Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-06-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS

The graduating class of the Emporia
high school numbers %, which Is the
largest class in the history of the school
The first series Of county institutes
will begin June 6, except IN Shawnee
county, which has been postponed until
June Is.
Osawatomie is building eleven resi-.
dences, an addition to the railroad car
shops, an electric light plant and new
brick depot.
From Wellington: Marble, clay and
salt will be presented by this county in
the department OF mines and mining of
the Worlds fair.
The Beloit Milling company has set
out this spring a grove Of upwards of
$500 trees on their tract of land ad-
joining that town.
The State Agricultural college will
have a graduating class of 35. The an
nual address will be delivered by Gov
ernOr @. G. Luce of Michigan, who is
known as the ''farmer governor"
Shawnee is the banner county in con-
tributing to the state Sunday school
fund. It gave S222.2O toward total
of $2,197. For the coming year the
executive committee wants $500.
Salina Republican: The flag stats
for the school house flags are expected
and the flags will be put up at once.
There will be a flag for each school
building and one for the soldiers graves
at Gypsum cemetery.
Kansas university has Just received
as present from the publishing house
Of F. A. Brockhans, Leipzig, Germany,
over 500 volumes relating to history,
philosophy and modern literature. With
this addition, the library of the K. o.
has nearly 1900 volumes.
AT Eudora the new bridge went out,
carrying two men to their death. Their
names are not known. The bridge had
just been completed and will be a severe
loss, not only to the taxpayers but to
the merchants of Eudora, who had ex-
peeted to catch large trade from peo-
pie north of the river.
At Salina Normal university more
recitation rooms and more accommoda-
lions for students are beng secured.
Plans are being made for a chapel with
a seating capacity of 500, and every
thing possible is being done to accom-
modate the large attendance that is ex-
pected next year.
Lawrence.-The Kansas river at this
place reached the highest point Satur-
day morning, and has been slowly fall
ing since. No great damage was done
here, although for two days the Union
Pacific kept large force of men at work
night and day to save its track. The
Santa Fe west of this place is still under
water.
Abilene.-The rains of the past few
days have caused great damage to crops
on low fields, and streams are swollen
greatly. The Smoky Hill river is out
of its banks in many places and steadily
rising. A terrific rain fell northwest,
and streams from that direction have
risen fast. 1t is the greatest freshet in
years.
Lawrence. The water was ten feet
above the dam, which is the highest it
has been for fourteen years. The Vim
quest ice houses, on the. north side of
the river, are standing in six feet Of
water. The water main which supplies
North Lawrence is broken and the water
supply is cut on. The water works are
surrounded.
Salina Republican: The county com
missioners have publicly announced their
intention to appropriate 1864 for Saline's
apportionment to the Kansas exhibit of
the Worlds fair. The apportionment is
81, 1913, but only 1854 is wanted now,
and if the legislature makes an appro-
priatiOn the money will be refunded,
otherwise the other 1854 will be appro-
priated next year.
At the Kansas Agricultural college
the members of the graduating class Sc
lected to present Orations upon COM
mencement day are as follows: L. @.
Order, Mound Ridge, Mcpherson coun-
ty; Hairy Darnell, Ward, Wilson coun-
ty; Effie Gilstrap, Arkansas City; G. P.
Hartley, Manhattan; R. A. McIlvaine,
Denison, Jackson county; d. II. Otis,
Topeka; I. B. Parker, Hill City; r. S.
Reed, Cedar Point, Chase county.
Kansas university will confer degrees
upon eighty-three students this COM
mencement, this being the largest num-
Der in the history of the university. The
seniors are distributed among the
various schools as follows: School of
arts, "a; school of law, SO; school of
pharmacy, Is; school Of music, 8;
school of engineering, 4. The junior
classes number at present 14O, there be-
ing forty-seven juniors in the school of
arts alone.
Topeka Capital: As the Rock Island
station agent at the sugar works, George
E. Bell, was removing a lantern from a
switch, his foot slipped from the step
on the switch and he fell heavily, receiv-
ing serious bodily injuries. He had to
be carried to town on a stretcher, but
was plucky enough before he left to
give some necessary train orders He
was removed to Christ hospital for the
present. Mr.. Bell Is a man of family
and lives at the sugar works.
Fort Scott.-At the Kansas state ora
torical contest in this city, E. P.
SCHNEIDER, of Midland college, Atchison,