Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

lola Register: lola will be sure ID
build up as soon as spring opens up
There isn't an empty house or store
room in town and the demands for them
are getting quite numerous. We are
all right for '95.
lola Register: Land is being cleared of
along the creek at Pleasant Valley az q
fearful rate. We heard OF forty loads OF
wood being hauled on one road In a
single day last week and Adams g.
Smith are being overrun with logs In
spite OF all they can do to keep clear
Alma special: Fire broke out in the
Commercial hotel here, aud in less than
ono hour it was a heap of ashes. 1t was
valued at $4,000 and insured for $4,000.
1t was owned by Shumate & Son. Fit.
ty dollars in cash, some jewelry and
nearly all the furniture burned. 1t was
one Of the first buildings erected in the
town.
George Lee, young colored man OF
Fort Scott, was sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary for breaking into q
Missouri, Kansas & Texas freight car
AS tho robbery had been committed only
four days before, it is one Of the quick
est cases on record where car thieves
have beed arrested and their conviction
secured.
Bellevile special: The Republic Coun-
ty Poultry Club held very successful
two days exhibit at this place. Many
well-known poultry fanciers were pres
ent and pronounced it one OF the very
best shows of the season. Prominent
breeders in both Kansas and Missouri
were represented and j. w. Hitchcock,
who scored the worlds fair birds, oilici-
ated here
From Reading; In the midst OF a
raging snow storm tho home of James
Cowden, an aged farmer, living three
miles from town. was burned. The
wind quickly carried the flames to every
part of the building and in a Few mo-
ments the family were homeless. Some
of the household belongings wore saved.
Cowden is an old soldier and will prob"
ably receive aid from the post here.
ElDorado Republican: After look.
ing over the ground carefully tho county
commissioners have decided that the
proper thing to do is to rebuild the old
court house. Butler county is the larg-
est county in the state; has no indebted
ness whatever; has over 100000 in the
ElDorado banks and should have
court house. We hope the commission
ers will build a structure that will be a
benefit and honor to the county.
The printing and book binding es-
Enlistment of Mayor Samuel Dods-
worth, of Leavenworth, was nearly de-
stroyed by fire, Jan. %. 1t is not
known how tho fire started, which had
been burning several hours when the
store was opened in the morning. Near
ly all the type, most Of the paper and
several small presses were damaged SO
that they cannot be used The loss
from the fire will amount to over $4,000
which is fully covered by insurance.
Portland letter: The depredations
committed on the state line between
here and the Indian territory are grow
ing worse. A farmer by the name of
Dan Jones, hearing noise at his gran
airy, ran out Of his house, and found
two wagons backed up to the doors OF
the granary while they we're being
loaded with sacks Of wheat, Jones
quickly gave the alarm to his neighbors
and chase was given to the thieves.
Being closely pursued they left their
wagons and mounting their horses fled
to the sand hills below Arkansas City.
In the wagons were found thirty one
sacks of wheat, fifteen empty sacks,
good overcoat, bundle Of blankets, a
number Of turkeys and quantity OF
new carpet and a marriage certificate
belonging to G. H. Ingham and Cora
Bymaster, all of which has been stolen
in this vicinity.
The state coal mines at Lansing are
producing eight cars per week more coal
than is needed to supply the demands
of the state institutions. From that
surplus the state board OF railroad com
missioners is supplying the demand for
coal from the people OF western Kansas,
The commissioners have supplied all
requests for coal made so far. Ship
ments have been ordered as follows:
Two cars to Scott City, one car to Nor
ton, one car to Wallace, one car to
Sharon Springs in Wallace county, two
cars to Jetmore, Hodgeman county,
and two cars to Leot, Wichita
county. All the railroads, Santa Fe,
Missouri Pacific, Union Pacific and
Rock Island, traversng western Kansas
with Ian sing as an available shipping
point, have notified the commissioners
that all coal intended for the sufferer
in western Kansas will DO transported
free Of charge.
On Senator-elect Lucien Bakers re-
turn to Leavenworth, he was given a re-
ception that surpassed everything Of the
kind ever held in Leavenworth. 1t had
been storming all day and terrible
blizzard was raging about the time the
tram arrived, but it had little effect on
the crowd that greeted him at the depot,
School children, most OF them in charge
Of their teachers, women with babes,
workingmen. business men and nearly
everybody in tho city was out. AS the