Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-02
KANSAS NEWS
El Dorado has five lumber yards.

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State University.
There Is a school district in Nemeha
county called Tranquil"
Wamego will finish a $4,000 school
house before cold weather sets IN.
The Minneapolis public schools com
menced with an attendance OF 20 Pu-
pills.
The wholesale fruit business is being
carried on to a considerable extent IN
Wichita.
Pelicans to the number Of five hun
dred were seen one day recently at
Wichita.
A firm at Cheney, sedgwick county,
waa robbed Of eighty-fiye dollars Ie"
nights ago.
More residences are building in Blue
Rapids than in any season before IN
many years.
The people of Montgomery county are.
to vote on a bond proposition to build
$4,000 court house.
Usage City, Peterton and Scranton
mined 100000 bushels more coal in July,
1884, than In July, 1888
At length 1t has been finally decided
that a telephone line will be established
between Emporia and Usage City.
Lee Sing Lem, a Topeka laundryman,
was found hanging to the limb Of cot
tonwOOd tree in one of the cemeteries Of
that place, few days ago.
Coldwater, Comanche county, has
over fifty houses finished, all painted or
the work contracted. One hundred and
seven more houses are under way.
At Blue Rapids during a thunder
storm recently. A. McKee's two boys,
Andrew and Reuben, were struck by
lightning, seriously lnjuring the latter
The Franklin Sugar company at Otta-
wa, is in full BIAS, and is turning out
about 600 pounds daily. The question
of the successful manufacture Of sugar
from sorghum Is settled.
Salina Journal: Mr.. John Umbarger,
an old resident of Saline county, having
resided on the Saline river for II years,
died at his residence at the advanced age
Of So years and one month.
Hartford Call: Three couples were mar
ried at Burlington, circus DAY. They at
tended the circus with their wives the
first day and have a circus with their
mother-in-laws the rest of their lives.
Some boys engaged in stealing turnips
at North Topeka unearthed a handker-
chief in which was tied SIUO in silver
coin. The incident is commended to the
American Tract Society for general circu-
lauOn.
The Nationalist complains that not
Withstanding the value of the Agricul-
tural College to Manhattan, it is impOssi-
sible to induce a city council to provide
a good sidewalk and graveled driveway
to the college grounds.
Lindsborg NelOs: Mr.. Pete Lindsquist
living eight miles East of LindsbOrg, re-
Gently met with a serious accident. While
out moving grass the mower run into a
furrOW which threw Mr.. Lindquist from
his seat to the ground seemingly with
one arm in front of the sickle bar, cut
ting one arm entirely off just above the
elbow.
John Creiger, a convict under sentence
of ten years for burglary and grand lar
ceny, has escaped from the penitentiary.
He was a trusty, and made his escape by
telling the guard he was going out to
WhiteWash a house of an official outside
OF the prison walls. The guard let him
pass and when out of sight Creiger drop
ped bucket and brush he had carried
to give color to his excuse, took to the
brush and has not since been heard
from.
Chautaqua Journal: A severe hail
storm passed over the southeast portion
of this county a few days ago. Mr.. I. J.
Arklader, who lives near the head of
Bear Creek, northeast of Chatauuua
Springs, informs US that hail fell as large
as goose eggs-aud judging from the APP
pearance Of a water melon brought TO
this Office, perforated with holes 25x35
inches, made by the hail-he did not ex-
aggerate. Corn was stripped from the
stalk, and turkeys and chickens were
killed by the hail stones.
The following petition has been re-
ceived by Gov. Click, and will be duly
forwarded and presented to the Legisla-
ture: "We, the undersigned, citizens and
patrons OF the public schools of Allen
county, Kan, realizing the difficulty of
procuring schOOl-bOOk supplies at rea-
sonable rates aad of satisfactory charac-
ter under existing circumstances, respect
iully petition your honorable body to
UG5Ge.such action looking to the adoption
of uniform series oftext books through
out the State, and the publication of the
same by the State, as shall in the iudg-
ment of your honorable body seem the
best"
Oswego Democrat: John Langston is
faith doctor, and cures by the laying on
of hands" His latest victim was MIS-
John Mitchell. a colored woman living
over on the Neosho bottom. He went
through the performance of laying on
hands, and then pretended TO take a
handful of lizards out of the woman's
leg, greatly TO her establishment. After
this wonderful performance, the "doc-
tor" demanded his pay, and received
two hogs, nine turkeys, four chickens,
one blanket and one quilt. 1t after
wards daWned uDOu the cOlored people
that they had been defrauded out of
their property, and they had the voOdoo
doctor arrested, but the matter was set