Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-02
kansas STATE NEWS.
The Stockton creamery receipts
average 5000 pounds of milk daily.

average 5000 pounds of milk daily.
The Solomon and Republican rivers
were out of their banka nearly every
day for week, from the Effects of the
severe rains.
Hill City Reveille: It was a novel
sight to see workmen on the streets in
the pouring rain, blowing bitches to
keep cellars from flooding.
Hoxie has been chosen for the next
meeting of the veterans OF northwest
Kansas, and the old soldiers Will hold
their reunion there the first week in
September.
o. II. Bentley will deliver the Fourth
of July address at the penitentiary,
taking the place of Judge Brewer. who
has delivered every address at that place
for seventeen years past.
Stockton News: Wheat will be pur-
chased at more points in Rocks county
this summer than ever before in the his
tory of the county, and trade promises
to be furnishing at all points, too.
Hiawatha.- Alliance men of this vicin-
ity are trying to organize a stock COM
pany for the purpose of building
storage elevator. They propose to pay
so per cent of the market value on
grain deposits.
Cherokee Sentinel: John Sehwab,
who has been sinking a coal shaft mile
east OF this city, is almost ready for
active mining operation. He struck
/ fine vein of coal three and half feet
thick, With excellent roof.
Harper Sentinel: Quite a number
who held their wheat for better prices
have sold for so to SO cents. They
could have had a dollar. The fellows
who "told 'em SOP occasionally remind
these men that it would have been bet
ter to have sold sooner.
The third annual reunion OF the
Pennsylvania settlers in Kansas will
take place at Emporla on the Goth and
9th of August. The railroads will give
reduced rates. Robert Milliken, Esq.
of EmpOrla, is secretary and can give
full information on the subject.
johnson City Journal: Mr. Early, of
Leavenworth, has been in our city on
business relative to the erection of our
Touring mill. A meeting was held at
which it was the general expression of
those present for Mr.. Early to carry
out the agreement made by Elder &
Son.
Emporia.-Dr. ]. W. B. Hewitt, one
of the old settlers of this county and a
prominent alliance man, was killed by
a Santa Fe engine at Sterry station.
The doctor was hard of hearing, and
not seeing the engine approaching at
tempted to drive across the track. His
horse was also killed.
Arkansas City Leader: There is a
lady living two miles west of this city
and nine miles north that has 1,600
young chickens at the present time.
She intends to increase the number to
1000. Some of the young BOOSTERS are
beginning to crow for the peoples party,
because the lady is herself a strong
advocate of the Cincinnati platform.
Emporia Republican: The largest
enrolment at the State Normal ontside
of Lyon last year was from Usage coun-
ty. The delegation numbered thirty
eight. Coffey county sent twenty nine,
Allen, Reno and Shawnee twenty-six
each, Wabaunsee twenty-five, Leaven-
worth twenty one, and Morris twenty.
Some twenty-eight counties sent over
ten each.
Mrs. Joanna Edwards, of Smith Gen.
ter, mother of j. @. Stones, probate
judge of Smith county, so the rumor
goes, is one of the heirs of the estate
OF Robert n. Edwards, who lately died
IN New York, and who the telegram re-
ported as being worth upwards of $780,
100000 IN real estate in New York
city, lying on both sides of Broadway.
If this is true she will fall heir to the
fifty-third part of it.
A sample item: This is taken from
the Wellington Monitor, but the Kan
Eas papers nearly all have its equiva-
lent. The farmers have been busy in
their wheat fields during the week, and
a hurried trip to town after more tWlne
or machine repairs is all the trading
they have found time to do. But our
merchants are enduring the temporary
slnckening in business with a good deal
of cOmplacency, knowing that there will
Oe plenty Of trade in the sweet very
coon.
Marysville Democrat: An investiga-
ton of the records at the register of
deeds Office shows that during the last
two months nearly twice as many re-
leases of real estate mortgages have
been fled as there have of new mort
cages. This indicates that Marshall
county farmers are reducing the
amount of their indebtedness. Even
now, when there is so little that farm
ers can market to raise money on, the
number of releases is in excess of that
of mortgages.
Ottawa.-Six thousand people crowd
ed into the tabernacle to hear Rev.
Sam P. Jones on temperance. At the
close of the lecture a mass convention
OF three thousand temperance workers
was addressed by President Miner and
Judge A. W. Benson. Resolutions were
passed by unanimous vote calling on
Attorney General Ives to proceed at
once to prosecute and enforce the law
in cities where the police commission
ers and city council are licensing the
liquor traffic under the name of a fine.
Fort Scott.-The specials sent from
this city concerning the damage caused
by the late high waters were greatly
exaggerated as to the extent and i'm
portance- The river, which has entire
ly subsidized now, did not reach the high
water mark attained by previous floods
Instead of hundreds being rendered
homeless, so far as learned up to date
not single home was swept away. or
even very serious damage done. Farm
ers coming into the city report the chief
damage in the country, which will delay
harvesting on account OF wet fields.
Wheat is yet in good condition, but