Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-12
KANSAS NOTES.

Nineteen Wichita coal dealers have
signed an agreement to sell coal for
cash only.
A scheme is on foot to get the Union
Pacific to build line from Salina to
Bennington,
1t is claimed that the Standard Oil
company has secured controEof the
Kansas fields,
An Augusta contractor will shin a.
900 feet of Butler county walnut tim
Der to Russia.
There are nineteen women in Kan
sas holding the Office OF superlnteud-
ent of schools,
At present there is only one sugar
factory in operation in Kansas, This
is at Fort Scott
Bart r. Betz of Chapman, has been
appointed as teacher at White River
Indian school, Wyo.
A miniature irrigated farm will be
one of the most interesting features of
the Finney county fair
Thirty-three miners from the Scran-
ton mines have gone to Illinois, where
they are assured OF work.
Fruit is so plentiful and cheap in
Franklin county that thousands of
bushels are going to waste
County Clerk Krebs of Atchison
county has been elected and reelected
for eighteen years. He is Republican.
The Wichita Eagle says that Ingalls,
is acting in such way as to strongly
tempt D. r. Burton to yell, down in
front.
A car containing 5000 chickens, wall
ued at 81, 400, was shipped from Clay
Center, billed to San Francisco, re-
Gently.
The original draft of the constitu-
ton of Kansas is in the handwriting
of Judge Thacher, who recently died
at Lawrence.
The government sugar plant at Med
icine Lodge and the experimental ap-
paratus at Sterling have been sold to
Louisiana parties.
j. W. Gleed is the first Kansas uni
vcrsity graduate to receive an invita-
ton to deliver the Opening address"
at the institution.
A Sheridan county man who last
year accepted aid will this year re-
quire an entire train to transport his
products to market.
The oldest >inhabitant in Brown
cnunty gives up and admits that this
is the most prosperous and prolific
year in all his experience.
+. Wellhouse of Leavenworth
county, the "apple king of Kansas"
will gather this year 92O cars ofapples
from trees planted since 1876.
Miss Anna Bukey, of Mcpherson,
has been elected member of the asso-
ciate faculty of the Western conserva-
tory of music at Kansas City, Mo.
Acting upon the advice of County
Attorney II. p. Welch, the commission
ers of Franklin county have declined
to make the levy for the state univer-
sity
Marion county farmers are making
a decided success of bee culture. The
numerous alfalfa fields afford especial
ly good material for the best honey
making.
Guffey &c Galley have completed iron
tanlage with a capacity of 10000 bar
rels in the Kansas oil fields, and ex-
pect to be turning out 800 barrels a
day soon.
The Populists of Bourbon county,
Kan, have nominated a full county
ticket, but have Endorsed State Sena-
tor w. P, billiard, Democrat for dis
trict judge.
Judge Medsker, who was for many
but is now resident of Sedalia, own
ing the principal interest in the street
railway system there, has subscribed
500, 900 toward the fund for removing
the capital from Jefferson City to
Sedalia.
Governor Morrill, has announced the
following appointments: Lair Dean of
Smith Center, to be member of the
board of penitentiary directors, vice
j. j. Barnes, of Pratt, removed; DR.. S.
tanning of Kingman, to be a member
of the state board of health, vice DR..
j. S. Benepe of Kingman, resigned.
So far as known the first appoint
ment George r. Peck has made in lieu
of his change is that of a Topeka man.
When Mr.. Peck was in Topeka the
other day he hunted up John Jones,
the colored eX-sanitary policeman, and
made him the porter of his new private
car on the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul.
There are four vacancies in the Kan
sas senate. Ed O'Brien of Sedgwick
county has left the state and gone into
the law business in st. Louis, Lucien
Baker was elected United States SEN
ator, A. w. Dennison of Butler county
was appointed one of the judges of the
appellate court, and Scion o. Thatcher
of Douglas county died recently at
Lawrence.
The Edgerton creamery received dur
ing the month of July 225,063 pounds
of milk, from which were made 1906
pounds of butter, and over 800 gallons
of cream were shipped to Olathe, Kan
sas City and Paola for ice cream pur-
poses. The butter brought them net,
81, 1918 and the cream $4O9. The
company paid the farmers for the
milk received $l,2s2.54, or 14H cents
per pound for butter fat Some of the
patrons report that their cows brought
them S. a head for a month.
There is row in the Topeka school
board over the purchase of new books.
The American Book Trust has an
agent there who has won over ma
iority of the board, and is about to get
a contract for the books desired The
minority, however, claim that the
books can be purchased cheaper else
where, and if the contract be made the