Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

or partially fit students for entering
the state university.
The Masons of the state are expected
to contribute 81 each n year for five
years TO constitute fund for building
homo at some central location.
Mrs. Anna Potter, wife OF a promi-
nent insurance man OF Kansas City,
Kau,, has announced herself as O cRndi-
date for mayor OF Kansas City.
About 100 varieties Of the fora Of
Kansas have been collected for exhibit
ton at the worlds fair. Botanist B. b.
Smythe is preparing the display.
Topeka Journal; Four hundred tons
of rock broken by the prisoners in
the county jail is being used to macada-
mize Locust street, on the road to the
cemetery,
The state encampment Of tho Knights
Of Pythias is to be held in Salina, be-
ginning May g. Fifteen hundred dol
lars will be given as prizes in competi-
tive drills.
John H. Brown, grand secretary of
the grand lodge Of Masons of Kansas,
the Oldest and widest known Mason in
the west, passed away suddenly after
short illness at his home in Kansas City.
Barnes letter; Many farms have been
sold in this vicinity this winter, and the
inquiry for farm property in this section
OF Washington county is largely on the
increase. Our real estate men are daily
showing lands,
Atwood Democrat We think it a
safe estimate that our county has
gained over 300 permanent settlers
this winter, and yet there are thou
sands of acres of fine land that will
lie idle simply because it is prairie
sod.
From Salina: Nearly fifty appli-
cants for positions under Uncle Sam
took the civil service examination here.
In two or three years from now those
who received the highest grades will be
drafted to fill vacancies should any
occur.
Salina Republican: Some of the
rooms at st. Johns military school are
being fixed up in elegant style for the
cadets. Bishop Thomas and wife de-
serve a great deal of commentator for
the work they are doing for the benefit
of the school.
Isaac House, one of Leayenworth's
old timers, he having come there early
in the SOS, died in the county poor
house. Ho was about 80 years old and
at one time was possessed of consider
able wealth. He had been an inmate of
the poor house for fifteen years.
From Topeka; Judge J. E. Clardy
died of dropsy in Topeka at noon March
IL, after an illness of but a few days.
He was on his way from Oklahoma
to Washington. He was a pioneer of
Kansas, having started the Palmetto OF
in ante bellum days.
Luray letter. George Duff, farmer
living near Luray, was instantly killed
while unloading railroad iron from a
wagon. One end had already been
lowered to the ground, when, in raising
the other end over the hind wheel, it
slipped, knocking him to the ground
and breaking his neck. The deceased
leaves a wife and two small children.
Atwood Democrat: Rawins county
bids fair in the future to become the
haven of the angler anu the hunter.
many ponds are stocked with
bass, croppy and carp on the Sappas
and the Beaver. With the Atwood lake
and the lakes of the South Sappa and
the immense reservoir now under
course Of construction by E. A. Nike
sell at Lake Ranch, we will lead all
Kansas.
Judge Tavid Lee, an old settler of
Troy, seemingly died after a short i'll
ness, and two physicians examined the
body and pronounced life extinct.
Three hours later Undertaken Byers
had stripped the body and was dress ng
it for burial when the supposed dead
man opened his eyes and, recognizing
him, exclaimed; "Byers, what in the
name OF God arc you doing?" The Old
man IS alive and will probably get we'll.
Wilson special: The fearful gale was
accompanied by prairie fire a hun
dred miles in extent that moved along
with the speed Of railroad train, de-
stroying eve ything in its path. 1t
was tho most destructive prairie fire in
fourteen years. starting between
buuke- Hill and Dorrance in Rus ell
county, tho fire soon react ed n fright
rul magnitude, and aided by fierce
gal blowing at the rate o, forty miles
tn hour, the fire swept over the country |
ii a northeast rly direction, spreading
dis lay among the people and entailing
n great loss of property and LIFE.
Thousands OF acres OF pasturaee have
been burned, and seven lives are re-
ported as being lest and many more !
persons are injured. A couple of sur
rey loads of men, accompanied by DR..
William Lille, went from this ,Ice to
give their aid and assistance to the
many sufe ers by the fire When the
fire reached the Saline river, being
tanned by the ga'o, it leaped across the
river and with ranavad anprpv ruSbpl |
leaving homeless families and /
devastation in It's wake