handling, and seem
ingly without evil intent. Suddenly the
revolver was discharged, and the bullet
entered Stift's head above the right eye.
Stiff never spoke after the shot was fred,
but expired almost instantly.
Atchison Globe: A few days ago the
dead body of Joshua Hollands was found
lying on a bridge, near Eden, Atkinson
county. Coroner AIcConaughy was mott
fed at once, and proceeded to the place
where discovery was made. Hollands
was a wealthy farmer living near Eden,
and had recently completed two bridges
for the county, the last one being the
one upon which he met his fate. He was
60 years old, and has been a resident of
this county for over twenty-five years,
having come to Kansas in 1860. The