Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-11-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


city OF the third class October %.
The Colby Tribune prints a column
OF real estate transfers in Thomas
county.
Kirwin Globe: Land buyers are
coming in every day looking for land
with view to purchasing for themselves
homes in this part of Kansas.
Osborne Farmer: Osborne county
farms attract buyers from every portion
OF the United States. They are daily
arriving In our midst, and scarcely ever
go away without making an investment.
Kirwin Independent: Kirwin station
did S3,441 worth of business during
the month CT September This is the
best showing for this station in the
past five years. Besides it has thirty
well filed stores.
Kansas City, Mo-, Star: Eighty-sever
animals have been prepared by Prof
Dyche, OF the Kansas university for the
worlds fair. There will be other speci-
mems OF taxidermy at Chicago, but the
exhibit from Kansas will knock the
stuffn' out Of all the rest, and don't
forget it.
The Madison postoffice has been
robbed. The safe was blown open and
500, large collection of old coins and
the pension papers of A. E. Watrous,
the postmaster, were taken. Three
tramps that were seen about the town
the day before are suspected and are
being followed by officers.
At ElDorado the jury in the case of
the state vs.. Ezra Carter, charged with
train robbing, brought in a verdict of
guilty, Saturday night about II o'clock,
after being out five hours. The case
occupied the attention of the court all
week and was one of the hardest fought
ever. tried in the country.
Bronson Pilot: Mrs. S. Howard, of
Elsmore, sent off to some woman who
processes to be cIairvoyant, and sent
a lock Of hair as means of diagnosis
The ''doctor" sent her a prescription
and some medicine. She has now been
vomiting for several days and nights.
She is in very critical condition.-An-
other item in the Pilot records her
death.
Ottawa Lever: In less than an hour
after the death of John T. Preshaw, reg
lister of deeds, several men were on the
streets asking the people for their infu-
ence with the commissioners for their
appointment to fill the vacancy; but
when the commissioners met they APP
pointed Mrs. Emma A. Preshaw, wife of
the deceased, to fill the vacancy. Mrs.
Preshaw is eminently fitted to take hold
of the Office and run it to the satisfac-
ton of the people.
Atwood Democrat: A farmer living
few miles from Herndou, hauled some
wheat TO market which was considered
of such inferior grade by the local deal
ers that they would not make him an
offer on the same. The farmer procured
car, loaded $50 bushels into it and
billed it TO Chicago, where it was graGed
as No. smutty wheat. After paying for
his car, commission, etc., he realized ~
cents per bushel for his wheat. AS q
consequence many farmers are now
shipping their own grain in that
vicinity.
LIE Roy Reporter: During a recent
thunderstorm lightning played smash
with the residence of Arch Sutton, west
of the river. It struck the chimney,
and passing through it literally tore it
all to pieces. Mr.. Sutton was awakened
by the fearful racket, but was 80 dazed
that it took him some time to collect
his ideas. When he struck a light, an
awful sight presented itself. The floor
was covered with mortar and fragments
of brick which were quite hot. The
room was full of smoke. No damage
was done to the stove. It is a wonder,
though, that the family escaped with
out injury, for the bedstead was
not far from the chimney During the
Graham was also struck by lightning,
but no serious damage was done.
A terrific explosion occurred In the
boiler room of the Santa Fe hospital il
Ottawa, which resulted in the serious
injury of DR.. Wright. the surgeon in
charge, and w. E. Bliss, one of his as
| sistants. The two men, in the absence
of the engineer, Walter Hill, who was
/ confined to his room on account OF
sickness, we're trying to get the second
Of the two furnaces steamed up for the
first time this fall. Bliss was directly
in front of the furnace shaking the ashe:
down when the crash came. He was
thrown clear across the room by the
force of the explosion, and was badly
burned on the face and back by the
boiling water. His right arm was
bruised and burned and cash cut il
his forehead by the flying wreckage
DR.. Wright was standing a few feet
from the furnace and received the hooc
of hot water directly in his face. His
face, arms, hands and face are badly
bl:stered and bruised. His wife wai
standing just behind him in the door
way and received few splashes of the
boiling water. The wreck in the build
| ing shows with what force the boiler
must have burst. The basement ii
strewn with wreckage of doors, glass
etc. Right above the boiler room wal
the operating room The floor here Ii
blown up and the walls and ceiling