Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

bonds voted to bore for gas, OIL etc.
amounting to $4,000. The broker in
question offered par value for the bonds.
Great Bend special: The first annual
meeting of the Cheyenne Courslng club
to have been held October 80, here, has
been indefinitely postponed owing to
conflict with neighboring meetings.
At Coffeyville the Illinois house
caught fire from an overturned lamp
and was burned to the ground. Most
of the contents on the first floor we're
saved but on the second floor, where the
fire originated, nothing was saved
The Clay Center militia company as
sembled at the depot to take the train
for Concordia, where an encampment of
the regiment had been ordeIel. They
rested on their arms two days waiting
for transportation that didn't come, and
then gave it up in disgust.
Emporia Republican: The flag rails
ing at the school house in District No.
53 was an occasion of unusual interest.
A programme was rendered consisting
of music, recitation, and declamations
by the pupils. Speeches we're delivered
by the county superintendent, members
OF the school board and others. A num-
Der OF citizens from the city were present
Joe Haas was brought back from Cot
tonwood Falls to Empora by Sheriff
Evans. He says he took the money
from his brother-in Flaw Kubrt for
fun" The joke isn't so funny now.
Haas had hid the money, $165, by
cutting hole in the sideboards
of his wagon, plt sing the cash inside and
then mailing piece over the hole.
Wichita Special james Herman, a
farmer living six miles west Of here, was
fatally shot during the night by a
stranger. He got ont of bed and went
to tho we'll for drink. There he sud-
denly ran up against man on horse
back, who shot him without word.
Herman, in dying condition, dragged
himself to the house and the man es-
capped
The county clerk made a report to the
auditor OF the state of the amount of
delinquent taxes to be credited to Shaw.
nee county as required by law. The
report shows very small delinquentage
compared with year ago.
The delinquent taxes are as follows:
Personal property ..,,.... .....,,.. S802.0l
Teal estate. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1888
Railroad Observation-Disclosures. G87.16
Total Observation-Disclosures. Sl.67SS0
Topeka Journal; The Office of poor
commissioner will be conducted differ
ontly this season from heretofore. Up
to this time people able to prove them
selves worthy OF charity, we're given
flour, potatoes and other provisions as
we'll as fuel, by the poor commissioner.
Now the applicants must go without this
small assistance and go to the poor farm,
or take care of themselves, leaving no
middle course. There is no doubt but
under the old system tho county was in
many cases imposed upon, and the change
was made largely to remedy this feature.
Some of the farmers in the vicinity Of
Lane, Franklin county, are engaging
largely in the culture of tobacco. Fully
200 acres have been grown this year, and
the venture has proven so profitable that
next year the acreage viii be more than
doubled. Several men have more than
ten acres each. The yield this year
was about 1900 pounds to the acre,
which is good. AS the price in the Gin
cinnati market, where all of it is Sold is
10 cents pound, and the cost Of grow
ing it is not more than $50 an acre, it
is readily seen that the crop was profit
able one. One man bought farm
year ago for $4,000, and raised $1,000
worth of tobacco this year in addition to
a sufficient value Of other crops to meet
all his expenses for the season, leaving
him as net profit so per cent on the cost
of his farm. The quality of the tobacco
raised in Franklin county is excellent,
comparing favorably with that raised in
the best tobacco growing districts Of
Kentucky.
From Winfield; This city was visit
cd by severe storm Saturday night,
Oct 20. The storm came from the south
west and was about two miles wide. J.
P. Baden's warehouse was totally de-
stroyed, and the store of j. b. Linn was
unroofed and damaged to the extent of
$4,000. Baden's damage will amount
to $4,000. Plate glass was broken in
several business houses and trees and
outbuidings were thrown around in
promiscuous way. The damage to prop
erty in this respect will amount to about
$4,000. Geuda Springs, eighteen miles
southwest of this city, suffered a great
loss. Several business houses and dwell
ings were blown to pieces. The heavi-
est losses are: Nat Wells, one-storv
frame blown to atoms; Tom Royal, one
story frame business house blown away;
Teal livery barn, total loss Hubbel
block, total loss; Pond Lumber company
ward scattered and office blown away j,
Albright block, damage $4,000. Dr.i
Duffield, who was in his buggy, was
blown over and received internal injuries
The bus on its way from the train with
Mrs. Ayers and Mr.. Wood inside, was
blown over, but both escaped unhnrt.
The billiard hall had the roof blown off.
Barns and outbuildings are down gener-
ally. A fiat car loaded with coal stand
in O IN tho switch wac blown ont on tho