Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22
Kansas Notes.

Wueub UrlnBS ulIy Genus NJ Une HILL
In Rush county.
The Mitchell county farmers are
importing seed wheat at so bushel.
A Swimming station, auxiliary tok
the Elmwood creamery, has been esN
tablished at Larned.
1t will take 1000 bushels OF wheat
10 seed the big Chalfant ranch, south
of Larned, this fall,
Some men are great deal better
than others, but MIR. Perfect lives in
Norton county
John and George Merillat, brothers,
last week married at Detroit, Dlckin-
son county, Lucy and Fannie Lamb,
sisters
George Higgins of the secretary of
states Office possesses a gun and dog,
and keeps three families supplied
with game.
Eldorado claims the proud distinc-
ton of having a young lady who can
dive from twelve-fo pier and come
up out of the water smiling.
1t is said that most of the money for
building the Presbyterian church at
Harrington was furnished by the late
Senator Plumb
The Kansas state horticultural So
ciety will hold it's thirtieth annual
meeting at Topeka, December Z, 10
and IL
This is a great season for squirrels
in the valley of the Vesdigris Three
or four Fredonia boys bagged sixty
one day last week.
Wichita Eagle: While everybody in
Kansas is betting on the election the
Cubbson law is out behind the barn
with death rattle in it's throat.
Enterprise is having water works
fight The water works system is run
from the Ehrsam machine shops, and
the stockholders, finding that it is not
profitable, have opposed carrying lt\
on longer. Receiver Stuart Hare shut
down Saturday and legal proceedings
have been begun to compel the run
ming of the plant. The city gave
bonds for $40, 600. to the Ehrsam COM
pany seven years ago and lis paying
tor the plant by installments. In
three years more the city will own the
plant The city refuses to release the
COupdny from lJS cOnJraCp'
Atchison Champion: The laying Of
Che corner stone of the new court
house brings to mind many interest
ing historic facts connected with the
early history of Kansas, in which At
Gibson has played so important
part The Atchison judicial district
was first defined by proclamation of
Governor Reeder, February IS, 1855,
to which was added Arapahoe county
for judicial purposes. So, at that
time, the Pixies peak region, includ-
ing the site of the city of Denver, was
a part of this judicial district. The
first term of court in Atchison was
August 8, 1858, S. d. Lecompte, judge;
j. r. White, clerk; Robert Connolly,
sheriff; Alfred q. Otis, prosecuting
attorney; pro tenn. The first case
was NJ. NJ. Trimmer VS.. b. G. Wright
The following is the list of judges
down to date: S. d. Lecompte, John
Petit, appointed. The first judge
elected was Albert T.. Lee, in 1861.
Then came Albert Fl. Horton, Robert
Graham, Nathan Price, P. L. Hubbard,
A. G.. Otis, David Martin, Horace M,
Jackson, w. d. Gilbert, R. M. Eaton
and w. D. Webb.
George Washington White, who died
at Muscotah, Atchinson county, last
week, was the'sixth lineal descendant
of Resolved White, who came to Amer
lea on the Mayfower. The local pa
pers speak of him as the last survivo&
of the Florida war, but this is proba-
bly, q mistake. For many years he
has been justice of the peace in
Atchison county, and his life was
marked by that rigid morality which
came as an heirloom to him from his
Puritan forefathers.
Sergeant Henry Heuser, of troop G,
Second United States cavalry, now
stationed at Fort Riley, is champion
carbine shot of the United States
army, and probably of the world.
Sergeant Heuser is 40 years old, and
was born in Germany. For twenty
years he has been an enlisted man in
the regular army, and during that
time his craftsmanship has beens
steadily improving, up to the point OF
winning the championship.
General A. B. Campbell arrived III
Kansas last week, and is visiting hi
friends. He was released from tn
California insane asylum some week
ago, and is said to have entirely re
covered his health and reason.
Joe Thrasher, many years ago fan
GUS at Atchison, and afterward at Ga
lena, as an auctioneer, is now mike
up in some mines at Cripple Creek.
The corner stone of the new Con
gregational church at Atchison hash
been laid, and the money to completek,
the building is in the treasury. Tke1E
old church was erected by s. G. Pom \
eroy, one of the first United Senators l
from Kansas, and the brick in 1t was Il
brought from Cincinnati by river. 4
The difficulty of distinguishing be%l
twee citation and dependency was
never better illustrated than by the
comment of Conner Davis, editor Oh
the Republic County News, upon -.
birth Vt his eighth daughter the q tom To- ~
day. He said: "Everythingned defend
to be coming our way. "-KaI ,oo.