Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-02-25
Phillipsburg Herald

row was caused at St Joseph, No.. by
the janitor of one of the school buildings
raising the stars and stripes up side down.
The national board and the Chicago board,
having control of the quadro-centennial, are
constantly finding friction with each other.
Mount Vesuvius is again in a state Of erup-
ton. A stream of lava issues from the base
of the great cone and flows into the Atrio del
CavallO.
Michael Davitt, in a speech at Middleton,
said it was not generally known that Irish
properties were mOrtgaged to English bankers
and Others to the extent of Sl6O,OOO,OoO.
The representatioa to the house of COM
snons as now constituted. consists of ass
members for England and Wales, ~ for
Scotland and 103 for Ireland, making total
of GO.
Parker, Pa. is in back water flood. An
ice gorge in the Allegheny river consists OF
masses of broken ice twenty feet deep. Much
property viii be destroyed when It goes out
The divorce suit pending in court at Leav-
enworth, by Mrs. Anna b. Halderman VS.
her husband, John A. Halderman, ex-United
States minister 10 Siam, has been dismissed.
The failure of the St. Joseph, No, Milling
with less than $1,000 of assets The Salina
Mil company, of Salinas Kan, Is in it for
S2I, 900.
Dallas, Tex, is crushed by the flight of its
greatest financial operator, ]. B. Simpson.
Even body and every interest, real estate and
other, are losers, and all figuring out results
individually.
Wyoming has quarantined against New
Mexican cattle
Twelve to sixteen feet of snow has fallen in
the eastern and central Alps. The storm ex-
tended over Austrian-Poland and the Tyrol.
Destruction by avalanches Is almost certain
to follow.
An alleged process by which a calf skin can
be transferred into trst-class leather in ten
hours Is the basis upon which a syndicate Is
endeavoring to get control of all the tanneries
in this country.
There is a general feeling among the job
bling grocers along the Missouri river in favor
of fighting the action had in Topeka concern
ing rates on sugar, &c, in the courts and it
IS gaining ground daily
Missouri produced in 1891 near 100000
gallons of wine.
According to the last report of the Missouri
State Beekeepers' association there were
nearly 1000 colonies of bees in the state which
produced about 10000 pounds of honey.
Judge Riner, of the United States circuit
court. at Denver, Col, has Just decided case
against a Colorado county which involves the
liabilities of several counties of that state,
aggregating 100000.
The national board of control of the Chi
cagO show notifies President Harrison that
loan of 100000 by congress is not asked
for; but that fiat appropriation of four or
five millions viii come in handy.
The Geary anti Chinese bill, to absolutely
prohibit the coming of the Chinese into the
UnItad States, has been ordered favorablV re-
ported to the house by majority of the for
eign relations committee.
The reciprocity commissioners from Can
ada have had several interviews with Seere-
tary Blaine. They were accompanied by the
British minister resident, Sir Julian Paunce-
fote. The Canadians have now gone home.
The Trans-Missouri Freight association is
Dragging that the railroad commissioners Of
Kansas were hoodwinked by the railroaders
when the late settlement was agreed upon be
tween them and the Kansas wholesale men,
We shall see.
Charles d. Morton, of South Dakota, who
had in cultivation last year over 10000 acres
of wheat, protests emphatically against the
anti-ophOn bill In congress. he says II would
result in irretrievable damage TO every agri-
cultural interest.
According to advices from Egypt civil war is
rRgilts in khartoum and vicinity. Cherlt, the
claimant of Khaliphate, is said to have been
victorious in some battles against Abdallah,
chief of the Baggara tribe. khassala Is re-
ported depopulated-
The consolidation of the Pennsylvania rail-
roads most interested in anthracite seems
likely to meet with legal action to prevent its
contamination Governor Patterson has a
record for stopping anthracite monopolies,
and 1t IS expected that he viii act in this case.
The American Federation of Labor has a
grievance against the worlds fair manage
ment, and If II IS not settled that organiZa-
ton declares II will boycott the exhibition
The grievance IS that walking delegates" me
not permitted to NEEDLE on the fair grounds.
A special from Guthrie, o. T.. says: A
large number of boomers and settlers are go
ing into the Cherokee strip all along the line
af~T- into
strip in a body of 10000 on March %, unless
congress takes action towards opening it be-
fore that tine.
In the United States court at jefferson,
Ark, the trial of the case of d. Frank Fore
against the Pacific Express company for So
600 damages for alleged false imprisonment
was concluded, and resulted in verdict for
the defendant, the jury being out less than
five minutes.
An appeal to the Grand Army of the Re
public for contributions to aid it to erect a
statue in Washington to the memory of Gen
eral w. I. Sherman has been made by a
committee appointed at the meeting of the
Society of the Army of the Tennessee on DC
tober and last.
The mail service between England and the
Continent is generally delayed by the storm.
The air is so thick with snow that il is scarcely
possible to see a boats length away, and a
tremendous sea Is sweeping up the channel.
The captains of the packets will not venture
out until the storm abates-
According to a report of the police prefec-
ture of Paris, horses and mules slaughtered
represent over one-third of the whole guam
tity of meat consumed. Fillet of horse or
donkey is retailed at 10 pence per pound
stake at pence per pound and inferior parts
at pence per pound. Worn out animals are
rising in value, and are being bought up
everywhere within a radius of 800 miles of
Paris.
The state of Tennessee has an elephant on
her hands in the shape of the coal miners re-
volt against the leasing of the Coal Greek
mines to be operated by convict labor. A
large force of militia are in camp and the
expense is very heavy, while the miners are
as resolu.e and determined as ever. They
are stronger than the militia, and declare il
a miner is shot they Will kill all the militia.
Both the governor and miners are stubborn
and no one can see the end.
The State Grand Lodge of Masons, which
has been in session at LeayenwoIth, con
cluded its work by the election of the follow
ing named officers for the ensuing year
Grand master, ID. B. Fuller, Eureka; deputy
grand MASTER W. d. Thompson, Minneap
oils; senior warden, George w. Clarke. Ly
ons junior warden, James II. Mccall, WITCH
tia; secretary, j. H. Brown, Kansas City
Kan. treasurer, Robert Z. Torrington, En-
poria- The last night of the session sixty
novices were initiated into the mysteries o
Abdallah temple of the Mystic Shrine, afte
which the Shriners gave grand banquet a
the National hotel.