Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-20
KANSAS NEWS.

There were six interments IN the Ster-
ling cemetery last week.
The wheel of fortune has been doing q
good business in LenOra.
The Sterling Sugar Works have made
about 100000 pounds Of sugar this sea-
son.
Cawker City claims to have found
salt, potter's clay and coal all in one
hole.
An unusually heavy snow storm ragged
at Harper on the 10th, beginning at
noon.
All public meetings at Canton have
been postponed until the diphtheria
ceases.
The elegant three story brick hotel at
Lyons will be opened about the LIST OF
February.
Gen. Swain, late Judge Advocate-Gen-
eral, now on trial, is said to have been a
former resident of Lawrence.
The contested County Attorneyship in
Franklin county has been settled by
Mason taking the office and appointing
Welsh his deputy.
A little boy named Hanson, whose pa
rents live five miles west Of Randolph,
wandered away and froze to death in
the storm Of last Saturday.
There is a Quaker settlement of 600
persons near Rose Hill, in Butler county,
and there is some talk, so says the Eagle,
of one being established in Sedgwick
county.
Some of the pupils of the colored
schools at Wyandotte, who came North
with the Exodus, are going to send
some Of their written exercises to New
Orleans.
A suit brought by the Philip Best
Brewing Company against lola parties,
reveals the fact that 500 kegs Of beer
were disposed of in that town between
July and October, 1884.
Sabetha has an ordinance against boys
under sixteen years of age being on the
streets after eight o'clock p. M, unless in
company with their parents or guardian,
or without Wltten permit from parents
or guardian.
A well containing strong flow Of
water, which produces twenty per cent.
of pure salt, has been bored at Hiawatha.
The well is so feet deep. A company
is being formed to manufacture salt from
the products of this well.
The citizens of Atchison rendered
GovernOr-elect and Mrs Martin an ele-
CANT reception at the Byram Hotel, in
that city, which was attended by several
hundred people, intending citizens from
all parts of the State. After the recep-
ton a grand ball followed.
Ellsworth Wolfe, of Kinsley. was &C
Cidentally shot and killed by Henry
Herzer, a friend. The two were out hunt
ing, when Herzer in lifting his gun
caught the hammer on a brush and
the entire load buried itself in Wolfe's
back, killing him instantly.
The City Council of Fredonia has or
dalned that every person found in
state OF lntOXlcatiOn within the city
limits Of FredOnia shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined in a sum not less than
30 or more than 500 and costs, includ- /
ing an attorneys fee of $40 in all cases
where an attorney is employed to pros
ecute the case"
Garden City Sentinel: The Sheriff of
Henry county, Mo, arrived here Friday |
morning and took charge of the kid !
bandits, who gave their names as Sam |
and Bill Jackson, from Tennessee, and
who were arrested for horse stealing and |
The eldest was wanted by the authori- |
ties of Henry county for the murder of |
MS father about six weeks ago.
Lawrence Journal: Twenty-four years
ago Mr.. Thaddeus Fish, now a resident |
OF Grant township, in this, county |
declared that he would not be /
shaved till Democrat was elected |
President of the United States He
has faithfully kept his pledge |
till yesterday, when he came in |
to the city and INDUCED in the luxury .
Of a first class shave at Frank Wizards. /
7dr. Fish is seventy-three years of age.
Leavenworth Times. A statement has
been issued from the headquarters of
the Department of the Platte, showing
that $50 men have deserted from the
United States service within the Depart
ment during the year. The statement
contained, IN addition to the names of
the deserters, an accurate description of
each, and IS sent out b. the Department
commander with the view of effecting
ne capture of some of these democrat
zed warriors.
henry DRrneIl, who disappeared from
zmpOria six years ago, has turned up in
Dakota, and will return to his family.
He says that while stopping at Quincy, 4;
Illinois, he lost all his money by sharp
rs and was ashamed to return to his [
home and friends and creditors, and he
ought the great Northwest to hide him Y
Elf in oblivion. At one time since his
departure his wife sued for $4,000 life
which case was compromised &
" an agreement of the company to pay \
he amount should he not be found {
within seven years. I
Wichita Eagle: NOah's ark, or some
,ody's ark on wheels passed through
he eth a few days ago, attracting con 7
liberal attention and eliciting general
emark. 1t was a wagon built up with Z
boards and rooted over, presenting the :
hape and appearance of a crude and
'ough dome, out Of which protruded a
tovepipe, emitting a wreath Of smoke. :
{ looked quite coy and comfortable,
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