Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-11-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
HOME AND ABROAD.

T.W. Henry, prominent cattle dealer IF
Warrensburg, Mo, has suspended. His
liabilities exceed his assets.
The president Issued an executive order
for the closing of the executive departments
on Monday, the day set for the funeral Of
eL-Presldent Arthur.
A FIRE originated AZ Durham, North Car
olina, IN the grocery b-ore Of R. r. Astwater
and burned large part OF the business
portion of the town. Loss $4,000.
A jury at Charles City, Iowa, imposed the
death penalty upon Chester Ballus, who
murdered his niece, Alice Waterman, be-
cause he was not permitted TO marry her
William K. Roberts, an aged and infirm
maj who for many years has been treasurer
OF Lewis and Clark county, Montana has
been convicted Of embeZzling $500.
While sinking a well near Richmond, Mo
a fair flow OF good petroleum was struck at
a depth Of 125 feet. A company viii be
ormed at once and we'll sunk 1000 feet,
with every prospect OF developing nrsL-
slas5 we'll.
Vincent Mestre, a member of the Spanish
legation, was arrested IN New Aork Tor re-
tanning 100 francs lutru-ted MN oy an
opera-singer on the yJy age from hio Jan
Giro. He brings counter charge OF black
mail.
Judge D0nahue, OF the supreme court, has
granted an attachment against the property
he application of @. l.. Ising & Co., Of New
York City on a claim of $500 for goods
sold and delivered IN September.
The postmaster general has issued the
following order; Monday, the 22d day Of
November 1856, the uOstOfices of the Unit
cd States may be closed between the hours
of 10 a. N. and o'clock p. II. IN memory
Of the late president of the United States,
Chester Allen Arthur, and the usual en-
blems Of mourning displayed"
Blue river IN Nebraska forty miles south
west of Lincoln, still continues. Up to this
time twenty head have fallen from the mys-
FERROUS disease, which Ii supposed to be
rabies. About two months ago a mad dog
was seen to enter two pastures and bite a
number of cattle ia these ranches. Thirteen
of the animals died within fOrty-tWO days
after they were bitten. Eight of them have
died at different periods since, and it is i'm
possible to tell where the fatality VIII end
Messrs C. W. Smith, vice-president, and
j.. Il. Goddard, traffic manager, and other
officials Of the Santa Es road are in Chicago.
Fhe IHte-OcedH prints an interview with
Mr.. Smith with regard to tbs cOmpany's pro-
posed extension TO Chicago from Kansas
City. MIR. Smith stated officially that there
was no bluff abeUt tbs transaction; that
the company was thoroughly IN earnest
and was already al work preparing for the
construction Of the new line; that 10 was
probable that the company's headquarters
would ultimately be removed TO Chicago
In a suit brought by the Pullman Palace
Oar company against various counties IN
Nebraska to restrain the collection of tPxes
on its cars, Judge Brewer, IN the United
States circuit court, after hearing the argu-
ment granted an injunction to stand until
a nnal hearing restraint ngJ he county from
collecting such taxes. In like suits brought
by the Pullman Palace Car company to re-
strain the collection of taxes upon Its cars
Running IN Kansas and Iowa. Judge Brewer
granted orders temporarily restraining the
collection OF taxes, and continued the mat
ter for further arguments IN December.
DR.. George easy the botanIst Of the ag-
riculturzl department IN Washington, who
has recently spent several weeks in the
arid regions ia report to the commits
siOner of agriculture, expresses the belief
that a large portion of the area so dssig-
mated may be made vastly more productive
by the cultivation or some prolluc species
Of grass and forage plants than tho grEmma
and buffalo CRUISES upon which cattle now
subsist. 1t is, however. he says, a matter to
be determined by experiment, and to this
end he recommends the utilization Of the
Fort Wallace, n NJ. reservation as an eXpe-
yimentai station.
The war in Perry county, Kentucky, be-
tween the French and EversOle factions has
broken out afr6sh. Almost every citizen of
the county has taken sides with one or the
other OF these mountain merchant princes,
a. they are called. Both factions seem to
have come to the conclusion that there can
be no settlement except by determination.
Both factions are armed, and the first shot
viii bring about general war. The feud
between French and EVer5Ole dates back
several years They are rivals in business
and control the entire trade of several
mountain counties. The report that they
were killed some time ago was MOI tue
An attempt to suppress the bucket shops
in Chicago, and restore speculative trading
to its former channels is being agitated by
a number of members of the board of trade.
The idea IL to abolish the market reporting
department Of the board of trade, at least
temporarily. Without official quotations
received over the tickers il is claimed. that
the bucket shops cannot secure enough
patronage to pay expenses. The claim is
that by cutting on all official quotations
the agent who sends his order to the large
city bucket shops viii be obliged 20 recon
meet himself with the regular brokers. By
the proposed plan the ticker service here
would be dispensed with IN grain and pro
vision speculation, and the present system
Of market reports from this city discOntin-
ued.
The president and Mrs. Cleveland. taking
advantage Of the opportunity offered by the
gates Of the White House grounds being
closed under the new order, took a walk
through the grounds together the other
morning. Ihs purpose OF closing the gates
is not for fear of any bodily injury to the
president but to relieve him and his wife
from the interruption of the curious public
when they want quiet walk. This sort of
iercl- Il necessary to the presidents health
and II ID beneficial to Mrs. Cleveland as well.
else q ey ave had to go to OakvieW. Other
presidents have not been so onset by curl
Gus people and have not had to exercise
authority to secure privacy. Mr.. Arthur
used frequently 10 walk out alone upon the
street and Gen. Grant cd to walk down
the avenue almost to the capitol early every
morning.
Ex-Governor Phelps, who has been sick in
St. Lfuls No, some months past, died at
the Sisters hospital, at the age OF y. Gov
ernOr Phelps was born in Simsburg, Con
necucut, IN 1914; was educated at Washing
ton, IN New Trinity college, and came to
Missouri IN 1913. he served one term in
the state legislature and was then elected to
the twenty ninth 0ngrsss as democrat
and served nine consecutive terms, his Ia
bor5 IN that body covering period from
lSA1 70 1868. be was colonel of the Twenty
NTH Missouri volunteers OnEthe Union side
during the war, and was appointed military
governor OF Arkansas by Lincoln. During
his career 10 congress he achieved a nation
al reputation as a man of marked ability
and great influence, and was the father of
the house for some time. He was also chair
man of the commit, on ways and means
for some time, and left his mark on the
finances of the country. He was governor
of Missouri from 1877 TO 1881, anC vas
one of the best executives the state ever
had.
The strike which the Rochester. n. Y, tele-
hpOne subscribers have inaugurated against
the Bell Telephone company, which controls
that city, began at noon. When the steam
whistles of nearly every factory in the city
were blown at noon IL was a signal to indi-
cate that the fight against the company had
begun. The opposition is to a change in
the tariff of rentals which the telephone
S9Hp49y wishes 10 introduce IN the city.