Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-03-10


The river and harbor bill provides $4,000
for tho Missouri nver below Kansas City, to
be used as the commission may Determine
The city of Butte, Mona, has 50 many idle
men on its hands that the authQritiea ara
talking of putting up new building Where
the unemployed can be fed and lodged
The Algerians know what a real plague OF
grasshoppers Is In one district OF tnAt couh-
try alone over 5000 gallons OF the eggs OF
the pest were gathered and burned last year
At the much talked of match between Cap
tain Bogardus. OF Lincoln, Ill, champion
wing shot, and George Rexrost, the captain
was defeated by score Of 81 to 81
The secretary Of state has received official
notice of the definite agreement Of the estao-
hshment Of q commercial reciprocity treaty
between France and the United States
The prize offered to the post showing the
largest increase in membership was awarded
to post No. Il, of Topeka The second prize
was given to post No. 123, OF Baxter SPRING.
It was decided to hold the next annual en-
campment at Pittsburg and the reunion OF
next summer at Wichita The headquarters
of the department of Kansas was permanently
located at Topeka
The Minneapolis Mimi Journal states
that the binding twine trust VIII adyanne the
price for next season The profits of the
trust last year were 81, 10000, and increased
profits are expected next year.
The vatican recently sent instructions TO
Paris for the formation of republican con-
sentative party in the chamber of deputies 10
act as the mouthpiece OF the vatican in order
TO fight radicalisIn.
c. W. Budd, of Des Moines, defeated Cham
pion E ID. FuifOrd, of philadelphia, in a
shooting match at Chicago, for 500 side.
The conditions were 100 birds each, American
association rules. Budd killed SO. Fulford, 81.
A daughter has been born to Mr.. aud Mrs.
W. A PETER, Jr., of Coheyville, Kan, who
are spending the winter at Washington. Mr.
PETER is now private secretary for his father
and was formerly publisher Of the Coffeyvills
journal.
By dynamite explosion at North Grove,
Indiana, a small town south of Peru, the Only
saloon in the city was blown to atoms For
two years past the temperance element has
been trying to have the saloon moved and
the feeling was very bitter against it.
The vatican desiring to reform church
music, with the view of eliminating the pro
fame element, the congregation of rites has
addressed n circular to the principal must
clans and composers of Europe and America
soliciting their views on the subject.
A wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio. near
Clarksburg, w. Va, injured fifteen people,
two probably fatally. An axle on the diving
wheel broke and fell under the train and
threw the solid vestibule train, except the
sleeper, against a stone embankment
In spite of the immensely of the building
provided for the display at the worlds fair,
It has been necessary to enlarge it. Chief
Ives says that two foreign nations alone have
asked for as much space as the great building
affords, leaving nothing for the rest of the
world.
Four men were killed and six wounded by
boiler explosion in II. c. Farrell's saw mill
at Longview, Texas. Heavy iron and tim
d hnrtaA Ovar
1000 yards. The conclusion broke windows
and stopped clocks for miles around the
scene. The explosion was heard fifteen miles
away.
The news of the Duke of Clarence's death
reached Florence in curious manner. Two
hours before any official OF press information
of the event arrived in the city merchant
engaged in the straw hat trade entered the
club with a telegram from London, reading:
Order hats all black instead of whites court
mourning.
March % has been agreed upon among the
thousands of would be settlers of the the
Cherokee strip as the date when simultane-
Gus occupancy of claims, already staked out,
IS to be made. These people expect to be
driven out by federal soldiers, but they go
with implements and seed and Will commence
30 prepare for crop at once
A Berlin correspondent says that all tele-
grams describing the rioting in terms offend
ing the eyes of the German press censorship
have been refused transmission at the tele-
graph Offices. and that no accoupts of the later
excuses could be wired. The correspond
ent's own message breaks OF in the middle
of sentence describing scenes of the ear
her riots.
Queen Victoria's chronic rheumatism has
been more troublesome this winter than ever
before; she suffers from still other ailments )
she has been afflicted with domestic bereave-
Inents, and her spirits arc SO low that she
cannot give due heed to the affairs OF state.
Her physicians have recommended her to try
various climates, aud she has tried them with
out much benefit
A complete list of the officers of the Grand
Army Ia as follows; A. r. Greene. depart
ment commander; George K Spencer, senior
vice commander L. b. Gerow, junior vice
commander; E. Balm, color bearer; ]. z.
Brant chaplain; DR.. Z. Cooke, medical direc-
tor; II. B. Pearsall d. W. Eastman, Adrien
Reynolds. A. L VOorhis and j. Alien Porter,
council Of administration
Ex-Governor Elias n. Conway. of Arkan-
sas, was burned todeath in his own residence,
a small, one story frame building, in Little
Rock For many years before the late war
he was one of the most conspicuous men in
the state he was several times state auditor
and served two terms as governor. He was
very old and feeble, quite eccentric and lived
alone, not allowing any one else to step on
the premises
Recent appointments of Kansas men include
MCAllsteIs OA llt OAWkGE Alty SCI 0Olt,
to be superintendent of the Indian school at
Hoppa agency in California; Prot. Atkinson,
formerly of the Haskell Indian school at
Lawrence, to be superintendent of the Indian
school at MesselarO, N. NJ; Thomas S. Jew
ell, formerly of Olathe, who has been in the
Annapolis naval academy, to be assistant
paymaster IN the navy.
James G. Blaine has caused to be published
history of the marriage of his son, James
G. Blaine. Jr., their short period of living to-
gether and their separation. II is written in
answer to, and in defense of the statements
made by the judge in Deadwood when he de.
creed the divorce; and defends Mrs. Blaine
from statements made by the Judge respect
ing the separation of the young couple. II
puts another light upon the whole sad history.
fire in Brooklyn destroyed the largS
clothing establishments of Smith, Gray & Co
The building was valued at 500 600 and wa.
insured at SIZE, 900. The firms stock was in
sured for $4,000. The storage portion OF
the building was divided into 400 rooms, 500
of which were occupied. The loss here will
reach $4,000. The fire extended to the threS
story brick building on Neyins street, with
frontage of sixty feet and depth Of ninety
feet, owned by Joseph jefferson, the actor
and occupied as a boarding and feeding sta
BILE. This was Quilted, entailing loss of $40,
600. Five other contiguous buildings ven
damaged about $4,000. Two hremen werS
severely injured.