Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-08-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

killed Robert Barruss with a spade, at
Emporia- They are both negroes
Topeka Journal: Frank Kershner,
the Santa Fe brakeman who was hurt
at DeSoto Saturday morning, by being
struck by mail crane, died at noon on
Wednesday.
The Y. P. s. @. E. have organized the
Twelfth district, embracing Phillips and
Rocks counties on the east, and all of
that section west of these counties to the
Colorado border.
Topeka Journal: The medical col
lege will resume work this fall with no
less than fifty pupils and senior class
Of sixteen. No change has been made
in the faculty.
Fort Scott has had another mass
meeting, which adopted a set of resolu-
tions strongly condemning the system
of police commissioners appointed by
the governor of the state.
Major E. N. Morrill,, of Hiawatha;
visited Leaveuworth and the Soldiers
home, the other day. He says SO, 1000
for the new building has been allowed
for the home, and that some extensive
improvements will be mads there.
At Fort Scott the rain-makers had a
contract to produce rain within three
days, ending at midnight of Tuesday,
August 9. While it was raining in
nearly every county of Kansas at p.
m. of that day, the sky was clear at
Fort Scott.
Topeka journal: Major Sims has the
only silo in the county. He has filed
it with green corn and clover cut with a
power cutter for the past four or five
years. It has been such success that
he has decided that he can afford steam
power, and has purchased q six-horse
lower engine from R. l. Cofran-
The Val Blatz Brewing company has
bought 125 feet front on Market street,
in Wichita, and will erect cold storage
depot at thar place. According to the
Eagle, Wichita will be made the dis
tributing point for all southwest Kan
sas. The Pabst and Anheuser-B Busch
people have similar establishments in
Wichita.
Wellington Standard: John Low
has sold the Shobe farm, which he
bought about two weeks ago. He paid
$4,000 for the place and within week
received $1,000 for IT This is only one
indication of many that Kansas real
estate is increasing in value more
rapidly than in any other country in the
world.
North Topeka note: The rear half
of the tin roof over the Chicago clothing
house was torn off by the wind Tues
day, and the water poured into the
building in volumes and damaged con-
siderable goods IN the store. The Office
of the Topeka Mail was deluged with
water, owing to the partial unroofng
of the building in which It is located.
Topeka Capital: The wind storm of
Tuesday blew over the large horse barn
on the place now occupied by J.. E. An
sci, Just over Soldier creek on the Cen
trail avenue road. It tore the barn all
to pieces and scattered the debris over
the ground for 100 yards. Mr.. Ansel
was Just about to put his horse in the
barn when it went. The damage done
Is over 500.
Colonel II. T. Wilson, one of the
pioneers of southeastern Kansas, died at
his home in Fort Scott in the Seth year
of his age. Colonel Wilson came to
Fort Scott In September. 1912, as suit
Ter of the military post here, and re
manned IN that position until the post
was abandoned in 1853. In his life he
figured largely in every important event
in the history of Fort Scott, and was
highly respected by the entire COM
munity.
The day before the general rains of
last week the speculative corn market
at Chicago advanced 3 cents on the re-
ports from Kansas, and the closing
prices were almost the highest of the
day. Corn in St. Louis advanced 81
cents bushel. Cash corn at Kansas
City was 2 to cents higher, and toward
the close of trading buyers became
very anxious to get corn and some very
high bids were reported to have been
made.
Rev. Shihett in Atchison Champion:
The death of Otto Shaefer, whose fun
eral have Just attended, unlocked as
romantic secret as was ever divulged
IN song or story. His death was a
tragedy struck by lightning while at
prayer-and his funeral was as solemn,
yet as romantic as the world ever saw
He was buried during an awful storm,
and by accident one of the guns Of the
little squad of Il. a. r. companions who
fred the last salute over him was loaded
with ball as well as powder. The ball
struck pigeon, snow white, winging its
flight over the old graveyard, and it
fell dead upon the uncovered coffin Just
lowered to the bottom of the grave It
was covered with the same damp earth
beneath which Otto sleeps the eternal
sleep I hope it is an emblem of that
peace Otto will enjoy in that happy
land where wars are unknown. Otto
had been a soldier, enlisting early,
fighting all through the war, particl-
pating In many of it's greatest and most
sanguinary battles, winning the respect
and confidence of every man in the
company or regiment Mustered out at
San Antonio, Texas, in 1865. Otto chose
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