Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-06-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The creamery at Glen Elder has been
purchased for an elevator by the ALI
ance Shipping and Purchasing associa-
ton of that place. That town will now
have first-ciass elevator.
The Gypsum Advocate reports that
the number of cars OF freight shipped
from the Missouri Pacific depot the first
ten days of this month was, OF Acme
Cement plaster thirty cars and other
freight ten cars.
Concordia.-A fire broke out in a
vacant store building belonging to Mrs.
Lamy, and the flames sacked the Ex-
change hotel and a store building be-
longing to A. Nadeau, standing on
either side. The loss is about $4,000
Wichita Eagle: The county COM
missioners will visit the poor farm in
Reno county for the purpose of exam
lining the manner in which 1t is con-
Quoted, to gain some knowledge which
to use in making improvements on the
poor farm in Sedgwick county.
The thirtieth anniversary OF the battle
of Wilson creek, fought August 10,
1861, will be celebrated by a regimental
reunion of the Second Kansas infantry
and the Second Kansas cavalry at June
ton City, August 10 and II. A cordial
invitation has been publicly extended
to all comrades to meet there and to
once more touch elbows.
At Mulvane large sale and training
barn, the property of Brown & Prior,
Clay Hills stables, close by, and feed
store were consumed by fire. and with
them two valuable stations and a jack
The cause of the fire is unknown. The
buildings were valued at $4,000. One
was insured for $500. The animals were
uninsured and were worth $4,000.
AT Eudora a joint meeting of the
county commissioners and engineers of
Douglas and LeaYenworth counties was
held at the contemplated site of bridge
across the Kansas river. Plans were
thoroughly discussed and action will be
taken by both boards at the quarterly
meeting in July on the question of ap-
propriating $4,000 from each county
for the construction of the bridge.
Agricultural College Industrialist:
Fifty-two young men and women ap-
peared on the chapel rostrum to receive
the degree of Bachelor of Science. The
representative system was made neces-
sary this year by the large class, and
eight speakers were therefore selected
| by lot to present the orations of Com
mencement Day. They were Misses
COnwell, Corlett, Fairchild, ana Miner,
and Messr. Campbell, Creager, zanzibar
com, and Waugh
At meeting held at Wichita by the
millers OF district No. 8 of the Kansas
A1iller's association. the special subject
| of discussion was the possibility and
| practicability Of doing an export bust
ness to South America, particularly
| Brazil, and whether or not it would be
| advisable to send Representative to that
country and fully investigate all mat
/ tiers pertaining to the -four trade-viz:
the proper route to ship by, kind of
| packages, manner and terms of sale, quail
| ity of flour wanted, and how to arrange
with reliable houses to handle our bust
ness, etc.
Kansas City.-The Kansas Institute
for the Education of the Blind in this
city is without instructors. L. K. Kirk,
of Garrett, president of the state board.
appeared at the blind asylum and in
formed the teachers that they could all
consider themselves discharged. The
news was a great surprise, and the
teachers went in a body to call On Pres
Ident Kirk The teachers losing their
positions are: Miss Ludlow, Miss
RAINS, Miss Hall and Miss Cay ward.
The case of Miss Lewis has not been
entirely decided yet. The teachers had
all served for several years and two of
them for eight years.
Arkansas City.-The Cherokee Indian
police to-day elected lot of hay cutters
from the Cherokee strip. A large force
of men has been at work cutting haY
there for ten days or more, and hun
dreds of tons have been marketed in
Kansas. AS that country is full oil
Texas cattle it is feared the terrible
fever will be carried by the hay and
Kansas cattle become affected from eat
ing it. The Cherokees say that hay.
cutters must pay them so cents a ton
and the cattle-men 81 a head tax, Oh
they will call on the government to hep
put them out. AS Seer etary Noble has
decided that neither the Indians mol
anybody else have any right on the
strip, it remains 10 be seen how the
fight Will end.
Anthony Republican: Mrs. s. IT.
Browns orchard, south of Anthony q
mile, has been and is a sight worth see.
ing. The orchard covers about ten
acres. A row of cherry trees the length
of the orchard, red with fruit, with pick
ers working as fast as possible to fill
the orders for cherries ripe present.
ed a picture never seen in this vicinity
before. Five days picking amounted
to twelve bushels. and the trees were
still so full when we were there that il
was hard to realize that any had beer
picked. The plum, apple, peach, april
cot, late cherry, pear trees and grape
vines are laden. The fruit trees have
all been selected with great care and arr
of the best varieties. Such an orchard
as this on a farm will always be remun.
erative besides the pleasure of pluckine
fruit from ones own "vine and fig
tree"
Washington, d. C.-The arrangement
of salaries of postmaster Of the first
class for the next fiscal year leaves the
salary of the postmaster at Topeka anC
Wichita unchanged, being $4,000 anC
$4,000, respectively. Gross receipts o.
Topeka, S9O,975. a gain of l per cent
over last year. Wichita's gross receipts
S41, 615, a decrease of 1 per cent. The
salaries of second class pOstmasters o.
Kansas for the next fiscal year are an.
nounced as follows: Arkansas City, thii
year 81, 400, next $4,000; Junction City
$500. next year $4,000; Kansas City
$4,000. next S2,700; Lawrence S2,700
next $4,000; Newton $4,000, next So.
100; Parsons 50, 100, next 200; Pitts
burg, $500, next S2,1G0; Wellington