Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-13
sTATE NEWS
Newsy Notes Cleaned From the Kansas
Press

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During the progress Of a dance at Cir /
.leville, a small town In jackson county, /
row occurred which resulted in the
leath of Charles Brown. 1t appears /
hat man named Jos. hurry and Brown !
mad been ON very unfuendiy terms for a |
year, owing to some social difficulty, and
on the evening Of the dance hurry did
to increase the wrath of
Brown, who invited the former ont Of the
house. They chnched, and while Brown
was on top, hurry got out his pocket
knife and proceeded to cut his assailant
in a number Of places. The last, the
most serious wound inflicted was In
Browns right side, IN the vicinity of the
short ribs.
a few days ago a nursery agent by the
name Of d. ii. Harding was sued at Pratt
Center for a board bill Of S16.5O. The
proprietor of the hotel attached the
agents horse. The owner Of the livery
stable also put IN lien on the animal for
his board, amounting to S2I. The horse
was appraised at $50. The constable
has ten days In which to advertise the
horse before he can be sold, during
which time he VIII eat himself up the
second time. The legal question is, who
owns the horse?
Neodesha Register: Again We re-
affirm that NeOdesha can take the cake
on babies The Register some two years
ago chronicled the birth of five boys in
one night in this vicinity; again some
months ago there was reported the birth
Of four boys ia one night, and now the
Register chronicles the birth Of four in
fants in one night, two Of them girls
weighing respectively 163 and Il
pounds.
W. c. Lockwood, of Marion, is engag-
ed in d novel suit. At the last campaign
he was the captain of the Blaine and
Logan club and while acting in that Cd
pacity he advanced about 500 for pur-
chasing campaign suits for that Organi-
cation, and as yet has received no re-
turns. He now brings suit against the
individual members Of the organization
to recover his money.
A y year old citizen Of Rush county
was in Larned the other day, and desir-
ing to leave for home, distance of %
miles, he applied at the stage cOmPa-
ny's Office where he was informed that it
would be impossible to carry him. He
decided to foot the distance and did so,
doing the twenty-five miles in eight
hours.
While Mr.. l. Warner, a citizen Of
Scranton, was attempting to jump a
moving train the other day, he was
thrown against the platform with great
force, receiving injuries from which he
died. He was on a passenger train that
did not make a stop at Scranton, and
this accounts for his foolish attempt.
It is reported that panther went In
to the barn of a Washington county cit
izen, a few nights ago and killed one Of
his mares, eating a portion Of II. The
next night it returned and attacked an
other horse. The animal is described as
being of a darlzish color, about eight feet
long, with a very long smooth tail
An AtchisOn man has struck an OEigi-
nal way of furnishing stimulants to the
! citizens of that city. His plan is to run
pipes from a saloon situated on the Mis-
souri, side of the river, to room on the
/ Kansas side and then by means of tele-
/ phone fill all orders by forcing the liquor
through the pipe.
/ Word comes in from Morton county
/ that Jim RenOx, his father and whole
1 family were frozen to death near Rich
field during the cold weather. Jim was
| found dead apparently IN the act Of put
/ ting the harness on one Of his horses.
| At "a recent term Of the district court
/ in Cloud county. j. W. Former, Of
/ Clyde, was sent to the penitentiary
/ eighteen months for obtaining money
under false pretenses by mOTtgaging
property that he did not own.
Six saloon keepers Of Concordia wer,
/ convicted at a recent term of the dis
/ trict court there and fined in sums rang
ing from 500 to $3.50 and sentenced {,
Imprisonment in terms ranging from
thirty to ninety days.
Wichita Eagle: -Four years ago Ere,
/ Stackman bought 140 acres Of land be
tween the two rivers, a short distanc
above the city, for $4,000; seventy acre
of which he sold day before yesterda..
for $4,000.
The fremen Of Kansas are taking pre-
paratory steps toward the organization G
a state firemen's association, and mex
June is fixed as the time for the meeting
E. R. Button, OF Topeka, has the matte
in charge.
Three prisoners broke out Of the Ne
maha county jail at Seneca. Their name
were James LangdOn, Thomas Kened,
and James Bryant. A reward Of 800
has been offered for their delivery t.
the sheriff.
Five prisoners confined in the Shaw
nee county Jail, succeeded in making
their escape the other day. Within
twenty-four hours however all but on
of the miscreants had been recaptured.
Coffeyville Journal: A Iargenumbe
of DakOtaites are purchasing land il
southeastern Kansas. There is
! general uprising Of the people who wen
I to Dakota last spring.
Simeon Bough has been acquitted i
COwley county of the murder of Davi
Hahn. 1t was shown in the evidenc
that Hahn was a holy terror and insist
ed on being killed.
Gov, Martin has appointed R. c. Bal
sett, OF Seneca, judge Of the new (tweI
ty-second) Judicial district which COZ
stitutes the counties of Brown, DOnipha
! and Nemaha.
Solomon Cursor, incarcerated O
charge or granddaughter, was pardOne
from the penitentiary the other day, bJ
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