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


After going a short distance he assembled
| the grade and disappeared in the woods
| Shortly afterwards he was found living
dead with a bullet hole In his head.
There was no papers either on his per
son or in his Vaise that would give any
clue as to who the unfortunate man Was.
Blue Rapids Times: The startling news
/ that Mr.. 4. 3. Slocum had committed
suicide, was brought to town Monday
morning by his son, who came after a
doctor. it appears that Mr.. SlOcum arose
early Monday morning TO 60 to The barn
TO attend to q sick horse, and some time
! later his Youngest son went to look for
| him. Failing TO find him, 1t was feared
/ he might have gone into the cellar and
/ fell, and his son going down, found him
hanging by the neck.
The Jewell City Republican saws that
/ an attempt was made TO bury in the
! Wallace cemetery the horse thief who
/ killed Marshal Harrington, and was him
! self shot by Mr.. Cluster, but the citizens
! observing what was being done, they
! took steps to stop such proceedings and
| the body was brought back. The same
/ fate was met at the Jewell cemetery.
| So they buried the despised man In the
woods.
! Stephens brought a wild cat into town
+ which he had captured with his dogs, in
/ the timber four Orhve miles northwest of
/ this place. 1t is q fine specimen of its
/ kind and was mounted by G. K. Jones,
of this Office. This one was not dead
when they found it, as the looks Of the
! dogs clearly showed when they came
] home.
Atwood Citizen: Rawlings is booming,
/ Thomas without a stick Of timber and a
great load Of railroad lands in booming
Sheman is enjoying the first ripple of
boom, Cheyenne Is settling in toward a
full flood, and the Northwest that once
was q dream of jim Keeney will soon be
indeed the "Great Northwest"
Atchison Patriot: The city is literally
overrun with trampss and they are hard
subjects to deal with. They can be ar
rested and fined for vagrancy, and put at
work on the streets; but the difficulty is
the street commissioner has no teams
and not a sufficient police force to guard
them.
Larned Eagle Optic: Several carloads
of immigrants goods have arrived here
during this week, making an average Of
about five cars a day. Sunday morning
there were six carloads from Kentucky,
( which belonged to people who have
settled in the Van NOstran neighbOr-
hood, northwest of the fort reservation.
Smith County Bulletin: County Clerk
Beacon informs us that there are 268 new
tracts of land to be taxed this year, which
viii reduce the rate considerably. This
year there viii be twice as many proved
up on their land as last, and the rate will
be still more reduced.
Osborne Farmer: School districts 80
north Of Alton, Il in Round Mound, So
in the DWinelle neighbOrhOod near Eagle
creek, Is near Eagle Rapids, have all put
up new school house within the past few
months, and district 49 near POttersville,
is about to follow suit.
Mr.. A. Jef1s has soldhi interest in the
Gaylord Wooden Mills to TWO other par
ties whose names we have failed to learn.
Mr.. Thornton remains in the firm, and
we understand many improvements viii
be made and the capacity of the mills
greatly increased.
MarysvilIe NelCs: II. Il. Helvern, of
Beattie, pays $500 and costs for selling
intoxicating LIQUORS. The case of Wea-
yer, who was Helvern's barkeeper, was
dismissed by Weaver paying costs,
amounting to something like $3.50.
Clifton ReUielU. Last Saturday while
DB A1LLl6Cl1 DuSnlLlR ILClgLAG GdLB luLD DD5l-
ton to be loaded with grain, John Shea
had the misfortune to get his hand IN
der the wheel, by which he had all Of
his fingers smashed and cut of but the
little one.
A skiff was capsized in the river oppo-
site LeavenWOrth, and a young man
named John WOolheater was drowned.
Three men were in the skif and two of
them hung on the upturned boat for half
a mile when they were rescued.
The dead body of a nine year old girl
was found in the territory few days ago
Just over the state line. There was no
clue to Identification except small silver
band ring on her left hand bearing the
initials "E. v"
Kirwin Lldependelt: II. \. Boyd has
been appointed by the township board
of Logan to investigate the affairs Of the
AtchisOn & Denver Railroad, in which
that township has $4,000 Of stock.
Hill City Reoe5lIs: The Nicodemus col
Ony almost unanimously make final proof
on their claims the 25th inst. For six
long years they have held to their claims,
and will secure a title to their land.
Hanover Democrat: A corps of engi-
neers, headed by A. BIahnke, late Of the
B. q NJ, will survey the new road from
Hanover by the way Of Greenleaf to Clay
Center.
A local company has been organized
for the purpose of building a railroad
from Smith Center to some point on the
Central Branch Railroad.
The opera of ''Queen Esther was sue
cessfully rendered by Manhattan home
talent recently.
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.