Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-01-17

ton on the 8lst of December. Theme
lngs have beer II operation since nov.
10Th and over 500 hundred persons have
been converted The Holton papers
nave been devo6ng q great deal of their
spaco TO reports or these meetings, which
are generally acknowledged TO be the
largest and most successful ever held ia
that town. Mrs. Motley is new hold
ing meetings at Concordia.
Peabody Graphic: The eantala of
Esther was rendered Wednesday and
Thursday Evenings, by home talent, at
the nj. j. church under the direction of
Miss ReinoehL 1t was a financial and
artistic success, and val add materially
to the library fund, for the benefit of
which 1t was given Miss Reinoehl is de-
serving Of great credit aud the thanks of
the entire community.
Mound City Clarion; Miss Grace
Klncaid, accompanied by Miss Fannie
Rice, teacher Of the languages at the
Oberlin University, where Miss Kincaid
has attended school for several years, ar
rived in the city last Thursday. Miss
Rice viii return to Oberlin next week.
Miss klncaid viii remain at her home
here until next Summer, when she and
Miss Rice cOntemplates a trip 60 Eu-
rope.
Wyandotte Herald: Several weeks ago
as Mrs. S. II. Simpson attempted TO get
out Of q street car, and Just as she was
IN the act of stepping to the ground the
mules gave a sudden start, throwing her
weight, with some violence, onto one
foot straining the muscles very. severely.
She has been unable to use it since, and
on Saturday last her physicians placed
the foot In q plaster cast.
Emporia Republican,. The dinner Civ
en- by the ladies of the congregation
Of the First Presbyterian Church of EN-
pOria, to the Sabbath school scholars
proved avery entertaining and successful
affair, and by the pleasure it gave 70 the
young folks present, well repaid the ladies
for their labor and pleasure.
Miss Nellie Russell, of Emporia. mar
ToWly escaped losing her life after taking
an overdose of morphine. She had been
feeling i'll and took the morphine as a
stimulent. The druggist prepared the
pills for three doses, but the young lady
misunderstood his directions and took
them all at once.
A young lady living near Little River,
while engaged in making cakes, acci-
IDENTIFY upset the lamp, the oil setting fire
to her clothing. She called for help, but
before anyone came to her assistance she
was so badly burned that she died in
couple Of hours.
! Salina Journal ASwedish lady named
! Chistine Goldbranson, aged fifty-four
years, was drowned in a well near
| Bridgeport, one day last week. The
members of the family were absent at
/ LindsbOrg when the drowning occurred.
! 1t is supposed that she accidentally fell
/ into the well while watering stock.
/ Sterling Gazette: Miss Sadie, daughter
/ of Mr.. =. B. Cowgirl, is the agent of the
/ Government for taking the weather OBJ
! servatiOns In this city; and her monthly
/ reports to the Signal Service Office at
! Washington are generally correct.
Independent Star: The Ladies Library
/ Association now has nearly four hun
dred volumes in the library and is con
stantly adding to them. A full Cata-
! lOgue Of their books is now being
/ printed.
! Lawrence Gazette: Mrs. Belen Dough-
/ erty and a girl named Lizze both Of
whom are employed at the Club House,
/ have been robbed. The former loses
/ 5000 in cash and the latter $40, and gold
watch and chain.
Newton Republican. Meta, the young
daughter of Judge Campbell, met with a
serious accident Saturday. She fell while
carrying pot of boiling coffee and bad
ly scalded an arm and one side of her
face.
Mrs. Laura NJ. John edits a column Ia
the Salina Journal devoted to the inter
ests Of the Saline County Woman's Suf-
frage Association. The motto, ability
has no SEX" fys at the head.
Sunday evening, the daughter of VIM.
Tack, living on Lincoln street, in Topeka,
fell on the icy walk, breaking her
left leg near the ankle, also badly Spain
ing the ankle.
Mrs. Malloy closed her series of meet
ing at HobsOn on New Years eve by
holding a night watch meeting, which
| was laroelv attanded