Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Colby Tribune: Those long lines of
wagons you see every day coming into
town are not funerals. They are all
loaded with Thomas county wheat.
Pittsburg has her electric line all
ready for operation with the exception
of the trolley wire, which has been
shipped but has not yet put in appear
ance.
Harper Graphic: Out of eighty-fve
mortgages sent to the Citizens State
bank for collection, eighty-four were
paid, and the mortgagOr of the other
was found to be dead.
Topeka Capital: Rev. O. NJ. Sheldon,
of the Central Congregational church,
has recently achieved the task set for
| himself of writing thirty youths stories
for publication In thirty days.
The Parsons board of education has
sold $4,000 of school bonds at pre-
MUM of 1865. A Chicago firm got
them, their offer being 1855 higher than
that of the best home bidder.
Lawrence journal: The shippers say
that the quality of the potatoes coming
in is not as good this year as usual.
They are scabby, and have in many
cases a second growth. Shippers are
paying 80 cents bushel.
Lawrence Journal: Apples are COM
ing to town in larger quantities than
was expected, but the quality is very
poor, not many being fit for shippers.
For these two reasons apples will prob
ably be as cheap as usual in Lawrence,
in spite of the short crop.
DR.. S. Wendell Williston, professor
of geology at Kansas university, is
making collection of building stones
for the worlds fair. The specimens are
being polished at Lawrence, and after
the fair viii be added to the university
museum.
At Salina Frank Belzer, aged II years,
was accidentally killed by electricity.
He took hold of guy wire to shake a
pole to which an arc lamp was attached.
He was instantly killed, the wire, in
some manner, having been charged with
electricity.
From Sedan: Four men, in the alb
sence of the county sheriff, overpowered
the sheriff's wife and broke out OF the
county jail. Dick Spurlock, who was in
for horse stealing, was reeaptured. Two
boys in for burglary, and another who
was in for disturbing the peace, are still
at large.
Salina Republican: The contract for
the construction of the power house of
the new electric railway has been let to
| W. F. Gilbert, and he will begin work
this week. The most of the material for
the road has been purchased and will be
here soon. The power house is to be
655 by 80 feet.
At Kirwin Land Officer Caldwell is
reported as saying that there is no
vacant land in the KirWin land district,
which is composed of parts of Lincoln,
Mitchell, Norton, Graham, Rocks, and
all of Osborne, Smith and Phillips coun-
ties; and nearly all the pre-emption and
homestead claims and majority of the
timber claims are proved up.
An Atwood agent recently offered
quarter section for $500. A few days
after it was placed upon the market,
three farmers whose lands adioin it
stopped Their work and came in a rush
to town, each trying to beat the other
and secure the trust for himself. Of
course one of them got the land and
the others returned home disap-
pointed.
Fort Scott sustained loss by the com
plete destruction by fire of the Fort
Scott planning mill, and the partial de-
structiOn of the Fort Scott Novelty car
rage works. The total loss sustained
by the planning mill company is esti-
mated at $4,000. The company carries
$1,000 insurance. The Novelty carriage
works loss will amount to nearly 81, 900;
insured for $4,000.
Washington, D. C.-Maior Powell, of
the geological survey, has assigned w.
81. Huron to take charge of the tOpo-
graphical survey in western Kansas. He
left for Garden City, and will commence
work at that point. The corps will con-
sist of six men. About three months
will be spent in taking field notes, and
will probably take in Finney, Hamilton
and Hodgeman counties.
Salina Republican: A. W. Jones has
been making a collection of the fora of
Saline county this summer. He has
about $50 different plants mounted and
named so far. In company with Prof.
Carleton, of the State Agricultural col
lege. he recently made a trip to the
southern part of the county and secured
some species of fern which are very
scarce here. He has also variety of
sedge which cannot be found in any
botanical work, and it is quite probable
that it is an entirely new species.
Company D, Twelfth Kansas infantry,
held a reunion in Forest park, Ottawa,
accompanied by their wives and chill
dren. The old soldiers gathered around
a picnic dinner at noon and afterwards
listened to addresses by Judge Valen-
tine, of Topeka, and others. 1t was on
the thirtieth anniversary Of the organ
ization Of the company, and Judge Val
entine administered the oath of allie
glance at that time. The days exer-