Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-30
Kansas sTATE NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWS
The Greenleaf journal says the
Greenleat steam creamery is making
six hundred pounds of good butter
daily.
Caldwell News. J. R. swartzel
threshed fifty acres Of wheat on his farm
north of town, and it yielded over thirty
bushels per acre.
Arkansas City: Christian Momert,
an old soldier aged 60, fell from a load
OF hay and was instantly killed. He
leaves wife and three children.
Frankfort Bee: The prospects are
that there will be a stock company
formed in Frankfort to build one of the
lsrgest hotels in Marshall county. 1t
will be located where the Blodgett
house now stands.
Scottsville News: The division su-
perintendent says that Horace Ingalls,,
of this city, shipped the first carload of
new grain that went over the Central
Branch Missouri Pacific this season.
Seottsville to the front again as usual.
Atehison Champion: Ex-senator In
gals says the title for the Atchison
public building site has been accepted
and the money paid. The plans are be-
ing prepared and its construction will
probably begin about the first of Oct5-
Der.
Argonia Press: The Danville people
are making an effort to raise funds
with which to erect a building 30x60
feet, two stories high, the first floor to
be used as a store-room and the upper
one as an I. o. o. F. hall, it being the
intention to institute a lodge of that
order there as soon as the building is
completed.
Seneca Tribune: On the Fourth of
July E A. Kibbe had a number of ap-
pies of the Winesap variety which he
was giving his friends to sample. He
never fails to keep them until that day.
and says they are kept without diff
Guilty. Those who tasted them report
the flavor perfect and the apple sound
as when picked.
Beloit.-The nursery OF e. A. Taylor,
adjoining Beloit, is one of the most
noted places in northwest Kansas A
few years ago it was said that portion
of Kansas couldn't raise fruit. Mr.
Taylor says the contrary are the facts
of the case. This year he will pick 500
bushels of pears, 5000 bushels of ap-
pies, and from 5000 to 5000 bushels of
peaches.
Abilene: The people of the county
have been astonished by the filing of a
suit by woman OF London, England,
who says her name is Susan Gillett,
wife of the late James A. Gillett, one
of Dickinson county's pioneers, and
founder of the town of Woodbine. Mr..
Gillett came to this county about forty
yeare ago, married and raised a family,
the members of which are grown and
married.
Leavenworth Standard: Major Shock
ley, treasurer of the Soldiers Home, is
not regaining strength but is considered
in almost a critical condition. Last
spring he suffered a severe attack of the
grip, which kept him in doors for sever
al weeks, and he has never been able to
rally from the effects of this siege of
sickness. The malady is aggravated
by severe wounds received during the
war and he is subject to nervous pros
tration which does not yield to treat
ment.
McCune- McCune was visited by a
very disastrous fire, supposed to be the
work of an incendiary. The fire started
in Mrs. NJ. Z. Lyons millinery store
and extended north to J. L. Wards
bank building and postoffice building.
All were destroyed but nearly all the
contents were saved. The following
firms were losers as follows: Mrs. NJ. E.
Lyons stock, about $500; A. G. Sing
User, postmaster, 500; D. A. Weather's
stock, 5000; Mattox & Son, stock and
building, $1,000; J. L. Ward, bank
building and fixtures, $500; Mr.. j. NJ.
Mahr, household effects, $50; Mrs.
Wells, household effects, not known
Cunningham Brainard, damage by
water, $50; NJ. S. Gowan, owner Of some
of the buildings, about So 900. All the
buildings and stock were partially IN
sured. This is a great loss to this city,
as one portion of the main street was
entirely destroyed The total loss is
supposed to be between $4,000 and
S15. 900. The Odd Fellows and MasOns'
loss by water was about 5000.