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


Prairie fires illuminate the heavens
aightly.
Travel has doubled this season on the
Central Branch.
Scarlet fever is raging in Cedar Creek
near Manhattan.
Duck and goose hunting Is the order
Of things now days
The Mennonites continue to move
down from Dakota.
A revival of religion is reported in
Washburn College.
Burlington has just added I25 volumes
to its public library.
Douglas county recently organized a
teachers association.
Burglars raided several stores in Fort
Scott a few days since.
There are eight insane persons in the
Poor House near Fort Scott
Antelope are reported plenty on the
headWaters Of the Sappa.
Kansas papers report the general OBJ
seryanee Of HalOW Zen.
Several parties in Girard have been
arrested for selling liquor.
The scandia City Hall will be ready for
occupancy by the holidays.
The Labette county Historical Society
has held its third annual meeting.
Members elect to the Legislature are
already securing quarters at Topeka.
The Law Department of the Kansas
State University has fourteen students.
Montgomery county, at the late cleo
tiOn, voted to build a fine Court House
and jail.
The Council Grove Home Dramatic
Club produced kathleen MavOurneen"
recently.
A vigilance committee to cooperate
with the law officers has been organized
at Wichita.
discovered along Chapman creek, IN
Dickinson county.
The s. Tier has been started at Ludell,
RaWlins county, by George Il. Hand Late
Of the Oberlin Enc.
A child at Walnut Creek, Jefferson
county, came near dying last week from
the sting OF a wasp.
John Hoke, who helped survey the
town site of Cherokee, and built the first
house in that town, died last week.
The county jail at Emporia was con-
demned in unmeasureu terms by the
grand jury in session there at the pres
ent time.
Burglars cracked a safe at the city OF
SedgWick in the dry goods store of Hall
& Wiley recently, from which they took
$3.50 in money, and escaped undecided.
The Howard Dramatic Association has
recognized for the purpose of giving an
entertainment during the holidays, the
proceeds to 60 to the Howard Fire Com
pany.
TIE Minneapolis Messenger says:
'srh y buy lots in this city and COM
meHce putting up a building, and the
family is living in the house before next
morning"
The citizens of Pittsburg interested in
prospecting for coal, held a meeting q
few days ago to devise some means to
raise money to pay the Indebtedness OF
the committee.
Friendship Lodge, 1. O. 0. F, dedicated
their new temple in AtchisOn a few days
ago. The building completed cost $40.
600. Hon. John Van Valkenburg, Of
Iowa, was the speaker of the day.
Judge W. H, Prescott, of SaIina. one o.
our oldest District Judges in point Of
term Of court. he is in poor health anC
will take a vacation of year OrsO before
resuming the practice OF the law.
The SunfioWer read is opened to Con
way Springs, point thirty miles south
west Of Wichita, and graded to Argonia
thhteen miles beyond. There are 1O4
buildings in Conway Springs, the tOWL
being about forty days old.
An organization has been effected t
construct and maintain telephone lines
connecting the towns of Beulah, CherO
kee, Monmouth, McCuue, Pittsburg, Opo
lis Litchfeld, Mulberry Grove, Arcadia
Cato, PaWnee, darlington, BraziltOn
Walnut and Hepler with Girard.
Ellinwood Express: Eli Marx, a former
EllinWoodite, has developed into prize
fighter of no little pretensiOns. The
Police GGzette recently contained q pOr
trait of him, and wanted to back hin
against John L. Sullivan. Who say
big potatoes don't grow in BartoI
county,
Oberlin Herald: .Oberlin is CROWN,
fast and it will soon be in order to in
corporate and put on all the airs ant
funny business, attendant upon such
regime. We have several gentlemen re
sizing among US, Of fair aldermanic pro
portions, and they ought to be utahzed
P. L GOrsh, a farmer near Council
Grove was struck over the head with
double barIeled shot gun in the hand
of John Sweeney, who was drunk, an,
died q few hours afterwards.
Frankfort Ber. The following expires
sive, though to many, wOe-inspiring sign
was hung out in front of the Model Res
tauTant. afer the result of the State cleo
ton was known: 81 am q laW-abidin,
citizen now. No more rum Anothe
on the same front read: Martin is elect