Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-18
THE STATE OF KANSAS.

ferred TO Ex-Governor u. N. Morrill,
his farm of $50 acres in Wyandotte
county, thirteen miles northwest of
Kansas City, Kan, for $4,000. Tho
transfer grows out of transaction by
which the ex-governor OF Kansas
traded S44, 900 of his stock in the First
National bank Of Leavenworth to the
ex-senator, who Is now president OF
the bank Governor Morrill, still re-
tains SO, 600 of stock In the bank. 1t
Is said to be one of the oldest banking
houses on the Missouri river, having
been organized thirty five years ago.
The statement of the earnings of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Be system
for the month of January, also for the
seven months of the fiscal year ending
January 81, ii is stated, is satisfactory
as regards the period of seven months.
During the month of January, how
ever, the gross earnings show de-
crease Of S247, 52404, and net earnings
$685., 6S1. 80. Operating expenses dur
ing the same period increased only
| S7S, 1858. For the period of seven
months ending January 81, gross earn
ings showed an increase of $3.50, $50. Ga,
and net earnings an increase of ST.
115, 401. SO. Operating expenses during
the same period decreased $685., 12l.lS.
In looking over our exchanges the
past two or three weeks we are some
what astonished at the remarkable
fact that they all make mention of
large numbers of cattle being shipped
into their respective counties to be fed
for the market on Kansas corn. These
exchanges come from, perhaps, twenty
five counties, and the number of cattle
being shipped in vary from $1,000 to
$50, 900 head into each county. Taking
the same ratio for the other eighty
counties, and it doesn't take much of a
calculator to realize to what immense
proportions the cattle business in the
state has reached. Take your pencil
and figure little --Nickerson Argosy
Kansas had a greater per cent of
battle mortality among her soldiers
than any other state. Her death loss
per 1000 men was 61.0l, Vermont
stood next in the column with 1922,
and Massachusetts third with Alto
In round numbers from beginning to
end Kansas had 81, 1906 troops in serv-
ice, and the deaths from all causes
were: Officers, 60; enlisted men, 1904
In his report Provost Marshal General
Fry says: 1.-THE same singular martial
disposition which induced about half
of the able-bodied population of Kan
sas to enlist without bounty may be
supposed to have increased their ex'
posure to the casualties of battle after
they were in service"
The Wichita Eagle recounts the case
of man down there who sold his wife
to an old farmer for $40 and lost the
money playing faro bank. Then he
went again to the old farmer and de-
manded $50 more, and said that if it
was not Forthcoming he would take
his wife away At this stage the wife
took an interest in the proceedings,
and declared that she intended to re-
main with the farmer, for he had
treated her kindly and given her a
home, which she never had had before
Young men thirsting for glory and
gore may take a warning from the
story of VIII Potter of Marshall county
and refrain from going to Cuba. He
went to Cuba year and half ago,
and writes to a friend that he has
nearly starved to death ever since
reaching there, has been wounded
twice in engagements, and is watch
ing his chance to steal his way home.
Several Topeka school children, hear
ing of the public dissection of cats in
the East before the school children,
have INDUCED in this amusement them
selves. Recently several small boys
slaughtered cat and cut it to pieces
to learn about its makeup. One of the
boys said; ''All the boys is cuttin' up
cats now"
The insurance commissioner of Kan
sas has refused the New York Life,
the Connecticut Mutual Life and the
New YORK Mutual Life Insurance
companies permission to do business in
Kansas, because they refuse to pay the
Hillmon claims.
1t is mistake to suppose that crime
is increasing in Kansas faster than ed
ucation, In 1869 the state university
had 143 pupils and the state peniten-
tiary 1855 convicts In 1897 the uni
versity has 900 pupils and the peniten-
tiary $50 convicts.
The old talk of the Santa Fe build
ing a railroad from Lost Springs to
Marion is being revived. 1t is prob
able that it win be built this season.
AS the Messrs. Hovorka, Skovgaard,
Zaborkatsky and Wesche all live in
Washington county they have a chance
to get together occasionally and SYM
pathize with each other.
Eldorado Republican,: "Walnut -
Wealh-Hnut, Welsh or foreign nut,
tree and its fruit Walnut, valnot,
valnod, valnoot walnusz, Juglaus nj
gra or black walnut These are vari-
GUS names for our black walnut from
which our stream is named"
Captain Hatch of Arkansas City, who
was the first superintendent Of the
Hutchinson reformatory, has accepted
a position as superintendent of one of
the departments in the Michigan peni-
Tertiary.
King Oscar, of Sweden, has sent an
autograph letter to Bethany college,
at Lindsborg, in which he promises to
send copy of his great orations to
the student who wins the coming ora.
torical contest.
The Fredonia Citizen calls to mind
that twenty-five years ago February
10, Congressman S. A. Cobb of Kansas
secured the passage of an appropria-