Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-08
THE HERALD.
KANSAS NEWS.

L-5L-l u sew CAel5C.
Goodland is now the county seat of
Sherman county.
The State bank of Norcatar, Decatur
county, capital stock $50, 900, has been
chartered
The body Of a boy about years old
was found in the Kansas river near
Lawrence.
Liberal, the new booming town in
southwestern Kansas, Is talking of or
ganizing a board Of trade.
At a recent seance at Manhattan, the
spirits committed the great outrage Of
playing on a dulcimer.
The worms at the silk station at Pea
body are in excellent health and call
ing loudly for mulberry leaves.
Wellington proposes to establish salt
works.
A Sioux Indian boy, at Haskell In
stitute, was instantly killed Ply the ac-
cidental discharge Of a pistol
Commonwealth: Miss Mildred Lamb
is in charge of the editorial columns of
the Kirwin Independent in the absence
of her father, G.. j. Lamb, in SinalOa,
Mexico Miss Lamb works skillfully
with the union-labor tools. Gigantic
mOnOpolies, "soulless corporations,
dishonest republicans" and lliterate
and immoral democrats" are basted
regularly with neatness and dispatch.
Cawker City is to have a soldiers re
union June 9Th, 7th and 8th. Depart
ment Commander Feighan and other
noted gentlemen Will be present.
A game of ball between the school
boys and their fathers was played in
Cfeneso last week and resulted in the
elderly men being played out at the end
of the sixth inning.
Atchison Globe: A Kansas man al
ways takes the lead wherever he goes.
The Dunkard camp-meeting opened in
Ohio, a few days ago, and Elder Enoch
Ely, of Kansas, preached the first ser
mon.
lola Register: Tom P. Morgan,
Kansas boy, who got his start rustlng
locals for the Garnet Plaindealer, is
gathering fame and shekels as a winter
of short stories. The Inter Ocean has
one or two a week from his pen.
Jewell county Republican: The cleo
ton tickets this fall viii be about three
feet long. There viii be the national,
state, county and township tickets all in
one, with a plea slug between the names,
as provided by our Kansas laws.
The attorneys for Lacrosse appeared
before the district court of Rush county.
at Rush Center and admitted Rush
Center to be the legal county seat of
Rush county, and pledged themselves
that the officers would remove forth
with to Rush Center, and continue to
hold their offices there in obedience to
the mandate of the supreme court.
Glasco Sun: During the thunder
storm last week, anephew of Mr.. Joe
Burns, living on the hills just east of
the city, was killed by lightning. The
young man went to the field to look
after a colt and not returning when ex-
pected, search was instituted which re-
suited in finding him dead. He was
badly burned and his clothing torn from
his body.
Commonwealth, Wednesday: Two
men charged with the violations of the
United States criminal statutes were
brought to this city yesterday and
placed IN the county Jail. One of them
Is John W. Weston, who was committed
by United States Commissioner Sher-
man, of Wichita, for persOnating James
W. Weston, a pensiOner, and drawing
money intended for him as a pensiOner.
The other man is Albert Allen, who was
committed by the same commissioner
for having stolen a letter from the
Wichita postof1ice The preliminary
hearings Of the parties took place be-
fore Commissioner j. +. Sherman at
Wichita.
Commonwealth; E. W POindexter,
state agent of the Northwestern Life
Insurance of Milwaukee, and resident
of this city, was arrested Wednesday al
Hutchinson charged with having pro
cured an insurance policy from the ben
efieiary by fraud and without paying
the sum due on it. The story told by
the friends of the party aggneved Is
that Rev. Charles H. Woods, of Hutch
insOn, died in March bearing a life
policy issued by the Northwestern Life
Insurance company for 81, 900, payable
to the preachers widow, who was left
with four children and in need
Wednesday POindexter called to SEE
Mrs. Woods and told her that the com
pany had instructed him to inform hel
that the policy would not be paid be
cause it had been secured by misrepre
sensations on the part of her husband
He offered to give back the premium
$7O.17, If she would return the policy
Mrs. Wood being hard up, and being
inexperienced IN business, accepted
proffered check for the amount of thu
premium. Mr. Poindexter then wen
away. Rev. Mr.. Morgan, of the Bap