Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-11-21

from the surface w hat seems 20 laws
/ been a shoulder measures two feet ~
width, and a bone that was evidently
+ once the ankle joint Of something that
/ lived, moved and had being, measures
+ fourteen inches IN circumference. From
/ the shoulder blade to the ankle Joint the
/ bones measured seven feet in length.
Eureka Greenwood county, Republic
/ can: A serious wreck happened 10 the
/ east bound freight on the st. Louis, Fort
! Scott q Wichita road, on Tuesday Of last
/ week. By some means one or two cars
/ loaded with cattle were derailed and
| hurled down the grade near the Dig
\ trestle work in the Flint Hills. Sixty
/ head Of cattle were killed. The remain
\ ing cars were stopped just on the trestle
/ work, with the caboOse OF the rails. &c
was narrow escape from a terrible
smash up.
John Brooks, a mute, 10 years old, son
/ Of Mr.. Chas. Brooks, Of COfteyVilie, Mont
/ gOmery county, was burned to death the
other day, by the accidental iguiting Of
his clothes from cigar he was smoking
The body was taken to his home on
| blanket, in 8 nude condition, every par
ticle Of clothing having been burnt or
torn nom his person. In this truly sad
condition he suffered unspeak able pain
until death came to his relief on the
evening Of the same day.
Niscreants assaulted the residence Of
Rev. j. III. Marshall, at Burlington, the
other night, throwing beer bottles etc,
through the Windows. J III. Armstrong;
lumber Office was served Ia q like man
ner. These two gentlemen, with Rev.
). s. Murphy, have been prominently
identified with the prosecutions for vio-
lations Of the prohibitory law, and attTi-
butte these Visitations to that cause.
The Atchison county insurance case,
Sullivan against the Phoenix, of Brook
Ign, has been reversed by the supreme
court of the state. When Sulhvsn's
! house burned a year and q half ago, it
technical errors in his policy for $500.
The district court Of Atchison county de-
cided that the insurance company was
not liable, but the supreme court decides
that it is.
The records of the Western Union
telegraph Office at Emporia for the month
of October show that 2l7, 329 words Of
special dispatches and 1888 words of
Associated Press kilograms were trans
mitted and l84, 240 words of Associated
{ Press kilograms received; q total of 420,-
S87 words in addition 60 the regular
message business of the Office during the
month.
Salina Independent: Jerome Cunning
ham arrived yesterday in the city, haV-
ing in his possession the skeleton of a
dwarf, two feet ten inches, which he
found recently in a cave Ia Gilpin county,
Colorado. 1t is in fine state Of preser-
walton and appears to be that of an aged
adult person, not an Indian.
Last week son of Mr.. Gus Redemske,
about eleven years Of age, residing on
South Branch, Wabaunsee county, was sit
/ ting near the stove with babe on hislap,
when the lightning struck the chimney
and running down the stove pipe discOI-
Ored the eye of the boy, ripped open his
pants and tore the right boot into frag-
ments but did no serious injury to either
the boy or the babe.
The contract has been let for the
/ Wichita & Colorado railroad, known as
the eagle line" projected from Wichita
northwest through SedgWiCk, Reno and
Stafford counties, crossing the Great Ar
kansas at or In the vicinity of Great
Bend, thence westward to the coal fields
of eastern Colorado. Work will com
mence on the line west from that city
next Monday.
The Atchison Globe complains bitterly
Of the inadequaCy of their fire protection.
! and says: "Ihe AtchisOn fire department
has four excellent horses, but they are
/ generally at work in GrasshOpper town
/ ship, has nice looking engine, but 10 is
! Of no use for any thing, and a hose cart
! too small to carry enough hose to reach
/ across the street."
/ Seneca Tribune: La Isggard, clerk in
/ the Cameron house, broke his leg while
/ trying to get into the bus. He slipped
and fell, while jumping onto the step,
| his full weight falling on one leg break
/ ing both bones below the knee.
Burglars blowed open the the door of
the express office safe at Jewell City the
other night and secured $500 ia silver
| just received by the Pacific express com
pany An unsuccessful attempt was
made TO get into the burglar proof box,
but 1t Is supposed they were fris htened
off.
Robert Flickinger's large Towering
mill, situated In the suburb s Of Atchison,
was destroyed by fire one night last
week, involving a loss of $18 600; insured
for $4,000 in eastern companies. The
IRE broke out In the upper story, and is
supposed to have been caused by spon-
taneOUs combustion.
There was an extensive prairie fire in
PierceVille township, Finney county.
last week. Barton Bros. range was COM
pletely burned, necessitating the removal
Of the cattle. Several head Of cattle
were burned. The fire spread over ten
or fifteen townships In Finney and Ford
county.
There is war between two electric
light companies at Atchison. One COM
pany proposes to put in an incaudescent
plant during the present winter, with a
capacity Of 1000 lights. The lights win
cost one and a half cents an hour when
In use; the cost Of an ordinary gas burner
is three cents an hour.
The primary room Of the COncordia
high school is so crowded that half the
scholars attend in the forenoon and