Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-09-04

is a question not to be considered. The
wheels are furnished by the Allen Paper
Wheel Company Of New York.
Oberlin Herald: One day recently our
county Treasurer sold 1892 acres OF
school land for S14, 2IS.6O, being an aver
ace of about S3.71 per acre. The highest
price paid was $50 per acre, and the
lowest So. 90. One year ago such land
could be bought for about $3.50 to S2UO
per acre; thus we have actual evidence
that land is advancing in value quite
rapidly in Decatur county. This land
was pretty generally purchased by resi-
dents of the county, or parties who IN
tend to become such.
Cedarville Re0ieW: VIM. Nanny, a rep
utable and trustworthy citizen Of this
place, relates that a few years ago when
buffalo were plenty, a man by the name
of John SchOOnOVer went out with rl11e
one morning and laid on the ground face
downward, and sticking the toes Of his
boots in the ground commenced shoot
ing buffalo, and never ceased until he
had killed three hundred and siXty-hVe
ofthem. The recOil Of his gun was so
great that SchoOnoVer was gigged back
half a mile, and the ditch made by his
boots in the prairie resembled burrows
made by breaking plOW.
The following is a chapter Of incidents
which are said to have happened in the
CITY of Hutchinson within the last ten days.
A Saratoga, Pratt county, man has beat
their best runner for a hundred dollars,
a Saratoga pony has beat three Of their
best horses for big money, and two Oh
the best men in Hutchinson for nothing
one of them the street commissioner
In addition to this, strictly home talent
has furnished a street fight in which an
alderman was hammered" by a saloon
man, two mysterious deaths, a hasty mar.
rage, and a labOring mans strike, i'll
which forty men working on the streets
struck for higher wages but didn't 'gei
'em." Quite an exciting history for 9
duration of but little over a week"
Clay Center Times: A few days ago
Jacob Here, residing northeast of the
German Methodist Church, in Highland
township, was found hanging by the
neck and dead, in his barn. Careful in.
quiry has revealed no cause Tor the rash
act. He came to this country some
years ago, and took a homestead, where
he has resided ever since, and by care
full management has proven up and i'm
proved his place, and made a COmfOrta
bic home. He was in a good shape Fl.
nancially and apparently a prosperous
man and respected by his friends anC
neighbOrs. He leaves a wife and five
children TO mourn his sudden death. il
will, perhaps always remain a mystery
as to what caused him to take his owl
life.
A strange and shocking accident Oc
CURED on the Luta, north of Marion, {
few days ago. Mr.. Geo. MOllOhan haC
been greatly annoyed by owls depredat
ing upon his chickens, and seeing one o.
the birds fly into the timber near his
house, seized his rife and followed. En-
tering the timber he thought he saw the
animal in the weeds, and fired, when, What
was his horror to discover that he haC
shot a man! The unfortunate victim o.
this strange occurrence is a Bohemian
named Rooney. He was kneeing dOwI
in the woods saving wood when he was
shot. The ball entered the forehead
and ranged down, passing into the mouth
/ The poor fellow was taken to Mr.. AIOllO
hans house, and the latter has done al
he could to atone for his fearful mistake
by tenderly caring, night and day, fol
! the wounded man.
Wesley Cook, of Lawrence, was cruelty
/ defrauded out Of about S400 by a heart
! less villain. Some months ago he pur
| chased two calves, paying half down anC
promising to pay the rest at a future
time. After a short time he sold the
calves, and the fact coming into the pos
session of a man named Sawyer, he 81
| worked upon Cooks fears, claiming the
act of selling the calves under the cir
cumstances was a penitentiary offense
that he got him to deed over all prop
| erty IN his possession to himself, in Orde-
! that he might have money to leave town
| at the same time he Cook was desert
! ing a young wife and babe, and al
through the Vaccinations of the villai1
! Sawyer. The offense charged to Cook
! the selling of the calves-Was no crime
| but a sale which he had a perfect RICH
to make. Sawyer had, however, by hi
misrepresentation so frightened Cool
that when discovered he was nearly in
! sane, and attempted to commit suicide
Sawyer has been arrested charged witt
! obtaining money under false pretenses.