Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

A meeting was held at Kansas City OF
the freight agents OF Kansas railroads To
consider the provisions Of the new liquor
law, which fOrbids railroads Transporting
LIQUORS, knowing It to be consigned for the
purpose Of unlawful sale. A circular was
prepared, notifying agents that liquors viii
still be received for transportation. Mean
/ while it is the intention TO make test case
of the mower vested in that Of police regu-
lation over Interstate commerce, where
the shipment is from another State into
! Kansas. The agreement was ratified by all
except the Santa Fe, whose authorized rep
! resentatiVe was not present, but will be
! consulted in the future.
| The Farmers Review, in a summary Of
/ the reports from correspondents throughout
the Western States for the week ending
/ March D. says: 1.-The conditions are such
that only a comparatively small area Of
spring wheat can be got into the ground be-
| fore the first of April" This cannot be
called late, neither can it be called early
In regard to winter wheat it says the indi-
cations are, that taking the decrease in the
acreage and the daily running down OF the
crop prospects, we shall see the winter
wheat crop, in quantity, below that Of
1883.
The Armour Packing Company have re-
ceiVed another cable order from the British
War Department for 5000 additional cases
of canned beef, representing about 600, 900
pounds, and another proposal for 10, 600 adj
ditiOnal cases, which, however, could not
be filed within the time limited. The
statement is made that the orders already
IN hand have Invested all the establish
ments in the country engaged in this
particular industry Of their available stocks.
Judge Gresham, in the United States Cir
cait Court has granted a writ of error in
the case Of Mackin and Gallagher, convict
ed OF election frauds in Chicago. They
cd cd To hail in "a of
each and released from jail. The time for
sending the two men to the penitentiary
expired at noon, and if the writ had not
been granted they would have been taken
to Joliet. The time for hearing the writ of
error has not yet been fixed upon.
The report of the Commissioner of Rail
roads on the Union Pacific Railroad, as re-
vealed by the cOmpany's books, show there
was due the United States for the year 1884
under the Thurman act, 81, 135, 200 against
which there is credited for Government
transpOrtatiOns, ETC., 81, 135, lTS, leaving $47
DIN the GOVernmentfOr the year. President
Adams says the company Will pay promptly
the $917, 900 adjudged due the Government
by the Court of Claims.
The great strike Of coal miners in the
Hooking Valley ended on the 18th instant
and the hRlf-famished miners that have re-
manned idle for nearly nine months, are
seeking work in the mines that they sban-
doned because of a reduction in the price of
mining from seventy to sixty cents per ton.
The men agreed to go to work for fifty cents,
the employing syndicate's last terms.
The Chinese Government has negotiated
two loans, one of four million tOebs, and
another for two million. The Shanghai
Courier states that it is informed that Sir
John Fender of London, has taken both
loans, both for ten years, at nine per cent.
interest.
A scheme to rush Mackin and GaIager,
the Chicago election fraudeTs, OF to the
penitentiary on the 21st, was checked by
their attorney who appealed to. Judge
BlOdgett. In the meantime a motion for
writ of error is being argued.
The will and codicil of the late Gordon
W. Burnham, an aged New York million
aire, was fled recently. The cOdiciI be-
queaths Kate SanbOrn, who was to have
been his wife, $50, 900, payable one year az
ter his deCease.
The trouble between the locomotive en-
gineers and the Missouri Pacific Railroad
has been amicably adjusted, and the en-
gineers' committee have returned home.