Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15

ent from any bill that was ever intro
duced in the legislature. It is a volUm-
nous document, covering about twenty
pages, and contains provisions for the
vacation Of portions OF town sites and
additions and subdivisions IN about SIXTY
five towns In this state. The bill is In
the interest Of the Santa Fe railroad,
which owns the town sites asked TO be
vacated. The towns 6ffected by the biz
aIe as follows: Attica, Harper county;
Albert, Barton county; Alexander, Rush
county; Alameda, Lane county; Abilene,
Dickinson county; Abbyville. Reno
county; Aurora, Usage county; BarstoW,
COWley county; Brennan, KioWa county;
Belpre, Edwards county; Benedict, VII
son county; Burdick, Morris county;
Buxton, Wilson county; Bolton, Mont
gOmery county; Bismarck, Wabaunsss
county; Bazaar, Chase county; CassOday,
Butler county; Coolidge, Hamilton cOun-
OimsrrOn, Gray county; ChRutEuqua,
Chautauqua county; Ellen, Lane county;
Gridley, COfey county; Goddard, Sedg-
wick county; Grover, Douglas county;
Heller, Barton county; HOlyroOd, Els
worth county; Kilmer, Shawnee county;
Kendall, Hamilton county; Kent, Reno
county; LebO, Coffey county: Lehigh,
Marion county; Lakin, Kearney county;
Little River, Rice county; Murdoch,
Kingman county; North Erie, NeOsho
county; New Elgin, ChautRupua county;
PaWnee Rock, Barton county; Partridge,
Reno county; PiercevilIe, Finney county;
Richards, Chase county; Syracuse, Ham
iltOn county; Spivey, Kingman county;
Sherlock, Finney county; South Peru,
ChRutauqua county; South Ada, Ottawa
county; Thomas, Ellsworth county; Vi
ola, SedgWick county; West LebO, COfey
county; Anness, Sedgwick county; Bar
deem, Barton county; Barnard, Lincoln
county; Beeler, Ness county; Burdette,
PaWnee county: Browns Grove, PaWnee
| county; Conway, Mcpherson county;
Goats, Pratt county; OhRllRcOmbe, Dill
wyn, Diamond Springs, DeerGeld, De-
Graf, East Akron, Garden Plains, Fair
field, Havana, HalstOn, HeWins, ingalls,,
Isabel, KalvestR, Lewis, Lake Oitys
Laura, Lost Springs, Manchester, Nash
vile, Oak Hill, South Navarro, North
/ Severy, Rush Center, Rsvanna, Rock,
| Speareville, Sawyer, Springvale, South
Bazine, Shaw, Sylvia, Timken, TueU and
| Plainville.
Capital Commonwealth: Everyone who
| has visited the senate chamber in the
! capitol know what beauty is added to
/ the finish OF the magnificent chamber by
| the huge elabs OF Mexican onyx. It is
| possible that the superb library room Of
/ the main building, now In process of
| erection, may yet be Ornamented as hand
! somely as the senate chamber, and with
Kansas onyx. General Superintendent
Sands, Of the Santa Fe, has received
| couple Of samples Of this class Of marble
taken from a quarry on the line Of the
| Spivey branch, In Pratt county. They
are pronounced by the chemist who an
/ alyzed them TO be alabaster or ONYX
| probably OF great value. Though softer
| than other marbles, they take on a high
/ polish and are more durable. While the
| specimens thus far taken out are Of a
brown shade, it is possible that when
/ the quarry is developed the color would
change to red, blue, green, OF a mixture
OF all. Utah has made great boasts on
! account Of her mines Of onyx, but they
! have been valueless because located too
remote from communities which demand
such building material. Bnt If the Pratt
! quRrries pan out what they should,
Kansas onyx can be put on the market
in st. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and
| elsewhere In the east cheaper than Col
Orado sandstone, and the Santa Fe will
have a bonanza equal to q big coal mine.
! Capital Commonwealth: The sale by
/ the Santa Fe to the Union Pacific Of the
! formers interest of the LeavenWOrbh,
| Topeka & Southwestern railway, which
seems to be settled fact, Is taB en- to mean
the early transfer Of the road 60 the
| Rock Island, which has been In negotia-
ton for this branch quite a long time.
Should this take place the Rock Island
viii build new line from Meriden. Kan,
where the Southwestern joins the main
line Of the Santa Fe to Topeka, and a
route to the east by this line is fifteen
miles shorter than by any other, and
much Of its eastern traffic Will be hauled
over it.
L. II. Thompson, county attorney OF
Norton county, telegraphs Governor
Humphrey that John Estip killed John
Ruff at that place, It being a case OF cold
blOOded murder, and that the murderer
is at large, supposedly headed for No
Mans Land. The murderer is described
as five feet ten in height, 10 years old,
smooth face, dark complexion, dark hair.
and weighing about 165 pounds. He
wore a dark coat and vest, striped pants
and q new cowboy white brOad-brimmed
hat. Norton county has offered 500
reward, and Governor Humphrey offered
an additional reward Of $3.50.
The following officers were elected last
evening by the Young Women's Chris
tian association, OF Topeka: Miss Emma
Silver, president; Mrs. W. H. Baker.
vice prsident; Miss Maud Chamberlain.
secretary and treasurer; board OF mana