Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-03-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The city OF Atchison was asked I
appropriate S25 month for the cit
library, but the council thought $l2.5
was tho proper figure.
Topeka Capital About three out o
every five persons are carrying quinn,
these days, The doctors are kept on
run to attend grip cases.
Burr Oak station has forwarded sine
September, 1S92--Gx months forty
six cars of cattle and hogs, $50 car
Of grain, and eleven cars of butter anC
eggs.
Lyons special A, NJ. Lasley, an at
torney, shot Dr. Terry, lead ng ply
stefan. One ball passed through hir
side and the other into his bowels
He cannot live. The cause is an ole
feud.
Mrs, Hilary Green, IN aged widow
living five miles from Cherokee, was SO
badly burned that she died an hour
afterward. She had set fire to some
trash in her yard and her clothing
caught fire.
L. Wayman, secretary of the Kansas
State Bee Keepers association, has
issued notices calling the annual CON
vention of the association to meet at
Ottawa April and 7. All bee keepers
are invited and requested to bring
something to exhibit.
From Sterling: Mrs. McKeown, wife
OF farmer living south of here, during
the temporary absence OF her husband,
rose from her sick bed to arrange some
thing about the stove, when her cloth
ing ignited. Two children who were
with her ran to neighbours for help,
but before assistance came the woman
was SO badly burned that she died soon
after.
Lenora boasts OF her excellent schools.
The school has grown from an enroll
ment of seventy-fve to 115, which
necessitated an additional teacher after
the holidays. The school. has a valu-
able library of nearly 100 volumes, and
a new supply OF charts, etc, has been
added this year. Her school was Or
ganized in 1871, and the building and
appurtenances are valued at $4,000.
Topeka Capital; In digging a well
upon the farm Of William Foster, three
miles south OF Pauline, at depth OF
from thirty-fve to forty feet, three very
thin veins Of coal, somewhat resembling
camel, wore struck, and below the
coal a drip of heavy black oil was
found. The enclosing rock is a sort
OF sandstone, but until the coal APP
peared' the digging had been in sand
stone.
Tribune letter: The most successful
farmers institute ever held in western
Kansas was held at this place last week.
The attendance was large and the en-
thusiasm exhibited was immense Pro.
fessors Mayo and Graham of the agri-
cultural college, DR.. Sewall, of the
Denver university, and Hon. Martin
Allen of Hays City, were present and
delivered able addresses. A large num-
Der of citizens took active part and read
papers on various subjects.
Representatives from Baker unver-
sity, WRshburn college and the State
university met at the Eldridge house,
Lawrence, and arranged the intercol-
legiate base ball games for the spring
serson. State university will play Wash
burn at Topeka, May 10; Baker and
state university at Lawrence, May %,
and Washburn and Baker at Baldwin
May q. An intercollegiate field day,
all colleges in the state participating,
will be held at Lawrence May 90.
Topeka is to have a high school
The bonds carried at the election by
nearly 1000 majority, every ward
voting In favor OF them except the
Second ward. On location the strife
was between the John Martin home.
stead and the Baptist church property,
the latter winning by about 500 plural
lty. The site selected faces the west
front of the state house, on Harrison
street. It consists of nine lots with a
louth and east front. A good place for
l good building.
Atchison Champion: The action of
the police commissioners in compelling
5he jointists to close their places Of
on Sundays and at 10 o'clock
very other night in the week has OK
,ited the wrath of the liquor element to
'uch an extent that all sorts OF threats
have been made against the commits
'loners. The saloonists and gambling
len keepers were boiling over with in
iignation when the order came to close
1t 10 o'clock. There are eight saloons
n the town that pay $50 each month
nto the city treasury, or total of $40(
monthly and $4,000 annually. There
Ire also three gambling dens that pay
$500 monthly, or $4,000 annually
making total of $S,40O that is dc
lived from these two sources alone eack
year.
Ellis Review Headlight: A dispatch
'as received from Wa Keeney stating
hat the town was on fire and asking
Or aid, An extra was got ready as
Don as possible and loaded with hose,
tickets and a number of the shop men,
nd started with Engineer Trow at the
hrottle and made the run in about
minutes. On their arrival