Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-16
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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who do business in the block in whc
Pattisons are located went TO the fai
this year, taking their families wit
them. II cost them $50 per head, o
$4,000 for the block. The fair cost thi
town from $4,000 to $4,000.
At Newton, Bethel college, the newt,
opened institution of learning Of tn
Mennonites barely escaped destruction
by fire. A car of coal had been storet
away In tho basement and this fue
heated until IL ignited. The damag,
done was little, chiefly in blackenint
walls.
Wellington Monitor-Press: Coyotes
arc getting rather plenty in the vicinity
of Austin. The nights are made hide
ous by their howlings. Mr.. MILESTONE
has lost about fifty and Ed. Wigginl
about twenty pigs, Mr.. Greathouse al
so has lost several geese all the work o.
these miserable little varmnts. Some o.
the boys had a chase and succeeded II
running down one coyote.
Topeka Capital; Topeka beat the
world at the worlds fair for vitrifed
brick, which is rapidly supplanting az
phalt as the best paving material known,
and Hutchinson carried off the honors
against all competitors for refined table
salt The supply Of both these valuable
products is practically inexhaustible and
the honors they won at Chicago will give
the world some idea of the resources OF
Kansas aside from those Of agriculture.
The federal building in Atchison,
which has been in course OF erection for
o year. has just been completed and will
be ready for occupancy in few weeks.
It contains eight rooms and will be oc-
cupied by the postofIice department.
The total cost OF the building and
grounds was 100000. The act appro-
priating 100000 for the purpose Of
erecting the structure was passed by
congress in 1891 through the efforts OF
ex-senator John j, ingalls,.
Salina papers: The paper mill at this
place has completed an important exper-
iment to determine the practicability OF
manufacturing paper from wild sunAow-
err stalks. Several tons OF the weeds
were made into paper which is declared
far superior to straw paper, the fiber Of
the sunAower product being as tough
and pliable as rag paper. The mill is
now buying sunhowers and proposes to
make sunhower paper a speciality. This
is the first experiment of the kind ever
made anywhere. The DAILY Republican
ran an entire edition on the snnhower
paper.
The building committee Of the regents
Of Kansas university has been in session
and besides other business connected
with the new buildings, the conveyance
of steam for heating from the engine
house to the chancellor's residence and
Spooner library was considered. After
long debating it was decided to call bids
for tunnelling Mount Dread from the en-
CINE house on the south side of the hill
to the buildings In question, The pipes
will be six by eight feet by something
like 1900 or 1,400 feet in length,
and the tunnel will cost in the neighbor-
hood OF $1,000
At Emporia the prohibitionists are
aroused over the efforts being made to
secure a pardon for Theodore Voeste, the
liquor seller so severely sentenced by
Judge Randolph, and big pressure is
being brought to bear on Governor Lew
cling to prevent his taking action in the
matter. Action was taken by every
prayer-meeting in every protestant
church in the city, and petitions protest
ing against a pardon have been so freely
circulated that nearly every resident in
the city has been urged to sign and
many have done so. Several personal
letters have also been mailed to the gov
ernor.
Kansas City, Mo-, Journal: While
the demand at Kansas City, Kan,
for stockers and feeders has fallen of
the past few days, yet it is good COM
pared with previous years. During the
month just closed there were more
stockers and feeders sold here than dur
ing any previous month in the history
Of the market, which, with the closeness
in the money market, makes the growth
in this quarter doubly surprising.
Money is not only hard to get for feed
ing purposes, but IL per cent. is being
charged in many instances. The fact
that farmers will employ money for feed
ing operations at such rate, would in
dictate great confidence in the future Of
the beef market.
The De Boissiere Odd Fellows Or
phans' home will be ready for occupancy
about January first. The trustees of
the home met in Ottawa and ordered
the improvements to begin at once.
Contracts have been let for steam heat
ing, gas and plumbing. The last ses-
sion Of the grand lodge Independent
Order Of Odd Fellows made provisions
for sufficient funds to complete the i'm
provelAents and pay the running ex-
penses for year. About $4,000 is in
the hands of the trustees to carry on the
work. The gasplant, heating apparatus
and plumbing will cost about $4,000.
Applications have been received by the
board for places for forty children who
will be admitted to the home as soon as