Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-10-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


at Wichita, Riley Medium made mile
in 2:1O.
The Abilene creamery Is working up
between 5000 and 5000 pounds Of milk
per day.
Washington, D. C.-The president
has appointed William johnson post
master at Salina, Kan.
Pg.5ltTh schools are SO over-crowded
tlfKANsAs, building will have to be con-
s. ceted for the surplus.
A Galena young lady boards at home
and teaches school eight miles in the
country. She is bicyclist.
The Fort Scott cement manufacturing
plant has sustained a loss of $40, 900 or
$25, 900 by fire; insurance $4,000.
The electric cars at Pittsburg run at
the rate of twenty miles an hour. The
World thinks that too fast and wants
less speed with added safety.
And now the claim is made that Kan
sas is the second state in the Union in
che production of broom corn. Wonder
if Kansas is last in anything.
Lane university, at Lecompton, opens
its twenty eighth year under favorable
circumstances. The first days enroll
ment is very much larger than last
years.
Wa-Keeney World: The Colby Trib-
une says that Thomas county's poor
house has had no inmate for two years.
We can go one better in Trego county.
We have no Door house and no need for
one.
Jewell City Republican: Jewell coun-
ty is thirty miles square, and every
farmer has to either buy his flour or go
to some other county to have his mill
ing done. Cannot something be done
about it?
Topeka Capital: There are now 5000
children enrolled in the public schools,
| 500 nearly having been added since the
opening day. Superintendent Davidson
says every day brings word of more
rooms that are being crowded.
There is a growing sentiment among
the university students at Lawrence
against the domination of college fra
ternities. A meeting was held to make
provision for college paper which shall
be strictly Independent of university
| politics.
While the university football team
was engaged in regular practice, some
thief broke into the dressing rooms adj
jacent to the athletic field and stole sew
eral watches and a considerable sum of
money belonging to the boys. The thief
has not yet been apprehended-
Topeka Capital: While threshers
were at work on Freeman Fosters
place, four miles southwest of the city,
the stacks took fire from spark from
the engine and nearly 1000 bushels of
wheat were consumed. Besides the loss
of the entire crop of wheat, the separa-
tor, belonging to the Bailey Brothers,
was also burned.
E II. Sanders, chief of police of Little
Rock, Ark, arrived in Parsons having in
charge a couple of white men named E.
| o. Charles and j. M. Austin, who are
wanted here for rObbing a Missouri,
Kansas & Texas box car of lot of shoes
some six months ago. The two men
when arrested had twelve pairs of shoes
in their possession.
Anthony Republican: The amount
of Anthony property sold at the tax
what it has been for several years pre-
vious, and there was a lively scramble
among the spectators for certificates
on Anthony property. Rents have al
most doubled within the year and there
is not vacant house in town.
Judge J. @. Lambdin, United States
cattle inspector, was stricken with APP
| oplexy while talking to friend in front
of his hotel at Wichita, and in an hour
was dead. The judge had been in Kan
sas about thirty eight years and was
member of the first legislature. His
family lives in Caldwell. His remains
were taken to his long time home at
ElDOradO for burial.
ElDorado Republican: Col. Robert
Tuttle's new house on his farm in Cliff
ford township is a sumner. 1t is as
large as any of the residences in Edo
RADIO, is modern in every way and sug-
gests prosperity. When we called there
the other day he was not at home, but
we took a peep through the windows
and noticed that the new furniture be-
ing put in is elegant.
Salina Republican: Rothchild Bros.
have put into execution a clever idea
for protecting their stock from thieves
and shop-lifters. They have hung a
looking glass upon pivot in an obscure
part of the store, but Ii such position
that it can be turned upon a person in
any part of the store and the suspected
party can be closely watched all day
without becoming aware that his ac-
tons were being subjected to close
scrutiny.
Salina Republican: The county COM
missioners closed the contract for the
building Of the two new bridges across
;he Smoky. The contract provides that
both bridges shall be finished within
three months from the present date.
The bridges are to cost 50, 700 each, the
city paying s., 400 and the county the
county the remaining $4,000. They
Will be made of iron and have walk
on each side of the wagon track. The