Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-04-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Sedgwiek PGntdgraph: Anew sWln-
die is in the land Certain persons are
now sending out circulars informing the
unwary that If they VIII send them the
small sum Of 81, a book on fish culture
and a basket Of carp viii be returned
On the receipt Of the dollar, the SWIM
dlers send their victims a public dOcu-
ment relating to fish culture and an ap-
plicatiOn for the carp addressed to the
fish commissioner. When this has been
filed out and returned to the sharpers,
they forward 1t to a congressman, who,
suppOsing that It has come direct from
the constituent applying for the fish,
takes It to the fish commissioner and has
it filed
A dispatch from Concordia says: A
party of young men were on the streets
of COncOrdia at 2 o'clock in the morning,
creating considerable disturbance, one Of
them trying to get his brother to go
home, when Frank Newell, who lived
close by, got up, dressed, and went down
to assist in securing order. Just as he
stepped on the ground pistol IN the
hands of James Bowen was accidentally
discharged, the ball entering Newalls
upper left abdomen. 1t is thought he
cannot live. Newell is a tinsmith by
trade and a married man, with one child.
No arrests have been made yet, but the
authorities viii investigate.
While the knights OF Pythias Of To
rontO, Yates Center and Eureka, were
engaged in instituting a new lodge at
Geece, Greenwood comfy, the engines
4 u
bers raised the windows, when it was dis
covered that a dwelling house belonging
to G. ". Wilson a member of the lodge
being instituted, was on fire. When the
building was reached the whole roof ap-
peared to be In a sheet Of flames. In
thirty minutes the gallant knights had
the fire under control and shortly after
completely put out.
1t Is expected that the Council Grove,
Usage City & Ottawa railway, for which
bonds have been voted, VIII be built and
In operation before the end Of the sum
mer. 1t will be seventy -four miles long,
and VIII connect Council Grove with the
west and with the Missouri Pacific from
Ottawa and Franklin county.
Aman named Charles C. Cross was
found on the prairie near Colby, Thomas
county, with a bullet hole through his
head and another through his heart. He
had been fOuly murdered but for what
reason, it has not yet been developed.
lola Courant: All the secret socie-
ties are enjoying a boom. The K. Of P,
/ A. o. U. W. and Masonic, are all initial
/ ing new members. The K. Of P. and A.
| o. q. W. are initiating five or SIX at a
meeting.
Carbondale Calendar: Sheriff Full
/ ler's deputies have arrested Chas. Davis,
| Robert Mitchell, Harry Jones, Tom Bag
/ lin, John Wolf and McHulett, charged
with violating the prohibitOry law.
Caldwell journal: The merchants
and business men Of the city Of Caldwell
pay annually over $4,000 for clerk hire,
/ to the numerous young men VINO serve
in that capacity, for wages.
BurIingame Democrat: The salaries OF
teachers In the Burlingame, Scranton,
Carbondale and Lyndon schools amount
to SS,27O. Burlingame teachers get So,
go Of this amount
Land is selling in Harper county for
from ten to twenty-five dollars per acre,
according to improvements. A few
years ago this land was a drug at S1.25
per acre.
Douglas viii take advantage of the
new law authorizing cities to prospect for
coal, and find out to a certainty If a pay
ing vain Of coal underlies that locality.
Colby wants the United States land
Office removed to that place and for some
time has been making a quist move In
that direction
The citizens Of Concordia are discus
sing the question Of water works, and
have appointed a committee to investigate
the matter.
The county clerk Of Thomas county
received as fees 81, 800 for transcribing
the county records incident to its Organi-
cation.
There remains, In Butler county, $50
acres OF vacant school lands that may be
obtained at the appraised value-s3 an
acre.
Opolis is situated In both Kansas and
Missouri, and the POstOfice is kept Ia a
building on the state line.
The proposition to build a new court
house and jail is received with very gen
eral favor In EmPOris.
There is still {, 200 acres OF Usage land
In Butler county subject to pre-emption
at s1.25 per acre.
The first public tree planting heard
of this season is at Madison, Greenwood
county.
Good coal has been found at Belle
PLANE, Sumner county, at a depth OF IS
feet
Salina claims to be the best shaded
city IN central Kansas.
The Fort Scott & Wichita road viii ez-
tend to Mcpherson
KANSAS WOMEN.
From the annual catalogue OF Bristol
Sisters, Of Topeka, the following Is taken :