Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-11-12
Kansas STATE news.

locomotive sparks seem to be get
ting in their work of destruction in
various localities throughout the
state.
Kansas City Gazette: Col Thomas
Moonlight, of LeavenWOrth, now has a
comfortable Job with the New York
Life Insurance company.
Hlawatha.--Fire destroyed a livery
stable, hotel and lumber yard at Ham
I'm. The depot caught fire, but water
from an engine fender saved it.
Atchison. w. Stoker's carriage
mandatory and shops, also number
OF barns in the neig hborhood, are
burned. Several thousand dollars loss
Clyde Herald: 1t is finally a settled
matter that the Touring mill will be
built on the Missouri Pacific instead of
the Union Pacific.
North Topeka item: A carload of
Russian emigrants arrived over the
Rock Island road. and several of them
were in North Topeka making necessary
purchases to commence housekeeping
The Burlington Republican says that
among the stockholders of the two ma
tiOnal banks OF that city there are for
ty-one farmers who are living upon
their farms and actively engaged in ag-
riculture.
Leavenworth Times: Five trained
nurses have been added to the hospital
force at the Soldiers home. Two are
from Milwaukee and three from New
York. All are trained in the best
schools.
Cottonwood Falls Leader: Geo.
Yeager, Of BIrley, has the apple tree
which beats all records this year. 1t
bore forty-three bushels of apples and
all of fine quality. The tree is of the
Domino variety.
Shawnee county levied a smaller rate
for 1890 than for the preceding ten
years, vet it comes out with over
$4,000 surplus in the general revenue
fund. For 1891 it is still lower, being
the lowest ever made.
Hiawatha Democrat: The city coun-
ell has made a contract with the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad company to fur
nish them water at cents per 1000
gallons. The company will use all
the way from 10000 to $4,000 gallons
day.
a monument was unveiled at Win
field, Sunday, costing over 500. 1t
was raised and paid for by the people
IN memory of boy, Jimmie Morgan,
who lost his life last summer in Walnut
river, in trying to save ths life of an
other boy.
Jewell City Republican. A fruit
grower in eastern Kansas wrote to a
gentleman in this city asking if car
load of apples could be disposed of in
Jewell City at rs cents per bushel.
The gentleman replied that they could
not, but Jewell could furnish a few
carloads at so cents busheL.
Wichita Eagle: The treasurer of the
school board received $4,000 from the
state and county yesterday, and as a
consequence the treasury is now flush.
OF this sum 3,640 came from the state
and SIT, 1853 from the county. The en-
tire cash on hand now amounts to
something over $4,000.
Beloit.-The State horticultural So
ciety will hold it's annual meeting at
Cooper's opera house in Beloit, on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, De-
cember 7, 8, and 8, 1891. National
president Fairchild and n. J. Coleman,
one of the most extensive horticIhturists
n the United States, will be there.
LAWRENCE Chancellor Snow has re-
ceIved a letter from Brazil asking il the
chinch bug infection would apply to
ants as we'll The writer said that a
variety of ants living in nests twenty
feet across caused incalculable damage
in that country and that a fortune
awaited their successful determination.
Cherokee Sentinel: A spark from
passing locomotive set the grass on fire
in the orchard of Mrs. Stephen Willard,
near the base line, and but for the
timely assistance OF the section hands
the entire orchard of 600 trees would
have been destroyed. Before the men
succeeded in checking the fire about
100 trees loaded with apples were
killed, the fruit being completely
roasted.
Paola.--A. J. Lucas, a we'll TODD
farmer and an old soldier, committed
suicide, two miles north of town, by
shooting himself in the left side with Il
revolver. He left home shortly after
dinner, and not returning in the even
ing his family started to hunt for HIM
and found him lying in a corn-field.
His clothing was nearly burned from
his body, having caught, il is supposed,
from the discharge of the revolver.
Argentine item: The Consolidated
Smelling company is preparing to make
more improvements on its already ex-
tensIve plant. The plans have been
made tor the construction of new Of
fee building, and work viii. be COM
menced about december l. The Offices
now occupied are the first the company
built and are not large enough for pres
emit needs. The new building will be
erected on the ground now covered with
small tenement houses, which will be
torn down.
Olathe.-A $4,000 fire occurred at
Lenexa on the Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Memphis railroad, eight miles north of
this city, burning the large store build
ing occupied by F. L. Swift & Co, deal
ers in general merchandise, with the en-
tire contents except a few hundred dol
lars, Gillet's blacksmith shop and con-
tents and a vacant building ad dining.
Swift & Co.'s loss will reach from $1,000
to $4,000 with $1,000 insurance. The
loss to Gillett will reach $1,000 to
81, 900, with no insurance.
Leavenworth Standard: An old.
fashioned possum supper was enjoyed
at the home of James Thompson on
Rio StraDper the other NIGHT Two