Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-10-10


the entire Missouri delegation are In
Washington on mission to the president
70 secure q change ia the Important federal
offices In that state. lt Is said that the
name Of VIM Hyde formerly Of the Sc.
Louis Republican VIII be- presented TO the
president as the choice Of the deIeeatfoE for
postmaster Of st. Louis.
The official statement of the Chicago
board of trade shows the amount of grain
in sight in the United States and Canada,
on Saturday, 6epEem Der 70, TO be- Wheat
-. 206. 81 bushels, an increase OF ga. Ga
bushels. Corn, 4.555,079 bushels, an in
crease Of 255, z03 bushels The amount Of
wheat in Chicago. 1870. $685. com, 49,
713.
Secretary Manning has instructed United
States District Attorney DOrshsimer 70
cause the arrest Of all passengers arriving
at New York from abroad, without regard
or offer to pay, and OF all government en-
plOyes who receive, brides in connection
with the examination of luggage.
The postmaster general has appointed
the following fourth class 3Ostmasters
in Kansas:-Reserve, J. NJ. Cecil; Rush Cen
ter. 3 Z. Mallory; Rock Creek, J. %. COffey;
Reubens, Aurin Hunt; Good Laid, 8. J..
Nolan; Protection, 81. o. HClderly; PadOnia,
James A. Laing.
In a decision Just rendered by Judge
Chapman, of the Detroit superior court, 1t
is held that patent medicines are NOT among
the necessaries Of life, and that an agree-
msnt between manufacturer and dealers
to maintain their price is therefore not
against public policy.
A special from Chanuts says that the
house in which Mrs. Nancy POinsst died,
has been burned. This is the second fire
within a week, and it is believed that in
cendiaries are at work. Two men have
been arrested on suspicion.
At Viacennes, Ind. Win Taylor drank
considerable liquor, and was taken TO his
home in a dying condition. He said the
last few drinks he took tasted bitter, and
asserted somebody put morphine in his
Whiskey.
An effort will be made at the approach
ing convention of the Irish national league
of America to raise $225, eco to enable Mr..
Parnell to guarantee ninety members Of
parliament 800 each annually for i've
years.
Secretary Manning dismissed seven en-
ployes in the registers office, including i've
clerks and two chiefs OF division named
Charles Neale and n. B. Walker. It is said
that the vacancies viii not behlled.
Gen. Miles has made his report to the
government. He claims the government
saves 100000 year by putting the Indians
under military control, and condemns the
Indian Territory as a blot.
The postmaster general has removed L.
B. CrOnee and q. Z. SpOOner, employees Of
the postal card agency, CastletOn, n. Y,
and appointed J. W. Mcknight and } mes
Purcell, to fill vacancies.
The attorney General of Pennsylvania,
has commenced proceedings against a num-
Der Of mutual insurance companies, and in
tends to break up that class Of insurance in
the state.
Secretary Whitney has sent a letter to
the naval board for their guidance in ap-
praisgng the work and material of the I'M
finished cruisers, Boston, Atlanta and Chi
cagO.
In Pendleton county, Kentucky, a mob
killed seventeen head of cattle belonging
to Mr.. D. n. BrannOck, which were sup
posed to be infected with pleurO-p neu-
mOnia.
The great stallion race at Mystic park,
for the Spirit of the Tim az valued
at & 900, with added purse Of 81, 125,
2:2O.
The president, through the secretary of
the treasury, has asked Professor Agassiz to
take the Office Of superintendent of coast,
vice Professor Hillgard, resigned.
Jerry Lukens, q eOlored man, charged
with committing rape on a white girl, and
confined in Jail in StauntOn; n. c., YVES
lynched by band of masked men.
Strong opposition to the proposed sale Of
the lands known as the oklahoma and
Cherokee strips has developed among the
Seminole, Greek and CherOkee Indians.
It transpires that Coleman Adams, cash
Ter of the birmingham (Aass.) Savings
bank, who committed suicide, was q de-
faulter to the extent Of $225,O0O
Miss Allie Lott, daughter of a we'll
known citizen Of FreepOrt, HI, committed
suicide recently on account OF love affair
with skahng-rlnk manager.
Chas. B. Ketcham, formerly editor Of the
Kansas City Times, and subsequently con-
ueCted with the Chicago News and Indian
apOlis Journal, is dead.
Lewis Webster has been convicted for the
second time of the murder OF Perry Har-
ringtOn, near Geneva, O., on the 18th Of
December last.
A series of games is being arranged be
tween the OhicagOs and the St. Louis
Browns Tor supremacy. A purse Of $1,000
viii be offered.
Twenty-Five persons were wounded, many
Of them seriously, by the collapse Of q Cir
Gus tent at Mar6nsburg, W. Va, during
q storm.
The supposed shocks Of earthquake near
Pittsburg, on recently, are now thought
to have been caused by the explosion Of q
meteor.
The Farmers Review Of Chicago. esti-
mates the present corn crop at !, 436, 236, 600
bushels. an increase of 184. 900 bushels
Two men at Cottonwood Point, Missouri
fOngbt a duel with TevOIvers, their lef
hands being elasped, and both were killed,
Arcor5i7,s, m ar, roerafior inst "a ker,
the population Of Des MOines, Iowa, is g.
469, an increase Of 1O.O6I since 1880.
Ferd Ward has determined TO tell all he
knows in regard to the affairs OF Grant &
Ward, and who got the money.
DR.. Thomas Waugh, who was shot by
Jasper =. Sweet, In Chicago, on Saturday.
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