Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-28
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

chorus Of this city and Newton to Chi
cago.
The explosion OF lamp caused the
burning at Wichita, of P. j. Nieder-
landers residence; loss $1,000, insur-
ance $4,000,
Most of the plug tobacco consumed
at the Kansas penitentiary by convicts
is manufactured right there by men who
wear striped clothing.
John Conard, one the editors Of the
Ottawa Times, was riding bicycle and
accidentally collided with buggy, one
Of the shafts OF which struck him near
the right temple.
or 948 tracts OF land sold for taxes by
the county treasurer OF Comanche county
last week the county gets all but about
forty; of the 1878 lots sold the county
gets all but two or three.
Holton Recorder: Holton has law
yer for every $50 people, a preacher for
every 1888, a doctor for every 430, dem
fist for every $50, and one horse doctor,
and barring the lawyers, they are all
kept busy.
The Ness City creamery made o. sale
OF car load of butter for shipment to
Boston, the cash payment for which
amounted to $2,O55.7O, nearly all of
which was paid to the farmers of the
county for cream.
At Hunnewell four horses we're killed
with poison and seven were hamstrung.
The killed and manned animals are racers
owned by boomers who proposed to Sc
cure through their speed choice claims
in the new country. 1t seems there are
a lot of indignant boomers on the border
noar Hunnewell, who say they don't pro-
pose to be cut out by men who happen
TO be rich enough to own fast horses and
these are suspected of the outrages. A
vigilance committee was organized to
prevent or punish further work of this
kind.
D. Lathrop, an old veteran, at the
Eeavenworth Soldiers home, was fatally
scalded while taking bath. On enter
ing the bath tub he turned on the cold
water and soon after the hot water
when he took cramps and it is said was
unable to get out of the tub or shut the
water off. AS the water began to scald
him he set up loud yells, which caused
some comrades to break into the room
and rescue him from being boiled alive.
Lathrop was badly scalded about the
legs and upper portion of his body, and
owing to his advanced age he will be
unable to recover from it.
From Emporia; The residence Of
Judge E. W. Cunningham was entered
and the Judge who had been aroused
from his bed by the noise made by the
robber entering window, found the in
truder on the stairway, who jumped to
his feet shouting out, "Shoot him." as
if addressing companion. The Judge,
however, who is veteran, replied by
raising his hand and saying mo, but l
will shoot you" With one leap the
burglar struck the bottom of the stairs
and fled through the window by which
he had entered, and the judge, who had
no weapon at hand, fed the other way,
shouting to his wife, bring me my
gun"
Parsons special: Milton Bradley, liv-
ing east of this city, is dead; which |
brings to light strange and peculiar
incident. About three years ago last
April he mysterlously disappeared from
his homo in ElDorado, Kan. Being
prominent Mason and Odd Fellow every |
effort was made to find him, but to no |
avail, and no trace was obtained of his |
whereabouts until telegram was for
warded to his wife at ElDorado, from |
here, notifying her of his death. He |
was formerly treasurer of Butler county,
and at the time of his disappearance his
business and family affairs were in the |
best of condition. Bradley was 60 years
old and carried his secret to the grave.
Wichita special: Reports from nearly |
every town and village throughout this |
section are full of complaints about the
depredations being wrought by boomers
bound for the strip. Horses have been
stolen by scores, cattle killed and parts
taken away, hogs taken, grain bins de-
spoiled and hen roosts ransacked. There
were ten horses stolen here during one
night, three of which had buggies at
tached, from in front of one church. The
sheriff, during the day received over
forty postal cards describing horses stolen
from different parts south and west of
here. The city council tried to hold a |
meeting but it developed that eight out |
of the twelve councilmen had left for
the Cherokee strip.
Prof. L. ]. Blake. of Kansas UNIVERSE
ty, received notice that the government
had accepted his fog-signalling inven-
ton, and requesting that Prof. Blake
take charge next May of the work of |
putting the invention into practical use.
The invention consists of method of |
communicating between lightships and |
a station on the shore where in turn the |
message is transmitted to New York and
the news pertaining to all incoming yes
sells is telegraphed to the world twenty
four hours earlier than by any previous
method. The invention is priceless in