Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-05-06
THE STATE OF KANSAS.

I 'Ine brewers journal or New YORK,
Chicago and London Is the official
organ OF tho United States Brewers
association, the Ale Brewers associa-
ton, and the New York State Brewers
and Malterers' association. In its
issue of January /, s97, 1t publishes,
as supplement, table compiled ex-
pressly for the paper, giving the sales
of beer for each state OF the union for
each of the ten years ending with June
80, 1896. II Is shown that in the Ii
cense states the sales Of beer for 1896
have increased 1854, 064 barrels over
the year before, while in the same time
in the prohibition states the sales Of
beer have actually decreased 1888 bar
rels Moreover, IL is shown that in
prohibition Kansas the sales of beer
for 1896 were 6,039 barrels, while in
high license Nebraska, with over 300,-
COO less population, the sales of beer
for 1896 were t6,3l7 barrels, or more
than twenty-siX times as much.
During trip over the Santa Fe rail-
road as far west as Great Bend, last
week, the editor Of the Kansas Farmer
had an eye on growing wheat as the
object of his chief interest The i'm.
preston is irresistible that a consider
ably smaller acreage has been sown
than heretofore. The stand is vari.
able. On early-plowed lands good
stand prevails. On late plowings and
on stubble sowings the stand is
medium to poor and In some cases none
at all To the careful observer the
prospect averages better than at this
time last year, and the writer will be
surprised If the territory traversed
does not harvest larger aggregate
this year than last
The celebrated Ingalls, calf case is
again in the district court at Atch-
ison. Several years ago one Joe
Bowen placed calf in pasture
owned by John j, Ingalls, A spring
had been dug out In this pasture by
one Edward Eiche, who leased the
pasture. The calf fell into the spring
and drowned, Bowen sued Ingalls, for
the value of the calf After O. trial or
two the court freed ingalls, from any
responsibility and the suit was then
transferred to Eiche. 1t has had
three trials In the district court, with
a hung jury each time, and several
trials In the justice court. The costs
are now great enough to buy big
herd of calves
Says the Garden City Imprint: Emf
grants going East or West are pulling
through here almost every day. and It
is not unreasonable to suppose that
each party is ''cussing" the section OF
country from whence they came, and
1t is not unlikely that many of these
same emigrants will pass each other
next spring travelling in exactly the
opposite direction they are going now,
and each will be 'cussing" the coun-
try from whence they came.
Secretary Il. d. Coburn of the state
board of agriculture has issued a bull
letin compiled from reports of corre-
spondents, mainly wheat-growers and
millers, in nearly every neighborhood
in Kansas, giving the conditions Of
growing wheat on April 20. Rating a
vigorous, satisfactory condition Of
growth at 100, Secretary Coburn finds
the average condition for the entire
state to be so.
There is only one paper mill rum
ming in Kansas and that is the mill in
Lawrence. Several were built, but
they did not have long felt want to
fill, and are idle now. There is not
enough wrapping paper used in Kan
SIS to keep one mill busy. The mill
here has to depend upon three states
for its trade. We over-boomed in
Kansas and no mistake, planting two
industries, where one could not legiti-
mately live. Lawrence World.
The last item written by Sol Miller
for the Troy Chief was grimly sugges-
tive of his own impending fate. 1t
reads as follows: ''What has become
Of the old-fashioned man who used to
ride into town from the country on
horseback, carrying a neatly trimmed
cornstalk which everybody knew was
a sign that somebody was dead, and
he was bringing in measure for the
coffin?"
Charley Martin is not recovering
very rapidly from the injuries he re-
ceived while on railroad train going
into Washington. 1t became neces-
sary to break and reset his injured
arm few days ago, and he is said to
be in great pain and much weakened
from his suffering.
The apple carnival in Leavenworth
will be stretched out to last week
next fall, in honor Of the G. A. r. re.
union to be held there.
| Work has been commenced on the
new Federal prison Mt Fort Leaven-
worth. 1t will be done by 476 convicts
under the direction Of Warden French.
In the foundation will be put $4,000
barrels of cement. 10000 barrels OF
sand and 81, 200 yards of concrete. An
excavation of 1871 900 cubic yards will
be necessary.
Kansas has about 50,010, 900 bushels
of wheat ready for the market and
more growing. The upward plunge
of wheat on the market last week
meant 100000 to Kansas farmers to
say nothing of what millions may yet
be in prospect.
Eureka Herald: There is deter
mined struggle now being waged be-
tween Topeka and Wichita as to which
shall lead in the number OF divorce
actions, the score standing SO to SO,
but as there is a ward in Wichita not
yet heard from, the latter city has
hopes.
Reports from Southern Kansas and
Oklahoma indicate the destruction Of
thousands of acres Of fine wheat by
| wind storm, Wherever there was sand