Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-06

2bth. This was the highest point
reached since September, 1890
THE nomination of s. N. ID. North, OF
Massachusetts,, for census superintend-
ent will be made as soon as legislation
providing for the census has passed
congress.
THE car barn of the Rockford City
Qll.) Railway company burned, with
several cars and many tools,
EMPRESS, the East Indian python on
exhibition at Boston, was found early
the other morning with litter of
young amounting to nearly 100.
THE other night fire broke out at
Port au Prince, Hayti, and destroyed
800 houses including number of ware
houses. About 5000 people were rem
dered homeless.
THERE was much excitement the
other day among the people OF Brown
county, Tex, over the reported discov-
cry Of a pot of gold, which it was
claimed is only small part Of large
fortune that lies buried near the same
spot by colony of Spaniards who
were afterward massacred by the In
dians.
CONGRATULATIONS were sent to Will
liam f. Gladstone on the Goth, it being
the ssth birthday Of the British states
man, who was sojourning at Cannes,
France, on account of neuralgia.
II. CLAY EVANS, the commissioner Of
pensions, created sensation by de-
nouncing pension attorneys. lie
charges that they are alone to blame
for frauds on the roll of honor.
A NEGRO domestic named Nellie
johnson was hacked with Ratchet so
fearfully at Kansas City, Mo-, on the
night of the goth that she died few
hours after. The murderer escaped,
but the police were convinced that the
crime was committed by the womans
husband, a negro teamster.
THE three-year-old child of j. w.
Hodges, of Saltwater, Ok, was burned
to death, His clothing caught fire
from Goals in bucket of ashes.
WHILE man and a woman were
skating at Rifton, N. Y, the ice broke
and both were drowned
M. M. WEIGH, living near Althus,
Ok, fell under the wheels of a load Of
cotton he was hauling and was fatally
crushed.
Two brothers named Rudolph and
Edward Boericke were rowing on
Keuka lake, near Hammondsport, N.
Y, when their boat was upset by their
dog The men were rescued alive, but
Rudolph died almost instantly after
being landed,
FIFTEEN Indians, convicted of vari-
GUS violations of tribal laws, were pub
licly whipped at the recent term Of
court at Alikchi, l. T.
A NEW bridge across the Cimarron
river at Perkins, Ok, was dedicated
recently. The last nail, of solid silver,
was driven by Miss Maud Devaul.
ANTHONY DEvIN shot his wife at
Philadelphia and then committed sui
eide.
HALLE and Waldo Orem, children,
were asphyxiated by gas from coal
stove in their home at Leipsic, o., dur
ing the absence of their mother.
The paper mill of the Joliet Paper
company, the manufacturing plant of
the Central Carpet Dining company
and a portion of the woven wire fence
factory of w. j. Adams at Joliet ILL.,,
were destroyed by fire.
IT was stated that the greatest scar
city of cattle prevails this year in Mex
leo ever known. 1t is impossible to
get head from districts from which
thousands were sent last year. The
reason is that there has prevailed a
drought for several years previous to
1897. There is no grass and breeders
have been compelled to sell off their
cows to keep them from dying, which
has left the range practically depleted.