Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-16

A Mcpherson county man celebrates
his birthday by running flag up on
his windmill.
Burns has reached that stage o!
physical decadence which necessitates
the laying out of a cemetery.
George Waller, a prominent busine's
man ana high up in Masonry, commit
red suicide at 0lathe Saturday
Tho Wichita freight rate case will
be opened by the commissioners in
that city on the 18th Of this month.
Up to date Kansas has spent SO, 900
trying to find out what Warden Chase
was doing at the State Penitentiary.
A Lawrence girl who has just been
married, is going to live on Paradise
creek, but 1t is doubtful IL that will
save her.
Tne pupils of the Lyons schools had
field day recently, and one OF the
girls got a pink ribbon for the most
graceful skip,
The lat lone" club is a scheme the
ladies of Cherokee have Ito get away
from the house few minutes" about
once month.
An ice cream dealer at Ottawa Is
named Gresham, That is the only
drawback so far as is known which
impedes his progress.
A Minneapolis man has brood Of
thirty incubator chickens, which are
getting to the size where people court
invitions to dinners.
The Lawrence street car track Is
useful from the fact that it gives the
carriage makers wor, by tearing tho
wheels OF of buggies,
Dodge City takes great pleasure in
welcoming a new family, which in
cludes pair of twins, "and q good
stock of children besides"
An initerant fortune teller failed to
make success in Garden City because
his communion with spirits had been
so close as to show on his breath.
A. NJ. Russell of Valley Falls, is
member in good standing Of thirty
five secret orders and has taken eigh'
ty-fve limitations.
A jury has granted John C. Menhert
an old resident of Kansas u judgement
for 81, 900 against A. C. Clark, superin'
trndent of the poor farm at Ft Scott
s. S. King of Kansas City, Kas, who
made a reputation with his little work
entitled "Bondholders and Bread
winners" is preparing another work
on silver.
Mrs Dudley c, Haskell, the widow
of one of Kansas most popular con-
gressmen, had been elected secretary
OF the Kansas Womans Missionary
board of the Congregational church.
1Prof Charles G, Dunlap, holding the
chair of English Literature at the
Lawrance University, accompanied by
his wife, will sail for Europe on June
Is. He has obtained leave of absence
for one year. A substitute will be
furnished by Prof. Dunlap
A farmer named Wilson near At
wood, Kans,, has an irrigation plant
which is supplied from creek which
runs through his farm. The creek
does not always have water in it but
he makes good use of it when it has
1t is more reliable than the rainfall.
He car get out 300 gallons minute.
Sam Pearson of Hosington, a brake
man on the Missouri Pacific, lost his
life at Horace last week. He was en-.
gagged in switching when his foot
caught in a frog, the train passing
over the entire length CT his body. He
was unmarried but leaves mother,
He was a member of the a. o. U. w,
On May l Chief Justice Albert H.
Horton retired from the Supreme
Court. While it is announced that he
will become connected with the legal
department of the Missouri Pacific
Railway Company, with headquarters
at Topeka, it is known that he will be
an active candidate for the seat Eeld
by William A. PETER in the United
States Senate. Judge Horton has long
coveted this honor and has accepted
denominations to the chief justiceship
with the hope that the Republican
party would some day reward him
with the senatorship.
The first debate between represent
atives of Kansas University and Ne.
braska University took place at Law.
renee last week, Kansas winning on
very small margin. The Kansas par.
Elephants were II. J. Madden, ]. E.
Little and r. NJ. Brady, while Nebras-
ka was represented by e b. Sherman,
A. ]. Weaver and L. McNeal. Each
speaker on each side was given fifteen
minutes to express his views and then
ten minutes rebuttal speech was
made by each side. For Kansas this
was made by Il. j. Madden and for
Nebraska by A. j. Weaver. The
Judges for the debate were President
John w. Cook Of the Illinois State
Normal school at Normal, H., Princi-
NIL Tobp ~ Ruchanau of tha Kansas