Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15
KANSAS NEWS.
KANSAS


two strong veins Of salt water have been
struck, one at a depth of 225 feet and
the other at 475 feet. An evaporation
of each gallon of water yields over two
pounds Of fine dry salt.
Garden City Herald: Seward county
farmers who had confidence enough to
SOW winter wheat last fall can now see
their reward IN full view. The winter
wheat is heading out In great shape,
and promises an abundant crop.
The following justices of the peace
were commissioned, Tuesday: Edwin
Lee, Gettysburg township, Graham
county; A. b. Burk, Kearney township,
Kearney county; j. W. Phillips, Cool
idge township, Hamilton county.
The Myers and West case came to a
sudden ending IN the district court at
Lyons by Judge Clark revising his for
mer ruling, and holding that being
without the Jurisdiction of the court of
Kansas in effect, were fugitives from
justice. An appeal was taken to the
supreme court.
Lakin Advocate: A. r. Gray has
planted three acres of peanuts, of the
white variety, and they are looking
we'll He raised his seed last year, and
consequently knows what he is plant
ing. Mr.. Gray and W. K. Stewart
have together set out 5000 sweet po-
tatO plants. They are experimenting
with the yellow Jersey variety.
Commissions were issued to the fol
lowing notaries Tuesday: Frank E.
NETao Ii T2ay-Aars Char1f~aa
county; George T. Walton, Burden,
COwley county; II. G. NcCreery, Wet
more, Nemaha county; 0. E. Beeks,
COncordia, Cloud county; Robert NJ.
Ellis, BOyne, Lincoln county; @. W.
Lane, Topeka, Shawnee county.
Independence Tribune: John S.
Cumins, of the White Post vicinity,
left us red clover thirty-two inches
high. He first sOwed clover seven years
ago, and finds that it yields from two
to three tons per acre, and renews it
self. He believes in fall blowing, seed
ing in February or very early in March,
and with one bushel of oats per acre.
With we'll prepared land and early
seeding, he thinks there viii be no fail
ure.
Pittsburg dispatch. May % Detective
Welzbasly, of Kansas City, arrived in
Pittsburg this morning after b. II.
Jones, who was arrested on Saturday
upon a telegram describing the bank
defaulter from Stafford, Kansas. Jones
confessed to the crime and telegraphed
the bank, telling them he had agreed
to go back without a requisitiOn. He
IS of respectable appearance, and seems
to feel the humiliation of the situation
keenly. He had been head bOOkkeeper.
Stillman F. Kelley, president of the
National Sugar Manufacturing compa-
ny, has made public plan by which
that concern is to manufacture sorghum
sugar on a larger scale than ever. The
concern has a capital of 81, 900, 600, is
incorporated under the laws of Kansas,
and claims to hold patent (Swenson's)
by which it can extract three times the
amount of sugar that has heretofore
been possible and the extract viii be of
an improved quality. The works are
at Topeka and Fort Scott.
Pawnee Rock Leader: 1t is disgust
ing to note the number of six column
exchanges coming to this Office howl
ing and complaining for lack of sup
port. As a rule these papers are filed
with a two column Washington letter"
from an automatic correspondent and
the balance of the sheet is confined to
patent medicine ads, and grumbling.
We attribute much of this to laziness.
A paper to lay claim to the confidence
and support of the people of a town
should show that there are people re-
siding there. Why don't you give home
news and get up a readable paper, and
then if you are not supported pull up
and leave. and the sooner the better.
The people viii probably either appre-
ciate you or be glad to get rid of you.
On Tuesday Gov. Martin acted on
pardOns and exercised the pardoning
power in favor of Wilson NJ. Campbell,
of COwley county, who was IN 1884 sen
fenced to ten years imprisonment on
the evidence of his wife and daugh-
ter. The girl, Eta May Campbell,
now swears that the whole scheme was
cOncOcted by the mother that she might
enjoy entire liberty with one Thomas
Owens, and that she herself received
fifty dollars from Owens for swearing
away her fathers liberty, which she
now seeks to restore to him, and saying
. he was ever kind to her. She would
have made the confession earlier but
was afraid of prosecution for perjury
but is now willing to abide by the con
sequences. The mother has become q
disreputable character, and the girl has
long been a common prostitute. She
was fourteen years old when the crime
was said to have been committed, but
said nothing about it for months, ano
the mother began proceedings immedi
ately after being caught with Owens
by Campbell, In Indian Territory
Campbell's character Is sworn to as the