Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-28
STATE NEWS.

At Arkansas City the new packing
house began operations. The first day
125 hogs we're butchered.
At AtchisOn the directors Of the
Union Depot company have decided to
rebuild On the old site or near it.
Kingman Courier: The Bowron &
Craycraft salt veil Is completed at a depth
Of 900 teet-26O feet being pure salt.
At Downs Samuel Garter, aged IT
was shot through the head and killed,
by lad named Scott. It was an acct
dent.
South Haven New Era: The rumor
is that One-hRR Of the health resort at
Geuda Springs has been sold to the FRS
co for $4,000.
At Coldwater Elmer L. Benson forged
a school district warrant for S24, mort
gagged a part of his father's stock and
left. He has been taken back under ar
rest.
LebO Light. Among other things
LebO stands in need OF Is a brick hotel
Of at least fifty rooms. We believe she
has the patronage to justify such a
hotel.
At FredOnia, water works are complete
with seven miles OF piping and a reser-
VOir, with capacity Of 100000 gal
Ions, located on q mound near the city,
III feet high.
Rioh6eld Leader Democrat: J. D.
Wallace effected the sale of a half Sec
| ton of land in southeast Morton to an
eastern Kansas gentleman at the hand
some sum Of $3.50 per acre.
At Colby a committee has been named
| to go TO Omaha and confer with the
Union Pacific officials in regard to the
/ location Of their division and machine
shops for the new Union Pacific line at
that point.
Meade Center Globe: Sing a song Of
Kansas, cribs all full OF corn, Meade's
broad fertile prairies with green wheat
/ Rdorn, when the harvest cometh, the
graDgers all do sing, OF all the Kansas
counties Meade is surely king.
At st. John, Charles Hundt was tried
before Judge LamOreRux on a charge
Of violating the prohibition Jaw, and
pleaded guilty to haveing done a thriving
/ bootleg business. He was fined 500
and sentenced to jail for thirty days.
At Girard one of the miners injured
/ at the FrCnGenac mine explosion has
brought suit In the district court for
$4,000 damages against the Cherokee
& Pisisburg Coal and Mining company.
He claims that incompetent men were IN
charge.
| Gypsum City Echo: The first non
ument erected in the Gypsum City Gem
etery, was placed at the grave of Rosa
Tinker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
athan Tinker. It is OF Gothic form and
the finest Of marble with a beautiful
finish.
At Liberal the BOOK Island Town
company has begun the laying Of mains
| for a system OF water works in Liberal,
that when completed will be equaled
only by those Of larger cities. The mains
are being dug already and as fast
/ pipe lines are laid.
/ Burlington Republican: Mr.. Water
bury, the gentleman who has charge Of
! the electric light enterprise In Burning
| ton, has been to Kansas City and closed
/ a contract with the manufacturers to fur
nish the engine, dynamo, wires and 9th
er material for the plant, and they will
be forwarded and put in at once.
At OttOwa it is proposed TO eDiOin the
register Of deeds from giving or selling
to individuals the right to examine, the
records Of his Office from which to issue
a daily abstract Of 'Real Estate SRles,'
''Real Estate Mortgages, "'Chattel Mort
gsges," Judgments and Liens, ''Suits
! Filed In Justice Of the Peace Courts,
etc.
a detective passed through Houston,
/ Tex, having In charge William L. Al
who is charged with embezzling a lot OF
vsluables while running as a messenger.
/ He viii be taken to Wichita, Kan. He
was arrested in Montgomery, Ala, hay
! ing been traced there after his flight
from Kansas.
Ford Gazstte; A gentleman from
Kinsley was here looking up q location
! for a homing mill. A. Russell and l.
! DOan showed him the many advantages
of this hOurishing city, ard after looking
the situation over carefully, concluded
to move here and engage IN the above
/ business. He expects to arrive about
/ January 1. It is his intention TO keep a
full line OF feed stuff, besides hOnr and
meal.
At Meade Center parties have had
wOrkmen engaged in digging a well ia
/ the Highland Park addition. At q depth
! Of 1873 feet a strong flow Of artesian
water was secured. The water spOuted
ont with sufficient force 30 ill an inch
! pipe and ever since there has been an
uninterrupted flow with no decrease In
/ the volume Of water The Rock Island
Railroad company has Just finished put