Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-05-25
KANSAS NEWS.

KANSAS NEWS.
Arkansas City Dispatch: Farmers
tell US that oats are growing so Iuxuri-
antly that there is danger of their fall
ing down of their own weight. This
would keep them from heading. Rye
Is in head and wheat is heading. Corn
Is from six to ten inches high.
Wellington Standard: We believe
that there is no better looking country
under the sun at present than Sumner
county. Her entire surface is green
with growing crops and the ground is
miry wet to an unknown depth. There
has not been such a spring In thirty
years.
The Clay Center Times: Abilene
has adopted a novel scheme for sus-
tanning It's prosperity. The property
holders have made an agreement to pay
Is per cent of the advance of the sale
price upon the purchase price into a
fund known as a bonus fund, to be used
in encouraging manufactures to locate
there.
Hutchinson Call: R. G.. Schamp, of
Sumner township, is interested in rails
ing German carp, having three fine
ponds which are fed with springs. He
recently moved some carp from one
pond to another, and on weighing them
found that they had gained two pounds
and half in weight in one year. He
believes in diversified farming.
Burlington Republican: Speaking of
chinch bugs, an old settler said recently
that he had lived with them twenty
three years in Kansas, and had never
yet known them to do serious damage,
except in very dry years, and even then
the young that hatch out later in the
season constitute the only crop that is
capable of doing harm. It is too early
yet to be alarmed about chinch bugs.
The Pratt county national bank was
entered Saturday at u o'clock by
thieves and the safe robbed of S4,O16
all IN currency. The bookkeeper and
the teller had gone to dinner and the
cashier partly turned the combination
on the safe, locked the door of the bank
and went across the street to the post
Office. He was gone about ten minutes,
but during his absence the robbers
broke a pane of glass IN a window, I'M
did the fastening and raised the win
dow. Nothing but a package of cur
rency was taken. Quite large amount
of gold and silver was in the safe, but
was not taken.
Villain J. Badger was Monday ar
rested at Muscotah by a United States
marshal for a crime alleged to have
been committed thirty years ago. In
the year 1858 Badger was appointed by
President Buchanan Indian agent of
the KickapoO tribe, then occupying the
north portion of the territory of Kansas.
About four years afterward he re-
signed and his settlement with the
government was not satisfactory. In
course of time suit was brought against
him and Judgment allowed in the
sum of S27, 600. Badger disappeared
returned to this state from South
America, where he has been for twelve
years past, and was arrested.
Thomas Frazer, shot and killed
Joshua H. Cox a prominent lumber
dealer. at BIunts Greek, Washington
ID. @. last saturday afternoon and then
fled the town. He was captured in the
evening and placed under guard In a
farm house, preparatory to being placed
In the county jail the next morning.
During the night number of masked
men seized Frazer and taking him to
the spot where he had murdered Cox
killed him with guns and pistols. His
body was mutilated almost beyond
recognition. Frazer was considered a
desperate character. Cox leaves a wife
and five children.