Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-06-04
KANsAs sTATE News.

| PINK AcE
Hon. L. Nj. Briggs, of Atchison, died
at Battle Greek, Michigan. OF droPsy.
He had been 4 prominent man in Ken
sas for many years.
Marion letter: Marion couuty's
quota for the Worlds fair fund has
been apportioned to the several town
ships. and their S1,05O will soon be
secured.
Kansas City Gazette: An innocent
looking but deadly electric wire, hang
ing loose over a muddy street, got in
it's work, striking dead a Ialuable horse
and coming very near terminating the
earthly career of the man who was driv-
ing the animal.
Arkansas City Traveller: Robert
Chetit bet $500 that he could swim
down the Walnut river from Winfield
to this city in six hours He performed
| the act in five hours. The river is very
high and swift and the distance is about
twenty-five miles.
In Allen county the county treasurer
keeps a book in which are recorded the
names OF the tax payers OF the county,
and as each one comes in to pay his tax
he is reminded of the Worlds fair fund,
and SO far only three out Of 200 have
refused to subscribe and pay.
Atchlson Champion: The first Bap-
| fist church, although large structure,
could not accommodate the congrega-
ton at the memorial services The
members of the G. A. r., Women's Relief
| Corps and Sons of Veterans entered the
church in a body. All were pleased
with the sermon of Rev. Brand.
Arkansas City.-A heavy wind storm
did much damage in the northern part
OF this county. Three barns and two
houses were demolished. hundreds of
orchard trees unrOCted and fences car
ried away. The rain fell in torrents,
running the strawberry crop, but saving
the wheat from the bugs. No one was
hurt here.
Leavenworth Standard: 1t is sixty
years this month since Colonel Leaven-
worth, of the Third United States in
fantry, established the cantonment
which is now Fort LeavenWorth. He
was pushing his way westward after
| the Indians, with Instructions to select
location suitable for a fort, and he
selected the prettiest location in the
state of Kansas
Wellington Mail: A superb monu-
ment now marks the last resting place
of the late Mrs. A. Graf, the task of
/ placing it in position having been COM
/ pleted this morning. The monument is
one of the finest ever brought to this
city. 1t stands nineteen feet high and
cost 80, 400.-The G. a. r. post of this
city has had 10O-foot flag-pole made
and will erect the same in Prairie Lawn
cemetery.
The Leavenworth Standard says that
a grocer of that city made a startling
discovery. He went to a shelf piled
with boxes of matches to get box for
a customer. A row of the boxes fell
| down disclosing charred and blackened
| place. A further investigation revealed
/ that the heads OF great quantity OF
matches had been gnawed of by rats.
and that a fire had started IN the re-
maindOr, but had smouldered and gone
out
Emporia.-A terrific wind and rain
storm visited this city and vicinity. A
great amount of damage was done to
the crops, buildings and fences. The
storm seems to have been worst a few
miles south of here, on the farm owned
by DIR. McCandless, of this city The
house, occupied by E. II. Dain, was
completely demolished and one of DAMS
daughters was fatally injured. Another
was seriously hurt Everything about
the farm was blown into fragments.
Kansas City, Kan, has had another
whipping sensation. The wife of Cor
Oner Hill, of Wyandotte county, and
her sister, Mrs. Donovan, met Reuben
Gillett, a conductor of the Elevated
Street railway, on one of the principal
streets of the city, and accused him of
having slandered them. He admitted
the charge, and thereupOn they pro-
duced hofsewhips ana gave him sound
whipping. He cried for the police, but
before one could arrive the women had
fed.
Atchison.-A deluging rainstorm of
extraordinary violence swept over Phil
lips. Logan, EFDrton, and contiguous
counties il the northwestern part of
Kansas, doing a great deal of damage
The Missouri Pacific lost three large
bridges and a number o. smaller ones
between Kirwin and Lenofa. One bridge
225 feet long was swept several feet
from it's mOorings. The highway
bridges also were carried out, and the
growing crops greatly damaged No
loss of life is reported
Kansas City Gazette: Swift & Co.,
packers of this city, have decided that
their business makes it necessary TO in
crease the size of the plant According
ly thu company has commenced the
erection of large storage building on
their property in the east end of South
Kansas City, Kansas. 1t has been de-
cided to make the building BOLTS feet,
and in height five stories. 1t is ex-
pected that the cost will reach about
$4,000 The packing company has
} recently completed a new cold storage
building.
Ottawa letter: During the past year
the Ottawa university has made rapid
advances in many ways. The new col
lege building is nearly ready for occu-
pancy, the ladies' cottage is nearly fin
ished, an endowment to the sum of
about $4,000 has been assured, the en-
rollment has been raised to nearly 800,
and under the strong, leading hand of
President johnson the whole institution
has aroused itself as from long sleep.
Business men are now convinced that
the school is a good paying invest
ment in the city, and are reaching deep
into their pockets for the necessary to
help it along.
LeaVenworth.-The three insurance
adjusters. members of the Sunfower
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