Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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soldiers memorial building at Ottawa.
The wife of ex-Gov John A. Martin
may be the next postmaster at Atch'
ison.
The new county high school at
Wellington opened recently with 975
students
A. j. Harwi, of Atchisop, will enter
the race for the republican nomination
for congress,
Horse thieves have been operating
in the vicinity of Kingman with con-
siderable degree of success
Ned Myers, young man about 30,
committed suicide at Chanute. Too
much novel reading and liquor.
1t transpires that at the recent cleo
ton one township in Meade county
cast its entire vote, II, for the repub-
Leans.
Fire destroyed Estes & Hawkins
livery stable at Caldwell, including 2S
head of horses and large number of
vehicles,
Matthew Ryan, of Leavenworth, a
well-known cattleman, received prob
ably fatal injuries by horse falling
upon him.
Miss Mary Jugam, of SedgwiclS, was
thrown from a wagon in runaway
and so injured about the head that she
became insane.
The fruit growers of Douglas county
this year secured SIP, 300 for their SUR
plus apple crop, $S6O,OOO for berries
and $2s, 800 for grapes.
II. S. Coburn, of Cedar Junction, left
home with $1,000 week ago, intend
ing to buy farm near Lamar, Mo.
He has not been seen since
j. S. West, of Wyandotte county, UNI
til recently Judge of the Sixth district,
is mentioned for associate justice on
the republican ticket in 1898.
Cherokee county has more prisoners
in her county jail than any other
county in the state. There are now AZ,
and four of them are women.
George w. Gregson, who killed Adam
w. Collins at Parsons in 1885 and was
sentenced to life Imprisonment has
been pardoned by Gov Leedy.
Representative Weilep, OF Galena,
has secured a position in the sergeant
alarms office of the United States
senate, through Senator Harris.
The depot at Fredonia, occupied
jointly by the Frisco and Santa Fe
railway companies, was burned the
other day, including all contents.
1t is said that Judge G. w. Mckay,
the noted populist of Harper, has beer
selected to organize the fight in his
party against Congressman Jerry
Simpson.
Taylor Riddle, chairman of the popu'
list state committee, is agitating the
question of having all officers of the
state whose tenure is two years elected
at the same time
George Taylor, ex.cashier of the Ar
gentine bank, who was convicted and
sentenced to two years in the peniten'
tiary for alleged fraud, began serving
his sentence on Thanksgiving day.
Garfield university, at Wichita, may
be purchased by Sedgwick county and
converted into high school. 1t was
built in "boom" days by the Christian
church denomination at a cost of $780,.
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Friends of Miss Eva BEEN, who was
discharged from the Hutchinson post
office and afterward tried for embez'
element and triumphantly acquitted,
are insisting that she be reinstated to
her former place in the post office.
George w. Kellar, son of Pawnee
county's oldest settler, and the first
man to marry who was born in Paw
nee county, was married recently at
Larned to Miss Anna Turner. The
wedding was made a brilliant social
event.
Word comes from Topeka that notice
was sent to all populist employees OF
the state that they would be assessed
two per cent. of their salaries for a
campaign fund. 1t is estimated that
there are 600 persons who will be at
fected.
Alfred H. Cobb, until two years age
county attorney of Wyandotte county,
was recently indicted for obtaining
money under false pretenses from
Kansas City Mo.) saloonkeeper. Cobb''
father was a former congressman from
the Second Kansas district.
A great sensation was created by the
recent announcement that Miss Pur
cell, daughter of Hon. E. B. Purcell, Of
Manhattan, would, through eX-Chie.
Justice Horton, bring suit for $500
damages for breach of promise against
Clyde Miller, bankers son of Usage
City. Miller was recently married tx
a Miss Colwell, of Lawrence.
During the progress of coloret
church festival at Independence
trouble arose over game of craps
in one corner of the house. Razor'
were drawn and several shots were
fired. Every window in the house wa
broken and the people lost no time il
getting out of them. One man lost
hand while others suffered other in
juries.
Republican editors of the Second
congressional district met at Lawrence
recently and formed permanent or
ganization. c. s. Finch was elected
president; C. c. Clevenger, vice presi
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