Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-26
Kansas Notes.

grocery house.
Kansas coal mines cannot supply
the demand for fuel just now.
Meade county has nearly 400 arte-
sian wells within her confines.
The Santa FEES gross receipts at
Leavenworth are $25, 900 month.
U. S. Grant has been appointed a
guard at the Lansing penitentiary.
A 47-pound fruit cake was a feature
of recent Harper county wedding.
Thieves and burglars are entirely
too thick in Pittsburg to suit the citi-
zens.
Western Kansas Republicans are
booming Judge S, w. Vandivert for
United States senator.
Expense attending the Million Club
exhibit and "boom" meeting at Chi
cago was less than $1,000.
Ten thousand bushels of dried APP
pies are among the products Of the
Kansas penitentiary farm.
A poll of Kansas Republican State
senators shows majority in favor OF
Mckinley for the Presidency,
Down in Chautauqua county steers
that will not tip the beam at l,40O
pounds are not considered marketable.
The home of the late Barney Ian
try, who died at Strong City, was on a
ranch of 10000 acres, The property
left by him is valued ut nearly mill
lion dollars.
The Topeka ournal is authority for
the statement that Ex-senator Billy
Buchan, of Wyandotte county, is engi-
neering u Shawnee Indian claim
against the government for 1880, OO0
Leavenworth expects an appropria-
ton of 100000 for reformatory at
the fort, and one for nearly as much
for improvements at the Soldiers
home, at the hands Of the present Con-
gress.
When the Boston men started the
Santa Fe west from Newton, there was
not white man, outside of the mill
tary posts, between that point and
Pueblo. 1t was great risk and the
subscription went a begging for long
time, although the proposition was for
81, 900 cash, to give $1,000 railroad
bonds, 81, 200 land grant bonds and
$500 railroad stock. Afterward the
stock went to $l60, and when the col
lapse came it fell with a dull, sicken-
ing thud.
Fort Scott has nursery Of consid-
cradle magnitude. During the past
season it has shipped out nearly 1907
COO trees, seventy-eight carloads, be-
sides 400, 600 grapevires and innum err
able quantities of small fruits. The
manager announces that he will have
100 statesmen on the road taking or
ders for next season.
Young Bittman, who killed himself
near his home in Pottawatomie
county, not long ago, ranked second
in class of i03 at the West Point mil
itary academy, where he entered as a
cadet last year Overwork on his
studies ruined his health, compelling
his resignation and leading to hope
lessly depressed condition of mind
which ended in suicide. He was stu
dent at Manhattan before going to
West Point, and was greatly respected
and admired by all who knew him.
The compulsory educational law OF
Kansas is almost dead letter in most
of the counties of the State. State
Superintendent Stanley is busy now
mailing copies of the statute to boards
of education Of the different counties.
The law makes it compulsory on par.
ents and guardians to send children.
ranging in years from to IA, to
school for at least twelve weeks Of
each year. Failure to comply makes
them liable to a fine of not less than
IS or more than SEQ for each offense.
The court has decided that A. Graft
of Mcpherson will not have to pay d.
M. Osborne & Co. Sl,650 for binding
Irvine that was not as good as sample.
The validity of the law passed by
the Legislature in '93. which exempts
life insurance money from liability for
debts of the insured or beneficiary,
has recently been sustained by the Su-
preme court.
The Topeka Capitals statisticina
figures it out that if the $50, 900. 900 bid
for the Santa Fe the other day had
called for cash down" in gold, four
freight cars of twenty tons capacity
each would have been insufficient fol
the transportation Of the yellow stuff.