Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
THE STATE OF KANSAS
Mule buyers are making good money
In the southeastern counties.

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$4,000
Nearly ninety per cent of the coun-
ties Of Kansas are delinquent in their
State taxes.
Guffey g. Galley, who developed the
Kansas oil field, will try some terri.
tory in Texas.
Labette county's annual rabbit hunt
occurred and resulted in the slaughser
of $50 Dummies.
Seventy-five cars Of petroleum are
shipped from Whiting, Ind, to Kan
sas every week.
The Kansas Editorial association ex-
poets to go to the city of Mexico for its
annual excursion.
According to the Bulletin the Santa
about $4,000 month.
White Rock, once busting tom in
the Central Branch country, is now re-
duced to a single store.
The G. A. r. relief committee Of EN-
poria gave to stranded old soldiers
during the year 1895 81, 12465.
At one of the precincts in Cowley
county, A. Drake, Strong Pepper and j.
Christ were duly accredited votera
The Missouri, Kansas g. Texas has
contracted to deliver /, l0L cars Of Kan
sas corn at Galveston-if it can get the
corn.
Farmers living in the southern part
slew $50 rabbits che afternoon re-
Gently.
Usage county people are called upon
to dig up $ll7,0O in taxes for '05, and
they have already thrown nearly $780,
COO of it into the box.
Ex-Governor Roswell p. Flower Of
New York, is said to have furnished
the money for the recent purchase of
the Topeka gas plant.
Adam Korb of Jewell county hanged
himself because his crop was light and
he owed $500 on his farm. He left q
widow and one small child.
Mrs. T. D. Coburn, wife of Secretary
Coburn of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, slipped on an icy walk at her
home and broke one of her arms.
Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth
contains 800 prisoners with thirty-fve
more to come from Fort Smith. In
the prison there are four Cinnamon.
DIR. Bishop of Salina has succeeded
DIR. Hendy as president of Oswego col
lege. DR.. Hendy will preach from a
Presbyterian pulpit at Jefferson City,
Mo.
David Crockett Boggs, who was tax
collector of Wyandotte county In 1859,
and who suddenly disappeared in that
year with a shortage of about 5000,
has returned. He has made fortune
in his absence of thirty-six years and
voluntarily returned to make good his
shortage. He came with drafts and
money aggregating over $4,000.
Sol Miller thinks that Kansas City,
Kansas, will never he respected either
at home or abroad until the ancient
and honorable name of Wyandotte is
restored. The town at the Kaw's mouth
provokes uncomplimentarv compari-
sons with the young woman named
Mary who insists upon being called
Mae.
Arkansas City Traveller: A grocery
drummer, who has been selling in
Kansas towns for many years, says
Atchison eats side meat and catfish,
while Lawrence is given over to oat
meal and dried prunes. Topeka likes
tea and canned goods, Empora is gone
on fried mush, Aunt Jemima cakes
and Arbuckle coffee.
Bent Murdoch tells the following on
Senator Plumb: Twenty odd years
ago when Senator Plumb was in Ell
Dorado on county seat case, he got
up and said: May it please the court
but. the court was not pleased, for
the judge noticed that the Senator had
an eight inch navy revolver strapped
around him. Calling the sheriff he
whispered to him to find out how many
revolvers the lawyers had on. The
sheriff in a few minutes reported
seven. The judge got down off the
bench, cleared his throat and walked
into the adjoining room. opening his
grip, he took out a black bottle and
took drink Then he strapped
pair of navy revolvers around him
and returned to the bench. Colonel
Plumb caught on ia a minute, and
wondered what was up. The judge,
after smacking his lips to get the
whisky taste off them, said: This
court thinks it understands itself;
Colonel Plumb you can go on with
your arguments And he did. without
further interruption.
The most indefatigable liquor seller
in Cherokee county is woman by the
name of Bridget Mclaughlin. She
hardly gets out of Jail before she is in
again.
Troy Chief: The first terrific rial
legislature of Kansas conve ned in
1854, several miles east of Fort Riley.
The dilapitated stone building in
which it met can yet be seen, near the
track of the Missouri Pacific railroad;
and the hotel in which the members
were lodged, in similar condition, is
seen d little further east, on the south
side of the track. The capital build
ing would scarcely accommodate a
small county convention. bidel Cra-
mer, for many years past resident of
Wathena, helped to build these houses.
A suit was filed in the Federal court
at Topeka against E. b. Purcell, for
merly receiver of the Purcell Mer-
camille company of Manhattan,
and his bondsmen for $4,000.
The suit was brought at the in
stigation of E. A. Wagner, the
present receiver. 1t is alleged
that Purcell misappropriated money to
the amount of 100000 The defend
ants are E. h. Purcell, w. H. Davis,
Nar1 Eno.la . " 7 auty Tobn Dov1as