Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-12

fence in this county this season, en-
closing one of the finest ranches in Kan
sas. The company owns zoo head of
cattle, and will largely increase the herd.
Quite a serious accident occurred to
Albert Gardner at Fredon1a. While at
tempting to jump from a moving wagon,
he fell in front of one of the wheels,
which passed over his body, crushing
him into a bleeding mass. Four men
were in the wagon at the time. His life
is despaired of.
Oberlin Eye: R. O. Kendig, of the
Oberlin bank, has designed and executed
a draft after the style of postal notes.
By punching the figures corresponding
with the dollars written, the draft cannot
be raised. It is surprising that the banks
of the East waited for the introduction
of this draft by the cashier of bank as
far West as Oberlin.
Council Grove Cosmos Some fellow
broke the seal on a Mo. Pacific box car
that had been switched of at this depot
and took therefrOm a pair of shoes out
of box consigned to Beach & Stocker
and hunk of Bologna, belonging to Nc
George, the butcher. At the last term of
our court a thief was sent to the pen. for
breaking into Mo. Pacific freight cars.
Salina Journal: Mr. Gus Lindohlm, of
Salemsburg, brought to our Office recent
! ly, a bottle of spring water taken from
| spring upon his farm, which was strongly
| impregnated with petroleum. Mr. Lind
| holm states that there is constant oily
| surface, not only to his spring, but other
springs in the vicinity. Mr.. Q. P. Col
Inns, experienced in oil wells, will make
an investigation soon.
J
on, of Grant township, while digging a
well on his farm recently, unearthed a
rib bone about two feet long, supposed to
be that of an elk. Now Grant township
is a high, rolling prairie, and it must
have taken ages to cover these bones at
the depth they were found. If the elk
| to which it belonged was now living, he
would be old and tough anyhow.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Com
pany moved their general offices into the
new and magnificent quarters which will
be their future place of business. The
| building is credit to the company and
to the contractor, being one of the finest
business edifices in Topeka. It is located
on the southeast corner Of Ninth and
Jackson streets, just east Of the State
! House.
Centralia Enterprise. We are persua-
! ded that den of thieves exists in Cen
| tralia, at least one of them being a citi-
zen of high pretensiOns. The game is to
rope in grey" and to get him card
playing, when the grey and his partner
will lose, and when the poor dupe has
gone home in one case poorer man to
the tune of $50, the three sharpers di-
vide the spoils, viz, $40, each.
Commencement Day of the State Agri-
cultural College will be on Wednesday,
June II, at which time the exercises of
! the graduating class will take place. A
| lengthy order of exercises has been pre-
pared and promises to be very entertain
ing. A hearty invitation is extended to
visitors to be present, to whom all points
of interest in and around the College will
be shown.
Leavenworth Times: The fourth an
nual meeting of the Kansas Pharmacu-
teal Association will meet in this city
June the 18th. This is a State Organiza-
ton with a membership of about 200.
The druggists in this city have embraced
the opportunity of extending a general
welcome to druggists in Kansas and por-
tions of Nebraska and Missouri, tributary
to this city. About 200 invitations have
been sent out, and large number will
be here at the meeting.
Topeka Commonwealth An interest
ing medical case is occupying the atten-
ton of attending physicians in this city.
The patient is an eight year old boy,
who two years ago drank some concen-
trated lye. Recently, the aesophagus
tube has been contracting, and ten days
ago it became completely closed, so that
it is impossible to pass food or drink into
the stomach. The boy is nourished by
enemas, and is doing as well as could be
expected, but it is probable that death
will soon ensue.
McPbersOn Freeman: It is different in
this county from what it was four years
ago. Then when the farmer wanted to
take his family to church, or any place
else, he would hitch his tired horses or
Texas steers to an old lumber wagon, but
now, as general thing, they all have
buggies, spring wagons or the comfort
able family carriage, and an extra span
of fine stock horses to hitch to it. There
is not another country under the sun
where the people have made as rapid
strides in the last four or five years as
they have right here, in Mcpherson
county.
LeaUeaUOrtk Times: A very difficult
surgical operation, known a trephining
to relieve epilepsy, was performed short
time ago upon the head of George Pratt
He was kicked on the head some time
ago by a horse, causing portion of the
skull to bear on the brain so hard as to
cause fits. The bone removed was cir
cular in shape, about three-fourths of an
inch in diameter and the thickness of
the skull. 1t yet remains to be seen if
Mr.. Pratt survives the operation; if he
does, it can safely be pronounced to be
one of the most difficult and successful
surgical operation that has taken place
for some time.
Clay Center Fire6rand: It is supposed |
that somewhere in the vicinity of Mil |
vale, in the hills that hedge on Chap
mans creek, a certain individual is car
rying on the Illegal and immoral bust