Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

him.
General Sears contemplates holding
the encampment Of the First regimen
X. N. G., in August, at Kansas City
Kansas; making the condition that ra
lions shall be furnished the militia
during ten days.
Topeka Capitals Dat meal is being
put in the drinking water at the Santa
Fe shops for the purpose OF overcoming
the injurious effects OF iced water. Sew.
eral employees have been taken badly
sick, lately, from drinking too much
iced water when little overheated.
The Newton case of arson in which
the records of the register of deeds
Office were burned on March 20 last, has
at last been sifted and two men are in
Jail with enough evidence alleged to have
been gathered to fasten the crime upon
them. They are g. w. Rogers and G.
H. Shirley, who own the only set OF alb
stracts Of the county records, and who
have been, since the fire, charging ex-
orbitant prices for abstracts,
Salina Republican; The work Of build
ing the addition to the county poor
mouse is proceeding rapidly. The new
addition will provide five more rooms to
be used by the inmates. The county
commissioners have also decided to heat
the paupers' rooms, this winter, by means
Of a furnace placed in the basement Of
the building. The new addition, which
is built Of brick, together with the
heating apparatus, will cost about 81 800.
At Fort Scott great preparations are
being made for the reunion of the Sixth
Kansas cavalry and the Second Kansas
battery, to be held there on August "a,
rs and 20. Comrade d. w. Graves and
his glee club from Missouri will be pres
emit to furnish the music for the occa-
sion. Saturday, the last day Of the re-
union, is to DO general reunion day,
and everyone Is cordially invited to be
present. Several hundred visiting COM
rades are expected there at the reunion,
and the occasion is looked forward to
with much interest.
Ellis people prepared hearty lunch
for freight train load Of hungry peo-
pie who were getting away from Color
ado the best way they could. When the
train reached Ellis the miners were graf
flied to see long. improvised dinner ia
bles, near the freight depot, loaded with
bread, milk, baked beans and such sub
stantial food. The men tumbled out Of
the box cars like SO many sheep, and
many of them risked their bones in do
ing SO, They made rush for the ia
bles without waiting for invitations. An
hour later they left Ellis, and the only
evidence of an unusual event there was
a long table made of new boards with a
few grease spots on them.
The Western university, the colored peo-
pies educational institution north Of Kan
sas City, Kansas, near Quindaro, will open
in October. The board of trustees, who
have been at work for several months
attempting to get the institution ready
for opening, now announce that one
wing Of the building will be put in order
at once SO that at least 100 pupils can
be accommodated during the coming
fall and winter. The Western UNIVERSE
ty Is under the Jurisdiction of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal church, and
when completed it will be one of the
leading schools for the education Of col
ored young men and women in the coun-
try, being national in its scope
Miss Celeste Nellis, Kansas young
lady, is making a name for herself at
the Worlds fair. She entered in COM
petition for the medal offered by the
music department and passed a highly |
creditable examination in piano playing
before the Illinois state music commits
sion. Good performers from every sec
ton Of the country were entered for the
medal, and though she was the youngest |
performer competing she was ranked by |
the examiners as one of the best players
and was awarded a medal. On Thurs
day last she was given place on the |
programme at the concert in Assembly |
hall in the Woman's building, and |
played admirably before large audi
ence. Miss Nellis is the daughter Of |
Judge D. @. Nellis of the Kansas
Farmer.
Ex-County Commissioner George Ho-
vey, Of White Church, Wyandotte coun-
ty, has made some discoveries out near
his residence that he thinks will be Of
great Importance He recently found a
part Of the remains of mastodon there,
and now he claims to have discovered the
remains of prehistoric city near his
residence, and with only very little
trouble and search has found lot Of |
pottery and other rude utensils that he |
thinks will go far towards establishing
the correctness Of his claims. Last week |
be secured a specimen that he prizes |
very highly, and which he will send to
the Smithsonian institution for examina-
ton. He said it was the head of an
idol presumably. 1t was cut out of
peculiar stone not native to this country,
and was remarkably we'll finished and |
proportioned head 1t was quite small,
being only about the size of dolls
head. The stone was quite we'll polished |
and the head neatly finished. The pot
terry he has consists of dozen different
vessels, all very hard and finty and un-
glazed. He also has q large collection