Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-11-26
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known salt unOorll63 a BoCIlOu u COuu-
try tributary to that town.
The Leavenworth glucose works, that
have been shut down for long time,
will start mp about December L The
works employ nearly 100 men,
Major Israel B. Donaldson. who was
United States marshal in Kansas during
the wild days OF the pro- slavery con-
dict, is stin living, in San Marcos, Tex,
At the age OF 50.
Galena Times: It Is a remarkable
fact that every Investment made in Ga
lena real estate in the last ten years
has been a financial success, and Galena
never was in a more prosperous condi-
ton than now.
The board of trustees of the Atchison
county high school at bingham have
found it necessary to employ another
teacher. making four in all. The school
was opened September and has an at
tendance OF 100
Marysvlle News: There are many
cases of diphtheria in the country a
few miles west of this city. The DIS
ease seems to be of a very yirulent ma
ture and a number of fatalities are al
ready reported.
ElDorado Republican: n. F. Frazier.
who has a government contract to fur
nish 900 tons of hay, to be delivered at
Fort Wingate, New Mexico, has shipped
about 500 tons on the contract Most
Of the hay is shipped from the north
part of the. county.
Beloit Gazette: Last August's hail
storm completely denuded thesstrees in
E. Herrington's orchard. southeast Of
the city. The trees again put forth
foliage and crab apple tree came out
in bloom, and We now have on our desk
haif-grown apples from this last crop.
Topeka Journal: The foundation of
the south abutment Of the dam has
been completed and several courses Of
the stone have been laid. about one
third of the abutment being completed.
The first Golfer dam is completed and
the workmen will begin pumping it out
tomorrow.
Wichita Eagle: A young son of Al
exander Wurm was stung by an insect
and died from the effects of the poison
before medical aid was reached. The
boy was z years old. He was playing
upon the floor in the house when a
black spider ran across his hand, with
the above results
Leavenworth Standard: H. A. Pratt.
who has charge of the Leavenworth
| glucose factory for the American Glu-
cose company, has received orders from
headquarters to get the factory in or
der for operation within thirty days
and to employ as many Of the compa-
ny's former employees as possible.
A contract for supplying 1900
pounds OF dressed turkey to the sol
diers' home at Lesvenworth for the pur-
pose of a Thanksgiving dinner, was
awarded to a local game dealer at 121
cents per pound, yesterday. This con-
tract will require about 200 turkeys,
and it will furnish the old veterans
quite dinner.
Topeka Capital: Mrs. A. Washburn
yesterday fell distance of eight feet
down a flight of cellar stairs, landing
on the cemented cellar bottom. She
held two china pieces in her hands and
neither was broken. What is still more
remarkable, she escaped with no Joints
dislocated or bones broken. OF course
she was somewhat bruised, but when it
is known that she is II years of age, it
may be considered very remarkable
accident.
Atehison Champion: The New York
Evening Post recently devoted whole
editorial column to a deceased Kansan,
Prof. Ferrel, who died at haywood IN
September, whom it eulogizes as ''the
most eminent meteorologist America
has produced" The Post even goes so
far as to regard him as 'the most emil
nent meteorological in the world" 1t
takes Kansas to produce eminent men.
not only in the domain of politics, but
in science as well.
Wichita Eagle: Three new business
firms, in addition to the wholesale sad
| dlery- hardware house mentioned few
days ago, are making arrangements to
| open out in Wichita at an early date.
| At this rate there will soon be no bust
ness rooms to rent, when building will
have to be resumed. Within a year a
large amount of building ought to be
/ going forward IN Wichita, for if some
Thing don't happen more than can be
seen now, the supply OF neither kind
Of houses will be equal to the demand.
Leavenworth--C GRANGER & Co., whole
sale hardware dealers of this CITY, have
been robbed for several years by George
Faeber, the warehouse foreman, and
they caused his arrest. Faeber's man.
ner Of rObbing them was to give GER
tain local tin dealers double and quad
ripple what their order called for when
sent down to him to fill up from the
| general store. He would afterward go
around and have a dizzy up with them.
This has been kept up long time. the
firm losing much money in conse-
quenee-
Emporia Republican: Harry War
wick, Santa Fe employe in the capaci-
ty of brakeman. was going up the rail-
road track to the Santa Fe depot. While
passing the depot he noticed lady
who looked somewhat familiar Imag-
inc the young mans surprise when he
discovered that the lady was his
mother. The boys, Harry and Ed, have
been expecting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wyatt, to arrive from Cincinnati,
o., for some time, but did not know
they were here until the above incident
occurred.
Atchison.-The proposition to change
the location OF the court house in Atch-
isOn county was defeated al the late
election. Some time ago the people
voted to build a new 100000 court
house. Then came a proposition to
change the location. Since voting be-
fore the people have changed their
minds and they are now opposed to
building at present, at least a great
many who favored the project year OF