Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-06-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


track. He did not hear the train.
Cherryvale Champion: The govern
ment stamp report shows that Cherry
vale manufactures more cigars than any
other town in Kansas, and more than
any town in Missouri excepting st.
Louis.
Arkansas City.-Streams around here
and in the territory are all ont OF banks,
and damage is very heavy. The rail-
way bridge of the Santa Fe company
over the Canadian river at Purcell, I. Z.
is washed away.
Rev. A. S. Munfeld, financial agent
of the Ottawa university. says that not
witLstanding the hard times, the SEQ
| 600 endowment which he is sndeaYor-
ing to raise is being subscribed. There
Is now on the books $4,000 of the
amount, and considerable OF it is paid
| in.
at Cottonwood Falls the special cleo
ton held for the voting of $4,000 bonds
to build an addition to the present
school house resulted in 266 votes for
/ the bonds to five against. Two hundred
and sixty six is a majority of the legal
voters, and the bonds were declared
carried.
Minneapolis Messenger: Mrs. Owen
Hill of Ada met with quite a painful
accident Monday while she and her nus
band were engaged in pistol practice.
The gun was accidentally discharged,
the ball entering just above the knee.
tracing downward. lodgeing in the calf
of the leg inflicting a painful but not
dangerous wound DIR. Lehman was
called and set matters right
Emporia-A terrible accident hap
pened in the Santa Fe round house
here. Frank Luce, an employee in the
shops, attempted TO pass around an en-
gire just as 1t started to back out of the
roundhOuse, and by some means lost
his balance or slipped and fell immedi-
ately under the wheels of the huge To-
connective, which ground him into pieces
before he could even scream. The hor-
ror was witnessed by several lockers on.
He leaves a wife and four young chill
dren
Fort Scott-The Ware library, one
of the most complete circulating libra
ries in the west, has been thrown open
to the public. Hon. Eugene T. Ware,
the donor, is one of the most widely
known men in the state of Kansas. His
liberality in this instance is as fatter-
to the people of this city as his reputa-
ton at home and abroad. Ironquil
(Mr. Wares poetic cognOmen) has
thus added to his memory tribute as
lasting as his washer Woman's Song"
or his "'Hic' Jones' Admission to the
Bar"
Manhattan Nationalist: A couple of
tramps struck Manhattan and made a
raise by securing some small flower
pots, planting in each a little box-elder
from the river bank, sprinkling the same
with musk and selling them from house
to house for fifty cents apiece as a musk
plant. They said they brought the
plants from Los Angeles, and when a
lady noticed fresh finger marks on the
soil, that one, they said, was accident
ally tipped over. After making their
plle' they dumped the rest in a hole
and journeyed on to pastures new.
Stafford Republican: Those who
failed to visit the display work on the
last day of school missed rare treat.
The work was Hastily arranged in the
principals Office. The teachers were
very courteous to answer all questions
regarding the work. Some of the weav-
ing and moulding work done by the lit
tie ones would have done credit to much
older heads. All the work from the
Kindergarten to the solid work of the
high school was well executed and
spoke highly for the teachers Surely
the Stafford schools have been doing
faithful work during the past year.
Topeka Capital: Lizzie View, who is
suing for divorce from her husband,
! 7 = Ill .
timized by him in the following manner
They were both residents of RossVille
and had become engaged after an ex-
tended courtship. Matters ran smooth
ly enough until Lizzie made the start
ling discovery that Louis had likewise
engaged himself to another Rossville
maiden. Then a settlement was demand
ed and Louis given to understand that
he must marry her or stand breach oil
promise suit. Louis consented to the
marriage, which was solemnized at the
date originally set. During the mar
raige festivities Louis quietly disap-
peared and has not been seen at Ross
vile since. With him went girl No. 2,
and it Is said they are now living in the
Indian territory. And this was why
the divorce proceedings were brought.
Lawrence. - The nineteenth COM
mencement and the quarter centennial
anniversary of the University OF Kansas
began with the commencement concert
, of the school of music, and the bacca-
laureate sermon was delivered by
Rev. Cameron Mann, d. D.. of Kansas
City, No, at the university hall. The
, commencement exercises of the law de-
partment took place at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning, June S. Tuesday was
the great day, as then the qnarter-een-
tennial exercises were held. In the fore
noon Ten minute speeches were made
Hon. s. o. Thacher, "What 1856 Elk.
pected of 1872 Hon. ]. G. Otis, Kan
sas Progressive IN All Things" Hon
Chief Justice Horton, "Ths University
= ard the Legal ProfessiOn;' sx-Chancel-
lOr Oliver, THE University and the
r Church Schcols;" ex-Chancellor Mar
( vim, The High Schools and the Uni
sity;" eI-Chaneellor LiPpincOtt, ''SnoN
Hall;" DR.. John II. Long. 1.-THE Alum
nil" Mrs. a. G. Blackwelder. ''The Col.
legiate Alumna Association and the
University" Prof A R. Marsh, East
r and West" The anniversary banquet
was held at 1 p. m. Tuesday. Hon. t
d. Thacher acted as toast master, anC
Noble Prentis, Webb Wilder, A. s. DIN
J. s. Emery, E. G. Little, d. G. Lari
mer, F. P MacLannan, and others, re-
1 sponded TO tOasts. A telegram was re
4 ceived saying that Hon. Chauncey NJ
Depew would not be able to deliver an
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