Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-05-22
STATE NEWS.

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gentleman, stopping at the Arlington
Hotel, during the day had his boots
shined by a bOOt-black, for which he
gave the boy what he thought to be five
copper pennies, but which were really
four cOppers and a fve-dollaE gold piece.
The little fellow took the money and
disappeared, and the gentleman was soon
buried In thought IN the columns Of a
newspaper and did not notice the mis-
take. About an hour afterwards the boy
returned and after looking around for a
few moments discovered the gentleman
to whom he returned the fve-dOllar
piece. The gentleman then showed the
size of his heart by taking the boy by
the hand and leading him to a clothing
house near by and rugged him up with a
hfteen-dOllar suit of clothes.
In Allen county a fellow named
Browning debauched a girl and muir
dered her father when he demanded re-
dress, and was acquitted. In Linn cOun-
ty j. W. Wayne seduced a girl and
killed her to hide the crime, and was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree. A variation from the usual pro-
gramme occurred IN the last case. 1t
was expected that the judge would in
dulge in some affecting remarks IN pass
ing sentence, but Judge French merely
said: ''The sentence of the court is,
that you hang by the neck until you are
dead 1t Is the further order Of the
court, that you be confined in the peni-
tentiary Of the state Of Kansas until the
Governor executes this order"
A dispatch from Parsons, Labette
county, says an old man named Kline
his two daughters, aged 8 and 10 years.
and a young brother-in-law named Cox,
were drowned nine miles from Parsons,
near the Gulf railroad bridge, by the
Overturning Of a ferry boat during a
storm. The family formerly lived near
AIcCune, and were returning by wagon
from an unsuccessful prospecting tour.
When the boat was in mid stream a gust
sized the boat. Mrs Kline, one child
and the ferrymRn were rescued The
other four were drowned The bodies
have not yet been recovered.
Oberlin Herald: One of the richest
specimens Of auriferous deposits that has
yet been found In Decatur county, Of the
placer variety, was discovered a few days
since. A professional gentleman Of this
city while engaged in prospecting dis
covered a remarkable fossil. His atten-
ton was directed to this particular place.
After its removal it was found to be hOl-
| low and the cavity filed with a peculiar
substance, which upon examination prov
ed to be gold, and worth about five
/ dollars.
The trial OF Orion Laraway, for the
murder of Oscar Kruzen, fn the northern
portion Of Butler county, last year, has
/ been commenced in the district court OF
Butler county. Judge q. b. Wall, pre-
siding. The trial is exciting a good deal
/ of interest, as the murder was premedi-
tated and the evidence in the case being
entirely circumstantial.
A difficulty arose between two labor
/ ers, at Dodge City, the other day, w. Fl
/ WeIker and Thomas Horben, the former
/ being armed with four-tined pitchfork
/ He made for the latter, and Just as he
was advancing HOrbeD drew a pistol and
/ shot WeIker through the heart, killing
him instantly. HOrben gave himselfup
/. B. Simons, an old soldier over fifty
| years, was felled by blow from black
smiths hammer In the hands Of a man
named A. Scott, at Columbus, Cherokee
/ county, the other day. SimOns lay un-
/ conscious for a hours, but finally reviv-
/ ed and viii recover. Scott was arrested
A Republic county farmer killed eight
large rattlesnakes on his farm, near
| town, the other day. AT one particular
/ locality on the farm these snakes seem
/ to have taken up a claim, as quite q
number have been killed by other par
ties before this.
/ George Brooks committed suicide neal
Eureka. Greenwood county, the othel
day, by shooting himself through the
! head with a revolver. No cause is known
why he should have committed the rasE
act.
At the depth Of eighty feet a vein o.
anthracite coal has been discovered IL
WoOdson county. This is the only in.
stance on record Of any trace Of tint
valuable fuel being found In this state.
The barn Of John Hooper, near Flor
ence, Marion county, was destroyed by
fire the other day. Five horses, ma
chin5ry and all other contents Of the barI
were destroyed Loss $4,000.
A man named ". e. Wager was ru
over by the cars at Emporia, and was In
stantly killed. BE lived at ChiHicothe
Missouri, and was ia charge Of q eG
load Of cattle beng skipped t. a 7
Smith of Trinidad.