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

the want Of means, now that he has
aucn 9 g0Ou beginning. i ind that he Is
very highly respected by the COmmis-
sion and has been made President By a
unanimous vote, which Is not only great
compliment to him, but to your judgment
IN the appointment, and to the State.
A nOn-VirtuOus white woman named
Lulu Tucker while incarcerated in the
county JalI at Topeka, became love smit-
ten with q cOiored man named John
Leavens, who was also serving q time for
larceny. it was all fixed" that on the
day Of their release the wedding bells
should proclaim their unison, but on ar
irving at the Justices Office a crowd of
Ioafers had got on to their scheme and
bIockaded the room. John became
wFathy and while he was tinting the air
with an lndagQ blue of Oaths, Lulu bOlted
and ran thus crushing the future hopes
and consumatiOns Of Johns joyful antiC-
ipatiOns.
An organization to be known as the
Jacksonian Democratic Club. of Kansas.
was organized in Topeka, January 8.
Officers elected: President, Governor A.
A. Glenn, OF Wichita. Vice Presidents,
First, Governor Geo. w. Click, AtchisOn;
second, A. A. Harris, Fort Scott; third,
Charles Black, Winfield; fourth, II. b.
Arnold, North Topeka; fifth, A. A. Carna-
han, Clay Center; sixth, J. Schleyer, Hays
City; seventh, w. +. Petillin, Dodge City.
Secretaries, First, Floyd B. Irish, Topeka;
second, i. +. Smith, DelphOs. The club
viii give a banquet on the Sth Of each
succeeding January, thus celebrating the
anniversary Of the Battle Of New Orleans.
The State Board of Railroad Commits
sioners have recently received COM
plants, as follows: By G. r. Anderson, Of
Mulberry Grove, Crawford county, alleg-
ing discrimination by the st. Louis &
San Francisco Railroad Company. in
coal rates from Cherryvale to Wichita.
By ii. Frease & Co., Of NickersOn, that
the Santa Fe charged too much for car
Tying safe from EmpOria Junction to
NickersOn. By James Laughlin, that
the Southern Kansas road charged him
too much for hauling coal oil from Cher
ryvale to Liberty, Kan.
The Cleveland Town Site Company,
formed for the purpose of locating the
town Of Cleveland, in Oklahoma Terri
tory, fled articles Of incorporation with
the Secretary Of State recently. Its
headquarters are to be in Arkansas City,
Kansas. The directors are ii. M. Maidt,
w. d. Kraemer, VIM. McGinnis, j. y.
Beck, w. M. Speers, J. NJ. Holloway and
Z. q. TOmpsOn.
The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Kan
sas State Historical Society viii be held
in the Senate Chamber, at Topeka, on
Tuesday evening, January goth, 1885, for
the election of Oue-half the members of
the Board Of Directors, and the trans
action of such other business as may
come before the meeting.
The twentieth anniversary Of the con
seCratiOn of Rt. Rev. Bishop Vail was
celebrated in Topeka Jan. 8th. Among
the interesting features was the presen-
tatiOn Of the signet ring from the mem
bers of his diocese, which was indeed a
lovely token of the high esteem in which
he Is held by the good people Of his
flock.
Gov. Click has received an application
to pardon out Of the penitentiary one
Milton Lyons, who was convicted in Elk
county, three years ago, for the murder
Of Israel Palmer. The papers in the case,
petitions, ETC., cover several hundred
pages.
Hon. John Guthrie, Judge elect of this
Judicial District, visited the Office Of Chief
Justice A. II. Horton, a few days ago, and
took and subscribed to the oath of office
prescribed by law. He assumes the
duties Of his new office on Monday next.
Gov. Click has appointed Gen. Chas.
w. Blair, of LeavenWOrth, to act for Kan
sas as Assistant Field Marshal at the IN
yelling Of WashingtOn's monument
Washington, D. c., February p.
Judge Martin has rendered a decision,
refusing the application to enjOin the
County Commissioners from purchasing
a site and erecting a new Court House.
The teachers of Shawnee county held
their monthly meeting last Saturday
afternoon at Lincoln Hall. There were
present from fifty to sixty teachers.