Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-08-27
To Eli un the Cans,

4 KANSAS BoY.-A Gloucester, n. J., dis
patch says that Robert Brazier, a jockey, was
thrown from his horse there and received a
fracture of the skull He was taken to the
hospital, where it was stated that his injuries
would probably result fatally. Brazier is
only IA years old and came from Salina,
Kansas.
GEORGE AND WALTHAsI.-A Jackson, Miss,
special says: Senators George and Waltham
now have SO Legislative votes, which is three
more than they need to secure their election.
Barksdale, the sub-treasury candidate has
only 55 votes.
SILVER DIscovERY.-Ogden, Utah, is ablaze
with excitement over extensive mineral dis
cOveries about twenty-five miles northeast
of there, at the head of Paradise canyon. Ore
In one gulch, which Is found IN enormous
quantities, is almost pure lead, with paying
quantity of silver. Two miles away are bod
les assayIng up in the hundreds.
TEXAS CONvENrIoS.-The first state con-
ventlon of the peoples party of Texas met
at Dallas and declared IN favor of the alien
land law recently passed by the legislature,
and adopted the Cincinnati platform Prom
inent speakers recommended that effective
speakers be put in the field IN Ohio, to defeat
Mckinley and Sherman.
SILVER IN TExAs.-Rich silver ore has been
found in various portions of Young county,
Texas. The assay office in Denver. Col, re-
ports the value at $3.50 Der ton, with traces
of gold. The veins lie near the surface of
the ground.
FLOOD LossEs.-The streams east of st.
Joseph, Mo-, overfiOwed their banks and
buildings, crops, bridges and cattle have
been washed away. The loss to farmers in
this section Will be terrible. Wheat stacks
were washed away and corn crops are CON-
pletely ruined, and in many instances cattle
and hogs have suffered by the flood. a
number of bridges have been carried away
and the roads rendered impossible, leaving
many farmers living on rented farms in a
| pitiabla condition.
CRoPs IN MICHIGAN.-The Michigan weekly
crop bulletin says the weather conditions
have been generally unfavorable to corn,
/ potatoes and beans, the parched condition OF
the soil and the warm wave having materially
/ injured these crops.
| MINNESOTA HAIL--Hail first began to fail
| three miles northeast of Sunk Rapids. and
/ from there to Elk river, distance of forty
miles, 1t was perfect fury. In Barton
/ county the damage was considerable. Al
/ corn and standing grain in its path were
/ utterly ruined. Many men IN the fields. who
we're caught were badly bruised and Gu
/ about the head by the devastating downfall
/ of hail. In some places the hail was hfteeT
| to twenty inches deep on the Level.
MEXICAN VOLcANo.-The eruption at Co
| lima. Mex, is on scale of magnitude tina
has never before been observed Streams o
| lava many feet IN width are now cOursIn!
| down the sides of the volcano, burning every
| thing in their course. 1t is stated that tn
| governor OF Colima has sent commission b
| the volcano TO make a scientific report upOl
the present eruption.
WISCONSIN DRoUTH.-In the central an,
| southeastern counties the continued droutl
has rendered the prospects for the fall har
vest extremely Encouraging. In most cOun
ties pasturage is burned up, corn, pOtatOe
| and garden truck are scared by warm wind
and the ground is so baked that 1t is impos
sible for a team to pull a pillow.
Foul WELL.-As a result of drinking
water from foul well at Milwaukee, Wis.
two persons have died of typhoid fever AM
twenty-four are i'll, some of whom are no
expected to live.
| LUCKY AUsTRIA.-The rise of the price O
grain promises splendid returns to AUSTRIA
grain exporters, and especially as the Balka
harvests promise to be excellent and suthcien
for the Austrian home consumption.
A New METAL--A series of experiments a
Philadelphia into the properties and uses O
nickel steel and manganese bronze has re
suited IN the discovery of a new material
The chief characteristics of the metal ar
that it attains very high tensile strength.
indestructible by corosiOn, being imperuOu
to acids, and that it can be wrought int
spikes or nails while either hot or cold.
FREIGHT on PEAcHEs.-The Trans issOul
Freight association has announced specia
rate on peaches in car lots between all point
in Kansas but not applying to business to @
from Missouri river points.