Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-01-13
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! EaW'g mouth lt Is saving OF ABOUT
fifty per cent to the parties who are
operating the house here, over shipping
to Kansas City and then shipping back to
their place Of business.
The Great Bend extension of the Santa
Fe is now operated to the west line OF
Wichita county.
The river at AtcbieOn has continued
to eneroach upon the eastern bank, and
/ the property owners and bridge com
paDy have concluded to ask for govern
ment appropriation to protect their pro
persy.
Ggrden City Sentinel: About $50
railroad hRncs who we're at Ashland
/ during the blizzard were dOsed with
eroton oil last week. If it was done in
! tentiOnRlly no one seems to know any
thing scout st.
Each OF the pupils Of the Fort Scott
| public schools gave one apple and one
potato as a donation to the poor. There
are 1000 pupils and the donations
amounted to fourteen bushels OF pOta-
toes and twenty bushels Of apples.
The Home for the F'riendless at
LssvenWOrtn, an institution In which the
charitable women of Kansas are interest
/ ed, has during the twenty years OF its
existence always had a woman physician
with the exception of about six months.
A memorial window Of rolled cathedral
glass showing the likeness Of Abraham
Lincoln, has been presented by the citi-
zans Of S. Louis to the Soldiers Home
at Leavenworth, as a souvenir OF the last
annual G. A. r. encampment in that
city.
Morton County Democrat: n. p.
/ Upchurch, a substantial farmer living
two and a halt miles south OF Talogas
was lost and frozen to death during
the blizzard. His body was found near
his own house where he had frozen in
snOWdrift.
Mrs. Lydia Chadwick, of Atchiaon,
aged go years, slipped on a pair of icy
steps at the residence Of her BOn-in-IsWs
Conductor Lon Smith, and fell distance
of ten feet, striking on her head in such
a manner as to break her neck, causing
death instantly.
Holtou Signal: One thou sand i've
| hundred dollars invested IN a BRbcock
engine would have saved $4,000 worth
OF property. VIII something be done
now towards protecting our city against
the ravages Of the flames or viii we wait
until the next conaagratiOn comes?
Holton Recorder: The Northwestern
company announces that upon the oom-
/ pletiOn of its track to Seneca two
! passenger trains daily viii be run each
way on the line Shortly this road will
be equipped with chair cars. It's pat
ronRge is very encouraging and contin-
uaIly on the increase.
Charles Likewine, 9-yeaE-old boy
| living near El Dorado, was killed in
stantly a few days ago while playing
about a wind mill. A projection Of the
wind mill shaft caught his clothing and
Whirled him round and round the shaft
| horribly mutilRting his body and
/ tearing it into small bits.
On the extension OF the Chicago, Rock
/ Island & Pacific during the year, 800
miles Of track has been laid, bringing
/ the western termini Of the principal
/ lines respectively to Nelson in Nebraska,
and Phillipsburg, Kings-dOWu, Caldwell,
| Belleville and Salina in Kansas. About
$50 miles more viii be laid by april 1.
Chetopa Advance: We understand
that an addition to tie Baxter Springs
fruit evapOratiDg plant has qeen built
and that a force Of men are at work
night and day on a mammoth we'll which
is to supply the factory with water. As
soon as the water supply Is obtained the
company intend to commence the manu-
factura of hominy at the rate Of 100
bushels a day.
Osborne Farmer: Isaac Garringer,
went to California near Los Angeles
abont four yeaas ago. After having
spent over $500 in trying for water, he
went to Oregon, and writes back from
there that the best advice he can give
his eastern friends is to stay where they
are. and not try either Oregon or Cal
ifOrnia, unless they have sure thing
before they start.
Syracuse Sentinel: The prospects
ahead for Syracuse were never better
than they now are. A plank road
through the sand-hills, combined with
low prices and variety Of merchandise,
has resulted IN the trade both north and
south centeEiDg at this point, With the
result that today Syracuse as q trade
center ouE-ranks any city OF her size III
southwestern Kansas.
frankfort s5euLlu5ls 44a1b "eHAJ H.
SchOoley met with a severe accident,
which nearly resulted IN the loss OF his
Life. While he and his son we're caring
for a vicious bull the animal suddenly
attacked him breaking his leg and
throwing him into a stall, whore it re-
peated its assaults; the son saved his
fathers life by grssping the chain at
tached to the balls nose, pulling it
away and securing it. II the animal
had not been dehOEned, as it was recently
Mr.. Schooley would have been gOred to
death.
KANSAS CHURCHES.