Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13


erything will be ready for the first wa
ter by January l. With the exception
of an irrigating plant at Eureka, Kan.
sas, the pumps Of which raise 100000
gallons per hour, this one is the largest
in the state.
The Newton city library has been in
creased by 300 new books.
There arc four Thirty-thrd degree
and thirty-fve Thirty-second degree
Masons in Wichita.
Topeka Capital: The Saturday Night
club has accepted an invitation to visit
the private art gallery of B. w. Wood
ward at Lawrence at some time in the
near future.
Atchison is asking for government
bonded warehouse. All the brandy dis
titled in Nebraska and northwestern
Missouri will be stored there, if one is
established.
There is a cooperative boarding club
n Leavenworth that has been in sue
cessful operation for five years There
will be big celebration of the fifth an
niversary, December l.
The young ladies, Misses Maud and
Minnie Graham, who started on horse
back from their homo in Winfield for
Lafayette Ind, a few weeks ago, ar
rived at their destination in the best OF
health and we'll pleased over their trip.
Topeka Capital: John Stewart, of the
Wells-Fargo Expresscompany has.learned
that his bicycle has been shipped from
Los Angeles, Cal. The machine was stolen
in this city about four months since.
1t has been recovered and is now en-
route to its owner.
The cold storage house of Ryan &
Richardson in Leavenworth, shipped to
England, through a New York house, a
carload Of selected Jonathan apples for
the consumption of royalty. The APP
pies came from the Wellhouse orchard
in Fairmount township, the largest in
the world.
Delphos Republican: Delphos fur
nished Thanksgiving turkeys and chick
ems for large portion Of the world this
year. Nearly a whole train load of
poultry was shipped from this station,
and large amount was turned away
for lack of cars to ship in. If you want
a good, wide awake trading point come
to Delphos.
Stockton News: An accident occur
red at the Touring mills at Alton. How
ard Cole a young man whose home is
near Lenora, was operating the engine
10 the mill when it became necessary to
'throw on" a belt. In so doing, his
thumb caught and his arm was drawn
around the pulley and torn entirely off.
Cole was also pulled against a stake
driven into the ground and the end Of
it was thrust into his side and into his
lung After the accident he retained
strength enough to arise, pull the stake
from his breast and walk from the en-
CINE room to the MILL distance of fifty
feet, and to tho second floor Of the mill
before ne found help. His arm was torn
off just below the shoulder, the bone
being broken entirely off.
From Enterprise. Mrs. G. M. Case,
the widow of the late Hon. Chas. M.
Case, has Just issued neatly printed
catalogue of her library, informing the
citizens of this and neighboring cities
that the fine private library of her late
husband is now open to the public. This
places within the reach of every reader
in this county the use of what has been
recognized as the finest private library
in the state of Kansas. 1t contains mp
wards of $500 volumes, many of the
works being valuable and rare editions.
This library, which was tho pride of the
departed husband, is valued at $4,000,
not calculating the value Of many fine
etchings and paintings of which he was
the possessor. The library is rich in
art, history, biography, poetry, fiction
and criticisms, in addition to which are
the most valuable up-to-date works of
reference.
Masked robbers entered Heinz's lunch
house in Atchison and compelled the
proprietor to hand over 500. Similar
cases are of nightly occurrence Of late
and the police are powerless to prevent
it.
A team of horses driven by Judge
Josiah Lane, superintendent of the
Western Coal and Mining company at
Pittsburg, ran away, throwing the
driver and his wife to Che ground, in
flicting serious injuries on both. Mrs.
Lane is hurt much the worse. Her
arm is broken.