Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-02-14

some blueing for ink and a crochet
needle for q pen. The strips were
fastened to a hook in the ceiling and
standing on a chair she swung herself
of and strangled without waking up her
husband who was within q few feet Of
her. The writing left was so blurred 70
could not be made out. Continued sick
ness Is the supposed cause of her action.
Burlington Independent: Friday last
Hiram Hathaway was arrested for poi
sOnlng a family by the name Of Neon
nell, residing east of lie Roy one mile.
For years young Hathaway has shown
signs Of insanity, and at various times
has engaged IN deVlllsh work -burnIug
haystacks, etc. His last act IN this line
was putting Rough on Rats" deadly
poison, in various articles of food, which
came very near sending i've innocent
souls to untimely graves. Monday ne
was taken before. Probate Judge Brown
and declared insane, and viii be sent FOL
the Topeka Asylum, where he belongs.
The Harvey County Bank, of Newton,
Kansas, which suspended on December
3lst, resumed business on Monday last,
prepared to meet every possible demand.
The fact that the Old patrons deposited
nearly $4,000 In currency during the
day, and that the days depOsitse1
! the checks by several thousand dollars,
goes TO show that the banks temporary
! embarrassment has not shaken the con-
hdence of the community IN the institu-
ton.
Fort Scott Herald. A party of young
folks Of this city went to a dance in the
country last night. The host took them
out, but having tOyed with the taTantula
juice while In town, reached the scene Of
the festivities Ia rather g paralyZed con-
ditiOn. Theyoung folks debated the pro-
priety Of going into the house while the
host was in such q condition, when he
gave them the choice of dancing or walk
ing home. They danced.
Wa-Keeney World; A man named g..
Baker has been stopping at the Union
House several weeks. Just before New
Years his feet were frozen while he was
on the way from some point in Southern
Nebraska to his ranch in Wallace county,
Kansas. The skin and flesh have
slOUghed OF his feet from the the ends
to the insteps. 1t is said that amputa-
ton of most of the, toes if not both feet,
viii be necessary.
Chetopa AdUance: Died, at theresidence
of her son-in-laW, D. BIueiacket, Mrs. Bet
/ sy Silverheel, after q short illness, of pneu-
mOnia and typhoid fever. She bore her
! sickness with the fOrtitude of Christian
and with the hope of happy hereafter.
She was between so and 80 years old, and
was, at the time of her death, the Oldest
Indian in the Shawnee tribe.
Jacob Stotler, editor of the Sumner
County Press, has consented to donate to
the State Historical Society the gavel
which he used when Speaker of the
Kansas House of Representatives, TWEEN
/ ty years ago. He also consented to read
before that society a paper, giving. a
sketch Of the doings Of the session, as he
recOlects them.
The boys in the neighborhood of Bel
vOir, had an Old-fashiOned fOx-chase last
week, and captured the fox after q run,
from one to five o'clock p. M. The
hounds started the fox on Coon Creek,
and run it to cover in Derby's bottom, on
the Wakarusa.
A tramp working for his board at
the Junction House in EmpOria, got
away with $40 worth Ofnew clothes and
some money belonging to the proprie-
tors son last Saturday morning and
skipped for parts unknown.
Wyman jenkins, a Missouri Pacific
| yardman, was instantly killed at Hia-
Watha on the night of the 3Oth. His
head was cut from his body as clean as
| if he had been beheaded with a guillo-
tine.
/ No saloons are allowed to operate with
/ in seven miles Of the town Of Ashland
The cowboys are peaceable enough when
sober, but when drinking nothing short
of blood seems to satisfy them.
The Leroy Reporter says that Jay
! GOuld's new railroad line from Kansas
| City by way Of PaoIa and Leroy will be
about the same length as the Santa Fe
line by way Of Topeka and Emporia.
Hebe Taylor, a gambler and saloon
! keeper Of AtChison, furnished stone for
! the foundation Of a Baptist Church some
time ago, and is now offering forty acres
Of land for public park.
John T. Shoemaker has resigned the
/ Office Of Postmaster Of MusCOtah and re-
turned to his farm. His successor in of
! Zee is ii. II. Moore, q Democrat, who IS
commissioned for four years.
The argus and News, both Republican
papers, of Yates Center, have been con
sOlidated, and the new firm is Geo. u.
Faler & Co. The Neaqs' flag viii still float.
j II. Farmer and S. Hawkins were hunt
ing down In the Indian Territory just two
weeks, when they returned home with
fifty deer and thirty wild turkeys.
Grace Beeman, ninteen year old
young lady Of Wichita, committed suicide
! by shooting herself
Republic City desires to be a city ID
law as well as In name.
I Wichita has had two suicides in the
last week.
Allen county is going to have a grand
Jury
WyandOtte claims a population Of 12,-
600.
Victor NapoIeon's Diplomacy.
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