Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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publican river, has shut down for want
Of water power.
The millers along the Solomon VAL
Icy are going to enter a vigorous kick
against utilizing the water of that river
Tor irrigation purposes. Nearly every
mill has had to shut down on account
OF scarcity Of water.
The indebtedness OF Kansas is but
1901, 900 and S545,000 Of that sum Is
the investment Of our permanent school
fund and held in this department, leav-
ing but the small balance of 1886, 900
held outside the state.
The members of the Veteran Kelley
league OF the Leavenworth branch OF
the Home are making great preparations
for going to the national Kelley con-
ventiou which will meet in Colorado
Springs on September II, II and ID.
A bis fruit drying establishment is
being put in at Atchison, and will afford
fruit growers fairly profitable market
for their surplus and below standard
product. There are several evaporat-
ing factories operating on large scale
in the eastern part of the state.
From Beloit: Frank Applegate's real
estate Office at this place was entered by
burglars and over $4,000 secured. The
money belonged to an eastern man who
recently arrived and made arrangements
to purchase n farm through his agency.
He had closed the deal and was to
make the payment next morning, de-
posting the money in Applegates' safe
over night.
Topeka Capital; A. F. Eby, the gro
ceryman who recently moved across the
street discovered, while at work cleaning
up the cellar, gas jet burning. The
cellar has been unused for the past six
years and the gas is thought ito have been
burning all that time. When Mr.. Eby
first discovered the flame he was much
surprised. He stopped up the jet with
piece Of soap. No occupants OF the
building in. the last six years have used
the cellar.
There are now present in the Leaven-
worth home $500 men. In four DAYS
$4,000 was paid out in pensions. There
have been but two arrests made by the
police and they were for trivial offences
Some may think this the result of
stringent rules, but there are no rules
any further than those observed in
every well regulated household. Every
man not on duty is free to go and come
at any time between tho hours Of a. m.
and $3.50 p. m.
At the race track at Leavenworth,
Peter Cunningham, a miner, received
fatal injuries while trying to steal into
the track grounds. He crawled through
the hedge fence at the feet of wild
borse which became frightened and
started to kick and plunge. Ginning
ham got under the animals feet and
was trampled about the head and body
in horrible manner. After the horse
was taken off Cunningham he was given
attention by physicians but they say be
cannot live.
A large, double ice house in North
Lawrence, belonging to the Eidemiller
ice company, was entirely destroyed by
fire on the night of August 26. The in
dications point to incendiarism, but
there is no clue as to the perpetrators Of
tho crime. The building contained about
400 tons OF ice, which was entirely de-
stroyed but covered by insurance. 1t
has been but a week since a coal shed
belonging to the firm which owned the
ice was burned in the Santa Fe yards.
The ice house was valued at $1,000, and
partially insured.
Parsons Sun: A gang of men are OPP
Grating in this and neighboring coun-
ties, and they are catching the unsus.
pecting farmer in great shape. Their
scheme is to show pile of dry goods
which they carry with them, consisting
of calico and kindred goods, and offer
the same at fabulously low prices. They
offer SIS, $40 or $25 worth at the low
price of Sc, 81, or So, and then do not
even want the cash, but accommodate
the farmer by taking his note, payable
in sixty or ninety days, with the prom
Use that the goods will be forthcoming
by express in a fow days. Several farm
ers who have bitten have received notice
from banks stating that they have their
notes for $50 or $50.
Kansas City, Mo-, Journal: The
trustees Of the John Brown Industrial
college have purchased eighty acres Of
ground at Bonner Springs, Kans. For
some time the members of the commit
tee selected to secure a location have
been looking for suitable site, and
| finally decided upon tract Of land near
Bonner Springs. The college will be
built and conducted for the benefit OF
the colored race in the United States
It is the intention Of the association tc
give to each student a trade of his own
selection. The institution is to be sup.
ported by contributions and earnings Of
the farm and students. This move
ment was begun several years ago, ir
this state, and has been pushed until
, the college society has large member
ship in nearly every state in the Union