Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
KANSAS STATE NEWS. ]

The tax collections in Nemaha county
for December amounted to more than
100000.
John N. Reynolds, of Irwin He'll"
fame has been taken to the Osawatomie
insane ASYLUM.
Wyandotte county has claim on the
state now amounting to $4,700 for the
care OF insane patients.
The Armour Packing company made
a $4,000 tax payment to the treasurer
Of Wyandotte county last week.
Holton high school has graduated
l16 persons. or these oighty-seven
were girls and only twenty-nine were
boys.
Tho average score Of 104 exhibits OF
Kansas butter at the worlds fair was a
little better than ninety-three points, an
exceptionally good average.
The Meriden Creamery pays an aver
age Of 81, 100 per month for milk. The
lowest price paid during the past year
was 70 cents, and the highest 81.
The Burlington city library is well
patronized. The reports of the libra
rian shows that there were ID, 100 visitors
during the past year, and that 1920
books were loaned
The Globe says that at Doniphan lake.
near Atchison, you can punch a hole in
the ice and light the gas that escapes.
The gas from hole the size of wash
tub will burn about minute, throwing
up flames foot high.
W. M. Rice, of Fort Scott, who fol
some time has been employed in New
York City as special agent in the GUS
toms department Of the government, has
been invited by Secretary Carlisle TO
send in bis resignation.
The Emporia Republican tells of a
bad accident. Reuben Dougherty, an
old soldier, formerly Of company d,
First California volunteers, while driv-
ing to his home three miles south aftor
dark, with team Of horses and wagon,
went over a steep bank down into the
frozen Cottonwood river about thirty
feet below It was not until noon that
the body Of Dougherty was discovered
farther down under the ice, with huge
cash in his face where he struck the
ice. He has no family, except daugh-
ternalned Ella, who is at school in Hutch
inson, and who was notified by wire.
The g. A. r. took charge of the remains.
Figures from the advance sheets OF
this years catalogue for the university
Of Kansas show that the attendance 10
now larger than it was last year at this
time. There are now in attendance in
all the schools $50 men and women and
nearly 400 are enrolled in university ex-
tension classes for credit, 30 that there
will DO over 1000 names in the cats-
logue. A compilation Of the occupation
Of parents Of pupils in school this year
shows that SO per cent. are children of
farmers, 14A per cent. are the children
Of laborers and artisans, 81 per cent.
children Of men engaged in commercial
pursuits, IA per cent. children OF profess
sional men, 81 per cent. the children Of
bankers or capitalists, and l per cent.
the children Of politicians, OF 626 ques-
toned, 1875 are entirely self-suppofting
and seventy-eight are partially self-sup-,
porting.
Kansas City, Mo-, Star: The manu-.
facture Of butterine in Kansas City,
Kan, has increased every year since
1887, when national legislation for the
regulation of the manufacture and sale
Of that product was had. The total pro-
duction Of butterine in tho United
States in 1899 reached sixty-seven mil
lion pounds, Of which Kansas City,
Kan, furnished one-fourth. This year
shows q further increase. Kansas
City, Kan, has four factories en-
gagged in the manufacture of butterine.
The Armour Packing company alone
manufactures 81 million pounds or one
eighth OF the total production Of Amer
lea. The Kansas City product finds its
way into every state in the union and it
goes into Mexico and Canada and into
the West Indies, South America, China,
Japan and the islands Of the Pacific.
Added to this, large supplies Of oleo oil
and neutral are exported to European
countries, where they are used in the
manufacture OF butterine.
Wichita special Since the ruling OF
the supreme court ON the proper dispo-
sition Of fees collected by County Clerk
M. A. Cravin, clerk of the county and
late president of the clerks association,
he has received letters from nearly every
clerk in the state urging him to prepare
and hurry forward test case covering
all points in dispute. According to re-
port Just made out by order Of the COM
missionors of this county, County Clerk
Oravin has received during his term over
IS, 900 in fees, of which but $1,000 has
been turned over to the county and pre-
sumably all other county clerks have
collected proportionate amounts. II
these collections have to be refunded
by the counties, it will practically
bankrupt every clerk iu the state. Ora
vim claims that the salaries of county
clerks were fixed in 1872, but that in
1875 the Legislature imposed on
these officials the extra work Of keep
ing transfer records and provided for
the payment of this work by fees which
Il waa intended should 90 TO the clerks.