Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-05
NEBRASKA NEWS.

indianapolis, Ind, special: Within
the shadow of the police station Viii
liam MagilI, of York, Neb., Grand
Army veteran who had been at Col
umbus, but stopped here to visit
friends. was murdered at an early hour
Friday morning. The crime is a mys-
FERROUS one, and clews to the guilty
parties are meagre. Eddie Engleman
and Eddie George, two ffteen-year-
old boys, were at the corner of Wash
ingtOn and Alabama streets, near the
| scene, and saw the man fall and two
! cOlOred men disappear. The boys
went to the police station, half block
distant, and told the police, who imme-
diately instituted a search.
York special: News reached York
Saturday, that prominent farmer,
William Magill, was murdered in In
dianapolis, Ind, Saturday night by
two negroes. Mr.. Magil1 was q wild
over about thirty-fve years of age and
lived with his brother and two sisters
on a finely improved farm three miles
east of York. He went east something
over two weeks ago to visit his old
home in Indiana. He had lived in
4OEh equity dDOuG i've years. NlullLiS
which time he had won the esteem of
all his acquaintances and friends, who
were numerous Mr.. MagiQ was a
man not addicted to strong drink and
the suppositiOn is that he was muir
dered for money, as he carried a con-
siderable sum with him when he left
for the east.
The four year old son of Frank Pete
lock of Arlington swallowed a tin whis-
tie Friday afternoon. He is not ex-
pected to live.
At the republican convention of the
Seventeenth senatorial district, John
L. Means, of Grand Island, was nomi-
mated for senator. A resolution was
passed endorsing Charles f. Mander-
son for United States senator.
The seven-year-oId boy of J. w.
Wheeler, residing a mile north of Blue
Springs, was bitten by a rattlesnake
Friday evening in the leg, while play
ing in the garden. The mother killed
the snake, which had seven rattles on
it. The boy is seriously Ill.
North Loup has organized an asso-
citation which viii send agents into
North Loup and adjoining country.
The clothing of Sine Wiabergrieve,
a domestic in the family of Mat VII
kins, at Grand Island, caught fire from
a gasoline stove while she was cooking
and burned it almost entirely off. She
was taken to the Sisters hospital and
attended by DR.. Graham, who thinks
her recovery very doubtful.
The proposition to issue 81, 900 in
bonds for the construction of a city
hall at York, was submitted to the
voters of that city Saturday. The
bonds carried by a large majority.
Work on bodybuilding VIII commence
immediately and be completed this
fall.
The commissioners of OtOe county
are devoting their spare time to a dis
cussion of the best means of funding
the county debt, amounting to S57, 600,
with s., 900 accrued interest. The debt
is represented by warrants bearing z
per cent interest. These warrants have
been a bonanza for scalpers. By con-
verting the debt into long time bonds
the Ounty can save 2 per cent. inter
est. To that end a proposition Will
probably be submitted to the voters
this fall.
A human skull and several bones
we're unearthed this morning by some
of tho men who are engaged In dig
ging the sewer IN the vicinity Of the 3.
s. Ar. depot at PIattsmouth. They
we're fOund at deDth of abOut SIX feet ]