Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

is l'Osl-twenty-iive less than year
ngo
Ayto|l has Just finished a 100000
bank building, which is credit to the
city and county.
The school population Of Kansas CITY,
Kan, is ll,702, an increase Of 1877 over
last year. or this number 1910 are
colored.
The Kansas City Union, the local Y
p. $. Q. d. paper asserts that there
are l46 open saloons in Kansas City,
KANSAS.
The supreme officers OF the Knights
of Columbia have called delegate meet
ing to be held at Kansas City on
August Ii.
Chancellor JAS II. Garfield, formerly
of Kansas state university and now Of
the Nebraska university, has been elect
ed to the position Of president Of the
Ohio state university He has not yet
accepted the offer.
BY vote of to Q the Wellington
city council in special session again
voted to build a city hail, adopted the
plans Of Architect A. r.. Elliott, which
provide for building to cost $4,000
and ordered advertisements for bids.
From Enterprise: Miss Marie Sem,
a teacher of Enterprise, Dickinson coun-
ty and graduate Of the State Agri-
cultural college at Manhattan, has ac-
copied position as instructor in the
South Dakota Agricultural college at
Brookings.
The elevator which was recently
burned at Armourdale, WyOndotte coun-
ty, is to be replaced with one of 100000
bushels capacity. II will be the second
largest in that great grain center and
will be ready for business by the timo
fall grain begins to arrive freely.
The retail grocers OF Atchison gave a
picnic at Forest park, at which 10000
people were present. Speeches were
made by ex-senator John j. Ingalls,,
the first he has made here, his home, in
fifteen years, and by Hon. Henry G.
Solomon. Every place of business in
the city was closed at noon.
Joe Dehoney, conductor on through
freight on the Santa Fe, while pulling |
handkerchief from his hip pocket at the |
Emporia depot, accidentally discharged |
a revolver The bullet entered his leg, in
dieting q painful, but it is thought not |
a serious wound, although the doctors
are as yet unable to locate it.
Wichita Beacon: A company Of WITCH.
TIA printers are getting together a lot of
material and placing it in the old Jour
nal block on South Main. Their object
8 to start paper to be called the Jour
lal. A meeting will be held this after
noon and officers will be elected. The
plant will be operated upon the CO.
operative plan.
Kansas City Gazette: Westward the
Star Of Empire takes its way The car
nd wheel shop which was built some
ears ago at Manchester, east and south
f Kansas City, Mo-, at cost of $780,
100, will be removed this week to Ar
nourdale in Kansas. Things cannot be
orced east or down stream. They must
o west and up stream.
New York Voice: Ex-Gov. John P.
t. John is about to locate in New
'ork city. He has been made general
manager for the United States and
janada Of the total abstinence depart
tent Of the American Union Life In
urance company. His office will be at
4 to 48 Cedar street, Continental
New York city.
Quite force is now engaged building
circular basin for lake around the
ectric fountain at tho Leavenworth
oldiers' home. This basin will be 100 c
'et in diameter, outside measure, and Q
inety feet at the water line. The work G
being done in very substantial man I
or and the beauty of the fountain will I
o greatly enhanced when it is COM I
leted. s
Walter Donaldson, the young man =
no appropriated about $4,000 Of the n
ceipts OF the Caldwell postoffice to his
Rn use some months ago, has been To-
tied in South America, and an effort
ill soon be made to bring him back. "
q is passing himself current there as y
10 scion Of wealthy American family, d
Id his intentions are to secure COM a
ission in the army. u
The thirteenth annual interstate re- d
hon Of the G. A. r. will be held at Il
lxter Springs, September 80. These a
unions have become almost national in IL
aracter, The attendance in the past
IS been very large and it is expected IA
at this year will eclipse all former ef- d
rts. The directors are well-known II
lsiness men Of Baxter Springs, with q
Oh comrades as Bob McGregor, of Of
lxter, and G. G, Heldy, of Galena, Gin VI
o saddle" The reunion grounds are is
Gated in beautiful grove on the bank te
Spring river, on the ground where &c
eneral Blunts bodyguard was massa- W
ID by Quantrells band in 1868. Prom Gu
ont speakers from all over the country Oh
Il be in attendance and the Modoc 81