Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
The assembly room OF the now high
school building at Topeka has been sup
piled with a program electric clock.

Champion says, is the only one that oc-
ours or the Central Branch road in
1894.
Leavenworth public schools were to
have opened September 10, but the date
was put of two weeks on account of q
smallpox Gcare.
The residence of H. B. Topping at
Ottawa was burned to the ground, in
volving loss OF about $4,000; fully in
sured. A gasoline stove was the cause
OF the blaze
The southern Kansas old soldiers re-
union which it is proposed TO hold at
Wichita October 1919 will be addressed
by ex-senator Ingalls, and Tom Reed il
present plans pan out.
Herman Evervine, wealthy wine
grower of Ditesheiln, Bavaria, Germany,
found his brother, August Evervine, in
Atchison, after separation and es-
arrangement for twenty years.
The Wichita city council has notified
the three companies furnishing light for
the city that they must scale their
prices down 80 per cont or tho contracts
will DO terminated September "a.
In Osborne county Labor day was
celebrated by the sale Of property for
delinquent taxes. The question will
probably be raised as to the legality OF
such a sale on that day, it having beon
made legal holiday by an act Of
congress.
The Lawrence council has passed an
ordinance that will divide the RESPONSE
bility for selling intoxicating liquors. 1t
makes the owner of the building where
the law is violated liable for fine of
800 to 5000, and imprisonment for
thirty days.
Topeka journal: The new high
school building is completed with the
exception of few minor improvements,
and Topeka has one of the finest high
schools in the west. The seats have
been placed in the assembly room and
600 pupils can be accommodated. Sin
gle seats are used instead Of the old
style double desks.
Garden City letter. Extensive prep
arations are being made for the fair
October 4, 5, and 6. The product sup
ply will be a surprise to those who i'm
agine there has been nothing but fail
ure this year. We have been favored
with another fine rain. These late rains
are adding many tons to the forage
crop Of the southwest
At Peabody the heaviest rain of the
season began falling, followed half an
hour later by terrific hail storm. Hail
stones the size of walnuts fell for TWEEN
ty minutes, one hail stone being found
which measured six inches in circum-
ference. The hail was followed again
by very heavy rain, which continued
for two hours, rainfall being eight inch
es. This greatly improves pasture, insures
stock and we'll water and places the
ground in condition for fall blowing.
Although the membership of the SOL
diers' home at Leavenworth is now up
to its full capacity and larger than ever
before, the sales of beer have decreased
over one-half. The falling off has be-
come SO marked that the paying Of the
band has become a serious question, as
the profits of the beer sales have been
one Of the principal sources of income to
the "post fund.-" from which the band is
paid But there will be other provi-
sions made to meet the deficiency from
that source, as the band is one of the
institutions of the home in which every
member feels a just pride and it will
not be dispensed with.
Professor Blake, of Kansas university,
has returned from the east, whereshe
spent the summer in practical expert
ments on his device for telephoning be-
tween vessels at sea, or between vessels
at sea and stations on land. His
experiments were conducted at Sandy
Hook. He was assisted in his work by
Commander @. II. West, of the United
States navy, and work was commenced
on July 10. There was so little time
that Professor Blake was unable to com
plete the experiments, and left them in
charge of Commander West and E.
w. Caldwell, who went from Kansas
university with him and knows all the
details Of the work. The government is
taking hold Of the experiment this year
with great deal of interest, and on
scale that will demonstrate whether or
not the invention of Professor Blake has
a practical value.
Lincoln Republican; There appears
10 be a gang, or perhaps two gangs, OF
cattle thieves working in the Saline val
Icy. Two lots of big, fat steers have
disappeared from their ranges. The
Hazel boys had over hundred steers IN
the Wykofr pasture between here and
Ellsworth. They found that eighteen of
their best cattle we're gone and no trace
Of them can be found. Z. N. Woodbury.,
Of Cawker City, has card in this paper
telling Of the loss of twenty head of big
steers from his pasture near Delhi. From
the fact that the number of cattle misc
ing each time is about a carload, our
local stockmen think they have been
shipped to market and not simply
Strayed away. The Hazel cattle were
attached to their pasture and were not
inclined to stray away, as during the