Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Hannibal Hamlln appears frequently on
the mortgage records of Norton county.
Leavenworth--S eventy-five acres of
the potato crop, for the military prison
at the Fort, has been wiped out of e1is-
tence by the high water IN the river.
Cedar Vale Commercial: The regis
ter of deeds books at Sedan show that
while 1881 in mortgages were record
ed for the month Of June, S23,814 were
released.
Galena--Ed Vaughn, the I5-vear-
old son OF ]. Vaughn, fell into a shaft
los feet deep, and was so badly man
gled that he only lived about two hours
after being taken out.
Barnes Enterprise: Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Freely presented this Office with a
limb taken from an apple tree in their
orchard that had seventeen well ma
tured apples on it. The limb is only
eleven inches long.
Leavenworth.-Th pontoop bridge
across the Missouri river at this point
is about to be abandoned and the CITY
left without Missouri connection. eI-
cept by the Rock Island bridge three
miles above.
Olathe Patron: Senator PETER will
speak at Edgerton on September oath.
This arrangement with Senator PETER
has been made so as to come on the
3rd day OF the COOPERATIVE Fair held
at that place.
Atchison.-The Missouri river has
carried out several hundred feet of one
OF the expensive dykes built by the
government for the protection of East
Atehison two years ago. The current
also threatens the other dykes.
Eight cars of two-ysar-old corn was
shipped from Vleits last week. This
point also ships a carload of hogs a
week The Central Branch officials have
promised them depot and the enlarge
ment Of the stock yards this fail.
Frankfort annual reunion of
the old settlers of Marshall county will
occur at Frankfort, August 20, 81 and
%. The dates of the reunion of Com
pany K, of the Seventh Kansas cavalry,
occurs at the same time and place.
Clay Center: A F. Dexter is rapidly
rebuilding his dam and is deserving
of great credit for his energy in so do
ing. The city has been in darkness
ever since the dam went ont, it having
been the motive power by which the
electric lights were kept burning.
Emporia.-A terrible electric storm
broke over this city before day-break.
-Four houses in different portions of the
town were struck by lightning, and
one was burned nearly down before an
alarm brought the fire department out.
as ali the telephone wires were burned
out. No fatalaties, however, occurred.
Clay Center.-As Joel Kinds was
driving across the Rock Island track,
about five miles south of here, he was
struck by gravel train backing north
ward, and instantly killed, being thrown
onto the car by the force of the blow
Mr.. Kinds was about 60 years of age
and lived seven miles south of Clay
Center. He leaves a wife and num-
Der of grown children.
Arkansas City Traveller: Mrs. W.
W. Lee was fishing in the Arkansas
river, north OF the city. She built a
fire and cooked some fish. The wind
blew her dress skirt into the fire and be-
fore she realized it her clothing was in
flames. She ran and jumped into the
river and extinguished the flames. She
was badly burned on the legs.
Leavenworth Standard: The maple
worm scourge is beginning to assume
the phase of a constantly annoying
nuisance in many parts of Leavenworth,
and hypersensitive people, who dislike
treading on worms, walk in the middle
of the street after dark. Although the
worms have come later than usual, this
season, there is a probability that the
trees will be entirely stripped of their
foliage.
Topeka Capital: A party of 100
teachers passed through the city on the
Rock Island on their way TO Toronto,
Canada. They occupied two chair cars
and a Pullman sleeper. The party is
made up of teachers from all parts of
Kansas and is in charge of State Super
intendent Winans, Prof. g. W. Ken
drick of Clay Center, Miss Sue d. Hoag-
lin of Holton and Prof. Saunders OF
Fort Scott.
Enterprise.-The trustees of the En-
terprise normal college have transferred
their new college building, with its
equipments and land interests, to the
Central College association, formed by
members of the United Brethren
church. The faculty and general man.
ager are those who had charge of Lane
university, of Lecompton, during the
past year. There is no official connection
between the two institutions. The COL
lege will open in the City of Mills in
September.
Topeks.-Hon. Tim Mccarthy, de-
partment commander G. A. R., author
ICES the statement that all persons de-
string to attend the national encamp-
ment at Detroit may safely make their
arrangements for the cost of the trip on
the basis of one fare for round trip
The western passenger association will
without doubt announce this rate in a
very few days and Immediately thereafter
a general order embodying the details
and designating the official route will
issue from headquarters.
Cedar Vale Commercial: The claims
presented by the farmers of Hendricks
township against the Santa Fe railroad
for losses they sustained from Texas fe-
yer during the last years shipment
from the territory amounting to nearly
$1,000. A. I. Adams, representing the
railroad, met the claimants and effected
an amicable compromise by allowing
and paying each claimant four fifths OF
his claim. This seems to have proven
a general satisfaction, and peace now
prevails where rumors of rebellion re-
Gently predominated.
Atchison.-Peter Byram, of Shannon,
Atchison county, is dead after long
Illness He was one of the oldest set