Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-17
KANSAS NEWS.
Emporia reports a $50 BURGLARY.

A company has been formed in Topeka
Tor the purpose Of manufacturing
matches.
Flagstone sidewalks are new fashion
at Wichita.
The Emporia Library recently received
$50 new books.
The independence water-works will
soon be in operation.
An addition is being added to the Ho-
tel Coolidge, at Emporia.
Charles Rutledge suicided at Wichita
for some reason unknown.
A town has been established In King
man county named Cleveland.
Peter Hampton, colored rag picker,
is the Oldest citizen in Wyandotte.
Ninety students were enrolled in the
Sumner county Normal Institute.
The Lyon County Horticultural So
ciety has been in session at Emporia.
The Arkansas City Water Power Com
pany has expended 100000 on a canal.
The Pottawatomie County Institute
has an enrollment of forty-one teachers.
An attempt is being made to estab-
tia.
Clark City is the name of new town
which has just been established in Clark
county.
A voudoo doctor is practicing upon the
credulity of the colored people of Usage
county.
A new and very large grain elevator
is to be built shortly in Bull City, by
new firm.
The newspapers over the State protest
against theweeds growing along the
sidewalks.
The business men of Clay Center have
agreed to close their places of business
at o'clock.
The New Era" is the name of a secret
society which has just been organized at
MCPHERSON.
The recent storm of wind, rain and
hail was the severest ever known in Ed
wards county.
Louisburg has secured the Harrison
pillow manufacture and will proceed at
once to business.
Longton reports a $3.50 safe robbery.
A merchant named Rambo living at Elk
City is the victim.
Caldwell parties have secured the
contracts to supply the new military dis
trict of Oklahoma.
Oskaloosa has medicinal mineral
springs. They are said to have cured
numerous diseases.
A Mercet, a wealthy citizen of Flor
ence, shot himself through the head and
was instantly killed.
The Kingman Courier reports large
number of temporary bachelors as being
residents of that city.
Kingman, Kingman county, is clamor-
ing for an elevator. A good opening for
some enterprising grain dealer.
The postoffice building at Emporia has
sunk half an inch. Fears are exercised
as to the safety of the building.
MCPHERSON is complaining of INSULT
cient eating hotel accommodations, al
though it has eight regular hotels.
A young man has been arrested in
Leavenworth charged with stealing a
horse from party in Wyandotte.
Osborne had case of poisoning last
week, the victims being Sawyer Heron
and sister, who ate canned salmon.
Bayne is the name of new station on
the Fort Scott road near Wichita. 1t
was named after the late Judge Bayne.
A boy named Alzono Meyers, fifteen
years of age, has been arrested at Meri-
den, charged with attempted train-wreCk-
ing.
F. G. Wilson, a prominent business
man Of Arkansas City, was drowned near
that city in the Arkansas river, while
bathing.
A boy fell accidently to the bottom of
a well, in LeaVenworth, forty-ive feet
deep. He was comparatively injured by
the accident.
Joseph Maddox, a fifteen year old boy
was drowned in the Kansas river at
Lawrence while bathing. The body was
not recovered.
Two hundred persons assembled last
week to see the opening of a night
blooming cereus belonging to Mr.. Mil
Ter, of Mcpherson.
Peter Lafalia, Miami Indian, who re-
sided in Miami village, Miami county,
from 1910 to 1870, died in the Miami
reservation, June 10, 1884.
Two cattle men named Edwards and
Burdette were drowned while crossing
the Arkansas river, near Rock Ford, Sum-
ner county. They were driving herd
to market.
Paola Spirit: The Committee in Rich
land township in the matter of poison
ing Jas. Cations cattle, has been dis
solved. They do not cast suspicion on
any one in the neighborhood.
The townsite of Necodemus has been
taken up as a timber claim. 1t is thought
that flaw was found in the title there
by causing the land which now COM
prises that city to revert to the Govern
ment.
Fredonia has had a gasoline famine for