Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-21
STATE NEWS

ty, died at his home near Emporia- he
vas at one time stock agent OF the III. K.
& 7. railway.
A Howard dispatch: A three foot
vei2a OF excellent coal has been discovered
seven miles northwest of this city. The
vein is within five feet of the surface,
and the indications are that it is q valu-
! agle find.
A Yates Center dispatch tells Of the
loss at that place by fire Of the opera
house and three Of the best buildings in
the city. The fire originated 10 the
opera house from an unknown cause.
A RichfeId dispatch: A contract has
been awarded to build the new Morton
county court house at this place. The
/ price is 3,78450. Work will begin at
| once. The material viii be native
rock, and the tins Of completion one
year.
A Lawrence dispatch says: Governor
! Robinson has gone to Washington IN the
! interest Of Haskell institutute, the Indian
| school Of which ne has charge. He Will
endea7Or to secure an appropriation OF
! $50, 600 for the purpose OF erecting new
buildings, which it is proposed to use
for a chapel and gymnasium.
Wamego Agrieulturist: Monday night
about ten O'Clock the quietude of the
Amez house was broken by tones of
sweet music rendered by the WRmegO
silver cornet band, serenading our pop
ular U. P. conductor, 81. B. Field, and
bride, on the happy event Of their mar
rage, which took place at Chicago, re-
Gently.
sedgwick Pantagraph: Twenty-Five
stock trains passed through this city IN
two days, to say nothing of the regular
trains. 1t has become quite a common
occurrence to see three, four and five
trains roll into this city only few mo-
ments apart. The Santa Fe is surely
hauling It's share of the stock from the
cattle ranges OF the Panhandle and
Texas.
An Arkansas City dispatch: At a
mass meeting Of the business men held
IN this city, committee consisting Of
! Mayor L. J. Miles, Major o. M. Wilson
and j. 0. Campbell, was appointed TO
draft a bill to be presented by the Kan
sas delegation in Congress, providing for
the erection Of a government building
and the location Of a government land
Office in this city.
Coolidge Citizen: At the burning Of
the railroad eating house Mr.. Seely lost
two diamond pins worth two hundred
dollars, and all his clothing. One of the
dining room girls lost her pocket book
with all her money. A trunk full of
clothing belonging to Mrs. Seeley was
lost. The money belonging to the no
tel was In the safe which passed through
the fire all right.
Hiawatha World: It is local railroad
gossip that the Union Pacific viii short
! " take possession Of the Central BraBch,
which is now held by the Missouri Pa
ciic company by a lease, and by con-
Meeting it from Watervilie with the
Grand Island road operate it as a part
Of the Union Pacific system, also leasing
It to the Rock Island. If this is done,
the Missouri Pacific would build west
from HiawRtha.
Moran Herald: Mr.. Beagle, the right
of-Way man Of the Kansas CITY & Pa
cifc visited Moran. He says that track
! laying has already begun on the uu-
finished portion OF that road, and that
regular trains will be running to Kan
eas City over this line by the 1s6 of
/ January. The distance from here TO
Kansas City by the new route will be
Dinety-f five miles ffty-One from here to
Paola, and fOrty-four from there in.
Atchison Champion: The Seventh
| congressional district Of Kansas is. COM
/ posed Of thirty-sevsn counties, and is
[ b.
/ tioE in the United States. In 1880 when
/ the appOrtiOnment was made, the popu-
! latiOn was less than 10000. The re-
cent vote would indicate a population of
/ about $4,000. The vote Of the district
reached total Of H. 46, IS against 49,
/ 983 In the Fourth district, which is next
/ In size.
A Holton dispatch: District court is
still In session, the docket being a long
one. 3. HAST, a German restaurant
/ keeper Of Netawaks, WIS convicted of
/ selling liquor, fined 500 and sentenced
/ to sixty days imprisonment in the coun-
! ty jail. There seems to be a rapid grow
! ing sentiment among the temperance
/ people Of HOltOn In favor Of open war
! fare upon the viOlators Of the whisky
law, who evidently have an abiding place
I IN our city.
A Kansas City dispatch: Ira Gard
infer, an elderly gentleman from
Great Bend, Kansas, lost a useful mem-
! Der and a valise containing S85 in
money by a painful accident at the
Union depot. While walking along the
} platform he slipped and fell. His left
arm thrown out TO brake the fOrce u
the fall lay acrOss a railroad track, and
/ two wheels Of a Missouri Pacific train
passed over It, amputating the hand.