Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-01-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

than it is worth to ship to the Chicago
market.
DR.. Mum, Of Topeka, has been APP
pointed member Of the pension exam
ming board. This ends long contest
'or the place.
The largest engine in Kansas is in the
plant of the Topeka street railway al
Second and Jefferson streets. IT. has
700 horse power.
Just as they were finishing work for
the day cutting ice, two colored men
Tell into tho river at Leavenworth. BY a
lucky chance they managed to get on a
large cake Of ice and started down
stream. The river bank was lined with
people trying to get them out. After
boating about two miles men got them
with sEiffs and carried them off tho
cake They were frozen too stiff to
walk and fell asleep while being carried
TO their homes.
Two of the Lawrence mills were
broken into last week and considerable
quantities Of -four was taken from each.
In each case windows were broken
against which -four had been piled and
the sacks apparently pulled through
the opening without an entrance having
been made to the building Several
hundred pounds offlour was taken from
each Of the buildings, probably by the
same party, as the method used was the
same in each case.
Ottawa special: With the close of
the old year, the big pumps at the water
works in this city began pouring the
water into the two now settling basins,
and Ottawa will soon have what it has
not had for years-an abundant supply
of pure water. The two basins have a
capacity of 100000 gallons. AS $780,
600 gallons is the maximum limit re-
quired to supply the city, water fam
inc, such as last summer is practically
impossible.
Empora special; Judge Randolph
sentenced Mann Ray, the colored hotel
keeper convicted at the last term of the
district court of selling intoxicating
liquors on two counts, to 5000 fine and
sixty days imprisonment on the first
count, and $500 and ninety days on the
second count. The Judge in his remarks
said among other things that he would
advise Mr.. Ray, as he had several 9TH
ers, that liquor selling is not profit
able business in this community and
That Ray had better stop it.
Rev. Il. Dewitt Talmage has taken
hold Of the matter Of, soliciting aid for
the destitute in western Kansas and
Nebraska and has written to each SEN
ator and congressman asking for coop
Grafton and for expressions of opinion
on suggestion that a congressional APP
preparation be made for the purpose of
furnishing the farmers with seed. Rep
resentative Broderick has made a reply.
He gives the gentle tip that possibly
The people of Kansas may be able to
look after their own matters.
Ellis Review Headlight: W. G. Nicely,
deputy U. s. marshall, served summons
from the U. s. circuit court on all the
property owners on W ! sec. 33, twp
3 range IS, which embracrs all of the
north part of Hays City. This suit is
brought to annul tine titles held by the
present owners of the land. The suit
was brought by the U. S. government
to set aside the patent issued to the
railroad AS said quarter section was
pre-empted before the railway was built
through this section. Two hundred
Hays people are interested in this suit.
Arkansas City's swine merchants"
excepting one, have gone on strike,
and about forty people are out of en-
ployment. Only one jointer paid the
monthly fine of 500 to the city. The
remainder refused to pay. The trouble
is over the amount of the fine. The
jointers want reduction to $75 per
month and refuse to pay any more and
say they will not open up until the
price is reduced They are at sea as to
what County Attorney Fink will do
They do not propose to pay 500 fine
to the city when the prospects are that
they will be permitted to run only half
month, or until the new county attor.
ney gets into office the middle Of this
month. All day they were around on
the streets with their hands in their
pockets and joking old topers who came
around after their regular refreshments.
From Atchison: What is believed to
be natural gas has been discovered at
Doniphan, six miles north of Atchison.
The gas is found imprisoned beneath the
ice on Doniphan lake. 1t appears in
the farm of great bubbles under the ice,
and when tapped forces itself through
the opening, and may be lighted and
burned as if coming out of gas jet.
1t was first discovered year ago, but
the ice melted before there was time for
an investigation. When the lake froze
over again this year the bubbles reap
peared, and Professor Knerr, of Mid
land college, who visited the lake, says
he believes that it is true natural gas.
1t burns with u yellowish flame, quite
unlike the flames of marsh gas. The
gas appears all over the lake, and comes
nm in cucb Quantities in I1locaS that tha