Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19


decided that rape IS a capital crime
punishable by death
The annual report of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad shows
a deficit Of 81, 331, 1913 in the finances
of the company.
The non-polygamous church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
has a membership of $4,000 and is
steadily growing.
Reports from all over the state are
favorable for big wheat crop The
weather has never been more propi-
tious for this cereal, especially in
April.
Mrs. Ellen Young, colored, died at
Baltimore aged 1OA She had fifteen
children, 50 grand children, 128great
grand children, and five great-great-
grand children.
Ed Burchell, living north of the
city, brought a two-year-o1d poland
china hog to this market, which
weighed $50 pounds. This is a pretty
good sized porker-Norto1s Courier.
An exchange says: Locomotive
engineers all assert that after a loco
motive has been driven a certain dis
tance, it becomes ''tired' just as a hui
man being does. and must be given a
rest"
Concordia has raised the $4,000
fund for the canning factory, and is
rejoicing over the fact of having sue
ceeded in locating a plant there that
will employ 800 hands in a busy sea-
son.
The Central w. G. T. U. of Kan
sas City is arranging for a lecture by
Mrs. ZereIda G. Wallace, mother of
General Lew Wallace. Mrs. Wal
lace is so years old and is the oldest
living member Of the w. @. T. y.
Farmers have you tested your seed
corn? Nothing can be done of more
Importance than that seed corn is per-
fectly sure to grow. The entire crop
may be ruined by the neglect of eau
ton in this matter
If John Wanamaker had quit adj
vertising when business got dull, he
would never have been postmaster
general. Not bit of it. But the
duller business got, the more he
spread on the printers ink.
The public has confidence IN bus
mess man whose standing advertise
ment is found in the paper. They
expect to see it and when they want
to know anything about his business
they look for it. If it is not there they
wonder why it isn't.
It is with unfeigned pleasure that
we make the announcement to our
readers that Capt. J. S. Mcdowell
has settled with all his creditors in an
honorable manner and this morning
threw open his doors and resumed
business.-Sn1ptb Center Pioneer.
An important decision was render
ed by Judge Daniels, of Buffalo, re-
Gently He refused naturalization
papers to an applicant on the ground
that he was not a man of good moral
character, having been in the habit of
getting drunk and beating his wife.
LANSING, Mich, April 1.-THE
house yesterday passed a bill making
it misdemeanor punishable by fine
and Imprisonment to manufacture or
sell, give or deliver cigarettes of any
kind of tobacco or cigarette paper in
books or blocks for wrapping cigar
cites.
Therold Poe a IA year old son of
Gen. Poe, of Detroit, died a few days
since of heart disease, brought on, or
made more violent, by a game of base
ball, in which he came very much ex-
cited, the day before. This should
be warning to base ball players.
Many lives have been shortened, with
in the last two years as a result of ex-
cessive excitement on the ball ground.
The women of Allegan, Mich, have
found an effective weapon with which
to fight the brutes who abuse their
wives. Such men are always towards,
and towards invariably shrink from
pain. Let our Legislators take the
hint, and legalize the punishment;
let wife-beateIs and recreant hus-
bands be publicly whipped by a COM
mittee Of stout-hearted and brawny-