Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-09
THE STATE OF KANSAS

The Neodesh1 tax rate this year, moi
including the road tax, is $3.50 on the
500.
Lodges Of the Mystic Brotherhood
have been organized at Great BenG
and Ellsworth.
Mrs. George r. Peck, who has been
Ill long time, is worSe, and Mr. Pecl
has taken her to Texas.
A Wellington firm shipped 1905
pounds of dressed turkeys to San Fran
cisco one day recently.
The new church of Jesus Christ
lately established ut ST, John has q
regular attendance of 400.
There are 1853 Kansans on the gov,
eminent pay roll and their salaries ag
gregate Sl95,a5s annually.
A Leavenworth hospital has pro
vided few free beds for patients who
can't pay for their keep.
Harvey county owes no bonded In
debtedness and has never had a ~
censed joint within its confines.
The Maple Leaf recently paid $40, 900
for block of ground at Leavenwortt
and will increase its yard room there
After reaching q depth of $50 feet
with Wichita's oil hole Che discourage
ing discovery is made that it has been
sailed.
Hutchinson has new weekly paper
called the Saturday Bee. The first
number was full Of honey and without
sting.
Probate Judge Miller Of Leoti wal
badly burned while playing Santa
Claus by his clothing taking fire from
lighted candle.
Mrs. Dennis Lynch, who died In st
Mary's few days ago, was 10s year,
old. Her husband, who still survives
her is q centenarian.
Since the Burns Citizen offered IL
take corn on subscription, its editor,
Mr.. Phillips, has been able to afford
the luxury of wife.
j. jolly Jones of independence will
probably be made manager of the
House restaurant in the Capitol build.
ing at Washington city.
Atchison county's tax levy for 1s9s
amounts to S9S0,O0O and the treasurer
has already collected more than $685.
900 in cash on the first half.
Governor Morrill, has presented the
State Historical Society with several
letters watch he received from Vice |
President Hamlin away back in the Sos,
The old and almost abandoned town
of Empire City, which in 1877 and 1875
grew to be city of 5000 inhabitants,
has taken fresh start by discoveries
of lead north of il
Atchison Globe: The school superin-
tendent asked the children of the Di.
vision street building to fill q barrel
with provisions for the poor. They
filed eight barrels, three with po
tatoes.
Late Honolulu papers speak Of the
dedication of new Christian church !
in that city, in which is beautiful
memorial window, presented by Mrs, |
Kate b. Templeton, formerly of John
son county.
The deed conveying the Santa Fe to
the purchasing committee contains
0,444 woSds and the charge to record
it in single county was $40, which
multiplied by the whole number OF
counties traversed by this road is
good sum.
Will G, Kegel, who was business
manager of the Hutchinson News
under Ralph Easily, is now selling
Mergenthaler linotypes in Kansas, A
half dozen Kansas newspapers will |
put in typesetting machines during
the coming year.
Emporia Gazette: The prettiest
girl in town makes $40 week and
does the washing for family of SIX,
before breakfast She is worth any
ten plug boys in town. When she !
gets married the Gazette will print |
red, white and blue edition.
The editor Of the st John News Wis.
tied the farm of A. Rosaker in Stat
ford county recently. Mr.. Rosaker
has 300 acres of land, 33j cattle, 200 |
hogs, good building and every con-
venience and money-making and saw
ing device. He has large windmill,
used for several different purposes,
pumping water, grinding feed, etc.
He is a firm believer in this country
and its great future. lie believes in
alfalfa and has about sixty acres.
Irrigation of garden and fruit trees
is another one of mis- failings. He will
increase his alfalfa acreage next
spring.
At Emporia Judge Randolph, in the
District court, rendered q decision
which has caused something of a SEN
sation. 1t is in line with the recent
Supreme court decision. In the case
Of Bronnell VS.. Lynds, the court de.
cided that deed could not be given
after foreclosure and sale by the sher-
itf, and instead ordered u simple Ger.
tifcate of purchase. The plaintiff
will take the case to the Supreme
court and try to obtain re-
versal on the equities of the matter.
This decision by Judge Randolph will
save TO citizens of Lyon, Chase
and Coffee counties alone over $780,
900, as 1t means in q majority of cases
which have been foreclosed and en-
braced under this act the debtor may
pay into court the price at which the
land was bid in, together with the in
terest, costs and taxes, and get the
land clear. This will raise big
in the foreclosures made |
since the passage of the law, as in |
many instances owners have been de-
prved of their property after paying
interest for years, the MORTGAGE
buying 1t in at a nominal price Of a
few dollars at sherlff's sale. In cases |
,ybara the decd has bepn made IL will |