Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Wichita has voted by good majority
to issue $4,000 of city bonds, to bore
for coal or gas.
The housekeeper at the Soldiers Or.
phans' home at Atchison has put up GOO
quarts OF tomatoes.
Rain fell at Pttsburg during the first
four days Of September to the total Of
six and one-half inches.
Hiawatha specials A portion of the
stables at the fair grounds are burned.
Four fine horses in training, including
n stallion owned by Hon. John Schil-
ling, were burned.
Kansas has 166,617 farms, according
to tho report OF the census bureau, rank
ing seventh In the list OF states, and
surpassed only by Ohio, Illinois, Mis-.
souri, Texas, New York and Iowa.
The Grand Army Of the Republic has
about 10000 members in Kansas, and
the new department commander has
been complimented from headquarters
for the excellent showing made in his
official report.
ElDorado special OF September 4: The
heaviest rain since the food last spring
fell in this county last night. 1t COM
menced raining at s p. m. and kept up a
continual downpour until this morning.
| The streams are all swollen and eyerv-
body is happy.
Atchison Champion; An eastern firm
has opened a depot for buying and ship
ping apples at Parnell. They are put
ting up building forty feet wide by
sixty feet long. There are great many
apples in the vicinity of Parnell; one
man has over 700 barrels. The new firm
will buy all that is offered.
Linoman Luckey, of the telephone
company Of Leavenworth, was accident
ally drowned in Atchison He was cross
ing the river at Atchson in skiff
when it got into whirlpool and cap
sized with him. Mr.. Luckey has been
with the telephone company several
years, and was good steady man.
At Medicine Lodge during the heavy
thunder storm of September l, gentle
man from Leavenworth who was former
ly in the cattle business in that coun-
tY with man by the name of Hoover
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed. He was driving out to Hoovers
ranch at the time in a two-horse buggy.
Miss Susan B. Anthony has recently
turned over to the Kansas treasurer,
certain lands in this state recently be-
queathed to her The Kansas campaign
committee will realize as much as pos
sible from the lands for the payment Of
campaign expenses. Miss Anthony will
probably come to Kansas in October.
r. N. Allen, of Chunute, president of
the trustees of Baker university, re-
ceived a telegram from Rev. Lemuel II.
Murlin, of Vincennes, Ind. accepting
the presidency of Baker university to
succeed Rev, W. A. Quayle, who recent
ly resigned to accept the pastorate of
the Independence avenue M. E. church,
of Kansas City, Mo.
Prof. Shows weather report for Au-
gust says: 1.-THE warmest August of our
record, except that OF 1874. There were
twenty-one days on which the mercury
reached 80 degrees The precipitation
was less in only one August of the
twenty-six years of our record. Tho
total run of the wind was lower than
the August average"
A steam pipe connecting boilers in
the Leavenworth electric light plant
bursted, killing James Porter, fireman,
He was working close to the pipe when
it exploded, which knocked him down
and the steam poured over him Cor fully
fifteen minutes. Porter was literally
boiled alive and died soon after the ac-
cident. He leaves wife and six chill
dren.
The Lawrence schools opened with
larger attendance than was ever known
in the city. The increase is apparent
from the High school clear down to the
first grade, Though the teaching force
is the same in number as last year pro-
vision has been made for the accommo-
diation of all. A kindergarten depart
ment has been added to the city schools
and while as yet supported by private
patronage, the indications are that il will
SOON become part of the regular
school system.
Emporia letter: Asplendid programme
was rendered at the dedicatoTy exercises
Of the new assembly room Of the Kansas
state normal school, which, with the new
additions, will cost in the neighborhood
of 100000. Among the notables pres
emit, who participated in the exercises
were: President G. F. Fairchild, of the
state agricultural college Chancellor F.
II. Snow, state university; Hon. H. N.
Gaines, superintendent of public in
struction; Hon. S. NJ. Scott, president
of the board of public works; President
A. r. Taylor, state normal, and EXPIRES.
idents L. B. Kellogg and R. B. WEIGH
The formal delivery of the keys was
made by Hon. S. NJ. Scott and response
was made by Hon. John Madden, presi-
dent Of the board of normal regents
Some splendid chorus music was rem
dered by the Kansas Prize Chorus, of
Empora, consisting of seventy-fve