Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-05-20

Manager Black OF the Wellington
opera house quarreled all winter with
the gas company over the size of his
gas bills. He was sure he was being
robbed, but an investigation just made
discloses the cause of their bigness. A
lot Of the youngsters of the town had
been in the habit of climbing into the
opera house through the roof win
aows, after which they lighted the gas
stoves in the dressing room and played
cards all night.
A. j. Knolin g. Co. wintered $4,000
head of sheep near Solomon, at an ex-
pense, from November TO May /, Of
$4,000 Their monthly pay roll was
$500. The sheep consumed $500 tons
Of hay, 400 tons of Kaflir corn, 1900
bushels of Indian corn and $780, 900
pounds Of bran. Eight thousand head
OF the sheep have been sheared, yield
ing $4,000 pounds of wool.
A short time ago Harrison Clarkson
went before the Topeka city council
with proposition that II the council
would repeal the tax on insurance
agents he would see to 1t that the COM
panles would reduce rates. Two years
f, ago he informed the people OF Wichita
that unless they provided better fire
protection insurance rates would be
Increased Still he says his rate book
Is not an insurance combine.
The state school fund commissioners
have purchased bonds as follows;
Wichita county, $4,000; Graham coun-
ty, $4,000; Rocks county, $3.50; Deca-
tur county, $780, This is the first time
in two years that any Western Kansas
bonds have been purchased for the
school fund
Some of those writer's about Western
Kansas ought to be sued for libel. An
army officer has just issued book in
which he prints a picture of great
flood In the Smoky Hill river, south Of
Hays City, and the water Is shown to
be full Of huge trees and saw-logA--'
X. @. Journal.
w. u. Clark, who has been city cd
itor of the Topeka Capital for long
time, goes to New York, where he has
secured position with the Scripps-
McRae League. He is succeeded by
j. +, farrell, who has been Topeka
correspondent for the Kansas City
Times for several years.
Secretary Coburn of the state board
Of agriculture has his quarterly report
about ready for the printer. He ex-
poets to complete It next week. The
report will be devoted exclusively to
1.-THE Hem"
In the early days wild horses were
not uncommon in Western Kansas. As
late as 1879, capturing and breaking
wild horses was u profitable business.
Many of these horses were lindoubtcd-
ly descended from horses which es-
capped from Transfers on the old over
land trails.
The names Of the following Kansas
counties have entirely disappeared and
are no longer seen on the map: Shir-
ley, Davis, Calhoun, Hunter, st. John,
Breckenridge, Lykins, Wise, Dorm,
Weller, Godfrey, Richardson and Nc
Gee.
Garden City young ladies will give
home talent entertainment for the BEN
eft of the local cemetery. The young
men of that town naturally complain
that this is an unjust discrimination
against the living and in favor of the
dead.
An exchange says that among the
1000 inmates of the penitentiary there
are eight bankers, twenty lawyers,
eighteen preachers and twenty-five
doctors, but not q single newspaper
man can be found.
The Central Branch Is about the only
Kansas road that has not been tied up
o portion of the time the past month
by high water
The Rock Island will ballast It's
track between Wellington and Cald-
well with burnt gumbo.
Kansas City Gazette: Kansas always
considers the east good victim of her
jokes Alfalfa tea is now being ad-
vertised as Kansas product east OF
the Mississippi river.
A number Of Larned people will go
10 the Red river mining district of
New Mexico on prospecting tour.
They will be back next fall in time to
put in wheat.
A Hiawatha man who got married a
year or SO ago solemnly advises his
bachelor friends never to marryl She
gives the same advice to the men. She
says marriage is decoy.
There are 1000 members Of the A.
d IL w In Knnsaa