Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
There are thirty lawyers in Emporia.

Abilene 3 nlBn school graduating clasH
consists OF six boys and six girls. Com
mencement is May rs.
The Troy Oil company has had regis
tered nearly 200 leases on land in the
vicinity OF Fort Scott
Near Cawker City fossil shark has
been discovered ON farm, firmly in
beded in the rock twenty eight feet be-
low tho surface.
The Citizens State Bank OF Medici ne
Lodge pays B per cent interest on the
daily balances Of Barber county funds
deposited with 1t.
All children under eight years Of age
will DO excluded from the public schools
in Kansas City, Kan, next year because
Of insufficient accommodations.
Ex-senator w. ]. Buchan, who for
some days lay critically i'll OF pneumonia
at his home in Kansas City, Kansas, is
we'll on bis way to recovery. He is able
to 20 down to his Office
A proposition is under consideration
at Baxter Springs to turn the city hall
into a College building. Two profess
sors have offered to institute college
II the hall be given as bonus.
j. Fl. Dreker, proprietor Of large
saw mill near Xenia, Bourbon county,
while at work alone became entangled in
the betting and was drawn against one
OF the saws and his body severed near
the hips.
j. G. Stockham's fine farm house one
and half miles north of Conway is
burned to the ground. A defective hue
was the cause Twenty-Five dollars in
cash burned also. The loss was $1,000,
with no insurance.
The Mankato postolfice has been to-
tally destroyed by fire, The loss, aside
from the building, consists of $500
worth of government property and $500
or $500 worth belonging to the post
master, individually,
From Great Bend; The investiga-
tion of the books in the county clerks
office in Barton county has been COM
pleted. A total of $4,000 in fraudulent
warrants, issued when d. r. Jones was
clerk has been discovered.
The hardware store of Mont Van Bus
kirk, at Kincaid was entered by burglars
and about $75 worth Of goods taken.
The anti-horsethief association set to
work on the case and as a result the men
were caught at Fort Scott with the sto-
len goods.
Atchson Globe; The pupils Of the
Bremen school have collection Of thir-
ty-three kinds Of wood grown in Doni-
phan county. The idea of learning
good deal about your own county is
good. More Atchison pupils can bound
Germany than can bound Atchison
county.
A grand opening and dedication of
the new Petroleum park at Independ-
ence. will be held on the 10th day Of
May, 1894, under the auspices of the
G. A. r., Sons Of Veterans and Wom-
ems Relief Corps of Montgomery coun-
ty. Many eminent speakers will be
present.
Emporia Republican: Owen Williams,
Of this city, who is brakeman on the
Santa Fe, was shot in the leg at Hutch
inson by tramp whom he was attempt
ing to put off the train. He was taken
to hospital at Hutchinson where he
still remains. 1t is not believed, how
ever, that his wound will prove serious.
The tramp was arrested.
Judge Alden, Of Wyandotte county,
granted twenty divorces in two hours,
1t was default divorce day, and the
court room was filled with lawyers liti-
giants and witnesses. In no case did
the defendant in an action appear, but
Judge Alden required the plaintiff to
make sufficient showing before he would
grant the decree prayed for.
The Interstate Fair circuit, including
eastern Kansas and Western Missouri,
will hold its fairs and races at the fol-
lowing places upon the dates below
mentioned; Bolton, August 21-25; Ola
the, August 1881; Garnett, September
AZ; Burlington, September 11-15; Otta-
wa, September 1921; Paols, September
1928; La Cygne, October 2-5.
In the early morning Samuel T. Ferre,
farmer living close to Leavenworth,
was thrown from light road cart and
given injuries that will probably prove
fatal. He was driving young horse
that took fright suddenly and dashed
into some fence, which caused Ferre to
pitch out on his head, injuring his skull
and almost cutting his right ear off. His
little son, Ralph, riding with him, es-
capped with some severe bruises about
the head.
The Lincoln Republican tells Of ga
glorious rain" 1t says: A full inch
of water fell, as shown by the standard
United States gauge. 1t fell straight
down and went into the ground, and
brought out the grass, the wheat, the
oats, rye and smiles 1t was fine and
grand and welcome, and all that sort of
thing. We feel better now, so do the
farmers and all of us. The green is
coming into the trees and blue going