Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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cities for sidewalk use 1t is quarried in
large slabs.
Salina Republican: James Melon
nell will draw on the county treasurer
for thirty dollars, the fruit Of one days
labor hunting wolves. He succeeded in
catching ten.
Nortonville has had a $4,000 fire,
losses distributed among a dozen or
more property owners, and said to be
mostly covered by insurance. Cause OF
the fire not known.
The negroes imported to Pittsburg
from Alabama last year to work in the
coal mines, are rapidly leaving. Anoth-
or batch has gone to take the places OF
striking miners at Hartshorn, 1. T.
There has never been a boy valedic-
torian among any Of the graduates Of
the Atchison high school. The race for
the honor this year was very close be-
tween boy and girl, and the girl
won.
A man at Nashville, Nngman county,
found a $500 diamond stud in the stock
yards there. The jewel was lost two
years ago by cattle king who was
helping unload his cattle to take out
dead animal.
Atchison Champion: Eggs seem to
have been staple product on the Cen
trail Branch lately. Five cars of eggs
from this road were shipped from here
last week, one for New York and two
each for Pennsylvania and California.
One car Of poultry was sent to California.
A flowing we'll has been struck at the
depth OF 868 feet on tho Nye farm, near
Thayer When the drill was withdrawn
the oil gushed to the height of ten or
twelve feet and has continued flowing
since. The work at the several other
wells is being pushed as oxpedtiously
as possible, with good indications Of
successful finds.
Harper Sentinel; The Attica sugar
works were sold at sheriff's sale for &c.
635. A Mr. Zoos, of Springfield, Ohio,
was the purchaser, and will move the
machinery at once to Springfield. The
plant represents an investment of nearly
100000. The mill has not been in OPP
GRAFTON for nearly three years. The
land on which the plant was located was
sold for $35.
The grand encampment Of the /. o.
O. f. convenes in Ottawa, Wednesday,
June 6, 1894. This promises to be an
exceedingly interesting session, as the
Patriarchs Militant will attend in full
uniform, and there will be competitive
drill for two valuable prizes. 1t is also
expected that there will be an Odd Eel
lows orphans home demonstration in
the way of defeating the home.
While the herd of elephants belonging |
to the circus was being driven past the
Leavenworth police headquarters, a
white horse belonging to Gardener Put
nun, on the market, was killed by fright.
He looked at the herd, gave a wild |
snort, reared up, pitched forward on his
head and was dead in three minutes.
Mr.. Putnum has owned the horse for
eighteen years. The animal was twen-
ty-four years old.
Atchison Globe Farmers say the
country is swarming with tramps, who
beg food at farm houses during the day
and sleep out under the trees at night.
The tramps steal a great deal of garden
truck at night, which they eat at their
camp fires A good many of the farm
ers have quit giving them food, as the
demand has been too great of late. An
Atchison man who drove to Huron re-
GENTLY says he saw at least fifty tramps
along the road.
Topeka Journal: Dr. Geo. Dick, Of
his city, has a horse which seems to
possess the faculty of Judgment. The
loctor drives the horse to his office ev-
Try day, except on Sunday, and then he
S driven to the Presbyterian church.
lie has learned the system so we'll that
low his driver lays down the lines,
md the horse trots to the office, if on a
week day, but on Sunday he goes to the
hurch without line being drawn. He
las done this repeatedly.
The miners of the Central Coal and
Joke company's shafts Nos and 8, at
Weir city, have held meeting and de-
lided not to suspend work, but have APP
pointed committee to wait upon Mr..
Perry and be placed on the same scale
8 is the other shafts OF that company,
where they are paying Sc cents for mine
I'm coal. The shafts are so far all run
ling on full time and the operators say
he only thing that troubles them is to
,et enough cars to fill their many or
erg.
When the second day of the Kansas
nights of Pythias grand lodge meet
ng opened over 1900 members of the
rider were in Leavenworth, and the at
was tho largest ever known in
his state. At the grand lodge meeting
Ulcers for the next year were selected
s follows: Grand Chancellor, P. G.
ioomis, Galena; vice chancellor, @.
J. Elliott, Wellington; grand prelate,
lobert McGonigle, Colby; grand master
t arms, J. H. E. Wiegant, Leaven-
,orth; grand keeper records and seals,