Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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Just finished, shows its population tC
be 4l,755, n gain of 2,255 in one year
FL Dorado Republican; There arr
2,400 acres OF school land in Butler
county which has been appraised at
from SO to SO per acre.
There ia hoop-pole establishment
nj Louisburg, Miami county, which
turned out 100000 hoops this season
and employs twelve men.
The wives OF all the ex-sheriffs of Nj
ami county held reunion, and about a
dozen wore present The wife of w. @.
Rainey, who served in 1855 was present.
Arkansas City special: An earth
quake of considerable energy was felt
here on the 20 inst, at six minutes past
10 D. m. Houses trembled and dishes
ratified.
Atwood, May 90: Commenced rain
ing here at 2 o'clock this morning,
and is still raining hard, giving Rawlins
county more rain at one time than we
have had for one year.
Pleasant Hill township in Ellis coun-
ty claims the honor of holding the first
election under the new Australian bal
lot laws The election was on May O.,
to elect township officers, it being new
township.
Eugene +. Ware owns TIE public H.
brary OF Fort Scott and is putting mp
800 month regularly to keep it going.
He has made the city proposition to
give it to the city il the city will sup.
port the library.
Jewell City Republican: From
what we have observed around Jewell,
we suppose thousands of grape vines
that came through the winter all right,
died in April from the efe,t of the very
dry weather. The vines may come
again from the roots, but grapes will be
scarce around here next fall.
Topeka Journal: George Clark, of
the attorney generals Office, attended
the opening Of tho new Masonic hall at
Hoton. lie SAYS that the visiting Ma
sons, numbering more than hundred,
were banquetted and royalty treated
generally. The Holton lodge has men,
bership Of about 100, and is in -four
ishing condition. It owns its own hall.
The main hall is thirty five by sixty
feet
Spring Hill, Johnson county, comes
to the front with loaf of bread baked
from yeast thirty years old. When
Lawrence was burned by Quantrell
Mrs. johnson had pot of yeast brew
ing in the cellar. The house was burned
and the ashes fell upon the pot, scaled
it, and after thirty years the yeast was
found to be good. A loaf Of bread
baked from it has been sent to the
worlds fair.
A. J. Wintrode, cashier OF the Santa
Fe land department, has in his library
old books, bearing the following dates.
1874, 1879, 1854 and 1885, or from 2OS
to 219 years old. This leads the Win
field man, who claims to have the oldest
book in Kansas, and which was pub
lished in 174O. W. H. Bradbury, of the
land department, has in his possession
Latin dictionary in a good state OF
preservation, which was printed in 1877.
Next.
For some time past discussion has
been going on in Kansas newspa-
pers as to the whereabouts OF the oldest
book in the state. Winfield has one
published in 174O, but books bearing
dates of 1874, 1879, 1884 and 1855
we're found in Topeka. The Atchison
Globe has discovered book printed in
1885. It is the property of st. Bene-
diets college, Of Atchison, and was rre-
sented to it by one of the European
monaSteries.
An independence g. A. R. man has
been drawing pension Of $50 per
month. Vainly did he await the ar
rival OF his check for this quarters
payment until he received the other
day a notice to the effect that his PEN
sion had been discontinued; that he
had been dropped from the roll because
Of insufficient evidence to support his
claim. He applied for an increase re-
Gently which was probably the cause Of
his case being looked into.
Judge 7. @. Sears, one of the old
time Kansans who came within few
votes OF being elected United States
senator, was tried for insanity at Ok
lahoma City and found guilty. Judge
Sears was Judge Of the counties Of
Douglas, Franklin and Anderson for a
number Of years. The judges insanity
Is general letting down OF an over
worked brain. He puts in most of his
time in hunting for Gould, Sage, Frey,
Clark and other railroad magnates.
Zinc smelling has become big bust
ness in Kansas. There are now ten
zinc smelters in the state, as follows
Weir City Zinc company, at Weir City,
IL furnaces; Weir City Zinc company, |
at Pittsburg - furnaces; Robert I an
yon & Co., Pittsburg, 10 furnaces; W.
4 j. Ianyon, Pittsburg, furnaces; s.
H. Lanyon & Bro, Fittsburg, fur
naces; Pittsburg & st. Louis Zinc and
Land company, Pittsburg, 8 furnaces
CRANKY Mining & Smelling company,