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

YORK, EEB., April 7.-At meeting held in
the Baptist church preparations were made
for the forthcoming State Sunday School
convention This convention VIII be q
three days session next month running
from May = to a inclusive, and is the TWEEN
ty-hrs5 annual one held in the state. An at
tendance OF 500 is expected, sad work is
/ being prosecuted vigorously to make this
the best one of the series, as it deserves to
be, having lust reached It's iOriGY. Prom
inent Sunday school workers from abroad
VIII be present
NEBRAsKA CITY, HEB., April Mr.. King Of
the King Iron Bridge company and Horace
Horton, the builder of the railroad bridges
across the Mississippi at Dubuque, Rock
Island and Lacrosse, are in the city. They
have been in consultation all day with the
Missouri Pacific engineers who have been
working across and along the river for some
days, and the inference is that q line to
Shenandoah, Ia. is to be built connecting
the Missouri Pacific with the WABASH West
ern- with second railroad bridge Tor Ne
braska City.
Madrid, April 7.-Yesterday c. n. c. Wese-
man. Of the Grant Enterprise, D. J. Fink
and B. F. Smith, of Grant, were arrested on
a charge preferred by John McKinsie and
3, B. Briefly, of Madrid, for riot and assault
on the plaintiffs on the day Of the county
seat election, February - Later In the
afternoon d. J. Fink went before a Justice
of the peace and sWOre out a complaint for
breach OF peace against Briefly and McKen-
sic, who were then arrested but gave bail,
and obtained a change OF venue TO Justice
Better. Of VenangO.
Fremont, April 7.-One hundred and fifty
Odd Fellows visited Centennial lodge of this
city last night They came to witness the
beautiful work of this lodge in the degree
for which, as well as in numbers, this is
claimed to be the banner lodge Of the west
OMAHA, April 7.-WIliam Woods, a labor
ing man OF this city, took pair of shoes
home last evening to his little girl. Woods
taGher-In-laV, James Curran, objected TO the
proceeding, and after some words threw
them IN the hre. This led to more unDleas-
antness, and the men finally stepped out of
doors to fight it out Pistols were drawn
and several shots exchanged, one of which
TOOK erect IN Curran's eye and put it out
AT midnight it was thought the wounded
man could not live.
GtERnSG, April IA boy named Smith liV-
ing near Miniature, in this county, was play
ing with a fOrty-fOur calibre pistol car
fridge Thursday, and exploded it with a nail
The nail flew up and tore his right eye out
or It's socket, and the bullet from the car
fridge went into his hand, decorating it ter
rbIy.
ALBION, April 7.-AIbart Johnson, young
farmer living east of here, was taken to
the jail yesterday on an insanity warrant
and this morning the insane board held an
examination and pronounced him insane.
PLArTsAIoUTE, April THE jury in the
case of the PinkertOn men. arrested for
driving strikers from the railroad ground
disagreed and were discharged
NEBRASKA CITY. April flames BrOwneu
arrested for burning barn near Syracuse,
was discharged for lack of evidence.
TEKAzLAH, NEB., April 8-Mr. NJ Hanson's
house was discovered on fire about o'clock
this morning. His five year old boy perish
ed In the flames. Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson
We're badly burned and the formers re
cOvery is considered doubtful The fire is
supposed to owe its origin to an incendiary.
NEBRASKA CITY, NEB., April George l.
Budd, 3 somewhat notorious criminal, who
is now in jail here for hog stealing, made a
desperate attempt to escape this morning.
He broke from his cell by Wrenching eli the
hasp with stick of wood, which was sup
posed to be an impossible feat and then
burning hole through the ceiling of the
corridor with heated poker. He was de-
tected before the hole was large enough for
his purpose.