Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-27
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
Increase in Property valuation.

Increase in Property Valuation.
w. w. Cook, assistant auditor of state.
has tabulated the returns by the coun-
ty assessors and other taxing authori-
ties for the year 1899 and finds a total
taxable valuation in the entire state of
over 1927, 600, 900, an increase of 50, 50O,-
900 since last year. The total is di-
-vided as follows:
Railroad, telegraph and telephone lines, S4s,-
9Oo'sSS; personal property, S49.OlI.21s; real es-
1abe, o2ls, l9l,3O8 Shawnee county returns the
highest valuation, SIS, 239, O86, and Grant the
lowest, S273O Other counties reporting high
valuations are Wyandotte, 81. 1854, 464; Sedg-
wick, SIC, 039 125; Leavenworth 80 $40 $50: LYON
S7S19,505; Sumner. S., 489 757; Reno So 80 g. 40;
Crawford, 1886, 1853; Cowley. S5.339,549 Ne
maha, ol69, 100; Atchison, 81 s12, 372; Labette,
81 ,877, and Cherokee, 81, 565, 1872.
According to the returns of the county asses
sors they found in the state horses, 1872 120 val
uation, $50 ,528; cattle, 2. SILL valuation
81 154; mules, 62,7l7, valuation 1885,, S14;
sheep, 278, 0O0 valuation 1892 723 hogs POI $780,
valuation, LAS, 209; wagons, 100 $685. valuation
" S75s3l5; carriages 1885, valuation, S759, 975;
gold watches, 22,577 valuation. S147, 469; silver
watches 1858, valuation, 1886; pianos 9,794,
valuation, 1871 ,33S other musical Instruments
"a, 131, valuation, S212, $50.
The average assessed valuation of the per-
.Sonal property is: Horses per head S12. 25;
cattle, 916; mules, Sl3.35; sheep, 5000; hogs.
watches, 1888; silver watches 1898; pianos,
1891; other musical instruments, 1881.
Fought with a Lunatic.
Sheriff Lambertz, of Mitchell county,
was called to Glenelder to arrest
Thomas Barnett, who was violently in
sane and needed restraint. Barnett
was found in a cornfield and drew a
jack-knife and made several savage
thrusts. The knife was dull, which
saved the sheriff's life. Lambertz
seized his man and called for help. A
neighbor ran up and struck the maniac
with club, rendering him uncon-
ascious.
Will Be Bigger and Better Than Ever.
Directors of the Interstate Soldiers
Reunion association at Baxter Springs
ARE building big amphi theater in
Camp Logan, to be completed by Au-
gust 20. The indications are that the
reunion this year will be the most
notable ever held there. Last year the
average daily attendance was about
so, 600. Trains will be run from Webb
City, Joplin, Columbus, Baxter Springs
and intermediate points every hour.
Family Feud Near OswegO.
A serious fight took place near Oswe-
go the other day between two brothers,
George and Tom Stice. There has been
"a feud existing between the two and
eliminated recently in a SANDER suit.
Tom Stice was the plaintiff in that
case and lost his case. He also got the
worst of the fight, as his head was bad
ly cut and bruised by the blows from a
ascoop-shovel used by his brother.
Work on a Negro Industrial School.
will hn 90 1oA o.
the erection of the new colored state in
dustrial school at Quindaro. The attor-
ney general has approved the abstract
to the Is acres of property decided to the
state, and the money appropriated by
the legislature is available. Chancel-
Tor Vernon hopes to have the building
ready for occupancy by September Is,
the opening of the school year.
Topeka Wants the Celebration.
The Topeka Commercial club has
started a movement to hold a semi
cen tennial celebration in 1904 in honor
of the fiftieth anniversary of the or
ganizatiOn of the territory of Kansas.
1t was on May so, 1854. that President
Pierce signed the Kansas Nebraska
bill, famous in history, which created
territories of both Kansas and Ne
braSka.
Wants Decoration Day Reforms.
The grand army posts of Emporia
passed resolutions denouncing the desc
Grafton of Memorial day by devoting it
to baseball, horse racing, etc, and pc
titioned the city council to pass an Or
dinance forbidding such sport or other
than military or obituary parades on
the day. They also ask that the next
legislature make state law to the same
effect.
Kansas Census Supervisors Named.
The following supervisors for Kan
.sas have been selected by Director of
Census Merriam:
First district, Andrew J. White. of Todd;
Second, James NJ. Humphrey, of Fort Scott;
Third, Asa A. Smith, of Parsons; Fourth,
Charles S. Briggs of Carbondale; Fifth, Will
liam H Smith, of Marysville; Sixth, Charles
w. Lands, of Osborne; Seventh, ]. c. o. Morse,
of Hutchinson. They are all republicans.
Promotions in Twentieth Kansas.
Col. Metcalf, of the Twentieth Kan