Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
KANSAS NEWS.

The machinery for coal prospecting
has arrived at Richfeld.
Sterling has raised It's small pox
quarantine against Lyons county.
Southwest Kansas is being visited by
much needed, warm, growing rains.
Near Caldwell Friday Sabe Green, a
we'll known character, was shot at by
John Stevenson. Green's wound is
mortal The shooter mounted a horse
and fed.
J. D. Allen & Bros, large land and
cattle owners at Hartland, have failed.
Their liabilities are 500, 600. Mort
cages to the amount of $4,000 have
been fOreclOsed.
Friday morning as the Santa Fe train
was coming westward Mrs. Oldham, a
passenger, was taken sick The car
was side tracked at Newton and the
woman gave birth to a girl baby. She
was en- route from Kansas City to
Wichita to join her husband.
George ". Doze, juctice of the peace
of AIcClelIand township, Pratt county,
was bound over to the next term of the
district court in the sum of 50, 600 for
attempting to kill Shields with six
shooter. The trouble grew out of an
article in the Republican newspaper
concerning a claim contest.
Special Agent Hobbs of the general
land Office has, during the past few days
been engaged in an investigation of Re
ceiver H. NJ Bickel of the local United
States land Office at Larned. Many
serious charges have been preferred
against Bickel, among others that of
embezzlement The investigation has
not proceeded far enough yet to indi-
cate the result.
The republican county convention
held at Wellington to nominate dele
gates to the congressional convention
at Garden City and the state cOnven-
ton at Wichita, passed resolutions
commencing Senator Ingalls, for his
senate speech on the dependent pen
sion bill. The delegation to the dis
trict convention Will support Hon. S.
r. Peters for a denomination for con
gress.
The GouinIock Salt Works opened
up at Hutchinson Friday with full ca
pacity. The salt is said to be as fine
as any upon the cOntinet. It analyses
99.77 chloride of sodium. The WyOm-
ing Salt Works there will be in opera
ton within ten days. A New York com
pany IS also sinking a shaft and Will
mine. This company, it is said, viii
take out 1000 barrels per day, and will
g nplOy 600 men. Two other COM
panies are leasing lands preparatory to
putting down shafts. The vein it 300
feet thick
A Wichita special says; For some
time there have been rumors Of the
periodical appearance of a ghost on an
island in the river in the south part of
town. Several witnesses said they had
seen and heard the visions, and no one
could explain the mystery till this
morning, when the blabbing of
prisoner now in jail led to an investiga-
ton. Two officers visited the island,
and on removing some freshly turned
earth found a complete set of burglar
tools, five dark lanterns and some stolen
goods. In another spot they found a
long white robe, evidently that ghosts
apparel, and a number of wigs and dis
guises. From what has been gathered
it is believed that Curry, the prisoner
who blabbed, is a member of a gang of /
thieves operating this section, and the |
officers say arrests may be looked for /
any time.
BingIey-"It's a caution how the
country is producing embeZZlers and /