Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-01-07
kANsAs sTATE news.

Robert Iompklns, president OF the
Kansas Federation Of Labor. has called
meeting of the state federation for
Jan. 4. 1892. at Hutchinson
Weskan WeskansAn: VIM. Martin
IS still busy bahng broom corn and viii
be for some time to come. Nearly ev-
srybody in this locality that had broom
corn this year has sold it and got fair
price
Miss Maggie E. Doyle. of Bird City,
one of the pioneers of Cheyenne county,
laking up ''claim" there in an early
iay, was married there last week to
George @. husk, one of the old settlers
Of the county.
Atchison.-W. B. Son, city marshal
of Efingham, this county, was sand
bagRed and robbed of $500 and gold
watch near his residence. In falling
the officer broke his leg. The robbers
have not been apPrehended.
It is reported that the Pottswatomie
Indians on their Kansas reservation
will make trip to the Indian territory
in body, as it is necessary for them to
go to the reserve there in order to be
paid of for the sale of the reserve.
Kinsley Mercury: We presume that
Kinsley can boast of more old men
than any other town in the valley.
There is V. u. Billings, aged 10; Q. a.
Read, 80; a. @. Fisher, 81; and Henry
O'Beal who will be 80 come next birth
day.
Topeka.-Informati has been re-
ceivsd to the effect that Senator W. s.
Norton, of the Ninth Senatorial district,
has been appointed government inspec-
tor of seals for Alaska, with the salary
of 1000 year. The appointment was
received through Senator Plumb.
At Lawrence fire entirely destroyed
the Allendorf block of four two-story
buildings, on Massachusetts, street, be-
tween Berkeley and Quincy. The build
ings were new and covered by insur-
anee. A number of students lost all
their belongings, and several hundred
dollars worth of uninsured merchandise
burned.
Axtell Anchor: Mrs. j. G. Stanley
was frying some grease of some kind on
the stove when the vessel became too
hot and the grease took fire. Mrs.
Stanley, in throwing it out of doors,
did not notice her little son, who was
standing on the porch. and dashed the
fiery liquid in his face, burning him
severely.
Lawrence letter: The game of foot
ball here between the state university
and the Baker teams was a hard fought
battle. Neither side was able to score
in the first half, and at the end of the
game the score stood to 0 in favor of
the state university. This decides the
contest for the pennant in the state
league, the state university having won
every game it has played in the league
this year.
Burlington Norparell: The frame
story and a half residence of F. G..
Hursh, in Lena Valley, Just over the
| line in Greenwood county, took fire
from a defective hue and burned. The
| German carried $500 on the house and
| 5000 on the contents. Most of the
household effects were saved. This is
the third time in the last year that a
house has been burned on the same Sec
ton of land.
From Olathe: The IaAge frame
dwelling belonging to the estate of the
late Hon. ID. G. Campbell, Of Merriam,
this county, was burned to the ground
with most of its contents. Ten barrels
of fine cider were stored in the base
ment of a portion of the house and
most of this was lost. The loss will
reach several thousand dollars with but
1000 insurance. The origin Of the
| fire is unknown.
Leavenworth Standard: The casket
which was made by J. B. Davis & Co.,
for the late John B. Sanders of Stran.
ger, was the largest ever made in the
city. 1t was six feet eight inches II
length, thirty inches in width, anC
twenty-five inches in height. The rel
alive who ordered the coffin made sale
the deceased weighed 800 pounds
There is not hearse in the city into
which the casket could be placed, anC
1t could not be taken into the door o
the residence, and it was thought the
body would have to be taken out o
doors in order to get it in the coffin.
Atchison Champion: Three week
ago the supreme court Of Kansas de
sided that when a person owned farm
having a mortgage upon it and a rail
road purchased a right of way through
said farm, the owner could collect tn
money and the mortgage not be con
suited. This has been done Throughout
the State of Kansas, and had the de
cision been the reverse, it would hav
involved thousands of cases and almos
endless litigation. Yet only in on
state in the union has a supreme cour
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more than a dozen others the suprem
courts have given decisions just the lie
verse to that of Kansas.
Leavenworth Standard: It can b
authoritatively announced that article
Of incorporation have been prepared 70
the organization Of the Leavenwortl
and Missouri river bridge company
The instrument is signed by six heav,
capitalists of this city. The bridge L
be built is to be for both rail and wagol
traffic, and the western terminus is OIL
Choctaw street. The company will AS
for an act from congress at once, an
the construction of bridge will begil
Just as soon as the prelIminaries ar
arranged after congress grants it au
thOrity. At least two important railwa
systems can be relied upon to max
use of the bridge when completed,
not three.
Atehison letter. Antiquarians hay
found rich field in Atchison count,
George Remsburg recently explored th
bluffs of the Missouri river in the v
cinity of Oak Mills and found sewers
aboriginal camping and buryin
grounds from which he has unearthed
great many curiosIties. At places tn
ground presents the appearance of ha1
ing been burned and is intermixed wit