Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-11-16
STATE NEWS

An Osborne man had his thumb bit
ten OF by 8 vicious stallion.
White Chief, a young Indian, has en-
tered the state university at Lawrence
A nan named MoVickerz, 40 years old,
who has family IN Indiana, eloped with
q Ie-year-Old HutohinsOD girl
The Presbyterian college as Dodge
City runs q free bus from town to the
Institution to accommodate the students
and the faculty.
a brakeman on the Solomon branch
got caught between. the cars at Osborne
one day last week, and an iron bolt was
run through his arm.
The Beatsie Star says that a GIarshall
county man was presented by his wife
with the tenth daughter the other day.
Weight twelve pounds.
The longest main line Of railroad
track in Kansas is the Chicago, Kansas
& Nebraska, 704.25 miles. The shortest
is the Kansas City Belt road, 800 nlileg.
Owing to the carslessnes Of a couple
OF coon hunters, who did not extinguIsb
the embezs after smoking ont their game,
Kill Creak had a disastrous fire last week.
About fifty tons Of hay were burned.
Some one bored a hole in the Harrison
and Motion pole in Grant township,
Douglas county, and plugged il up
with a dynamite cartridge, lighted the
fuse and left. Tie pole was blown into
splinterz.
Jewell City Republican: A boy was
moving with Il machine in Round
Mound township, Osborne County, when
q fine colt jumped over the bar to get to
its moher. It hardly touched the ground
till a foot was cut OF by the sickle.
The Scandal Independent advertiser
that it win take Limburger cheese on
subscriptions. The Independent wants
to hang the cheese up in the Office TO
drive away the fellows who come ErOund
to dissect the editor for his political
opinions.
Atchison Champion: An Atchison
young lady has made a bet with q
young gentleman, that if Cleveland is
elected she is to ask him TO marry her,
and If Harrison Is elected he is compelled
to propose to her. The loser has the
privilege of declining the offer, after
election.
A feature Of the last annual meeting
of the Kansas academy of science, held at
Lsavenworth, Oct. 81, Nov. ID, wss
'An Evening with the Microscope"
Owners Of microscopes from all over the
state were invited to exhibit their instru-
ments and accompanying slides and ac-
eessories.
Jewell City Republican: Two brothers
near Downs were fooling with hatchet,
when one laid his finger down and chRl-
lenged the other to cut it of, which he
did in a very neat manner. Ed thought
John would not strike,aad John thought
/ Ed would have sense enough to Jerk his
hand away.
Downs Chief: The latter part Of July,
8. Young, living a few miles southwest
of this city, had q public sale and soon
/ after left for the east in search Of a bet
ter country. Last week ne returned to
/ his old home a contented man. The
same viii be the case Of nine out of ten
who go to California and Washington
! Territory. They viii return to Kansas
| better satisfied than ever with it.
Glen Elder Herald: How Is this for
a load? A wagon passed through town
I Monday, going east, which contained 6
grandmother, father and mother, one
uncle, two aunts and eleven children
/ four Of which were twins. Under and
above the wagon were five dogs, and in
| a coop attached to the back end Of the
wagon were twenty-five chickens, a pig
and one turkey. The whole outfit was
drawn by a team composed of one old
I old mule and horse, and was en- route
! for fancy county, Missouri.
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