Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-01-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

senator H6uer mas mlrO0uc6Q q Dill
for public building at Kansas City,
Kan, costing 100000.
The Centralia roller mills are manu-
featuring corn meal to send direct to
Liverpool. They have taken big con-
tract.
Greenleaf has a full-hedged lady
druggist, Miss Alice E. Grandson, of the
firm of Armstrong & Co. In business
hours she is at her post Of duty, having
made it a success.
From Ottawa: The county commits
sioners met to open bids for the erection
Of the Franklin county court house. A
number of bids were received, but the
lowest was that of l. W. Divelbliss, of
| 0lathe, which was S46,5 35. The con-
tract was awarded TO him
Osborne News: Eleven of the Os-
borne people who went to Washington
last year, have already left that state,
and nearly all have returned to Osborne
county, well satisfied that they never
viii wish to repeat the experience. Os-
borne is good county to stick to.
Judge Brown, of the United States
I GULLY A4r15 d14OnC4 q wiz u
error in the case of Benson, the Leaven-
worth murderer, who was to hang
shortly. The case will now go to the
supreme conrt at Washington and of
course a further stay of execution will
be ordered.
Fort Scott.-Loring Farnsworth, one
of the Oldest residents of this city,
dropped dead at his residence while roll
! ing a barrel from his house TO his barn.
| The physicians say that the cause of his
death was heart disease. He had been
working around hls residence all day,
apparently in good health.
Emporia.-In the Santa Fe yards in
this city Charles Cox had the life ground
out of him by an engine. He either fell
or was knocked of the water tank as the
engine was passing, and the horrible &C
cident was not discovered for some time.
He was from Gloucester, England, and
only resident here short time.
It is estimated that the use of Chan
cellor Shows chinch bug exterminatOr
last year in Kansas saved not less than
100000 worth of grain to the farmers
of this state. Mr.. Snow is preparing
his report on his work and viii give
letters from nearly 1000 farmers who
used his exterminator more or less sue
eessfully.
Mrs. Lucy B. Armstrong, aged "A,
/ died at her residence in Kansas City,
Kan, where she had lived since 1913.
She came to Wyandotte that year from
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, with the Wyan-
dotte Iddians. Her husband was part
blood Wyandotte. Her life was spent in
doing good, the earlier years of her active
life being devoted to the tribe with
which she was thus identified.
Osborne Farmer: J. A. Fouts, one
of Osborne's rustling lumber dealers,
makes a statement of his business for
the year Just closed, as follows: He has
shipped in 81 cars of coal, &c cars of
lumber, 2 cars of lime, making a total
of 115 cars. He has paid for freight
$4,000; has paid for drayage S716; for
help in yard, $3.50; making a total of
$4,000 expended alone for freight,
drayage and help.
Cofeyville Broad Az: A young man
by the name of Kirkpatrick met with
quite serious accident, the first of the
week, near the D. II. & A. yards. 1t
seems he was attempting to extract a
| cartridge from a revolver, when it ex-
ploded and the shell few back and en-
tered his breast Just above the heart,
making an ugly wound. He was dis
covered by some Of the railroad boys,
who picked him up and cared for him
Leavenworth Times: s. J. Nc
Naughton, of Reno, is one of the new
Farmers 100000 Alliance Mortgage
company, and he explains the plan to
be adopted for raising the money to
carry on the business. Each county in
Kansas will endeavor to secure at least
forty stockholders who will take stock
at S25 per share. The total will be suf-
ficient to start the company. Mac is
enthusiastic over the prospects and
thinks the company will meet with sue
cess.
Atchison.-The plans for Atchison's
postoffiee building have arrived here
from Washington. The building will be
Romanesque in style of architecture,
and built Of stone, or, as the architects
say, rock-faced asher. The building
will be very handsome one and unlike
/ the ordinary government building. 1t
]
will be no provision for Office room of
any kind except those of the postmaster
and his assistants. The total cost of
the building, including the site, will be
| 100000. The money is now available
and the building will be constructed
this year.
Troy Chief: Rev. T. H. Dinsmore, of
Highland, met with what was almost a
fatal accident, and which may yet prove
fatal. He went out on horseback to
/ bring the COW. The horse stumbled and
fell Mr.. Dinsmore found his foot was
fast In the stirrup, and while he was en-
deayoring to extricate it, the horse
struggled to his feet, and commenced
rearing and kicking, striking Mr.. Dins-
more on the head, and dragging him on
the frozen ground. One leg was broken,
he received several severe cuts in the
scalp, and was otherwise much bruised.
He was unconscious for almost half an
hour. He did not receive any internal
injuries, but as he is in the I'D year of
his age, it may go hard with him.
From Leavenworth: Three years ago
Mrs. William Bittinger sued her h1s-
band for divorce and he made no defense,
letting the suit go by default, and Civ
ing his wife an equal division of his
property, which was considerable.
amounting to small fortune. Recently
Mrs. Bittinger became quite Ill, and her
former husband called upon her and be-
came patient nurse at her bedside. Sew
aral days ago her symptoms assumed an
/ alarming rhraea op6 sba - ss~s II ,.-.--,.