Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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thousands Of hogs near Independence.
c. j. Judd is in Jail at Salina for hay
Ing more wives than the statutes pro
vide.
In Norton county the republicans
nominated Kate Williams for county
treasurer.
Rev. Charles Titus and wife, of An
thony, have gone to China to labor as
missionaries.
The senior class of the state univer-
sity elected j. @. Buttermore, OF
0lathe, as president.
Prohibitionists OF Pawnee county
want Attorney-General Boyle to help
them close the joints.
A fire of unknown origin at Canton
destroyed four houses, two livery
stables and II horses.
Among those who pleaded guilty at
Fort Scott to liquor selling were three
leading hotel managers.
Ex-Gov. Morrill, has presented the
Congregational Sunday school at Hia-
/ NhbiG WIZ a. now AApl gu
Liquor sellers under arrest at Fort
Scott allege that District Judge Simons
Is prejudiced against them.
International money order offices
have been established in Kansas at
Coffeyville, Ness City and Scott.
A glee club has been organized at
the state university to make the an
nual mid-winter tour of the state.
Fire destroyed barn at the Kansas
state reform farm at North Topeka.
Two horses were burned to death.
Rev. j. w. Wright, leading Meth
odist preacher of Kansas, will soon be
transferred to an Ohio conference.
A car load of young fish will soon be
shipped by the United States fish com.
mission for distribution in Kansas.
Miss Flora e, Merrihew, of Kansas,
has been appointed seamstress at
Rainy Mountain school, Kowa, Ok.
Gen. Hugh Cameron, the Lawrence
hermit, recently returned from an
eastern trip. He said he walked 1000
miles.
An electric railway will be built
from st. Joseph, Mo-, to Wathena,
Troy, Doniphan, Whitecloud and Hia-
watha.
James Broadhurst, wealthy Craw-
ford county farmer, was attacked by a
vicious boar and received probably fa-
tai injuries,
There were robberies galore at To-
peka during the carnival last week.
DR.. Joyce, of Clay Center, had $3.50
taken from him.
William and Margaret Kelly, pioneer
settlers of Lincoln county, worried
themselves insane over religious and
financial matters.
1t is becoming quite common to see
a Kansas farmer leaving town in a
new buggy or carriage with bicycle
strapped on behind.
Ex-Speaker Lobdell has resigned as
a member of the Legislature from Lane
county. He is now publishing a paper
at Kansas City, Kan.
Jack Freeman, wealthy saloon
keeper at Fort Scott, is accused of hav-
ing robbed and set fire to Whiteside &
Stroud's store at Uniontown.
Mrs. Birdie acknowledgement, Of
Atchison, an elocutionist and reader,
has signed a contract with Rev. Sam
Small to travel with him the coming
season.
Hutchinson, Topeka, Wichita, Ellis
worth, Mcpherson and Salina are each
working for the new Odd Fellows Or
phans' home. The site will be selected
October g.
William Byrnes, near Belle PLANE,
has three acres planted to celery and
onions, which yielded him this season
so, 900 punches of celery and roo BUSH
els of onions.
An inmate of the national soldiers
home at Leavenworth named Dowd
was run over by an electric car and
terribly mutilated, his head being torn
from his body.
During the session of the A. M. E.
last week Rev. w. j. Tolliver, of Hia-
watha, was suspended for writing af-
fectionate letters to women of his flock.
The state fair at Wichita last week
was a great success, the exhibits being
especially creditable and the attend.
ance far in excess of expectations. W..
J. Bryan addressed great crowd at
the fair grounds on Friday.
Judge Myers, of the Lcavenworth
district court, recently decided that the
Kansas law prohibiting work on Sum
day was constitutional. The decision
was in the case of barber who was ar
rested for keeping his place open on
Sunday.
j. A. Hammond. of Smith county,
has nine-year-old daughter who
weighs 1913 pounds. At birth she
weighed less than eight pounds, and
not until few years ago did she be-
gin to manifest inordinate growth.
If her present growth continues she
will easily be the largest woman in
the world.
A sharper recently represented to
two residents of Chetopa, this state,
that they were heirs to the "Wardle
estate" in England. The United States
consul at Manchester investigated and
found there was magnificent estate
near Manchester by that name, but it