Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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titles of fiaxseed from Oklahoma.
At Lawrence a meeting was held to
organize the survivors OF the Quantrell
raid, eighty-four Of them registering at
the time.
The Mil and Elevator company is
constructing n large elevator in Win
field, designed to hold 100000 bushels
OF grain, and to be ready for use Sep
TENDER 10.
Leroy Reporter: The fruit evapo-
rator is running to its full capacity now.
About thirty hands were employed yes
terday. It is the busiest place about
this town.
Wichita Eagle: During the month
of July there were shipped from Valley
Center station by express 1,6l1 pack
ages of fruit, consisting Of peaches,
Plums, apples, etc
Atchison.-Ons hundred and ninety
cars, or 100000 bushels of new wheat,
were loaded last week on the Central
Branch road. A large quantity Of old
corn was also received.
Three Topeka young men, Ernest
Mills, Chas. Miller and Arthur Jordan,
have announced that they will devote
their lives to foreign missions. One
will go to India and two to China.
Topeka Journal: County Superin-
| tendent Jordan is preparing statements
OF the school fund. The city will re-
ceive S5. 390.50 from the state and coun-
ty school fund, and the county
S2,95I9O.
Atchison Champion: The canning
factory in this city now employs nearly
n hundred people, and is working on
tomatoes. A great quantity OF toma-
toes are handled every day, and they
are very fine.
Summerfeld Sun: During a thunder
storm a farmer near Violet lost his team
by thunderbolt. He was engaged in
shocking gram and had left his team a
short distance when both horses were
instantly killed.
Wellington Mail: W. h. Maddy now
has on hand at his fruit farm near Nav
field about three and one. half tons of
evapOrated fruit. His works have a
capacity of about 14O bushels per day
and will be kept running for a month
or six weeks yet
Wichita Eagle: A Wichita girl ID
giving the boys in her nei9hborhood
chance to make money. She pays them
% cents dozen for all lightning bugs
they catch. She says that she wants
them to wear fastened under the folds
OF thin netting dress to lawn party.
Stockton Record: A. ]. Rice. an ex-
tensive wheat grower of Atchison coun-
ty, has an interest in a large amount of
wheat in Belmont and Richland town
ships. He will realize enough this year
from his share of the crops to pay back
all he has invested in Rocks county
land.
Kansas City Gazette: Hon. Lsahder
Stillwell, Judge OF the Seventh judicial
district, composed of the counties OF
Allen, Woodson, Neosho and Wilson,
has been awarded a prize OF $3.50 by the
New York Tribune for the best account
of battle of the rebellion written by a
private soldier. Judge Stillwell wrote
an account OF the battle of Shiloh.
Atchison.-Ths receiver of the Peo-
pies Savings bank, which failed six
months ago, received a letter from a
New York man who had $500 on deposit
and who had not heard of the failure
He wanted draft for the interest due
him. He was informed of the failure of
the bank and that dividend OF so per
cent of his deposit awaited his order.
Atchison Champion: Mr.. Cain
shipped last year to England and Scot
lard products of his Atchison mills
amounting to 5000 tons, and this. he
thinks, will be increased one half If not
doubled the present year. Dundee. in
the north OF Scotland, and Aberdeen,
will be the principal points to which he
will ship, but other places are on mis-
list.
Cottonwood Falls Courant: About
o'clock in the morning the house OF
Dick Hilrich was burned down, the fam
lily barely escaping with what clothes
they had on, the roof of the structure
almost falling in on them before they
awoke from their sleep. The house and
its contents were entirely DESTROYED.
The origin of the fire is unknown. A
subscription is being taken up TO assist
Mr.. Hilrich in repairing his loss.
Emporia--Two mysterious deaths
occurred here within twenty-four hours.
The first was that of John Williamson.
who fell dead in a street car of which
he was conductor. The second is that
of Robert P. Adams, who was found
dead in his bed. A verdict of heart
disease was rendered in the case of
Williamson, and unknown cause in
the case of Adams. Both were we'll
known citizens and old residents.
Arkansas City Traveller: An old
farmer brought six loads of what IN
the city. On top of each load was the
best wheat to be found and he sold the
six loads at 80 cents per bushel. At
the mills where the wheat was being
unloaded the bottom part of each load
was found to be very poor. OF course
the farmer was very much surprised
that such a thing could happen, but
when the same state OF affairs was dis.
covered in the six loads he wanted to
compromise, and finally offered to sell
for IS cents.
Mankato letter: Reports are being
received here of terrific wind and hail
storm in the northwest part of this
county, the wind blowing down many
small barns, sheds and cribs, and the
hail completely running many fields of
corn The hail, as one farmer expressed
it, seemed to bob around first one
place and then another" that is, one
field would be entirely ruined, while
that on an adjoining farm would suffer
but very little. The storm seems to
have been especially severe and de-