Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-07-28
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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At Mankato the Jewell county com
missioners are preparing to put new
roof on the court house, at an expense
of $1,000.
Bethany college of Topeka, according
to its catalogue just published, enrolls
forty-two more pupils than last year;
22s altogether.
In Tribune twenty-one headers and
nine binders have been sold within the
past ten days, as against about a hale
dozen in the whole of Greeley county
last year.
Last year the state vote in Kansas
was as follows: Republicans, I31, O32;
peoples party, 113, 72O; democratic. o.,
349; the combined opposition to the re-
Publicans being IN the majority by
12,O36.
Topeka Journal: There is a colored
woman at the county poor farm who
says she Is over 100 years old and that
when she was a girl she worked in the
family OF brother of President James
Z. Polk
On commencement day at Highland
university, the monument to the late
Superintendent II. d. McCarty was ded-
icated. The monument was erected by
his executors and by the Kansas State
| Teachers association
Arkansas City's loss: Superintend-
ent d. r. Boyd, of the Arkansas City
schools, has been offered the presidency
of the new university of Oklahoma ter
ritOry. The building is now in the
course of erection and will cost $65, 900.
The following reunion dates have
been fixed and notice of same forwarded
to headquarters: Cedar Vale, August
"a, 25 and %; Northwestern association
at Goodland, September ID, IA and 10;
Southwestern Soldiers association, Ar
kansas City, October 4, and 6; Clover
dale, July p. The latter as the ami
versary OF the battle of Atlanta.
The Manhattan Fish and Game Pro
tective association is distributing the
following circular: "Ten dollars reward
will be paid by the undersigned for in
formation leading to the conviction of
any person or persons violating the
game law by killing prairie chickens be-
fore September l." There is a good
suggestion for local sportsmen.
John A. Martin, aged Il years, son of
the late Ex-Governor John A. Martin, is
believed to be fatally i'll at the National
! Soldiers home in Leavenworth county,
where he was taken for treatment a few
weeks ago. Some months ago while at
! play with some companions at his moth
er's home, the boy strained the muscles
Of his hip joint, which recently developed
into hip disease, and it was decided to
! place him under the care of the surg con
of the home, of which his father for
many years and at the time of his death,
was one of the managers. Several oper-
atoms have been performed on the I'M
fortunate youth, but he has grown worse
! steadily and it is now believed he will
not recover
Washington Post: Business at Wash
ington was never better than at present.
Our merchants report nearly twice the
amount of cash sales during the first
five months of this year than during the
same period of any previous year, except
one. That was during the time of the
BOOM of 1883. when the B & NJ built
through here. The bank deposits are
growing almost beyond reasonable ex-
pectations, and show that there is plenty
of money in the country. Washington
county is IN remarkably encouraging
condition financially. With the urEur-
passed prospects which at present greet
the farmers of Washington county,
there should be long strides taken this
year in the liquidation of debts and the
substantial improvement of homes and
farms.
Olathe special: William Griffths, an
old soldier and well-to-do farmer, who
has lived near Stanley, this county, for
twenty-five years, but recently pur-
chased property and moved to this city,
was found hanging by rope in his
barn, but was cut down Just in time to
save his life. After he had regained
consciousness he said he was sorry he
was not let hang, as he wanted to die:
that he had had difference with his
wife and would positively never enter
the house again. In the afternoon he
started with his horses and wagon to his
farm eight miles east, but was fol-
lowed by his boy, who feared another
attempt at suicide would be made.
He has always been one of johnson
county's most industrious and respected
citizens, and his rash act created much
excitement in this city.
E. G. Hickey, field agent for the uni
versity chinch bug experiment station,
is home from trip through some Of the
southeastern counties of the state. where
he has been travelling in the interests OF
bug determination. He visited Mont
gomery, Labette, Anderson, Allen, COT
) fey and other counties, and reports that
while the bugs have done little damage
= so far this year, yet they are beginning
their ravsges on the corn fields, and the
; demand for infected bugs is increasing.
In Labette some fields have already
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