Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Smallpox at Atchison has very nearly
died out There have been no new
cases and but few patients remain at
tho city hospital.
At Fort Scott lightning struck two
houses and church The house OF Geo.
Bacon was almost entirely ruined. Much
damage was done by heavy rains and
strong Winds
Topeka Capital The Mid Continent
mills has received six new double stands
which, when placed in position, will in
crease the daily capacity of mill from
4s0 to 600 barrels day.
From Great Bend: d. r. Jones, OK
county clerk, who forged county war
rants by raising the figures, was found
guilty on four counts and sentenced to
eight years in the penitentiary.
From Garden City: State Geologist
Robert Hay has decided that the Paw
nee hills in Garfield township have no
zinc in them. He says the dark shale
found there does not indicate coal.
Oswego News: Thirteen more oil and
gas leases were recorded at the registers
Office, making in all about fifty recorded
in the past two months. Those recorded
cover land in Mount Pleasant town
ship
Topeka Capital: The secretary OF
the Masonic home states that circulars
will be sent to every community in Kan
sas where Masonic organization exists,
requesting propositions for the location
Of the Masonic home.
An excursion will be run from central
and eastern Kansas points to Garden
City some time in July for the pur-
pose Of giving large number Of inter
ested farmers an opportunity to see the
workings of irrigation in the Arkansas
valley.
Walter Lippincott, formerly of Tope-
ka, son Of x-Chancellor Lippincott OF
Kansas university, received special mem
ton for his work in Greek at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. He was one OF
three members OF the sophomore class
to be mentioned.
Weir Citizen; Bertha Apologize, the
little daughter Of @. S. Apologize, a
carpenter, was driving COW to the'pas-
ture, and while on the way she was met
by another COW which hooked her in the
side, tearing cash from the seventh
rib to the shoulder.
Bangor (Me.) Industrialist; W. P.
Appleyard, who has been running a wool
len mill at Sebec, is to move his business
west and has taken all the machinery
and loaded it into cars tagged for To-
peka, Kan. Residents of Sebec are
sorry to have the business moved away
In the republican league migration to
Denver there were only two special
trains, though nearly all the trains go
ing west had extra coaches. Local bHsi-
ness was good, and people took advan-
taGe of the cheap rates to 60 to the
mountains for two weeks or months
outing.
Delphos will have big time during
the month of August, and lots Of peo-
pie will be there from a distance. The
Spiritualist camp meeting commences
early in the month and will continue
till the Goth. Then comes the soldiers
reunion Of three days and soon after
the Scotch reunion, which will bring
lots of folks to the city.
People of Oswego and surrounding
country, B. W, Perkins home, assem-
bled at the opera house at the time Of
the funeral in Washington. The grand
army and other organizations first gath
cred at their respective halls and
marched to the opera house, to muffled
drums. The services consisted Of short
euIogies by friends and neighbors OF the
deceased.
j. A. Smith, the populist lawyer who
wrote letter to Governor Lewelling
last January, setting forth wholesale
charges Of boodling and corruption on
the part of the police authorities OF
Kansas City, Kan, was acquitted of the
charge of criminal libel by jury in the
Wyandotte district court. 1t was Smiths
second trial on this charge, the jury
which heard the testimony at the first
trial having failed to agree on a verdict
Superintendent W. H. DIN, Of o.
borne schools, is getting up an excursion
party for the N. E. A. over the Rock
Island route He has secured an elegant
chair car to run from Topeka through
without change to Asbury Park. He
will carry the state banner now held by
Morris county and invites all wishing
to avoid the transfers in Chicago to adj
dress him at Sedan, Kan. This Asbury
car leaves Topeka by the Kansas City
regular train, July 6.
Sterling Bulletin: Local grain buy
ers tell the Bulletin that the supply of
old wheat in the country is very small
being but small fraction Of last years
crop A few men still hang onto their
grain in hope Of an advance The grain
men also say that good deal Of last
years corn is yet in the farmers bins,
however. 1t seems strange that wheat