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


politician and attorney Of LaCygne, has
moved his family to Kansas City, Ks,
and will make that city his future home.
CoffeyviIle Journal: Hattie Shank
and Lille Kaufman. aged II and Is,
were drowned in the Yerdegris river,
four miles northwest of this city, while
bathing.
Wichita letter.: The Southern Kan
sas Deaf Mute association will be held
on July 2, and at Riverside park in
Wichita. All the deaf mutes are cor
daily invited to attend. Come to tn
Packer house.
At Salina, the closing day OF the
Kansas Wesleyan university commence
ment was celebrated by the raising of a
seventy-five foot metallic fag-pole in
front of the main college building,
bearing a hag-thirteen by twenty-six
feet in size.
There was an unprecedented rush In
the treasurers Office of Shawnee county
during the last days of receiving taxes
before penalty was assessed. Monday
was the biggest day ever known by en-
Ployes in the Office, the business exceed
ing $4,000.
Topeka Copital: Grain men state
that they never knew grain to move so
lively before at this season of the year.
They think that the farmers who have
been holding back grain begin TO real
lze that another big crop is coming and
are anxious to unload.
Atchison special: J. T. Berlin, an
Atchison minister, who breaches on
Sundays and operates merchant tailor
ing establishment during the week, has
fallen heir to 100000 by the death OF a
Mrs. Rice, one Of his old parishioners at
Haycock, Pa. She promised him years
ago that she would remember him in
her will.
Wichita Eagle: T. B. Young, who
has a market garden between the rivers,
has a strawberry patch 90x142 feet,
eleven rows of berries 142 feet long,
with a two-feet walk between every two
rows. Mr.. Young has just marketed
his crop of berries and his gross receipts
amounted to just 1928, or at the rate of
1915 per acre.
Greensburg Signal: The Wheelmen's
tournament at Wichita, July 4th, 9TH
ana 9th, will attract thousands of visit
ors. Two thousand wheelmen in line is
promised as one of the attractions on
the Fourth, and fancy races will be given
/ at the fair grounds. The Carey hotel
is headquarters for Kiowa, Pratt and
Kingman counties.
Clyde Argus: The Girls Industrial
school at Beloit is doing a grand work
and We hope our next state Legislature
will see that ITS capacity for doing good
is greatly increased 1t commenced
with only one inmate and now contains
eighty-two girls and the first inmate is
one of the assistant teachers. 1t has
room for only 100.
Il. P. Vallee, route agent of the Pa
cific Express company, was taken sud-
denly and violently i'll while conducting
the sale of unclaimed express matter at
the Crawford opera house building, To
peka. Several other route agents OF
the company assembled at Topeka to
look after him, and he was carried by
them on a stretcher to the Union Pacific
train and taken to Kansas City.
Topeka Capital: Charles Manhart-
I ll6 uls4SlOn engineer u Hl6 OIlOn 1 a
ciic road, was in town TO see about the
survey of the tract of land on which
Thomas Page is to locate his mill. AS
soon as the ground is surveyed Mr..
Page is ready to commence work on the
plant. The plans are all prepared and
contractors are figuring upon them
In a few days the dirt will begin to fly
Emporia. funeral Of-Mrs. E. G
Gillette, wife of Hon. AlmerIn Gillette
ex-railroad commissioner. was verl
largely attended. Mrs. Gillette was
member of the WOmen's Social Scienc
club of Kansas and Missouri, and of tn
Western Authors association She wa
an author of merit and valued contrib
utor to a large number of magazine
and periodicals.. Her death was from
heart disease.
Baldwin, Moreland & Co., of Chero
kee county, on the Galena land, contin
ued sinking their big prospect last week
and in the weeks sinking took out 700
, pounds of lead and five tons of chat2
One chunk OF block lead was taken GU
that weighed over 200 pounds. Their
has been no drifting done in this mine
, and in two weeks sinking there has bee
nearly $4,000 pounds of lead taken out
1t is big prospect.
Superintendent Jennings, tho oh
server in charge Of the United State
, weather bureau in Topeka; has reeeive
letter from the chief of the weathe
a bureau in Washington informing hir
that it is the chiefs intention to hav
special attention given to the predic
tons, for every locality, for those day
i on which important events, such as as
: semblages of people for any purpos
7 are to take place. To this end it wi
: be necessary to inform the chief of til
T weather bureau in Washington abou
four or five days ahead of the date fc
which the forecast is desired.
= Wellington Mail: William A. M
{ Donald, one of the most prominent la'
n yers Of this section, died very sudden
of heart disease, aged 45 years. In Il
late war he entered the service at Il
: early age of fifteen and won distinctio
: Soon utter its close he was appointed |
L President Grant register of the land O
e fee at Huntsville, Ala, and at the e.
Il piration of his term removed to Kansi
S where he took an active part in politi
y and in the organization of the G. A. ]
It a meeting of the Sumner county b
y took appropriate action respecting b
h death.
: Topeka Capital: A lady and thr
children, riding in a buggy, had frgL
> full experience with live wire at the CO
ner Of Sixth and Jackson streets. T
wire. which had fallen across a troll,
wire, almost reached the ground. T.
: lady's horse first came in contact wi
= it. The shock made it attempt to II
y aMaY- but II heoama antano.iad il q