Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-06
THE STATE OF KANSAS

1.-TWO by Twice" is the name OF
whist club ut Emporia,
Every Kansas editor has his burles-
que definition OF 10 to ].
Fredonia claims thirty women who
are expert bicycle riders
The Masonic home at Wichita will
he dedicated September TO-
Texas fever has broken out in Mont
gomery county among the cattle
Zinc ore is being carried to lola for
test in that natural gas smelter'
Fort Scott has more second Land
stores than any other city In tho
state.
Coffee socials are taking the place
of "teas" among the old maids OF
Sterling.
Superintendent Anthony's annual
insurance report is out. 1t contains
600 pages.
The Lawrence World says that for
fifteen years whisky has been q drug
in Kansas
The Woodmen and Workmen of
Dodge City have organized rival base
bail teams
Many of the ex.slavcs of Kansas are
organizing for the purpose OF obtain"
ing pensions.
Cherokee county mine operators
shipped eighteen cars OF spelter to
Liverpool recently.
r. Il. Battey Of Florence has been
nominated by the Republicans OF the
Twenty-third senate district.
Comptroller Eckels has given the
First National bank OF Larned until
August 81 to straighten out Its affairs.
1t cost Bourbon county taxpayers
s., 705 to have themselves assessed
this year, and those of Wilson county
$l,750.
The validity Of the state fire tax
law will be passed on by the Supreme
court on an appeal from Hodgman
county.
The statistical report Of the Reno
county assessor shows the total capi-
tai Investment In the salt industry to
be 81. 052, 900.
A. B. Wilkins, member OF the CAL
iforni delegation to the Pop conven-
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sas newspaper man.
Professor johnson of the Emporia
normal school resigns to accept
position as principal Of the high school
Of Helena, Montana.
Miles Harvey, who killed his rival
In love, Will Vincent, at Lyons, was
captured In Oklahoma and taken To
| Rice county for trial.
The Leavenworth Bandana club hae
abandoned its proposed trip to Lin
coin, Neb,, to publicly congratulate
Bryan upon his nomination,
New prairie hay OF the best quality
is selling for from $3.50 to 80 a ton in
the Fredonia market, and alfalfa OF
the seasons second cutting at 80.
, The sum Of S29, 900 has been placed
, in the state treasury by the national
; government for use by the Agricult-
ural college in experimental work
Marion county's poor farm is any
thing but poor farm, judging from
|, the fact that the wheat yield this year
:, was twenty-seven bushels an acre.
The Topeka pc nsion agency paid out
; to veterans over S14, 200, 900 last week.
} This went to l05,04l pensioners, OF
b which number 3s,116 were residents
Of Kansas.
The three days's rain in the vicinity
OF Coffeyville caused the Verdigris
river to rise above It's banks and great
y damage to crops In tho bottom lands
Z is result.
The State Historical Society Is
II searching Republican county to find
II traces of the Pawnee Indian village
which is said TO have been In existence
there in 1906.
The city marshal of Troy, not being
used to firearms, handled his pistol
y clumsily and it went off, lodging
bullet In his leg where the doctor
q can't reach it.
Noah Allen, formerly attorney gen.
y eral of Kansas, but now resident OF
Texas, is candidate for the Populist
nomination for attorney general OF
the latter state.
Bourbon county Republicans nom
mated Ed. G. Gates Of Fulton for state
senator, and endorsed Morrill, for
u governor and w. w. Martin for lieu
D tenant governor.
Atchison Globe: A chigger has o
good deal OF discrimination. 1t never
gets on the arm, where 1t would be
o. perfectly proper to rub the inhamed
part, when company is around; itgets
!, on places that people are supposed TO
!, forget they own. e N
The young man who gave himself
up to the police Of Philadelphia March
6, and who was demented and could
not give his name, proves to be Her
o bert G. Spencer, so OF Selma Q.
X Spencer, wealthy citizen OF Law
renee. Young Spencer left home two
years ago and went South, and was
heard from regularly up to January
10 last. Since then nothing was heard
OF him until he turned up at Phila-
delphin.
There is a heavy demand for empty
box cars from nearly all the Missouri
u Pacific Stations In Northern Kansas
and Nebraska. The reduction of :
cents per hundred in the rate on grain
for Southern points has resulted in
much corn being sold for July delivery
and large increase in corn shipments
u is looked for at once. Many cribs are
still filled with last years corn and
y the owners must get rid Of it to make
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