Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19

or the 236 men, forty-seven are farmers
or fruit-growers, seven are professors or
instructors in other agricultural col
leges, eight are in the United States de.
partment Of agriculture, or in expert
ment STATIONS, and the remainder are
distributed throughout the entire range
of possible employment from law to Y.
M. @. A. work. OF the 100 women grad
yates, forty-three are housewives, twelve
who are listed as lat home" are pre-
sumably prospective housewives, thirty
two are engaged in teaching, two are
printers, four are stenographers, three are
bookkeepers, one is an editor, and the
remainder are employed in various ways.
The fall term OF the agricultural col
lege will begin on September 10Th next,
with examinations for admission. Copies
Of the catalogue and other information
may be obtained by addressing the pres
ident or the secretary, Manhattan,
Kansas.
The average wages paid to the eighty
four county school teachers in Atchison
county is $42 a month.
Salina is again hopeful. A govern
ment architect is working on plans for a
public building there and the possibility
is growing that an appropriation for
such building may be made by the
present congress.
Workmen have begun repairs upon
Snow hall at Kansas university, whore
the walls have begun to settle. The
building will be put in first class condi-
ton during the summer. 1t is esti-
mated that the repairs and improvements
will cost about $780,
Arkansas City Traveller: The clerk Of
the school board, Alex Wilson, has paid
the last bond Of the $4,000 issue, made
over ten years ago to build the Fourth
ward school building. 1t was held by
Hector Mclean and the entire issue
was sold him over ten years ago by Ma
jor Sleeth.
Salina Republican: A farmer was IA
the city trying to secure help for the
harvest field. He offered good wages
and was anxious to secure hands. He
met with about the same experience that
farmers have had heretofore; the loaf
ers who are talking the loudest about
having no work didn't accept the OPP
portunity.
Topeka Capital: Prof Henry Wor-
raj has returned from visit to Western
Kansas, where he made a number of
sketches, showing the irrigation plants
and the equipment The sketches will
be prepared with a series of descriptive
articles for Harper's Magazine. The en-
tire number is very interesting and
faithfully portrays the method of the
work.
! Topeka Capital: Recently county
warrant for $113 and some cents APP
peared at the Barber county treasurer'a
office at Medicine Lodge for payment.
1t was issued some eleven years ago to
Z. Dwight Thacher for stationery sup
plies and indorsed mot paid for want OF
funds" by w. 7. Rouse, county treas
urer. Mr.. Thatcher died this spring and
in looking over his old papers the piece
of scrip was found.
From Pttsburg A number Of the
coal companies doing business in this
district are cleaning up pending a set
Element OF the strike caused by the Pull
man boycott 1t has been hard to OBJ
tain cars to transport the coal for some
time and now they anticipate being
compelled to shut down for some time
for the above reason. Kansas & Texas
shaft No. 20 has been running on half
time and the Santa Fe works at Fronte-
nae are idle for lack of caSs,
Salina Republican: On June 30, dur
ing the shower we had here, a heavy
hailstorm swept over Brookville, destroy
ing all the windows on the south side of
the houses. The school buildings had
one hundred and six lights broken.
Twentv-nine were broken in the city
hall and plate glass in place of bust
ness. John Lindquist was seriously hurt
by stone striking him in the forehead.
Many chickens we're killed in the track
of the storm, which was about one mile
wide. Joe Morgan's new barn with a
corrugated iron roof was perforated like
nutmeg crater. Wallace Tuthill, OF
Salina, reportstha on his farm west of
here one of his men had his head badly
cut by stone. Stones that measured
eight inches in circumference we're
picked up an hour after the storm. The
crops and fruit were heavily damaged.
Conductor E. L. Num-, Of the South
ern Kansas railroad, dropped dead at
the Winfield depot. Cause, heart fall
ure. The remains we're sent to Chanute,
the home Of the deceased, by special
train.
A son of Charles Peterson, OF Law
renee, was run over by an ice wagon at
the postof1ice corner. The team was go
ing at a rapid rate and two of the wheels
passed over the boys back near the
waist. The back was not broken but
, the extent Of the child's injuries cannot
be determined yet. 1t is not thought
that he can recover