Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-10-09
VOL. VIII. NO. 49.
THE GENERAL NEWS.

CharlestoniaDs were needlessly excited
over Wiggins' prophecy.
The Illinois liquor men declare open wal
on the temperance cause.
B. W. Furlong, of Alapha, Ga, killed a
negro and committed suicide.
The bonds of two of the crooked Cincin-
oal OH @ ials are not 70 be found.
A convention Of Illinois saIoon-keeperz
was held at Springfield last week.
The mayor of Wichita, Kansas, has re-
signed because there was no salary attached
to his ONCE.
MIN Owens killed Joe Shannon at St.
Louis in a quarrel over 10 cents. Both were
cOlOred.
The licensed saloons of Chicago number
4,62l. The eleventh ward has only 7Oi the
hrst ward has 4l5.
Lewis Grove, a brakeman, was knocked
from 8 car by street bridgsiu Det=ait and
his head cut of by the tram.
Seven thousand river miners, in the neigh
bOrhoOd Of Pittsburg, threaten TO strike
next week for an advance.
The body Of David Wilkerson, Iillen
Ga, negro, was found in the woods having
figured IN lynchiug bee.
A freight train of thirty-fve coal and oil
cars broke down at Holland, New York, took
ire and was totally consumed.
James Howe, who published the first sport
ing paper IN the United States, died the
other day at Lafayette, Indiana.
Burglars in Albany, Wis, in blowing open
safe set ire to the building, and the opera
house was destroyed. Loss $4,000.
Benjamin Gardiner, his wife and daugh-
ter in-law, we're struck by train on rail
road crossing near PoquOnnOck, Conn, and
killed.
William Ellsworth, aged q, supposed to be
a telegram ODGFaEDF from Grand HnrEH. IN
Y, shot and killed himself in a Buffalo lOdg-
ing house.
Serious charges OF Financial crookedness
have been brought against Charles Il. BraBs-
comb, candidate for governor on the Kansas
prohibition ticket
George W. Washington. a coIored repub-
Hcan leader of Alabama and one of the 3O6
who voted for Grant at Chicag in1SSO, died
IN Montgomery.
Washington and Baltimore newspapers
are busying themselves about Cleveland's
sighting Of his uncle, the late James Neal.
OF Baltimore.
At Chalfn Bridge, H., Edward Clark,
aged Is, shot and killed his sweetheart, ID
years old, the daughter of Mr.. Hultz, and
then killed himself.
Conner, the first baseman of the New
York base ball club, was presented with a
gold watch, costin $3.50 dollars for knock
ing ball over Fence.
Andrew Lucas, born in slavery IN Teunes-
see, where he was servant Of Gen. Jack
son, died at Bradford, Ontario, at the sup
posed age Of l2o years.
The International Range association of
Colorado have Issued an address urging that
precautions be taken to prevent the intro
duction of pleuro-pneumonia.
William Stewart, the absconding Western
Union agent at Wichita Kansas, was a-rang-
ed for preliminary trial at Winnipeg, and
sent TO a higher court for trial.
A stone building was discovered eight feet
below the surface at Kaukauna, Wis, which
from its appearance and workmanship is
thought to have been built centuries ago.
A delegation from Lynchburg, Va, head
cd by Mr.. Button, called on the president
and invited him to attend the mechanical
exposition shortly to be held in that city.
In family quarrel at Yellow Prairie, Tex.
John Cairnes, county commissioner shot
and killed his stspEon, Jock Campbell, who
had attacked him. Cairnes was arrested.
1t is authoritively stated that any move
ment by the Santa E5 road IN the way of
laying tracks to Chicago, viii be promptly
met by the extension Of the Alton road into
Kansas.
PleurO pneumonia is raging with unpre-
cedented violence among the cattle IN Linn
6rick township, Montgomery county, Penn
sylvania, as we'll as in some neighbOring
David q. Jamison, the operator at Green
wood, Mo-, whose carsiessness caused the
freight train collision on the Missouri
Pacific, has been arrested at the instance Of
the Missouri Pacific officials.
Joseph Baker, the cook who has been miss
ing from William Dryers restaurant on
State street, Chicago, since the murder of
his employer was arrested yesterday IL
Michigan City, Ind, and confessed to kill
ing Dryer.
T-l---. E.,--.,., 800
assaulted by strikers while being escorted
home by the police. A riot ensued, in which
several policemen were wounded with
stones and a boy shot and seriously
wounded.
The Baptists of Boston sent Rev. DIR. Gal
usha Anderson to Chicago to ask aid for
missionary work in the Congo state Of South
Africa, wher5 $4,000 has been spent at
seven stations.
Carl Galloup, the son of a Baptist clergy
man at Ithaca, New York. went to sleep IN
the carriage in the barn, and in attemptin
20 climb out during the night met with som
accident, and strangled to death.
In the Dakota democratic convention, H.
n. Day was nominated delegate to congress.
A resolution favOring the admission of Da-
kota as a whole was voted down and one
favOring the division on the seventh stan
dard parallel adopted.
The trouble with Secretary Manning is
undoubtedly blOod-poisOning from sewer
Eas. Plumbers at work in his private Office
In the treasury department, found a four
inch pipe, without any cap, leading directly
in from the sewer.
The firm Of G. W. Ludlow & Co., whole
sale manufacturers Of shoes, corner Of Mich
igan avenue and Randolph streets, Chicago,
was burned out. Loss SCI, 900; insurance
1000 The bUilding was only slightly in
jured.
Sixty delegates from New York to the gen
sral assembly Of knights OF Labor at Rich
mond, including one c0lOred man, were IN
able 70 secure accommodations together at
hotel whereupon they all engaged board
in colOred families.
A monument thirty feet high, erected in
memory OF those who fell IN the Black Hawk
war, was dedicated by the citizens of
Stephenson county, Illinois in Kent town
ship. Colonel j. ID. Hit, a veteran of the
struggle, related some interesting facts con-
nected Herewith.
The quarantine established at the Chicago
distillsries over infected cattle costs the
government about 500 per day, and
special disbursiug agent has been ordered on
from Washington. 1t is probable that the
trouble will put an end to the practice of
feeding COWS at distillerles.
A disastrous fire in the business portion
Of Council Grove, under a stiff breeze spread
to other buildings and several blocks were
destroyed before any telling resistance could
be made on the flames. Late in the even
ing the fir5 was gotten under control. The
loss ia roughly estimated at Sl5O,OOO-
Mrs. A. d. Owens, Of Cresswell n. C.,
hired three darkies to drown her husband.
Their courage failed them, but one of them