Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27
KANSAS NEWS.


A heavy rain fell at Fort Scott on
Sunday insuring the largest corn crop
for ten years. Farmers are claiming
many pieces VIII yield 100 bushels to
the acre. The rain was general
throughout this section Of the state.
Specials to the Champion, report 3
heavy general rain on Sunday night,
continuing till Monday noon, through
out northern Kansas, along the line of
the Central Branch railroad, as far
west as Stockton. with lighter rains
all Sunday night along the North Sol
ONION, as far west as LenOra and beyond
to the Colorado line. Corn is booming
Monday morning between two and
five o'clock, witnessed the heaviest
Bridges were washed out and ten cul-
Verts and bridges were carried away on
the Union Pacific railroad, between
WamegO and Wallace. Several build
ings were struck by lightning, among
them the Presbyterian church, whose
steeple was completely demolished
and the current ran into the auditorium,
tearing up seats, carpets, and ending
An the basement, where it did serious
damage to the furnace. This rain in
sures an abundant corn harvest.
p. G.. Reynolds, a pioneer stage man,
died at Dodge City on Saturday.
Farmers of the vicinity Of DeIphos,
beam for joy over a great rain that will
insure the corn crop.
T. L. Powers, one of the Oldest
newspaper men in the valley, has
bought the Sterling Republican office.
The republicans of Franklin county
Saturday elected delegates to the state,
senatorial and judicial conventions.
Ex-Governor George Z. Anthony heads
the delegation to the state convention.
Sheriff Morrill, arrived at Wamego
Saturday evening from Emporia,
where he captured the supposed muir
Eerer of Bush, whose body was found
in the Kansas river few miles west of
Wamego some days ago. There is
little doubt but that he is the right
person. Bush was a poor renter, who
lived on Rock Greek alone, and had
nothing but a team of horses and a
wagon and harness, which were missing
a few days after the body was found,
and the murderer was traced by the
team.
E. L. Chapman, editor of the Great
Bend Register, was nominated at st.
John, Stafford county, Tuesday on the
twenty-ninth ballot, for state senator.
Dr. Il. Bartlett, who was shot by
Charles Reamer of Chanute, Monday.
ut 4 30 p. m, died at his residence
Tuesday at 1880 p. N. He leaves a
wife and three children.
A strong vein of salt water was struck
at MarysviIIe Tuesday at a depth of
$50 feet. A salt works will Mt once be
erected.
Bonds were voted Wednesday, at
Geuda Springs, in aid of q rapid tran
sit line between that place and Arkansas
City.
Register c. T. NJ. Niles and Re
ceiver S. Tranhouser, of the United
States land Office at Garden City. have
issued a circular deciding to recognize
Syracuse as the county seat of Hamil-
ton county, and against Coolidge,
which was its rival for some time past,
and which claimed to have been elected,
and they say that they viii accept the
final proofs taken at Syracuse.
Bill Mather, a well digger of Sum
ner county, while cleaning a we'll on
the Acre farm, eleven miles south of
Wellington, was Thursday oyerpow-
cred by fire damp and fell in the water
at the bottom of the we'll and was
drowned.
Captain McHorter, of Jackson town
ship, Sumner county, has raised from
one and a half acres of land, 146 bush
els of oats.
Great excitement was oecasioned in
Coolidge, Wednesday, over the action
of J. h. Borders in reference to reg
istering the county scrip. A vigilance
committee WIS formed, and threats of
tar and feathers or lynching freely in
dulged IN. Many citizens are drawing
their deposits from his bank The
trouble grows ont of the recent county
seat trouble.
The 15-year-old son of 2. b. Camp
bell, a prominent resident of Parsons,
IN company with five other boys of his
age, run off about two weeks ago and
nothing could be learned of their
whereabouts until Sunday evening,
when MIR. Campbell received a tele-
gram from Sedalia, Mo, that his son
had fallen under the cars at that place
and had his right foot cut off while at
tempting to board the through freight
tain en- route to Parsons. Mr. Camp
bell went TO Sedalia, and brought the
boy home
Colonel Kenyon, mayor of Geuda
Springs, who was shot by a jointist on
the Fourth, and afterwards reported
dead was still aIiva on VVa5,,os5,,-