Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-11-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Wichita Polled 1926 votes at the
last election.
A new coal shaft is being sunk al
Leavenworth.
The PSpulf tiCn Of Kansas is 1903
As. This is in increase Of 25O,OOO IL
one year.
The contract for waterworks at Min
neapOlis, Kan, has been let TO a Chicago
firm.
CLARK county has left but $4,000 acres
of public land. Lest April there were
125,O 600 acres.
LeavenwoIth papers declare that the
late reported census Of that city, which
gave it $4,000, is erroneous, and that
they have fully $4,000.
Kansas Nimrods should remember
/ that according to the law Of the state no
one is permitted to hunt quail except
/ upon his own ground.
The Kansas Central elevator company,
/ Of LeavenwOrth, have purchased the
largest corn shelter in the world. The
machine was invented and built by a
/ Kansas man.
! The 1. o. o. +. Of Kansas added ], 4S4
members to the order last year. There
/ are 283 lodges in the state, and IS, 02I
members altogether. The receipts We q
| S1100049O, exclusive Of the insurance
feature Of the order
Greenwood County Republican: It
ought to be more generally known that
wheat -four is probably the best possible
/ article to throw over fire caused by the
/ sPilling and ignitng of kerosene. 1t
ought to be known for -four is always
in convenient reach.
Great Bend Register: It has been
rumOred that the young ladies' band
would soon disband. We are glad to
learn that there is no foundation for the
/ report. The girls have made grand pro
gress and are entitled TO much credit for
their perseverance.
A row occurred at the corner of Sec
ond and Market street in LeavenWOrth,
Kan, last evening, between Dennis
/ Rogers and Ben Davenport, two cOlored
men, that resulted in Davenport being
dangerously shot IN the bowels with d
thirty-tWO caiber revolver in the hands
Of Rogers.
A large meteor was seen to fall at
about $50 p. m. on Friday evening last.
1t apparently located u deg, east Of
| North Lawrence, and its path from 20
| deg. to 80 deg. above the horizon. 1t
looked like two light blue flames, with a
space between them the size Of a palm
when the hand is extended to arms
length.
Assessors returns for March, 1886,
show that Kansas had then 572, 900
/ horses; $4,000 mules and asses, GU, 900
milk COWS, 1,462.OOO other cattle, 652.
sheep and /, 966,OO0 swine. The increase
over the previous year vas in cattle
about 10000 head, and in horses about
10000. In sheep and swine there was
large decrease.
Yates Center Nelrs: A company is
talked of which if organized viii see
that our rock quarries are operated and
the stone shipped to the neighbOring
cities. We do not know Of any indus
try that would give employment to
greater number OF persons and at the
same time build the town any more
rapidly.
lola Register; The editors and pub
fishers of the Burlington NOHpaTeil
have been arrested for criminal libel, in
alleging that Mr. Williams, county SUI
permtendent. has managed her office
eorruptly, The boys want to be careful
In touching up an official who happens
to be a woman. They are not use to 1t
ana apt to take it seriously.
Abilene Chronicle: On the two propo-
sitions, the one for voting bonds, the
other for the erection Of the lall, the peO-
pie showed their conservatism on cleo
ton day, the proposition to have the
buildings having a majority, while the
one to issue bonds was defeated. That
is they are willing to have the public
buildings, but are not willing to vote
bonds to pay for the same.
AtchisOn Champion: 1t is said that
the Indians on the POttawatomie reser-
walton in jackson county made about
$40, 600 OF pasture rents during the sea-
son Just passed. This is about twice the
amount ever before received by them
for grazing privileges, the in
crease has been caused by the fOrcible
States cavalry last summer.
Florence Nelrs: Wednesday a prairie
fire near the Milton school house, in
Milton township, burned about fifteen
tons of hay for George Stevens and
Charley Eagan. When the alarm was
sounded about thirty citizens responded
and through their efforts the fire was ex-
tinguIshed. 1t caught from the sparks
OF a locomotive.
Wichita Beacon: Sheriff Hays and
his deputies raided about twenty Joints
capturing twenty John Does and Richard
R0es. They were all taken before jus
tics Walker aud a night session held to
try them. All pleaded guilty except
two and were fined 500 each and given
thirty days In the county jail. The sher-
if and his deputies say it was a pretty
fair night for joints. The county fund
viii be sWelled about 81, 800 by the raid.
Humboldt Union: A few days ago an
emigrant wagon overlook another be
tween Pa3la and Ossawatomie. The
/ travellers, In the course of a friendly con
varsatiOn, made the startling discovery
that they were brothers, having not seen
/ or heard Of each other for seventeen years.
Both were migrating to western Kansas
one from Minnesota, and the other
from IllinOis--When a strange cOmbina-
I ton of circumstances led to this unex-
pected though pleasant meeting.
Concordia Times: 1t has come at
last. Several Of our long headed, far
/ seeing citizens were months ago prOphe-