Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-06-16
KANSAS NEWS.

Inc government Idrm AT LodN6lHOFLu
was inundated with much damage
AT Fort Scott a heavy rain inter-
rupted the orator on Memorial day.
Fifteen years ago in May the water
was four feet deep in the business part
of Wichita.
Lakin Advocate: The greatest
amount of harvesting machinery has
been and is being sold this season that
was ever known in this county.
At Ashland George Hall, a we'll
known citizen, advises his friends to re-
fuse to pay interest on mortgages, and
numerically attacked an invalid banker
who sued him after repeated request for
payment had been made.
At Emporia a mass meeting of citizens
appointed committee to raise funds to
assist the sufferers at Wellington and
Harper. A resolution was passed rec
ommending the city council to donate
800. Several hundred dollars was tel
egraphed as a starter.
Great Bend letter: The library of
Central Normal college has grown to
such dimensions that it is necessary to
keep a regular librarian, and at the com
mencement of the now school year the
bookcases and rooms will be reftted
and furnished to make room for the ad
ditions.
About thirty Shawnee county repub-
licans will attend the Minneapolis con-
vention. They have chartered a special
car and will go over the Santa Fe.
Their car is a sleeper and they will
make it their headquarters while there.
They start Sunday morning, June 8, at
o'clock.
Gypsum City has met the loss of its
pet institution. The celebrated and ex-
tensive Acme cement plaster works
burned down. The loss in buildings
and machinery is estimated at S35, 1000
The mill had capacity of $50 tons per
day and was an immense structure, the
main side being 200 feet long.
Lawrence hundred university
students reported to the street commits
were scattered over the city, working on
the streets and shouting Rock chalk,
Jay hawk" to inspire them in athletics.
at the recent republican primaries the
students turned out and voted; cOnse-
quently the street commissioner held
them liable for street tax.
Independence special: A cyclone
Monday night demolished the two-story
stone house of James Sullivan, four
miles east of hear. There were eight
persons in the house at the time. Miss
Lucy NJ. Cecil and a 4-year-old child
were taken out of the ruins dead. The
others escaped with slight injuries. The
damage done by the cyclone at other
points near here was nominal.
Postmaster Serviss, Of Kansas City,
Kan, suspended Superintendent of
/ Mails r. T. jackson for disobedienee of
orders in not participating in the Dec
Grafton day parade and services. Mr..
Jackson took his place in the ranks as
they filed out of the pOstoffice, but when
out on the street left the line and re-
fused to return or take any part in the
proceedings; hence his suspension.
A country girl near Kincaid recently
wrote her name and address on an egg,
which she took to town with other eggs
and sold. 1t was shipped to California,
where a young man in store saw 1t.
He Immediately opened a correspond
ence with the girl and on last Tuesday
came east and is now visiting her at her
home, with prospect of marrying her.
This will probably cause the egg indus
try to grow apace.
Sterling.-A heavy hail storm here
cut down growing wheat and oats
/ t,rolra rrlauu and nor,v,lafalrr do
molished skylights. Greenhouses suf
fered badly, two men losing each from
$50 to SIS worth of glass. Some of the
hail stones measured several inches il
circumference. The storm came from
the southeast, Travelled northwest, anc
then veered to the northeast, where the
greatest damage befell the crops.
Ottawa letter: Miss Nellie Drum, o.
Princeton, aged Is, while on her way u
Ottawa, was thrown from her cart ant
becoming tangled in the lines, wal
dragged by the frightened horse unit
death ensued. She was on her way Il
take part as one of the of the graduates
of the county school in the annual grad
uation exercises to be held in Fores
park. She was the niece of Presiding
Elder Chaffee and was highly esteemed
by all who knew her.
Leavenworth.-The news that United
States District Attorney Ady was abou
to begin suit against the Rock Island
railroad to cause the removal of it,
freight depot and yards from the Fl
LeavenWorth reservation created stil
among railroad men in this city. TIL,
road has extensive buildings and tracks
and will be a heavy loser should re
mOval be forced upon it. The grounds
have been in possession of the road fol
about eighteen years.
EmPoria.-The annual catalogue il
out. Eighty eight counties of the state
of Kansas are represented, and seven
teen states and territories. Outside oi
Lyon county, Usage sends the greatest
number, viz: AZ; Morris sends 80
Greenwood 80, Reno %. OF the pupils
reporting, $50 were born in Kansas, 16G
in Illinois, n in Ohio, rs in Iowa, 76 in
Missouri, "A in Indiana. etc. From
English parentage, 297; German, 1877
Scotch, 1874; Irish, 40, etc.
Stockton News: N. Delphus,
Frenchman living in the south part o
town, was severely injured while assist
ing in moving Sage's house down MAR
street. He was sitting in front of tn,
windlass taking away the rope, and Il
hurry up operations threw a clod at th'
horse. The animal gave a sudden jerl
and pulled the windlass from its fasten
ings, and before Delphus could get out
of the way it fell on him. He was badly
| iniured in the hack and biDs sO that he