Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

the Guuey Galey vi company struck
good quality Of petroleum at the depth
ri 868 feet.
Haskell institute at Lawrence was quar-
antined during January and February on
account Of measles, There was over 100
cases of the disease.
A practical miner who has been pros
pecting in the vicinity Of Argentine
for some time claims to have struck q
good vein Of camel coal.
From st. Francis: An $4,000 school
house has been voted by this city and
the people by popular election will de-
eide whether it shall be built Of brick or
wood.
Correspondence has been carried on
recently relative to the establishment of
a series of joint debates between repre-
sentatives OF the universities Of Kansas
and Nebraska.
So far this year 121 pupils have been
enrolled in the Labette county high
school, Fourteen of the sixteen town
ships in the county are represented in
the attendance.
The Osklaloosa Epworth League, as.
sisted by public spirited citizens, has sue
ceeded in establishing free reading
rooms for the use Of all who will con-
form to the rules.
Pierson Bros Mill at Lawrence ship
ped recently an export order Of ten car
loads of flour to The Hague and Ant
werp, Holland, They are also at work
on shipment of fourteen car loads to
London, England
The dedication Of st. Johns Luthern
college at Winfield was made a gala
day for the city, Special trains came
loaded from near points and there were
visitors from all over Kansas, also from
Chicago and 81 Louis.
From Howard: Miss Myra White,
recently admitted to the bar in Elk coun-
ty, enjoys the distinction of being the
first Of her Sex to have that honor con-
ferred in that county. She has served as
a deputy district clerk for number of
years.
Near Smith Center an accident re-
suited in the death of the three year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs O. j. Hawthorn. A
kettle full of hot lard was set on the
floor for a few minutes and into this the
child fell. He was rescued Immediately,
but not until he had been 80 seriously
burned that death followed the same
day.
Mrs. j. r. Walker, wife ola Fort Scott
printer by that name brought suit in the
district court for $4,000 against Louis
Klingbeil, saloonkeeper for selling her
husband whisky and destroying the hap
piness of their home circle. The papers
filed also include the names of several
other saloonists. A large number of
prominent citizens will be subpenaed
us witnesses.
G. H. Zabriski, who was cashier of the
Ewing bank at Edna, Labette county,
that suspended about eighteen months
ago, was arrested at Thayer, in Neosho
county, by Sheriff Bennett on five in
dictments returned by the grand jury,
charging him with receiving deposits
when he knew that the bank was insolv-
ent. His bond has been fixed at $4,000
on the several charges.
From Sharon Springs; The county
commissioners met in special session and
called special election to locate the
county seat permanently at Sharon
Springs, which was made the temporary
seat of government for five years by
the legislature in 1889. The election
will be held on April 0. No fight
is anticipated, 40 Sharon Springs is
in the center of the county.
Taking the whole year through there
is an average Of from three to five Car
loads Of paper sent out from the Lawrence
mills every week, This goes to terri
tory west of the Mississippi river in
most every direction. Except on spe-
ial order only one kind of paper from
straw, is made, but at times rag paper
is also made. The mills are now run
ming night and day, employing between
thirty and forty hands.
Arrangements have been made by the
Wichita Fair association to have the an
nual meeting of the Kansas Trotting
Horse Breeders association, held in con-
nection with their fair from the End to
the 9th of next September The con-
tract has been signed, binding the trot-
ting association to give eight races.
This will be the eleventh annual meeting
Of the trotting association. All the best
breeders in the state are members of the
association, and some very good races
are held each year.
Catharine B. Smith died at her homo
in South Lawrence, after long illness,
at the advanced age Of So years. Mrs.
Smith was one of the earliest settlers in
Lawrence, having joined her husband,
Judge Smith, here in 1859. She was
one Of the founders Of the Trinity Epis-
copal church and was always active in
its support. Mrs. Smith was great
granddaughter of General Boadhead
of revolutionary fame, and her first hus-
band was DIR. John Francis, an uncle of
ex-Secretary Bayard. She leaves a
large number Of relatives, many Of whom
are prominent members of eastern Kan
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