Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-06-19

ing but sudden death seemed TO await
the child. At this supreme moment &
{ woman sprang upon the bridge threw
her child on and jumped herself, only
Just In time to save both their lives
After slowing up, the train backed up tC
the bridge to find the mother kneelIng
over her child offering up a prayer foI
their deliverance, from which for mo-
ment seemed sudden death. The mother
and child escaped with light injuries.
A contributor gives the following In
last weeks issue of the Lincoln Beacon:
Jordan Bruster was born In old Virginia
in the year 1897 and In 1912 moved TO
Kentucky with his master. In 1918 he
married Miss Lydia Prather. In 1910
he bought his time of his master. pay
ing $3.50 for the same. In 1858 he
bought his wife and paid $3.50 for her
time. / 1872 himself and wife and chill
dren and other friends moved to Lincoln
county, Kansas, where he took a home
stead Of one hundred and sixty acres.
He was the father of twelve children
three sons and nine daughters. One
son and one daughter precede him TO
the spirit land. He leaves an aged wife,
ten children, thirty-tive grandchildren,
fOur great grandchildren to mourn his
loss.
Reliable citizens Of La Cygne, who
[ visited the natural gas well of e. p.
/ McCarty, on a farm, two miles from that
/ city, report that on lighting the uncon-
| fined gas 1t blazed several feet above the
surface, IN a flame five feet square. The
| flame was only put out after fifteen min
utes' persistent effort 1t is asserted
that there is sufficient gas in the well to
! supply the largest city in the state of
Kansas Drilling is progressing, with
( the gas raising the filings to the surface
Of the water. The well is down over
sixty feet AT forty feet "a forty-two
! inch vein of choice coal was passed
/ through. McCarty has a franchise to
supply the city Of La Cygne with natur-
al gas for the period Of eighteen years.
St. Marys Express: A COW belong
/ eng to Il. j. Moss the other day gave
evidence Of hydrophobia, running and
biting at every thing that came In her
way. Mr.. Moss Immediately and Sc
curely fastened the animal, up, but not
without considerable exerion. Her pitch
/ ing and rawlings were distressing to be-
D
before night. No cause for the cows
mania has been given, but there is hardly
any doubt Of ali the symptoms indicat-
ing hydrophObia.
Newton Republican,: M. i. Stewart
/ is the owner Of mare mule which has
| given him considerable trouble of late.
/ The mule took a fancy to a new born calf
a few days ago and it appears that the
animals formed a kind of mutual adj
nliration society. The degenerate calf
fOrsOOk its mother with her bountiful
supply Of milk and followed its long
| cared friend. The mule exhibited every
| sign Of affection and although the calf
| lacerated her udder In its fruitless efforts
to appease its hunger, she made no resist
/ ance.
Four Greenwood county criminals
were sentenced to the penibentary at
recent term of the district court at
Eureka. John A. Nelson, got four years;
two years each for forgery and obtain
! ing goods under false pretense; Richard
Dick, two years for grand larceny;
VIM. Murphy, two years for forgery; j.
j. PinkertOn, two years, for getting
drunk and backing train into the depot
at SeVery.
In1873 a citizen of Washington county,
was offered a quarter section of land
which had timber, water, and bottom
land, with 81, 600 worth of improvements,
for a yoke Of oxen and wagon. He said
he would have traded but couldn't spare
the wagon. The land lays five miles
northwest of Hanover, and is now worth
some 1000.
Henry SufOrd who has been visiting
relatives at Atlanta, Cowley county, at
tempted to commit suicide in that city
the other day. He took a revolver and
discharged it twice against his head in
hicting some bad but not dangerous
wounds. He was partially insane wheu
the rash deed was attempted.
Wichata Beacon: In 1880 the rate Of
taxation In SedgWick county was S431
on each hundred dollars Of assessed val
uatiOn which was only % per cent of
the real value. In 1885 the rate had
been reduced thirty per cent, being S3.O8.
A Kansas state sportsmen's association
was formed ut Leayenworth, and com
mittees were appointed to report a con
stitGtiOn and bylaws at the next meet
ing, which takes place at Atchison IN
October.
The citizens Of Osborne, Osborne
county, are discussing the Feasibility of
putting In a system Of water works.
Blue Rapids has a public library con
tanning ], 1874 volumes.
Sneak thieves seem to be unusually
numerous at Wichita.