Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

very plentiful in this vicinity, but they
ar wild sure enough, and not many
Of them become prey to the sportsmen.
Havensville Torchlight: If the coal
fields adjacent to this place were in
condition for utility, HaVensvilIe would
not wait long for the introduction of
various manufacturing establishments.
Llarned Optic: A few loads OF fine
broom corn we're seen on the streets the
other day Broom corn growing is
bound to become a successful south
west Kansas industry in the near
future.
Wichita Eagle: A big fire started
near HayesVille and did large amount
of damage, as it spread over several
miles of country. Several tons of hay
were burned, and in some cases corn
fields suffered terribly.
Arkansas City Traveller: It is re-
ported that beaver have made their ap-
pearance IN this vicinity along the Ar
kansas river. A man by the name of
BleVins killed a fine specimen of the
beaver tribe near the West Chestnut
bridge.
Independence Tribune: A number
of our enterprising citizens, together
with several travelling men, have Or
ganized a company aud ordered the
necessary machinery for a cracker fac
tory, and it is expected that 1t will be
in working order some time in JAN
uary.
Abilene letter: Several carloads of
stucco from the stucco beds of South
Dickinson county have been shipped
from Hope to Chicago. and large guam
titles more are ordered. The beds are
practically inexhaustible and the excel
lence of the plaster is giving it wide
reputation.
Wichita Eagle: Cheney is improv-
ing. The latest improvement made is
a thousand dollar ice house capable of
storing sufficient ice to last two years.
The Missouri Pacific is now furnishing
plenty of cars to take away the grain,
but the farmers have concluded to hold
1t for higher market.
Harper Sentinel: The fat women of
this city held their annual feast at the
residence of Mrs. Fred Lloyd. There
we're about twenty members OF the club
present, aggregating in weight about
two tons avOrdupois. They filed the
house and yard too. The Sentinel has
not been able to learn the amount of
eatables consumed.
Sedan Times-J Journals: Ida Elliott,
of Caneyvilie, was thrown from a wagon
last week. One wheel passed over her
ankle and she is still unable to walk. A
young man named Collins was thrown
out at the came time and struck on his
spine and the back of his head, making
him insensible for a short time. None
of the others in the wagon were hurt.
Arkansas City Dispatch: Rev. Rogers
is a preacher with a bicycle record.
Yesterday he started from Towanda at
$50 a. m, stopped an hour at Douglass
to feed, and arrived here at $3.50 p. M,
having been on his bicycle only eight
hours, and in that timetraveling seventy
three mlles-a little over nine miles an
hour. He was a little tired when he
arrived but had not lost his appetite on
the way.
Atchison.- Masked robbers held up
d. w. johnson, a farmer living near
here, slugged him into unconscious
Less, roD6ed him of $50 in mccoy eld
placed his body on the track of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway.
A neighbor discovered the body Just in
time to save it from being ground to
pieces by an approaching train. John
son is in a critical condition from the
treatment received at the hands of the
highwaymen.
Abilene.-The Abilene water-works
muddle, which it was supposed was
supposed was settled some time ago,
has been re-opened. Judge Rlner, of
the United States court, granted per-
mission to the company's receiver to
compromise all back rentals, amounting
to SO, $50 for SILICA The council re-
fused to accept the proposition, declared
that it would pay nothing, and has
ordered the city attorney to commence
suit for the forfeiture of the franchise.
venworth.-G George Odell. an en-
ploye of a large Touring mill at this
place, received injuries that will prob
ably prove fatal He was engaged in
oiling the machinery, when he was
caught between the cog wheels, which
drew him IN, grinding up one of his
arms and badly bruising his body. He
was saved from instant death by his
clothes giving way, when he fell to the
floor senseless. Soon after the accident
he was removed to his home and given
medical attention, but it is thought his
injuries are fatal.
Sterling letter: The Cooper Memorial
college at Sterling is one of the few
self sustaining colleges in the west. II
was built and finished and turned ovel
to the Cumberland Presbyterian church
of Kansas without a cent of indebted
ness upon it. In addition to this ar
endowment fund of $25, 900 has beer
raised, all paid in, which is loaned to
farmers in the vicinity at a fair rate Of
interest. There are now ten instructors
and over one hundred students in this
institution. 1t is but little heard of
yet it is doing good work. its catalogue
showing students from all parts of the
state.
Lawrence.-Harry u. Hall, son o.
General q. S. Hall, of this city, died
suddenly about p. m. In the morn.
ing he took part in football game be,
tween the senior and junior classes o.
the state university, and on gong home
at noon he complained of two bruises
on his head that he had received whilt
playing, and also of stiffness in Other
parts of his body. Nothing wal
thought OF the matter at the time. anc
in the afternoon he walked down towr
AID back, and on reaching home retired
to his room and lay down on his bed
a short time afterward his brother
Clarence called him to supper, and get
ting no answer went up to his room