Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

fessors Of the state university.
Hundreds of cords of sunhower stalks
are piled up in the yards of the North
Solomon farmers, to be used for kind
ling wood.
Topeka Journal: The first work on
the county stone pile has begun. Two
prisoners are at work, and az soon as
stone enough has been delivered the
others in the jail will be given chance
TO help,
Lawrence item: The amount of the
Spooner bequest to the Kansas univer-
sity is now definitely known to be
S91, 600. This is the largest single
gift ever added to the university en-
dowment.
Abilene letter: The city has a suit
for So, $50 damages on hand from inju-
ries done G. W. Wright in falling
through the sidewalk. The bad condi-
ton of the walks has cost the city about
$4,000 in the past six years.
Cottonwood Falls item: Miss Snow.
of this place was the first pupil of the
Olathe deaf and dumb institution. She
is entirely deaf, and reads lips readily.
She once carried on conversation sew
eral hours with George R. Peck without
his knowledge that she was not hearing
a word he said.
ElDorado Republican: The school
population of this city is at present
larger than it has been for several
years. The rooms are all crowded SO
that it has been decided to employ an
other teacher and rent the brick store
building on west Central avenue and
move the seventh grade thereto.
Moran Herald: They are bringing
corn into lola from Nebraska and sell
ing it in quantities at 80 to 80 cents
per busheL The corn is worth less than
20 cents there, and the freight is about
u cents. Here P. l. Augustine is buy
ing corn and shipping away. He pays
30 cents and has shipped about 5000
bushels in the last ten DAYS.
A twenty-six-inch vein of coal has
been discovered at Shannon, a station
on the Missouri Pacific road, six miles
from Atchison. A mine will be imme-
dIately opened by ]. P. Cotter, of Leav-
enwOrth, a son of the big coal miner
at that place. A great deal of coal has
already been taken out. 1t is found
cropping out Of the side of a hill
Oswego Independent: A good soak
ing ram fell Sunday and Monday, which
was badly needed for fall wheat and to
fill up the creeks and ponds. There has
been almost water famine in some 10
calities for several weeks, and a number
of farmers were compelled to haul
water several miles for their stock. The
rain will r1roz-a hanaGniaI "a, MANY
Waterville Telegraph: Farmers COM
menced bringing in their corn when il
was known the new proprIetors of the
elevator would be ready for business.
On Saturday evening about 5000 BUSH
els had been received, and this week
from eighty to one hundred loads day
have been brought in. Steam was
started up Monday and Smelling has
been going on since then.
Kansas City.-The fact that Swift &
Co. are paying their men in checks in
stead of cash is causing rejoicing among
the business men of this city. The
Swift Packing company is working
nearly 1900 men, and payday means
goOdly sum to be distributed among
the merchants of this city. The adop-
ton of the check system has helped the
business in this city over 25 per cent
already.
Atchison Champion: J. P. Pomeroy
is holding all his land out OF the mar
ket lie has over 10000 acres in Ora
ham county alone, and has unbounded
faith in the future greatness of Kansas. /
He says the soil is unsurpassed and
rainfall is sufficient each year. The
trouble in bygone years has been that
the ground was so hard that nearly all
of the water ran off. Now that the
buffalo grass is going the ground mel
lows mp, absorbs and retains the moist
ure and induces showers.
Topeka Journal: Hereafter where
able bodied men apply to Poor Com
missioner Hale for provisions and other
supplies, they will have to saw wood
with or without saying nothing, or go
away unsupplied. An enclosure back
Of the Office has been fenced in and
plenty Of wood will be kept on hand
and saws will be provided, thus furnish
ing an opportunity for needy men to
earn what they may need to eat or to
clo:he themselves. This will prevent
INSCRIPTIONS persons who never work
from obtaining supplies for nothing.
Olathe.-The line officers of the First
regiment, Kansas National Guards met
in ArmOry hall, this city, to fill the va
cancy of colonel cansed by the resig- |
nation of Colonel S. r. Burch, who |
has accepted a position in the agricul- /
tural department at Washington. Al /
though there were four candidates for 1
colonel, it was agreed that the officers 1
should be promoted in line of rank; /
thereupon, Lieutenant Colonel Howard, |
of Pittsburg, was elected colonel; Major |
II. S. Miller, of Company A, this city.
elected lieutenant colonel, and Captain |
McCrum, Of Company G., Gsrnett, was
elected major.
The complete returns have been re-
ceived from the Fortieth senatorial dis /
trict show the republican candidate, /
Reville. goes in by a plurality of 100. /
The pluralities of the two candidates by |
counties are as follows:
Reville. Hopkins. /
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