Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-04-05

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by capital will be furnished without de-
lay for the building Of the dam.
s. Morgan Smith, of York, Pa, a
large manufacturer Of water wheels, is
in the city meeting the power people
and figuring with them on the contract
for supplying thirty water wheels of 200
horse power each.
The next session Of the United States
district court will convene in Topeka
April 0.
The big Argentine elevator has re-
sumed operations after an idleness of
several months.
The Fort Scott sugar works expect to
make use Of the product OF 1900 acres
OF sugar cane this year.
Burr Oak will have bank soon.
Gentlemen from Pennsy lvania are there
looking over the location.
The 1894 session Of the Winfield
Chautauquan assembly will be held at
Island Park, beginning June 20.
Measles have been almost epidemic in
Pittsburg. Quite number Of fatal
cases are reported, but the proportion
of fatalities is very light as compared
with the number affected.
Wa-Keeney is in rabbit warren APP
parently, On recent Saturday the
county clerk Of Trego county received
1,195 pairs of rabbit ears, and paid
bounty to the amount of $859.75.
Miss leila Neil, bright young wo-
man who claims Topeka as her birth
place, is doing illustrating for the W. G.
Il. U. Publishing company in Chicago
She is also the soprano soloist in North
Side church in that city.
Mcmillan Rennick was badly bruised
and had valuable horse killed in
runaway in the west part of Lawrence.
The team ran off a culvert into ditch
striking a stone wall on the further side.
Rennck will probably recover after
long illness.
The new Lawrence creamery will be
situated inside the city limits and will
be built on a much larger scale than
was at first intended. There will be
numerous skimming stations located at
surrounding points to act as feeders for
the main plant.
Salina wants n free library. The
requisite petition has been presented to
the city council, and that body acted
promptly, authorizing the mayor to sub
NIT the question of establishing and
maintaining a free library to the legal
voters Of the city.
At Great Bend the Walnut Creek
mills elevator is burned. Forty thou
sand bushels Of wheat were in store, on
which the damage cannot accurately be
estimated The damage to building,
machinery and grain is probably about
$4,000. The origin Of the fire is I'M
known.
Fort Dodge Soldiers home beef: 10
seph We'll, beef contractor and son-in-
law Of the commandment of the Kansas
Soldiers home, was arrested at st John
and brought to Dodge City on charge
of selling diseased meat to be issued to
the old veterans. He was placed under
$500 bond and trial set for the 29th.
Other arrests may follow.
The Topeka High school will I'M
doubtedly be finished by the first Of
July, several weeks earlier than was ex-
pected, on account Of the good weather.
The electric wiring is being done now
and all rooms will contain electric bell
connection. Speaking tubes, program
clock, and all the latest improvements
in all kinds Of fittings will be in the
building.
Atchison's new postofIice building was
opened quietly to the public. 1t is of
quarry faced Cottonwood Falls stone
and is one of the first to be built by the
government for postofice purposes
alone. 1t occupies one Of the most prom
inent corners in town. Its cost was
$4,000, though the appropriation was
100000. The $4,000 unused will be
turned back into the treasury.
Representatives from every county in
the Third congressional district of Kansas
met in Parsons and organized the South
eastern Kansas Immigration association,
the object of which is to encourage immi-
grafton to this portion of the state, The
association will be Incorporated under
the state laws. B. Cook, of Chetopa,
was elected president; D. E. McClelland,
of Chanute, vice president, and j. W.
Willis, of Cherryvale, secretary and
treasurer. Cherryvale was selected as
the permanent headquarters of the as
ISOLATION.
The strength of the Fort Leavenworth
garrison at present consists OF forty
seven officers and 702 enlisted men.
A building permit has been issued by
Fire Marshal Wilmarth to Thomas Page
Of North Topeka for the building of
1000 addition to his mill on the rail-
road ground between Quincy and Mon
roe streets. The building is to have
forty foot frontage, fifty feet deep and
two stories high. 1t will be built of
brick with an iron roof. II is to be COM
pleted about May l.