Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-10-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

In Cove county lard is In great de-
mand, homestead entries being made
and contests instituted every day
An Indian graduate of Haskell insti-
tute, of the Seneca tribe, has entered
the university law school at Lawrence.
A Paola man has a sunfower stalk in
his yard from which 2O9 blooms have
already been taken, and is good for 100
more.
Near Hiawatha John Kiserman, an
aged and respected farmer, was picking
apples, when limb broke that he was
holding to. He fell to the ground and
his neck was broken.
The Kansas Trust and Banking com
pany, OF Atchison, has recently sold
many farms which it took in settlement
of mortgages at prices that made it, in
some instances, profit of 100 per cent.
A Wichita special saws that Bud Ir-
win, of Patterson, Kan. the 15-year-old
son of a merchant of that place, was
killed by the accidental discharge of his
gun while he was loading it. He was
out after prairie chickens.
Atchison Champion: J. II. Hamilton
and wife and Otis Corbett passed down
the river Sunday evening in a boat.
They had foated down the Platte river
from Denver to the Missouri river and
will proceed on down to New Orleans.
An Arkansas City special says that
the Dexter bank was robbed in bust
ness hours by two masked men, sup
posed to be cowboys. A shot was fired
at J. II. Watkins, the cashier, but he
was not hurt. The amount stolen was
$4,000.
Charles Jones, young bridge car
penter in the employ of the Gulf road,
was fatally injured by falling from a
| bridge near Boicourt. He was taken to
Fort Scott and died soon after reaching
the hospital He was married and lived
at Fulton.
As Fred and John Winters were ford
ing the Whitewater river, near Towan-
da, with their steam engine and thresher
ascending a steep hill, the engine reared
up in front and turned completely over,
killing Fred instantly and seriously
scalding John.
ty, outside of the city, raised S125 fol
the Columbian educational fund fol
Kansas. She excelled every other county
in the state. Superintendent Klopfen-
stein and the teachers of the country
schools deserve mark of credit.
The Republican Editorial association
of the Seventh district, closed it's two
days session at Wichita with banquet,
at which Governor Anthony, Major J.
K Hudson, Colonel J. r. HaIlowell, r.
P. Murdoch, Rudolph Hatfield and w.
e. Stanley were among the speakers.
Ellinwood Advocate: The next meet
| ing of the great American Coursing
club, which meets on the Cheyenne
plains about seventeen miles northwest
of this city. will be October % to % in
elusive. These sports are becoming
quite interesting, and large crowds,
both from England and America, visit
them every year.
Larned special: Negroes of this city
have organized into vigilance commit
tee. Since the the hanging of Hugh
Henry they have sworn vengeance
against E. E. Frizell, D. W. Hills, Hen
rvs capturers, and against several men
who are supposed to be the leaders OF
the hanging bee. Recently several men
have been intimidated by negroes and
one or two knocked down for COM
mending the action of the mob. An
armed patrol paraded the streets ali
night.
The text book committee of Kingman
county met, and for the apparent pur-
pose of adopting text books for five
years. Without taking any action the
committee adjourned for a year. A
queer question in law arises. The COM
mittee was elected for definite pur-
pose, but separated without accom-
plishing its object. There il no one
authorized to call the committee to-
gether. The question is, what are the
people of Kingman county going to do
about it?
A special from Parsons says that the
dead body of J. II. Claggett, a negro
was found on the streets of the city at
a late hour. He, it is thought, en-
deavored to burglarize the residence OF
81. II. Brown, a prominent miller, and
was shot while in the act of cutting q
screen door. His dead body was found
lying on the sidewalk some 200 feet
distant from Browns house. The affair
has created intense excitement and will
no doubt have tendency to break up q
gang OF burglars that have been infest-
ing the city for some months.
The members of Winfield post G. A.
K, OF Winfield, Cowley county, en-
route for the national encampment OF
the q. A r. at Washington, D. c., car
RED two mammoth specimens of the
agricultural products of the state, to
be presented to President Harrison
One of these is an pound
watermelon, measuring thirty inches in
length and ffty-four inches IN circum-
ference. The melon was grown by r.
N FarnsWorth- The other specimen is
a 'kansas nubbin, fiftean inches in