Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04
THE STATE OF KANSAS.

fund. This interest will be appor-
TONED among the l05 counties in the
sAate according to the school
population in each county. The
total amount of the interest on the
school fund is Sls2,7l3.40. The total
school population of the state Is 493,-
$50. The average amount to be al
lowed for each scholar will be but 81
cents This is much lower than the
amount in former years 1t has usu.
ally ranged from As to so cent? This
is due to failure of number of the
counties to pay up the interest on the
school bonds,
s. j. Norton of Jewell county has
figured it out that the corn crop of
that county alone for last year would
build fence entirely around the state
of Kansas four feet high and ten inches
thick. The distance around the state
is about 1,2l2 miles. The entire crop
of the state would build wall more
than 100 feet high all the way from
Kansas City to Philadelphia. Or, put
1t in another way, it would build fort
ten feet high and ten feet thick from
Kansas City to New York.
A lot of Atchison street railway con-
ductors have been discharged. The
explanation is that spotter was re-
Gently employed by the company to
watch them, and that he ran away,
robbing the company A good many
Of the conductors laughed because the
spotter turned out badly, and every
man who laughed has been discharged
The report has been received that
Mrs Annie Brown Adams, daughter
Of old John Bro of Osawatomie, is
living in direst need in Northern Cali
fOrnia. She has eight children, OF
whom the youngest is 10 years, and
she is the sole support of all Her
Kansas friends are raising subscrip-
ton to aid her.
Rev. Ephraim Mute died at the home
OF his daughter in Pawtucket, r. l.,
last week He founded the Unitarian
church at Lawrence in 1856, In the
summer of that year he was arrested
by the pro-slavery forces on the charge
of treason, but later was released by
Governor Geary. Mrs. Mute went with
him into prison.
The first chapter Of Sons of the
Revolution ever chartered in the state
was organized at Wichita last week
with q membership of twelve. 1t is
called Washington chapter No. 1.
Wichita already has an organization
known as Daughters of the Revolu-
ton. E. d. Kimball is president OF
the chapter just organized.
A Kansas City paper recently pub
lished what is called complete list
of all the major generals of the late
war who are still living" and left out
one whose name has appeared in its
own columns perhaps, fifty times with
in the past year. We refer to Major
General j. G. CALDWELL OF Topeka.
Kansas stock is going up in the
money centers like Boston, New York
and Philadelphia. Aleading article in
the last number of the United States
Investor gives Kansas a much moro
fattering notice than has appeared in
financial papers for long time.
There was born to, the wife of bust
ness man of Hope, Dickinson county, a
few days ago a son who is healthy,
handsome and well formed save for the
fact that it has no hands, one arm
ending in a stub above where the
elbow should be and the other ut the
wrist
Clifford township, Butler county.
has population of nearly 1000. 1t is
stated that in twenty-five years there
has been but one law suit and three
mortgage foreclosures. The township
has five school houses, two churches
and not single dollar of bonds or in
debtedness of any kind.
Captain Thomas N. Graham of Law
renee has been awarded a medal Of
honor by Congress for gallantry in
action at the battle of Missionary
Ridge. This is the second medal that
has gone to Lawrence mem i'm hess than
a month.
Judge James Keener died at Eureka
last week. For many years he was
probate Judge of Greenwood county.
and during his tenure he is said to
have married NO less than 1900
couples.
A man named SOunemann at Han
over, Germany, writes to Governor
Leedy for q job. He has never been
in America, and he wants to come. He
wrote a similar request to Governor
Morrill, two years ago
The hearing of Miss Eva BEEN,
money order clerk in the Hutchinson
postoffice, who is charged with the
shortage of $1,965, resulted in her
being bound over to the grand jury in
bond of $4,000
Jim Graham of St. Mary's has just
received notice that the government
has allowed him $500 for horse
which he lost while serving as scout
with Sheridan in 1853 ON the plains of
Western Kansas
w. D. Ripley has stored at Severance
10000 bushels of corn. The cribs were
made from lumber grown on his own
land and the corn has been taken in
rent from tenants on his numerous
farms.
1t is stated that Kansas has received
about 1,5OO,OO acres of land from the
government, of which about 100000
acres is included in the grant of sec
tions 16 and 81 for school purposes.
Rev. ]. E. Brant, who was an indie
pendent prohibition candidate for gov
ernor last fall, will take charge of a
church in Indiana.